CNN Airport
CNN Airport is an American out-of-home television network owned and operated by AT&T's WarnerMedia through CNN. The service broadcasts general news, weather, stock market updates, entertainment, and travel content to airports across the United States. The founding management was led by Jon Petrovich and Scott Weiss. Deborah Cooper was the inaugural vice president/general manager, and continues in the role today.
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| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Available in select airports |
| Headquarters | Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | CNN (WarnerMedia News & Sports) |
| Sister channels | CNN CNN-News18 CNN en Español CNN International HLN |
| History | |
| Launched | June 3, 1991[1] |
| Former names | CNN Airport Network (1991–2010) |
| Links | |
| Website | Official website |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Private Video | G-14 / 4040 H 246 |
CNN Airport's 24-hour schedule consists of roughly 16% live news, 19% live sports, 24% lifestyle, 24% travel, and 10% for local inserts from airports if they warrant.[2]
On January 12, 2021, CNN's president Jeff Zucker announced that CNN Airport would close by the end of March.[3]
History
The network originally was test launched from June 3 to July 14, 1991 at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Hartsfield-Atlanta International Airport and O'Hare International Airport,[1] and officially debuted on January 20, 1992 as the CNN Airport Network,[4] and is currently shown in 58 airports in the United States, on televisions located in gate and boarding areas.
Today
CNN Airport airs at 58 airports in the United States.[5] CNN pays these airports to display the channel exclusively on their monitors.[6]
Its breakfast and early fringe schedule includes news programming from CNN and HLN, broadcast on a 10-second delay. The network also airs air travelers-designed weather, business and travel segments, as well as entertainment programming from WarnerMedia's entertainment-formatted channels such as Cartoon Network, TCM, HBO, TruTV and TBS. CNN Airport also airs full-length live NFL games, including playoffs and the Super Bowl; full-length NBA games including playoffs; select full-length games from the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, and select full-length MLB post-season games.
CNN Airport broadcasts 24/7, with around-the-clock technical and editorial staffing, including three of its own reporters. Due to the network's prominence in public waiting areas, the network has stricter content standards than the regular CNN; for instance, stories involving commercial aviation incidents and crashes do not appear on the network, and are overlaid with automated weather conditions. Stories involving sexual content and graphic violence are similarly overlaid. The network's digital on-screen graphics are designed larger than industry standards, to allow readability of fonts at a distance.[7]
On January 12, 2021, CNN announced that CNN Airport will cease operations on March 31 due to reduced air travel during the COVID-19 pandemic and personal device accessibility.[8]
References
- TBS to begin testing The Airport Channel, The Boston Globe (via HighBeam Research), May 12, 1991.
- "CNN Airport Network Media Kit" (PDF).
- "CNN will end "CNN Airport Network" after 30 years". The Desk. January 12, 2021. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
- "CNN Newssource". 2001. Archived from the original on March 2, 2001. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
- http://edition.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/airport.network/homepage.html
- Guzman, Dianne de; SFGATE (April 26, 2018). "Congressman proposes government keep CNN off airport televisions". SFGate. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
- "AirlineReporter".
At the airport, they might be sitting at a distance, so Airport Network makes sure that their font is larger and easily viewable from a distance.
- Steinberg, Brian (January 12, 2021). "CNN Grounds Its Long-Running Airport Network". Variety. Retrieved January 12, 2021.