CNN has a new way to get its documentary series heard.
Sirius Xm plans to launch CNN Originals, a new channel that spotlights the growing number of non-fiction series that appear on both CNN and its sibling network Hln. Starting September 18, programs including Anthony Bourdain’s “Parts Unknown,” “United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell” and “This Is Life with Lisa Ling” will be made available via channel 121 on the satellite-radio service.
“CNN and Hln have created an incredible catalog of docuseries, and we are proud to offer them, in addition to future programs, as a full-time channel to SiriusXM subscribers,” said Megan Liberman, senior vice president of news, talk and entertainment for SiriusXM, in a statement.
The debut of the new offering comes amid growing interest by many of the nation’s news outlets in documentary programming. NBC News last week unveiled MSNBC Films, a new initiative aimed...
Sirius Xm plans to launch CNN Originals, a new channel that spotlights the growing number of non-fiction series that appear on both CNN and its sibling network Hln. Starting September 18, programs including Anthony Bourdain’s “Parts Unknown,” “United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell” and “This Is Life with Lisa Ling” will be made available via channel 121 on the satellite-radio service.
“CNN and Hln have created an incredible catalog of docuseries, and we are proud to offer them, in addition to future programs, as a full-time channel to SiriusXM subscribers,” said Megan Liberman, senior vice president of news, talk and entertainment for SiriusXM, in a statement.
The debut of the new offering comes amid growing interest by many of the nation’s news outlets in documentary programming. NBC News last week unveiled MSNBC Films, a new initiative aimed...
- 9/16/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
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