CNN International quits Russia

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CNN International quits Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - CNN International notified Russian cable and satellite networks operators that from December 31 it will stop its broadcast in Russia. No official reasons for the decision were given .

According to TASS press agency, the corresponding letter was distributed by TBS Europe - the channel’s managing company.

Russian operators "Acad" and "VimpelCom" confirmed the fact of receipt of the letter.

Russia’s federal media watchdog Roskomnadzor denied it has anything to do with CNN International’s plans to stop broadcasting in Russia, claiming that "any foreign channel can freely get a broadcast license in Russian Federation in compliance with the procedures prescribed by law."

The general director of Turner Broadcasting System (CIS), Tatiana Kalita, declined to comment.

The representative of the company has explained that the move comes amid recent amendments in Russia’s law concerning mass media.

"Turner International is exploring options for the distribution of CNN in Russia in the light of recent amendments in Russian legislation concerning mass media.

Full story: http://www.eturbonews.com/52428/cnn-international-quits-russia

-- eTN 2014-11-11

[terryp]

CNN are history they have a WORLDWIDE daily audience of less than 300,000.....basically a joke too many made up news reports and distorsion of facts

[fritzzz25]

CNN are history they have a WORLDWIDE daily audience of less than 300,000.....basically a joke too many made up news reports and distorsion of facts

Just curious, this fact of their viewership you state, distortion or reality?

[NeverSure]

Yeah, let's see what people actually watch. For the 50th straight quarter.

OMG. Say it isn't so. As much as all of the other MSM channels combined. LINK

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Edited November 11, 2014 by NeverSure

[Ulysses G.]

Fox News had more people watching for the last election than the free network channels.

[lust]

I think cnn was really good at one time.

What I find best is to watch multiple news channels and determine the truth yourself based up different facts.

I cross-reference bbc, cnn, and Al jazeera.

[Publicus]

Yeah, let's see what people actually watch. For the 50th straight quarter.

OMG. Say it isn't so. As much as all of the other MSM channels combined. LINK

.

Yeah but you present only half the story....

Fox News Suffers Worst Ratings In Thirteen Years – And That’s Not Their Big Problem

May 30, 2014

Fox News has fallen and it can’t get up.

Ratings for the month of May 2014, have just been published, and the numbers are devastating for Fox News. While still occupying the top slot among the cable news networks, Fox saw about a quarter of its audience dissolve across every demographic group and time period.

For Fox to post numbers that they haven’t seen since August of 2001 (before 9/11) is a painful blow to both their reputation and their bank account. But they have even bigger problems. The viewers that do tune in to Fox are significantly older than viewers of their competitors. Fox News has always had the oldest skewing audience in cable news. With a median age of 68.8 years, Fox’s audience is over six years older than either CNN or MSNBC.

http://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/?cat=6

Fox News Gets No Emmys For News (Again). Maybe Reporting Some News Would Help

October 1, 2014

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences released the recipients of the Emmys for news and documentaries.

Conspicuously missing from that list was Fox “News.” Or perhaps the real surprise would be if they had actually won an Emmy. Fox has been stiffed by the Academy since their launch in 1996. That is largely due to the fact that Fox doesn’t broadcast any news. They are strictly an entertainment network that is filled with fiction, drama, scandal, soap opera, soft-porn, and a prodigious amount of unintentional comedy.

Rachel Maddow Beats Fox News – Again

http://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/?ca

http://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/?a=

Edited November 11, 2014 by Publicus

[chuckd]

More tilting at windmills.

Edit in: Any good news for Rachel since February?

Your link:

Rachel Maddow Beats Fox News – Again

Posted by Mark NC on February 10, 2014 at 8:11 pm.

Edited November 11, 2014 by chuckd

[Seastallion]

Yeah, let's see what people actually watch. For the 50th straight quarter.

OMG. Say it isn't so. As much as all of the other MSM channels combined. LINK

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If you really are a patriotic American, it's not something to crow about, more something to hide out of shame.

[Jay Sata]

Fox News had more people watching for the last election than the free network channels.

It certainly is the channel for right wing weirdoes who believe the rubbish spouted by Hannity,Coulter and

O'Reiily.

I will give them credit for getting rid of the extreme right winger Glen Beck.

As for CNN I find it impossible to watch presenters who look like shop window dummy's.

Are there really American women who wear their make up and hair like that?

The BBC seems to repeat the same stuff over and over again.

Russia has a better product than CNN in Russia Today but Al Jazeera takes some beating.

Edited November 11, 2014 by Jay Sata

[chuckd]

Fox News had more people watching for the last election than the free network channels.

It certainly is the channel for right wing weirdoes who believe the rubbish spouted by Hannity,Coulter and

O'Reiily.

I will give them credit for getting rid of the extreme right winger Glen Beck.

As for CNN I find it impossible to watch presenters who look like shop window dummy's.

Are there really American women who wear their make up and hair like that?

The BBC seems to repeat the same stuff over and over again.

Russia has a better product than CNN in Russia Today but Al Jazeera takes some beating.

If you live in Thailand you are very likely watching CNN International.

Those women who look like shop window dummies are broadcasting from either London or Hong Kong and are generally NOT American women.

I don't get Fox, RT or Al Jazeera? What do the women look like on Al Jazeera? Just curious.

[Publicus]

Yeah, let's see what people actually watch. For the 50th straight quarter.

OMG. Say it isn't so. As much as all of the other MSM channels combined. LINK

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If you really are a patriotic American, it's not something to crow about, more something to hide out of shame.

Watching television is not included in any credible definition of patriotism. Or not watching television. Or what one chooses to watch on television.

That which one chooses to watch on television is completely irrelevant and immaterial to any credible definition of patriotism.

Neither is there any demonstrated relationship between crows and patriots.

It's a shameful post and a shameless one too..

[brewsterbudgen]

How will the Russians cope without Richard Quest!

[ezzra]

Most of CNN and the BBC broadcasters are working for Al- Jazeera now, earning a lot more

than the old jobs... as for the Russkies, they will pirate the single as of 1st Jan. 2015, no

worries there...

[Seastallion]

Yeah, let's see what people actually watch. For the 50th straight quarter.

OMG. Say it isn't so. As much as all of the other MSM channels combined. LINK

.

If you really are a patriotic American, it's not something to crow about, more something to hide out of shame.

Watching television is not included in any credible definition of patriotism. Or not watching television. Or what one chooses to watch on television.

That which one chooses to watch on television is completely irrelevant and immaterial to any credible definition of patriotism.

Neither is there any demonstrated relationship between crows and patriots.

It's a shameful post and a shameless one too..

Zooooooom. Completely over your head.

I agree with your first 2 lines, though all they do is serve to show your incomprehension. You must be a Fox viewer!

Your next two are rather silly.

[Jay Sata]

Most of CNN and the BBC broadcasters are working for Al- Jazeera now, earning a lot more

than the old jobs... as for the Russkies, they will pirate the single as of 1st Jan. 2015, no

worries there...

Spot on.

There is a superb cross section of journalists from across the world,working for Al. Jaz.

The money is good but the downside is being stuck in Doha.

[oneday]

Does anyone feel that Russia is stepping back into Communism or at least into a police state or dictatorship? Seems like Russia was a much calmer country shortly after the wall came down, but now power hungry people seem to be in leadership roles and I'll bet elections will soon become a farce if they aren't already. Maybe the mafia is now in charge, but one thing is for certain, Russia is becoming a scary country again. A country with Nuclear Weapons.

[Publicus]

Yeah, let's see what people actually watch. For the 50th straight quarter.

OMG. Say it isn't so. As much as all of the other MSM channels combined. LINK

.

If you really are a patriotic American, it's not something to crow about, more something to hide out of shame.

Watching television is not included in any credible definition of patriotism. Or not watching television. Or what one chooses to watch on television.

That which one chooses to watch on television is completely irrelevant and immaterial to any credible definition of patriotism.

Neither is there any demonstrated relationship between crows and patriots.

It's a shameful post and a shameless one too..

Zooooooom. Completely over your head.

I agree with your first 2 lines, though all they do is serve to show your incomprehension. You must be a Fox viewer!

Your next two are rather silly.

Too late, the post remains the post. Editing time has long passed so you can't take it back.

I may have missed something in the post, but if you were being less than serious you should have been more than clear.

I thought you were pretty clear.

Time to move along......

[blazes]

Does anyone feel that Russia is stepping back into Communism or at least into a police state or dictatorship? Seems like Russia was a much calmer country shortly after the wall came down, but now power hungry people seem to be in leadership roles and I'll bet elections will soon become a farce if they aren't already. Maybe the mafia is now in charge, but one thing is for certain, Russia is becoming a scary country again. A country with Nuclear Weapons.

Fascinating: this paragraph provides a fairly accurate description of the United States of America.

Police state? ask citizens of Ferguson or LA or or....

Dictatorship? Edward Snowden gave us the lowdown on how much a dicatorship relies on spying

Wall (non-existent in Russia)? How about the proposals to block all migrants from Mexico?

Power-hungry people? Look at cosy relationship between Wall St and government....

Elections as farce? Ask Al Gore what he thinks of the electoral process....

Mafia? Say no more....

Scary country? Look around you.

Nuclear Weapons????? 3 senior Air Force officers in charge of nuclear weapons recently sacked...

And so on and so on....

[Ulic]

The problem with FOX is they are not a News channel but a commentary channel. I like to watch the FOX pundits

from time to time just to see how outrageous there commentary can be. I do like to watch CNN, MS NBC, and BBC as well

but as they tend to be on 20 min. loops or go hog wild on particular stories, OJ, Oscar P. etc I like to watch

business news on Blomberg and CNBC. So I get a good cross section of them all. Personally I like CBC (Canada)

the best for news reporting with much less commentary.

[elgordo38]

How does one spell CNN is it FOX? We here in Chiang Mai are a captive audience with WETV to the left wing bashing by FOX. Their whole news format consists of bashing Democrats. I wish we would switch to CNN. FOX is not a news channel but a ring wing fist wielded by the Republicans. In 2016 the next midterms they will be crying that the Democrats stole the election. Every midterm seems to swing back and forth between the two parties as voters have no other choice. It seems to me that billions of dollars were spent on this years midterm. What a waste of money.

[tolsti]

In 1994, I used to love traveling up to Moscow and staying in a decent hotel as they had CNN and from living in the Russian Far East it was the closest thing to civilisation. However the novelty wore off eventually and Chicken Noodle News descended into the morass of <deleted> journalism.

This morning I woke up, on the Eastern Seaboard of Thailand and hit the remote...... Fox News!!! Have these people not had their rabies innoculations? They are foaming at the mouth as they spout their hatred for the black boy in the White House.

Then come along the info ads..... If you are in a foreign country don't break the laws otherwise you will end up in jail...... No shit Sherlock!!

'Merkin retards.

[lovetotravel]

Russian media is tightly controlled by the government. From the article in the OP, CNN isn't the first to leave:

Previously several other foreign news outlets - Radio Liberty, Voice of America, Radio France Internationale, BBC's Russian Hour and Deutsche Welle, ceased operations in Russia because of the hostile media regulations.

I'm amazed at the comment regarding Russia Today. If CNN was run by the US government, I'd had to think what members here would say. But RT, in their view, is OK?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT_(TV_network)

Here's a exit interview from a broadcaster from Russia Today:

Freedom of speech is not possible in Russia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Press_Freedom_Index

Russia ranks below Burma and Cambodia.

[SinCityGr8One]

I get my International TV news from RT, CCTV and Al Jazeera in that order. If I have a problem falling asleep at night, I'll just turn on KCTV (Pyongyang, DPRK), and usually fall asleep within 10 minutes.

[Ulysses G.]

How does one spell CNN is it FOX? We here in Chiang Mai are a captive audience with WETV to the left wing bashing by FOX.

We are not "captive" to anything other than being ill-informed. WETV also carries the BBC, Al Jazeera, Channel News Asia and several other news channels. If you don't like Fox, turn the station.

[SinCityGr8One]

Does anyone feel that Russia is stepping back into Communism or at least into a police state or dictatorship? Seems like Russia was a much calmer country shortly after the wall came down, but now power hungry people seem to be in leadership roles and I'll bet elections will soon become a farce if they aren't already. Maybe the mafia is now in charge, but one thing is for certain, Russia is becoming a scary country again. A country with Nuclear Weapons.

Fascinating: this paragraph provides a fairly accurate description of the United States of America.

Police state? ask citizens of Ferguson or LA or or....

Dictatorship? Edward Snowden gave us the lowdown on how much a dicatorship relies on spying

Wall (non-existent in Russia)? How about the proposals to block all migrants from Mexico?

Power-hungry people? Look at cosy relationship between Wall St and government....

Elections as farce? Ask Al Gore what he thinks of the electoral process....

Mafia? Say no more....

Scary country? Look around you.

Nuclear Weapons????? 3 senior Air Force officers in charge of nuclear weapons recently sacked...

And so on and so on....

I agree with your take on US Elections. FYI, Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) once said, "If having the Right to Vote meant anything, They wouldn't allow us to do it!" That was said over 100 years ago. Some things never change.

Edited November 11, 2014 by SinCityGr8One

[bangkapi]

Does anyone feel that Russia is stepping back into Communism or at least into a police state or dictatorship? Seems like Russia was a much calmer country shortly after the wall came down, but now power hungry people seem to be in leadership roles and I'll bet elections will soon become a farce if they aren't already. Maybe the mafia is now in charge, but one thing is for certain, Russia is becoming a scary country again. A country with Nuclear Weapons.

Replace "Russia" with "USA" and I'd say, definitely!

[Bpuumike]

 

Does anyone feel that Russia is stepping back into Communism or at least into a police state or dictatorship? Seems like Russia was a much calmer country shortly after the wall came down, but now power hungry people seem to be in leadership roles and I'll bet elections will soon become a farce if they aren't already. Maybe the mafia is now in charge, but one thing is for certain, Russia is becoming a scary country again. A country with Nuclear Weapons.

 

Russia? Take a close look at the USA (USSRA?)

[Ulysses G.]

Yeah, let's see what people actually watch. For the 50th straight quarter.

OMG. Say it isn't so. As much as all of the other MSM channels combined. LINK

.

Yeah but you present only half the story....

The Spinmeister strikes again - still posting left-wing propaganda. May is a notoriously low month for ratings for everyone on cable TV. News audiences always trend older, and the viewers of Fox’s competitors are hardly youngsters either. MSNBC’s median age for its prime-time shows is 60.6; CNN’s is 59.8.

Q2 2014 Cable News Ratings: Fox News Hits 50th Straight Quarter at #1

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/q2-2014-cable-news-ratings-fox-news-hits-50th-straight-quarter-at-1/

If there’s any bad news for Fox, it’s that numbers are going down for ALL cable news outlets

Edited November 11, 2014 by Ulysses G.

[Jay Sata]

You'll be telling us Fox are fair and balanced next.

To get back to the point CNN have had their day.

Most international breaking news is supplied by the two global news agencies,Reuters and AP.

All the rest is comment and discussion.

China also has a global news feed,CCTV , fronted by western journalists.

CNN has been hit hard by the competition and has closed most of its global beaurex.