Canal N

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Canal N
Logo of Canal N
CountryPeru
Ownership
OwnerPlural TV
History
LaunchedJuly 4, 1999
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WebsiteCanal N

Canal N is a Peruvian pay television news channel in Peru. It was founded as a joint venture between El Comercio and Telefónica. The channel is exclusively available on Movistar TV.

Although CCN and Cable Mágico Noticias were the first Peruvian news channels, Canal N established itself as the only permanent media outlet with local and national coverage in the 2000s, until the arrival of other competitors such as ATV+ and RPP TV.[1]

History

The idea of Canal N emerged in 1997 by journalist Bernardo Roca Rey during the Japanese embassy hostage crisis in Lima. To achieve the idea in practice, a commercial partner was needed, which over time turned out to be Gilberto Hume, who he met at a beach.[2]

«A whole afternoon making ceviche in a jar with plenty of pisco, and then we continued thinking about it and the idea matured» said Hume. The directives of El Comercio (later formed as El Comercio Producciones),[3] after giving approval to the idea,[4] entered the television industry with the opening of a small store located on Madrid Street in the district of Miraflores. Inspired by CNN,[5] initially it competed against Cable Canal de Noticias,[6] owned by Expreso, being until then the only news channel in Peru.

References

  1. ^ "Mayor competencia informativa para televidentes y anunciantes". Gestión (in Spanish). 22 June 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Canal N 15 años: Bernardo Roca Rey y Gilberto Hume, los arquitectos del medio". canaln.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  3. ^ Mendoza Michilot, María (2013). 100 años de periodismo en el Perú. Vol. II (First ed.). pp. 341, 375–379, 415. ISBN 978-9972-45-276-5. OCLC 871325948. Archived from the original on 1 October 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  4. ^ Godoy Mejía, José Alejandro (2018). "Canal N". El Comercio y la política peruana del siglo XXI: Pugnas entre liberales y conservadores detrás de las portadas. IEP EDICIONES. pp. 143–147. ISBN 9972-51-751-9. OCLC 1355830946. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Canal N cumplió un año en el aire". La República. 5 June 2000. Archived from the original on 10 July 2001. Retrieved 19 November 2023. Recordó que, inicialmente, esta televisora tomó como modelo al canal de noticias norteamericano CNN, pero aclaró que en el camino fueron dándose notables diferencias, como el mayor empleo de enlaces en directo y un estilo menos formal en el contenido y en el aspecto periodístico, para difundir lo que pasa en la ciudad y en diversas partes del país
  6. ^ "Alta Indefinición". Caretas. 28 December 2000. Archived from the original on 7 June 2004. Retrieved 17 March 2022.

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