{{short description|Czech television station}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox television channel | name = CNN Prima News | logo = File:CNN Prima News SVG Logo.svg | logo_size = 200px | logo_alt = | launch_date = {{start date and age|2020|5|3|df=y}} | language = Czech | picture_format = 16:9/4:3 576i (SDTV)<br>720p/1080i (HDTV) | owner = FTV Prima | country = Czech Republic | area = Czech Republic<br>Slovakia | sister_channels = TV Prima<br>Prima Cool<br>Prima Krimi<br>Prima Love<br>Prima Max<br>Prima Show<br>Prima Star<br>Prima Zoom<br>Prima SK | website = [https://cnn.iprima.cz/ Official website] | terr_serv_1 = DVB-T/T2 | terr_chan_1 = MUX 22 (FTA) | online_serv_1 = CNN Prima NEWS | online_chan_1 = [https://cnn.iprima.cz/vysilani Watch live]<br/>{{small|(Czech only)}} | online_serv_2 = | online_chan_2 = }}
'''Cable News Network Prima News''', known as '''CNN Prima News''' is a Czech news channel belonging to the FTV Prima group. It provides continuous Czech-language news on the basis of a partnership with CNN International Commercial (CNNIC).
The channel started broadcasting on 3 May 2020 at 18.55. The first program was ''Hlavní zprávy'' (Main News) moderated by Pavel Štrunec and Veronika Kubíčková.<ref name="Digitální rádio 230420">{{cite web |last=Polák |first=Lukáš |title=Zpravodajská televize CNN Prima News odstartuje 3. května, půjde o multimediální projekt |url=https://digital.rozhlas.cz/zpravodajska-televize-cnn-prima-news-odstartuje-3-kvetna-pujde-o-multimedialni-8188743 |website=Digitální rádio |access-date=27 January 2024 |language=cs |date=23 April 2020 |archive-date=27 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240127204231/https://digital.rozhlas.cz/zpravodajska-televize-cnn-prima-news-odstartuje-3-kvetna-pujde-o-multimedialni-8188743 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==About the channel== In addition to continuous news, the station broadcasts other programs throughout the day, seven days a week, and also provides news content to other channels and the online platform of the Prima group.<ref name="iDNES 020419">{{cite web |last=Venturová |first=Jitka |title=Prima míří mezi zpravodajské velikány. Do roka spustí kanál CNN Prima News |url=https://www.idnes.cz/zpravy/mediahub/tv-prima-zpravodajsky-kanal-cnn-prima-news.A190402_110734_mediahub_jpl |website=iDNES.cz |access-date=27 January 2024 |language=cs |date=2 April 2019 |archive-date=27 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240127204231/https://www.idnes.cz/zpravy/mediahub/tv-prima-zpravodajsky-kanal-cnn-prima-news.A190402_110734_mediahub_jpl |url-status=live }}</ref> It is available in terrestrial broadcasting and in the offer of cable and satellite operators throughout the territory of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic; brings viewers both domestic and international news delivered by CNN Corporation. Its headquarters in the Prague intelligence center is equipped with very modern technical facilities. The station's studio covers almost 400 m<sup>2</sup>, the space is dominated by the presenter's desk with a built-in screen. The studio is decorated in blue, red and white. It is the only one in the Czech Republic with two floors.<ref name="MediaGuru 031219">{{cite web |last=Vojtěchovská |first=Martina |title=CNN Prima News ukázala studio, řízena bude Redakční radou |url=https://www.mediaguru.cz/clanky/2019/11/cnn-prima-news-ukazala-studio-rizena-bude-redakcni-radou |website=MediaGuru.cz |access-date=27 January 2024 |language=cs |archive-date=27 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240127204232/https://www.mediaguru.cz/clanky/2019/11/cnn-prima-news-ukazala-studio-rizena-bude-redakcni-radou |url-status=live }}</ref>
The station stated that it would broadcast world-class news, but according to a comment from the Internet magazine Lupa.cz the first evening broadcast was full of technological gadgets, but lacked its own content.<ref name="Lupa 040520">{{cite web |last=Rožánek |first=Filip |title=První dojmy: Na CNN Prima News zatím vítězí technika a marketing |url=https://www.lupa.cz/clanky/prvni-dojmy-na-cnn-prima-news-zatim-vitezi-technika-a-marketing/ |website=Lupa.cz |access-date=27 January 2024 |language=cs |archive-date=27 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240127204234/https://www.lupa.cz/clanky/prvni-dojmy-na-cnn-prima-news-zatim-vitezi-technika-a-marketing/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{official|https://cnn.iprima.cz/}}
{{FTV Prima}} {{Television in the Czech Republic}}
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