Canal N Explained

Canal N
Launch Date:July 4, 1999
Owner:Plural TV
Country:Peru
Website:Canal 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. El Comercio started advertising Canal N to the public for the first time in 1998 in the PC World magazine, American magazine whose local version was produced by the newspaper. Later, advertisements for the channel appeared on Cable Mágico's magazine for the subscribers of the cable operator: the advertisement included a photo of the studios of the channel and the phrase El Perú minuto a minuto. After several months of technical and laboral adjustments, in April 1999, Canal N was launched in test mode on Canal Mágico, At an initial phase only available for the subscribers of the adult channel package.[7]

At the same time, on Cable Mágico's channel 8, whose frequency up until then was occupied by crisis-ridden Brazilian network Rede Manchete (in its last weeks on air before the closure),Canal N's logo appeared, with the image of a rotating 3D letter N on a black background accompanied by background music. By this way, the channel announced its future availability over such frequency. Canal N was officially launched at 8am on July 4, 1999[8] [9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mayor competencia informativa para televidentes y anunciantes. 24 May 2023. 22 June 2012. Gestión. es.
  2. Web site: Canal N 15 años: Bernardo Roca Rey y Gilberto Hume, los arquitectos del medio. 7 August 2022. canaln.pe. 5 July 2014 . es.
  3. Book: Mendoza Michilot, María. First. 100 años de periodismo en el Perú. 2013. 18 September 2022. 978-9972-45-276-5. 871325948. II. 341, 375-379, 415. Universidad de Lima, Fondo Editorial . 1 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211001220040/https://repositorio.ulima.edu.pe/handle/20.500.12724/10722. dead.
  4. Book: Godoy Mejía, José Alejandro. El Comercio y la política peruana del siglo XXI: Pugnas entre liberales y conservadores detrás de las portadas. https://books.google.com/books?id=gReZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT143. IEP EDICIONES. 2018. 6 January 2023. 978-9972-51-751-8. 1355830946. 143–147. Canal N.
  5. Web site: Canal N cumplió un año en el aire. 19 November 2023. 5 June 2000. La República. 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20010710102528/http://www3.larepublica.com.pe:80/2000/JULIO/pdf5/politica.htm. 10 July 2001.
  6. Web site: Alta Indefinición. 17 March 2022. 28 December 2000. Caretas. https://web.archive.org/web/20040607142418/http://www.caretas.com.pe/2000/1651/secciones/cinetv.phtml. 7 June 2004.
  7. Book: Fernando, Vivas Sabroso. En vivo y en directo : una historia de la televisión peruana. 1 April 2022. 978-9972-45-424-0. 1250648431. 8 July 2018 . 656–659. Universidad de Lima .
  8. Book: Fowks, Jacqueline. Chichapolitik: la prensa con Fujimori en las elecciones generales 2000 en el Perú. Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. 2015. 21 November 2022. 978-9972-43-041-1. 915671886. 99.
  9. Web site: Canal N, un repaso por su historia. 2 March 2023. 4 July 2009. El Comercio Perú. https://web.archive.org/web/20091015140233/http://elcomercio.pe/impresa/notas/canal-repaso-su-historia/20090704/309304. 15 October 2009.