{{Infobox television channel | name = CN23 | logo = Cn23logo2017.png | logo_size = 150px | logo_alt = | image = | type = Free-to-air television channel | launch_date = {{start date|2010|05|10}} | closed_date = {{closed date|2020|11|25}} | picture_format = 1080i HDTV<br />(downscaled to 576i/480i for the SD feed) | network = | owner = Soluciones Logísticas S.A. | language = Spanish | country = Argentina | area = Argentina<br />International | headquarters = Buenos Aires, Argentina | former_names = | terr_serv_1 = Digital UHF | terr_chan_1 = Channel 25.1 | replaced_by = Unife | sister_channels = | timeshift_service = | website = }} '''CN23''' ('''Cultura y Noticias 23''') was an Argentine news channel owned by Soluciones Logísticas S.A. as one of the new channels following the passing of the new Media Law. Initially owned by Grupo 23, the channel was acquired by Grupo Indalo in February 2016, and later, in 2019, to the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, alongside 360 TV. The channel ceased broadcasting on November 25, 2020, being replaced by Unife's definitive service.
==History== The passing of Law nº. 26522 enabled the creation of digital terrestrial television and the creation of new channels for the platform. Its primary aim was to offer "diversity and the construction of an alternative agenda" to the existing news channels, not only giving airtime to news of national interest, but also to indigenous populations, co-operatives and peasants. The channel was founded by Sergio Szpolski and was owned by Grupo 23, who also owned the Infonews portal, newspaper Tiempo Argentino and Radio América (AM 1190). Matías Garfunkel bought 50% of the group's shares in February 2011.<ref name=pantallas>[http://sociales.unq.edu.ar/wp-content/uploads/byt2014/ponencias/eje09/FernandezDaianaFlorencia-360TVyCN23dosnuevosactoresdelaTelevisionDigitalAbierta.pdf Nuevas Pantallas en la TV Digital Abierta. Casos: 360 TV y CN 23]</ref>
The first test broadcasts were made in March 2010 via online streaming. The number '''23''' was a reference to its potential channel slot.<ref name=pantallas/> By August, the channel's regular service was already being carried on the digital terrestrial platform.<ref>[https://www.0223.com.ar/nota/2010-8-9-cinco-canales-ya-transmiten-en-digital Cinco canales ya transmiten en digital]</ref>
The channel was seen with caution from opposition politicians and Grupo Clarín's Cablevisión, the latter of which initially rejected the inclusion of the channel, giving a ten-day period to add the channel. TeleRed was adverted to do the same within a fifteen-day window.<ref>[https://www.minutouno.com/sociedad/obligan-cablevision-incluir-su-grilla-un-nuevo-canal-oficialista-n130556 Obligan a CableVisión a incluir en su grilla un nuevo canal oficialista]</ref> Cablevisión only added the channel on September 17, 2011, on its digital service.<ref>[https://www.lapoliticaonline.com/nota/nota-76526/ Cablevisión incorporó a su servicio digital a CN23]</ref>
On February 10, 2016, the channel was sold to Grupo Indalo alongside its newspaper ''El Argentino'' and 50% of its shares in Vorterix, through an exchange of shares with the previous shareholdersof this companies who started to have a minority interest in Indalo Media who maintains the majority, with over 90% of the shares and, as consequence maintaining majority control.<ref>{{cite web | title=Apertura: Noticias económicas, financieras y de negocios - el Cronista | url=http://www.apertura.com/negocios/Cristobal-Lopez-compra-CN23-la-mitad-de-Vorterix-y-El-Argentino-20160210-0008.html }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clarin.com/politica/CN23-despidos-conciliacion-obligatoria_0_15315647257.html |title=CN23: hubo 136 despidos y una conciliación obligatoria |work=Clarín |date=March 1, 2016 |access-date=March 5, 2016}}</ref>
On August 29, 2016, the channel relaunched its graphical identity and its programming, as well as starting its broadcasts from the Ideas del Sur studio complex and a change to its format, aiming more to Buenos Aires Province.<ref>{{cite web|title=Se Relanza CN23, con foco bonaerense|url=http://www.ambito.com/852713-se-relanza-cn23-con-foco-bonaerense|work=Ambito.com|date=August 29, 2016|access-date=August 29, 2016}}</ref>
Due to the financial crisis the channel was suffering, as well as its low ratings, on August 1, 2017, it announced its closure as a news channel to air "canned" content from other channels, after the channel announced the voluntary firing of its news team.<ref>{{cite web | title=Cierra CN23 para pasar a transmitir contenidos enlatados | url=https://www.eltribuno.com/salta/nota/2017-7-7-20-8-12-cierra-cn23-para-pasar-a-transmitir-contenidos-enlatados }}</ref>
On September 1, 2019, DirecTV Argentina removed CN23 and 360 TV, without a replacement. <ref>[http://culturaynoticias.com.ar/directv-retiró-de-la-parrilla-de-su-programación-a-cn23-y-360tv DirecTV Retiró de la Parrilla de su Programación a CN23 y 360 TV] {{Dead link|date=May 2026}}</ref> In November, the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God started occupying the channel, after doing so with 360 TV in September.<ref>[https://tavilatam.com/argentina-iglesia-universal-es-responsable-de-toda-la-programacion-de-360-tv-y-de-cn23/ Iglesia Universal es responsable de toda la programación de 360 TV y de CN23]</ref> After a year in this situation, on November 23, 2020, CN23's bandwidth was given over to Unife, which had been operational since 2019.<ref name="UnifeClarin">[https://www.clarin.com/brandstudio/unife-senal-cumple-ano-refuerza-variada-programacion-familiar_0_Q3oc-UC1u.html?srsltid=AfmBOorh9xdCe5NV3gFmvIe9-VxWndIUhipsxXkDBnTIy7mfMV5QO6nA UNIFE: La señal cumple un año y refuerza su variada programación familiar]</ref>
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