History of CNN (1980–2003) History of CNN (1980–2003) Cable News Network (CNN), an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner, was founded in 1980 by Ted Turner and 25 other original members, who invested $20 million into the network. Upon its launch, CNN became the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and was the first all-news television network in the United States. This article discusses the history of CNN, beginning with the June 1980 launch of the channel. Four years before CNN's launch, in December 1976, Ted Turner turned his
CNN Films network has also then acquired the domestic television broadcast rights of the Sundance film selection Robert Stone's "Pandora's Promise" and is slated to air on CNN on November while it will be theatrically released on June 12. CNN Films CNN Films is a motion picture division of CNN, originally launched in 2012. Its first film "Girl Rising" premiered in spring 2013 in the United States. On October 8, 2012, CNN announced the creation of CNN Films. CNN says that it will acquire and commission original feature-length documentaries that will "examine an array of political, social, and economic subject matters." It