{"id":82289,"date":"2025-10-16T14:07:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T14:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/82289\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T14:07:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T14:07:08","slug":"cnns-subscription-service-to-launch-october-28-at-6-99-per-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/82289\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN’s Subscription Service To Launch October 28 At $6.99 Per Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tCNN<\/a> is making another go of it with a subscription service, announcing an Oct. 28 launch for its \u201call access\u201d service at a price of $6.99 per month.<\/p>\n

\n\tSubscribers will have access to live and on demand content, as well as digital journalism.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s an essential step in CNN\u2019s evolution as we work to give audiences the complete CNN experience in a format that reflects how audiences engage with the news today,\u201d Alex MacCallum<\/a>, CNN Worldwide\u2019s executive vice president of digital products and services, said in a statement. The launch of a new service has been a key initiative of Mark Thompson, the chairman and CEO of CNN Worldwide, who has worked to merge the linear and digital newsgathering operations. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe All Access tier will give subscribers the ability to stream \u201ca selection of CNN\u2019s live U.S. and International programming,\u201d the network said, as well as a library of CNN Originals and CNN Films. New CNN Originals content will be available a day after their television airing. The network said that the service also will feature exclusive live on-demand content and live events, as well as subscriber-only content on CNN.com.<\/p>\n

\n\tCNN is offering an introductory rate of $41.99 per year, a discount from the $69.99 annual rate.<\/p>\n

\n\tThat will be different from CNN+, the network\u2019s previous effort to get into the subscription video space. The venture, which last for one month in 2022, featured programming from personalities like Chris Wallace and Kasie Hunt separate from the main network. The following year, CNN launched a stream on HBO Max, called CNN Max, that relied on the network\u2019s international feed. That is being phased out in anticipation of the launch of the All Access service. <\/p>\n

\n\tLast year, CNN launched a subscription tier for CNN.com content, called the basic tier.<\/p>\n

\n\tCNN cable and satellite subscribers will get access to the streaming channels, but will still need to subscribe to the basic tier to access CNN.com articles.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe challenge for cable news networks in offering streams of their content has been to do so without jeopardizing the revenue stream of subscription fees from cable and satellite operators. Fox News launched Fox Nation in 2018 and, although it offers on-demand access to popular opinion and news host linear programming, the service has invested heavily in entertainment and lifestyle offerings, including shows featuring Kevin Costner and Dennis Quaid. MSNBC has had a presence on Peacock, but it preparing to split from parent company Comcast and rebrand as MS NOW. <\/p>\n

\n\tBroadcast networks have offered their own streaming channels \u2014 ABC News Live, NBC News Now and CBS News 24\/7 \u2014 for free. But NBC is looking to offer its own subscription streaming news product later this year.<\/p>\n

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