Canal N

The concept of Canal N was conceived in 1997 by journalist Bernardo Roca Rey during the Japanese embassy hostage crisis in Lima. To bring this concept to fruition, a commercial partner was required. Over time, Gilberto Hume emerged as the suitable partner, whom Rey encountered at a beach.{{Cite web|url=https://canaln.pe/actualidad/canal-n-15-anos-bernardo-roca-rey-y-gilberto-hume-arquitectos-medio-n144103|title=Canal N 15 años: Bernardo Roca Rey y Gilberto Hume, los arquitectos del medio|access-date=7 August 2022|website=canaln.pe|date=5 July 2014 |language=es}}

"A whole afternoon making ceviche in a jar with plenty of pisco, and then we continued thinking about it and the idea matured," said Hume. The directives of El Comercio (later formed as El Comercio Producciones),{{Cite book|edition=First|title=100 años de periodismo en el Perú|url=https://repositorio.ulima.edu.pe/handle/20.500.12724/10722|date=2013|access-date=18 September 2022|isbn=978-9972-45-276-5|oclc=871325948|first=María|last=Mendoza Michilot|volume=II|pages=341, 375-379, 415|publisher=Universidad de Lima, Fondo Editorial |archive-date=1 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001220040/https://repositorio.ulima.edu.pe/handle/20.500.12724/10722|url-status=dead}} after giving approval to the idea,{{Cite book|title=El Comercio y la política peruana del siglo XXI: Pugnas entre liberales y conservadores detrás de las portadas|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gReZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT143|publisher=IEP EDICIONES|date=2018|access-date=6 January 2023|isbn=978-9972-51-751-8|oclc=1355830946|first=José Alejandro|last=Godoy Mejía|pages=143–147|chapter=Canal N}} entered the television industry with the opening of a small store located on Madrid Street in the district of Miraflores. Inspired by CNN,{{Cite web|url=http://www3.larepublica.com.pe:80/2000/JULIO/pdf5/politica.htm|title=Canal N cumplió un año en el aire|access-date=19 November 2023|date=5 June 2000|website=La República|quote=Recordó que, inicialmente, esta televisora tomó como modelo al canal de noticias norteamericano CNN, pero aclaró que en el camino fueron dándose notables diferencias, como el mayor empleo de enlaces en directo y un estilo menos formal en el contenido y en el aspecto periodístico, para difundir lo que pasa en la ciudad y en diversas partes del país|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010710102528/http://www3.larepublica.com.pe:80/2000/JULIO/pdf5/politica.htm|archive-date=10 July 2001}} initially it competed against Cable Canal de Noticias,{{Cite web|url=http://www.caretas.com.pe/2000/1651/secciones/cinetv.phtml|title=Alta Indefinición|access-date=17 March 2022|date=28 December 2000|website=Caretas|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040607142418/http://www.caretas.com.pe/2000/1651/secciones/cinetv.phtml|archive-date=7 June 2004}} owned by Expreso, being until then the only news channel in Peru. El Comercio started advertising Canal N to the public for the first time in 1998 in PC World magazine, an American magazine whose local version was produced by the newspaper. Later, advertisements for the channel appeared on Cable Mágico's magazine for the subscribers of the cable operator. The advertisement included a photo of the studios of the channel and the phrase El Perú minuto a minuto. After several months of technical and labor adjustments, Canal N was launched in test mode on Canal Mágico in April 1999, initially available only to subscribers of the adult channel package.{{Cite book|title=En vivo y en directo : una historia de la televisión peruana|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1250648431|access-date=1 April 2022|isbn=978-9972-45-424-0|oclc=1250648431|first=Vivas Sabroso|last=Fernando|date=8 July 2018 |pages=656–659|publisher=Universidad de Lima }}

At the same time, on Cable Mágico's channel 8, which was previously occupied by the struggling Brazilian network Rede Manchete in its final weeks before closure, Canal N's logo appeared. The logo featured a rotating 3D letter N on a black background accompanied by background music, signaling the channel's upcoming availability on that frequency. Canal N was officially launched at 8 am on 4 July 1999.{{Cite book|title=Chichapolitik: la prensa con Fujimori en las elecciones generales 2000 en el Perú|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/915671886|publisher=Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung|date=2015|access-date=21 November 2022|isbn=978-9972-43-041-1|oclc=915671886|first=Jacqueline|last=Fowks|page=99}}{{Cite web|url=http://elcomercio.pe/impresa/notas/canal-repaso-su-historia/20090704/309304|title=Canal N, un repaso por su historia|access-date=2 March 2023|date=4 July 2009|website=El Comercio Perú|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015140233/http://elcomercio.pe/impresa/notas/canal-repaso-su-historia/20090704/309304|archive-date=15 October 2009}}

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