CNNfn Network to shutdown

Nov 1, 2004 12:02 PM, Beyond The Headlines e-newsletter

    

CNNfn, the financial news cable network owned by Time Warner, will go dark by mid-December. The shutdown comes after a long losing ratings battle with rival CNBC.

The network, launched in 1995, competed for viewers as U.S. interest in the financial markets surged, but it failed to garner wide distribution on the largest U.S. cable operators.

CNNfn is distributed in about 30 million of 100 million U.S. homes. CNBC, owned by General Electric Co.’s NBC Universal division, is available in about 86 million homes and 200 million worldwide.

About 50 of CNNfn’s 110 employees will remain with the company. The other 60 employees will be offered an opportunity to reapply for other jobs within the CNN news group.

Back to the top





Want to use this article?
Click here for options!
Get Copyright Clearance

Share this article

blog comments powered by Disqus

 

Current Issue

Online captioning compliance

May 2012

The FCC has issued captioning requirements for all online video. Learn how to meet the requirements of the new rules and how to automate the technical process.

Read More articles...

Related Newsletter

Transition to Digital
Provides readers with weekly timely updates on FCC actions, industry news, and station build-out schedules.

Related Posts


Confused about the terminology in an article? Find definitions of common terms and abbreviations in Broadcast Engineering's Glossary.

 


Video Compression, Editing and Displays

Video Compression, Editing and Displays

Video compression, editing and displays is an in-depth tutorial on MPEG compression technology, editing MPEG content and evaluating color video monitors written by long-time video expert, trainer and writer Steve Mullen, Ph. D.

File Based Technology and Workflow

File Based Technology and Workflow

File-based technologies have replaced video tape methods for a majority of production and broadcast operations. The worlds of AV and IT are coalescing to create new methods and workflows for media

Sound Off Podcasts

 

Broadcast Engineering Digital Reference Guide

Browse Back Issues

Back to Top