CNN Airport

This article is about the out-of-home satellite television network. For the airport in Kannur, India using the IATA code "CNN", see Kannur International Airport.
CNN Airport
CNN hi Network logo
CountryUnited States
Broadcast areaAvailable in select airports
HeadquartersAtlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format480i (SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerCNN
(WarnerMedia News & Sports)
Sister channelsCNN
CNN-News18
CNN en Español
CNN International
HLN
History
LaunchedJune 3, 1991; 33 years ago (1991-06-03)[1]
ClosedMarch 31, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-03-31)
Former namesCNN Airport Network (1991–2010)
Links
Websiteedition.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/airport.network/homepage.html
Availability
CNN Airport Network offices at the CNN Center in Atlanta, GA.

CNN Airport was an American television network. Owned and operated by WarnerMedia, it was a special version of CNN that only played in United States airports. The network broadcast news, entertainment, stock market updates, weather, and travel news to 58 airports across the United States.[2] CNN paid airports to show the channel exclusively on their monitors.[3]

CNN Airport's 24-hour schedule was described as roughly 16% news, 19% live sports, 24% lifestyle, 24% travel, and 10% for custom messages from airports if they wish to use the timeslot.[4]

On January 12, 2021, CNN's president Jeffrey Zucker announced that the network would be closed by the end of March.[5]

References

  1. ↑ TBS to begin testing The Airport Channel, The Boston Globe (via HighBeam Research), May 12, 1991.
  2. ↑ "PARTICIPATING AIRPORTS". edition.cnn.com. Archived from the original on January 12, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
  3. ↑ SFGATE, Dianne de Guzman (April 26, 2018). "Congressman proposes government keep CNN off airport televisions". SFGATE. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
  4. ↑ "CNN Airport Network Media Kit" (PDF). CNN.
  5. ↑ "CNN will end "CNN Airport Network" after 30 years". The Desk. January 12, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2021.

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