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CNN International
Launched	1985 (as of CNN Europe)
Owned by	Turner Broadcasting / Time Warner
Slogan	"Be the first to know"
Broadcast area	200+ Countries
Headquarters	Atlanta, London and Hong Kong
Website	CNN.com
Availability
Satellite
Cyfra+	Channel 102
Sky Digital	Channel 506
Tata Sky	Channel 537
Sky Italia	Channel 516
Cyfrowy Polsat	Channel 84
DStv	Channel 51
DialogTV (Sri Lanka)	Channel 3
True Visions (Thailand)	Channel 71 Digital (Analogue 42)
Astro Nusantara Indonesia	Channel 31
SKY Network Television (New Zealand)	Channel 91
Cable
SkyCable Philippines	Channel 28
Taiwan CATV	Channel 5/6
Starhub	Channel 14
Virgin Media	Channel 607
TelstraClear InHomeTV (New Zealand)	Channel 91

CNN International (CNNI) is an English language television network that carries news, current affairs and business programming world-wide. It is owned by Time Warner, and is affiliated and shares much content with CNN, which is limited to the United States and Canada.

It is available in most of the world, distributed via satellite and cable. Its international reach is more than 200 million households and hotel rooms in over 200 countries. For most viewers it is free-to-air, however some pay TV companies include it in their pay TV bouquets, or issue a virtual channel to the FTA version on the same satellite.

The managing director of CNN International is Chris Cramer. On January 10, 2007, Cramer announced that he would retire from CNN International on March 31, 2007.

Contents 1 History 2 Regional versions 3 Simulcasts with CNN/US 4 Programming 5 Personalities 5.1 Present 5.2 Past 6 Criticism 7 See also 8 External link

The network, in large part a result of Ted Turner's internationalist ideals, began transmissions in 1985, at first primarily broadcasting to American business travelers in hotels. The early studios in Atlanta were tucked away in various corners of the CNN Center, and the newsroom lacked even a digital clock. The vast majority of the network's programming originally consisted of simulcasts of the two domestic CNN channels (CNN/US and CNN Headline News). In 1992, however, the amount of news programming produced by CNNI especially for international viewers increased significantly. A major new newsroom and studio complex was built in 1994, as CNN decided to compete against BBC World Service Television's news programming. CNNI emerged as an internationally oriented news channel, with staff members of various national backgrounds, even though some accusations of a pro-U.S. editorial bias persist.

In 1998, CNNI underwent a major rebranding, which made its on-air look less overtly American and replaced it with a more "international" aesthetic. CNNI had another makeover of sorts in 2006. Gone are the brash multi-coloured headlines and such, in place are sleek, modern lines.

In the U.S., CNNI North America was distributed during overnights and weekends on the CNNfn financial channel, until that channel's demise in December 2004. It is now available in its own right on a limited basis, mostly as part of premium packages of cable operators including Time Warner Cable and RCN.

There are five variants of CNN International:

• CNN International Europe/Middle East/Africa based in London
• CNN International Asia Pacific based in Hong Kong
• CNN International South Asia based in Hong Kong
• CNN International in Latin America based in Atlanta
• CNN International North America based in Atlanta

The schedules of the different regional versions no longer differ significantly from each other, but there are still minor variations. The London and Hong Kong production centers produce 50 and 30 hours per week of programming respectively.

CNNI is also streamed on CNN Pipeline, CNN.com's subscription-based broadband video service on a part-time basis. During the CNNI stream on Pipeline, most programming is the same as other versions but no commercials are shown. US and global headlines as well as weather fill the breaks.

Occasionally CNNI draws from the CNN/US feed for news coverage and for programmes such as Larry King Live, Late Edition and Anderson Cooper 360°. CNN/US will occasionally turn to CNNI newscasts, primarily when major international news breaks during overnight hours in the U.S. A notable case was during the death of Pope John Paul II and the aftermath of the London Underground bombings. During 12pm-1pm EST on weekdays, CNNI's Your World Today airs on CNN/US [1]. CNNI will also air CNN/US newscasts whenever major events happen in the United States or any other major events around the world. An example of an event where CNNI turns to CNN/US is during US Presidential and Midterm Elections. Also, in 2004 CNNI turned to CNN/US programming during Ronald Reagan's death and funeral.

Anderson Cooper 360° 2 Art of Life 1 Business International Business Traveller 1 CNN Connects CNN Special Investigations Unit 2 CNN Today Design 360° 5 Diplomatic License 3 Global Challenges 1 Global Office 1

Inside Africa Inside the Middle East 1 Insight International Correspondents Larry King Live 2 Late Edition 2 Living Golf Main Sail 1 Next@CNN Principal Voices Quest

Revealed 1 The Screening Room Spark 4 Talk Asia The Daily Show (Global Edition) The Situation Room 2 World Business this Week World Business Today World News World News Asia World News Europe

World Report World Sport World's Untold Stories Your World Today

¹monthly program ²from CNN ³1994 - 2006 ⁴2005 - 2006 ⁵2002 - 2006

Brian Soriano Becky Anderson Guillermo Arduino Terry Baddoo Todd Benjamin Satinder Bindra Matthew Chance Rosemary Church Jim Clancy Adrian Finighan Max Foster Stephen Frazier Hala Gorani Lorraine Hahn Sasha Herriman Charles Hodson Michael Holmes Malika Kapur Myleene Klass Jeff Koinange

Maggie Lake Kristie Lu Stout Jonathan Mann Lola Martinez Colleen McEdwards Mark McKay Asieh Namdar Octavia Nasr Paula Newton Robin Oakley Femi Oke Richard Quest Monita Rajpal Aneesh Raman Anjali Rao Shihab Rattansi Candy Reid Maria Ressa Don Riddell Hugh Riminton Dan Rivers

Nic Robertson Shirley Robertson Richard Roth Sorious Samura (occasional documentaries) Isha Sesay Atika Shubert Patrick Snell Andrew Stevens Brian Soriano Fionnuala Sweeney Ralitsa Vassileva John Vause Zain Verjee Alessio Vinci Choong Chong Yew

• Mike Chinoy (left CNN in 2006 to join the Pacific Council on International Policy [2])

Since CNN/US began suffering a decline in viewership due to competition from Fox News Channel, CNN as a whole (including CNN International) has been accused by, among others, its own Christiane Amanpour, of catering to American jingoism at the expense of more balanced international coverage.[3] Former CNN Beijing and Tokyo bureau chief Rebecca MacKinnon described how the news-gathering priorities of CNN International were skewed to "produce stories and reports that would be of interest to CNN USA."[4] Nevertheless, Jane Arraf, a former correspondent who was with the Council on Foreign Relations and is now a correspondent for NBC News based in Baghdad; noted that when she spoke on international affairs, CNN International would usually give her more airtime than CNN/US.[5] For its own part, CNN executive Eason Jordan has defended CNN International's "international" perspective, saying "No matter what CNN International does, as long as CNN's headquarters is in the United States people are going to say, well, it's an American service. But the reality is that it's an international service based in the United States, and we don't make any apologies about that."[6]

• International broadcasting
• Al Jazeera English
• BBC World
• CCTV-9
• CNN
• Deutsche Welle
• EuroNews
• France 24
• Russia Today

• Official Site