Off Air News Channels
Off Air news channels are stations which broadcast news programming that have either ceased to exist entirely, or that have merged with other channels and/or companies to form entirely new channels or to bolster an already broadcasting channel. We are constantly researching former channels and add to this page, and the subsequent channel pages regularly. If you have any information which you think could be useful to us, please contact us.
CNNSI
CNNSI (SI standing for Sports Illustrated) was a news network set up by CNN in December 1996, dedicated to broadcasting exclusively sports news. The creation of the channel brought together the news and production facilities and expertise of CNN, with the sports news and knowledge of their parent company's sports magazine, Sports Illustrated.
CNN/SI aimed to provide the most comprehensive sports news service on television, including news from around the country and around the world.
CNN +
CNN + was a Spanish 24-hour television news channel launched in 1999 by Sogecable and Turner Broadcasting, a unit of Time Warner. The channel ceased broadcasting on 28th December 2010.
The channel was based in Spain.
The slogan of CNN + was Está pasando, lo estás viendo (It's happening, you're watching it). The channel was available throughout the Iberian peninsula on digital terrestrial and also digital satellite.
The channel was replaced by 24 hour coverage of the Spanish version of Big Brother, 'Gran Hermano'.
