The Cable News Network (CNN) is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner.
It was founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner as a 24-hour cable news channel.
However, by April 2016, a CNN executive officially described the channel as "no longer a TV news network" and instead as "a 24-hour global multiplatform network." Upon its launch,
CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage, and was the first all-news television channel in the United States.