{"id":867078,"date":"2026-08-24T20:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T20:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/867078\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T20:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T20:36:12","slug":"cnn-signal-interrupted-by-warner-bros-discovery-technical-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/867078\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN signal interrupted by Warner Bros. Discovery technical issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmt7hy1ga00152dp3bq5ha3j1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A technical issue across Warner Bros. Discovery\u2019s channels disrupted CNN, HBO and other channels during the noon hour on the East Coast on Monday.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmt7hy8qo00043b6rzzuea7uc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CNN viewers saw scrambled screens and pixelated chaos, leading some to search social media for information about the outage.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmt7hy8qo00063b6rhocw8hok@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A spokesperson called it a \u201ctechnical issue across Warner Bros. Discovery,\u201d CNN\u2019s parent company, which also operates TNT, TBS and other channels.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmt7hy8qo00083b6ra0ppk2tk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The disruption apparently started shortly after 12 p.m. Eastern. On CNN, which was airing an \u201cInside Politics\u201d panel on President Donald Trump\u2019s trade war with Canada, the screen seemed to freeze and then glitch into pixelated blocks of color and fragmented on-air imagery.\n    <\/p>\n<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/screenshot-2026-08-24-at-12-48-43-pm.png\" alt=\"Screenshot 2026-08-24 at 12.48.43\u202fPM.png\" class=\"image_large__dam-img image_large__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_large__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"696\" width=\"1234\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmt7hy8qo000a3b6rivt3s278@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Viewers may have experienced different impacts depending on the distribution platform they use.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmt7hy8qo000c3b6rm5gmsqkg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            At 12:51 p.m., \u201cInside Politics\u201d anchor Dana Bash addressed the issue, telling viewers, \u201cWelcome back and we are back. There was a technical issue across Warner Bros. Discovery\u2019s channels that resulted in losing our signal. We\u2019re very sorry for the interruption.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A technical issue across Warner Bros. 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