Cable News Network en Español (CNN en Español, stylized as CN͠N) is a Pan-American Spanish-language news channel, owned by CNN Worldwide, a news division for Warner Bros. Discovery. It was launched on pay television, on March 17, 1997.

History

=CNN en Español before 1997=

In 1988, CNN began producing news in Spanish with Noticiero CNN, aimed at Spanish-speaking audiences in the United States and Latin America.

In 1992, CNN International started the Noticiero CNN Internacional, the first in Spanish on that channel. Other programs in Spanish were Las Noticias and Noticias México, all of them presented by the Colombian Patricia Janiot and the Uruguayan Jorge Gestoso, and with the direction of Rolando Santos. The following year, CNN en Español Radio was launched.

=Launch (1997)=

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On March 17, 1997, CNN en Español began broadcasting 24 hours a day. In addition, the chain's production centers begin to operate in Buenos Aires and Havana. The correspondent in the Cuban capital was the first office of a U.S. organization on the island.

The channel was added to the Sky Brasil platform on the first week of April 1997.{{cite web|url=https://telaviva.com.br/09/04/1997/line-up-do-sky/|title=Line-up do Sky|work=Tela Viva|date=April 9, 1997|access-date=October 22, 2024}}

=2010 change=

In 2010, CNN en Español debuted a new logo, with a new programming lineup.

=2022=

On February 14, 2022, CNN en Español started broadcasts in 16:9.

=2024=

On October 8, CNN en Español started broadcasts in Spain.

Availability

CNN en Español is available throughout Hispanic America, and the United States.{{cite web|url=https://www.siriusxm.com/cnnenespanol|title=CNN|website=Sirius XM|access-date=March 4, 2019}} In Canada, a number of the network's shows are simulcast on Univision Canada.{{cite web|url=https://www.siriusxm.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Sirius-Channel-Guide.pdf|title=Introducing over 100 new channels made for any occasion|website=Sirius XM|date=May 2015|access-date=March 4, 2019}} In Venezuela and Nicaragua, the channel is available via live-streaming on YouTube and its official website since 2017 and 2022 respectively.

On February 15, 2017, Venezuela's National Commission of Telecommunications (Conatel) blocked CNN en Español from any national TV provider, saying a report from the network regarding passport fraud was "a threat to the peace and democratic stability" of the nation.{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/15/americas/cnn-en-espanol-venezuela-off-air/index.html|title=CNN en Español kicked off air in Venezuela|author=Almasy, Steve|agency=CNN|date=February 15, 2017|access-date=March 4, 2019}} Conatel additionally blocked sister network CNN International and BBC World News on April 30, 2019 during an uprising attempt.

On September 22, 2022, CNN en Español was taken off the air from all cable providers in Nicaragua by order of the Nicaraguan Institute of Telecommunications and Post Office (TELCOR).{{cite news|last1=Hipes|first1=Patrick|last2=Cordero|first2=Rosy|title=CNN Denounces Nicaragua's Government After CNN En Español Taken Off Air|url=https://deadline.com/2022/09/cnn-nicaragua-cnn-en-espanol-taken-off-air-1235125209/|work=Deadline|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|date=September 22, 2022}}{{cite news|last1=Lemos|first1=Gerardo|last2=Hu|first2=Caitlin|title=Nicaragua takes CNN en Español signal off the air|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/22/americas/nicaragua-cnn-espanol-air-intl-latam/index.html|work=CNN|date=September 22, 2022}}

Programming

=Live coverage=

CNN en Español provides live coverage of some news and sporting events held by Turner channels via Warner Bros. Discovery Sports), and from 2016 until 2021, carried the Spanish-language audio for Major League Baseball postseason games carried by sister network TBS only in the United States and Latin America (there were no changes to the English-language visual presentation).{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/fangsbites/status/784508904122224641/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw|title=Ken Fang on Twitter|website=Twitter|access-date=March 4, 2019}} CNN en Español features newscasts throughout the day.{{cite web|url=https://www.livenewsnow.com/spanish-channels/cnn-en-espanol.html|title=CNN en Español|date=7 November 2015|access-date=March 4, 2019}} In 2022, the coverage moved to MLB Network, with added graphical translation.

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