CNN+ (TV network)
CNN+ was a Spanish 24-hour television news channel. Launched in 1999 as a joint venture by Sogecable and Turner Broadcasting System, it went off the air at the end of 28 December 2010. The management announced that CNN+ would be closed on 31 December 2010 because of low ratings and financial losses.
The slogan was Está pasando, lo estás viendo. By 2008, there were other 24-hour television channels — Intereconomía TV and TVE 24h — and CNN+ was no longer the audience leader in this type of general information. Also, CNN+'s ratings were low, peaking at 0.6%.
On 18 December 2009, the channels of Sogecable, a Prisa business, merged into the Gestevisión Telecinco, which already controlled Spain's Telecinco channel.
The channel went off the air at 11:59 p.m. on 28 December 2010. On digital terrestrial television, it was replaced with Gran Hermano 24 horas, a television channel dedicated to the 24-hour coverage of the reality show Gran Hermano, the Spanish version of Big Brother franchise, and since 1 March 2011 by Divinity.