CNN To Live Stream AG Jeff Sessions Testimony
CNN will live stream Attorney General Jeff Sessions' testimony to the U.S. Senate intelligence committee beginning at 2:30PM ET, Tuesday June 13th across platforms.
The CNN live stream will be available for U.S. and international desktop and mobile web users, and through tablet and mobile apps. It will also be available on Roku and Amazon Fire TV devices unauthenticated.
The live stream will add to CNN Politics' live coverage and analysis across TV and digital platforms.
CNN RETURNS TO "THE NINETIES"
SUNDAY, JULY 9, AT 9:00 PM ET/PT
CNN hits rewind to explore the most iconic moments and influential people of The Nineties on Sunday, July 9, at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. Executive produced by Emmy® Award-winning producers Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman (Playtone) and Emmy® Award-winning producer Mark Herzog (Herzog & Company), The Nineties is a seven-part CNN Original Series that examines the presidencies of George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton, technological triumphs and terrorist tragedies, the grunge revolution and hip-hop’s ascendance, interracial conflict across America, and a genre-bending era of television.
CNN named most popular news source for business and leisure travellers
No other international news media comes close to CNN in engaging with global business and leisure travel audiences, according to the inaugural Media GPS survey, conducted by international research consultancy BDRC Group, which has studied the trends of 9.9 million weekly international travellers.
By surveying international travellers as they book through online travel agencies (OTAs), traditional travel agents and corporate travel management companies (TMCs), the Media GPS study found that over 50% of all international travellers turn to CNN via TV and digital for news and information during their trips.
CNN Worldwide Wins PromaxBDA Global Excellence Marketing Team of the Year
For the third year in a row, CNN Worldwide took the prize as Global Excellence Marketing Team of the Year.
The Global Excellence Awards honor the best work in all categories including on-air, online and on-the-go, from across the globe—and CNN took the gold with a wide range of strong creative spots.
In addition, CNN Worldwide earned 33 Gold, 32 Silver and 31 Bronze awards.
The company’s “Why We Go” campaign, showcasing the unique ways in which only CNN can gather and tell a story, earned recognition in multiple categories including image campaign, sound design and total package channel image.
CNN Worldwide Wins PromaxBDA Global Excellence Marketing Team of the Year
Television Academy Honors CNN Films for WE WILL RISE: Michelle Obama's Mission to Educate Girls Around the World
CNN Films WE WILL RISE: Michelle Obama's Mission to Educate Girls Around the World was celebrated with five other honorees last night in Los Angeles by the Television Academy of Arts and Sciences with a Television Academy Honors Award. The Television Academy Honors are conferred for exceptional programming that changes hearts and minds about challenging social issues.
VIDEO of the acceptance remarks is available here: http://www.emmys.com/video/2017-television-academy-honors-we-will-rise-michelle-obamas-mission-educate-girls-around-world
WE WILL RISE featured the former First Lady Michelle Obama, actors and human rights activists Meryl Streep and Freida Pinto, and CNN's Isha Sesay as they explored the inspirational stories of girls in Liberia and Morocco overcoming incredible odds to pursue their educations. The film first premiered on CNN/U.S. and CNN International on October 11, 2016.
Actor Dana Delany presented the award last night to CNN's Isha Sesay and to the film's director, Tony Gerber of Market Road Films and The Documentary Group, which produced the film for CNN Films.
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CNN AND HLN ANCHORS CELEBRATE THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO DEDICATE THEIR LIVES TO HELPING OTHERS
”Champions for Change” – a special week-long event – will begin airing on Sunday, June 11th across CNN, with a one-hour special hosted by Dr. Sanjay Gupta airing on Saturday, June 17th at 9pm ET
Beginning on Sunday, June 11th, CNN will air Champions for Change, a week-long special event that sends CNN and HLN anchors out in the field to spend time working with the people and causes that are close to their hearts. The anchors travel across the country to share the moving stories of the leaders and volunteers behind these inspiring organizations, learn about the challenges they face, and see first-hand the real difference they are making in the lives of those they help. Champions for Change will air as individual segments across CNN throughout the week, culminating in a one-hour, prime-time special highlighting the series’ best moments, hosted by Dr. Sanjay Gupta on Saturday, June 17th at 9pm ET.
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CNN International to air special coverage of UK Election
CNN International will kick off rolling coverage of the UK election with special programming, beginning at 10pm BST on Thursday 8 June, tracking all the latest news, polls, results and reactions as the UK heads once again to the polls.
Coverage on 8 June will be anchored from the CNN London bureau by Hala Gorani and Richard Quest, with correspondents stationed at key locations for the big vote.
Christiane Amanpour will be outside the Houses of Parliament, where she will be joined by Robin Oakley to interview key guests during the evening.
At Theresa May’s campaign headquarters, Nic Robertson will be on hand to gauge reaction, while Fred Pleitgen will be at Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s campaign HQ.
Nina dos Santos will be stationed at a key polling station as voters cast their ballots, and Erin McLaughlin will be in Brussels, to look at how the vote might impact on Brexit negotiations.
CNN International Commercial transforms insight and AI capabilities through creation of Audiences and Data group
CNN International Commercial (CNNIC) is investing in industry-leading data insight, analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities as it evolves the way that advertisers can partner with CNN for pan regional TV and digital campaigns that are fully accountable, regardless of the platform.
These capabilities reflect the way that CNN now works with advertisers on pre-dominantly multiplatform brand solutions in a dynamic pan-regional trading environment. A new Audiences and Data centre of excellence is established within CNNIC, replacing the linear-focused research function which has traditionally relied on industry surveys for audience insight. Headed by data scientist Mark Sear, who joins from EMC Consulting, the Audiences and Data group will harness data to spearhead innovation across all parts of CNN’s international business and deliver cutting-edge evidence-based solutions for CNNIC’s clients.
CNN To Live Stream Comey Testimony
CNN will live stream Former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony to the U.S. Senate beginning at 10AM ET, Thursday June 8th, without requiring log-in to a cable provider.
The CNN live stream will be available for U.S. and international desktop and mobile web users, and through tablet and mobile apps. It will also be available on Apple TV, Roku and Amazon Fire TV devices unauthenticated.
The live stream will add to CNN Politics' live coverage and analysis across TV and digital platforms.
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