United States cable news would merge with Time Warner in 1996) created a spin-off of CNN called CNN2, which was originally formatted to show the top news stories of the day on a 30-minute "wheel" schedule. The channel rebranded as CNN Headline News in 1983, before the network abandoned the CNN branding and changed its name to the orphaned initialism HLN in 2008, following a shift from news programming towards a mix of news during the day and discussion programs and documentary series at night that began two years earlier. Turner founded CNN International in 1985, with a straight focus on international news stories
Updates (CNN Philippines) Updates (CNN Philippines) CNN Philippines Updates or simply Updates is the flagship news brief of CNN Philippines. It was launched in March 1, 2012 under the channel's predecessors Solar News Channel (as "Solar News Update" and "Solar Headlines") and 9TV (as "Headlines") and currently airs at 9:30am and 11:30 am on weekday mornings, 2:30pm and every 30 minutes from 4:00pm to 5:00pm on weekday afternoons, and on weekends every hour from 9:00am to 5:00pm. When warranted, "Updates" can be aired beyond its regular news brief format for special coverages; and when a breaking story occurs, it will air as CNN