All News Channel
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Launched | November 30, 1989 |
Closed | September 30, 2002 (12 years and 10 months) |
All News Channel (ANC) is an former American
History
All News Channel was launched on November 30, 1989, through a partnership formed between Viacom and Hubbard (structured as a joint venture between CONUS Communications {CONUS being an
However, All News Channel, like many other cable networks, struggled with cable carriage throughout its existence;[5] indeed, the service was mainly targeted at home satellite dish users, while sales material for ANC largely focused on the ability for broadcast stations to use ANC programming to fill holes in their schedules, as a replacement for programming blacked out by SyndEx restrictions, or as part of localized news services.[6][7] Beginning in 1992, ANC switched to an all-barter syndication model (having been previously offered on a cash-plus-barter basis) via All-American Television, in part as a defensive strategy against network-supplied overnight newscasts.[8] The channel's reach was boosted in 1994 when Hubbard Broadcasting launched United States Satellite Broadcasting (USSB), including ANC as the direct-broadcast satellite service's only option for news; CNN and other news channels were carried on DirecTV, the proprietor of the Digital Satellite System (DSS) that USSB also utilized to transmit its services.[9]
All News Channel/CONUS also produced news content for third parties. Beginning in January 1991 as a response to the Gulf War, All News Channel produced daily news updates that aired on Showtime (at the time, owned by ANC co-parent Viacom and also partially responsible for management and distribution of ANC) during the premium channel's prime time promotional breaks.[10] The channel also produced USA Updates for USA Network from 1993 to 2000 (these were originally produced at KYW-TV in Philadelphia beginning in January 1989, but cutbacks at Group W resulted in the cessation of the Newsfeed Network satellite video service, which the USA Update segments were produced through, and the sale of its assets to CNN[11][12]). From 1991 to 1994, VH1 (also owned by Viacom) carried All News Channel-produced interstitials during the morning music video block Hits, News & Weather. ANC also produced the syndicated morning business news program First Business, before its national distribution rights were transferred to MGM Television shortly after ANC's shutdown, as well as other longform syndicated programming, including The American Times (a daily evening newscast that was primarily carried nationally on America One) and On the Money (a financial analysis program intended to air on weekends).[13][14]
All News Channel was never profitable throughout its history and could not withstand the challenges of
CONUS itself began to be squeezed out of the newsgathering marketplace by rival CNN Newsource, as well as the major networks' own affiliate news services (ABC NewsOne, CBS Newspath and NBC News Channel). As a result, Hubbard announced the closure of CONUS' newsgathering operations in the fall of 2002 (by which time CONUS only had 100 or so affiliates, down from a self-imposed limit of 125 in 1999); Hubbard continued to maintain their videotape archives and sell transponder time.[16][17][18][19] (A trio of ex-CONUS employees then partnered to buy some of CONUS' assets, including a satellite truck, to form ARCTEK Satellite Productions in January 2003.[20][21][22]) The closure of CONUS also meant the closure of All News Channel, which shut down on September 30, 2002, with veteran anchor Stan Turner thanking those watching and those behind the scenes;[23] stations that carried ANC have since replaced the channel's programming with syndicated and/or paid programming (especially common with NBC stations as the network no longer has an overnight newscast since NBC Nightside ended in 1998) or have expanded their clearance of overnight news programs supplied by their affiliated network.
Format
ANC aired up to five live half-hour newscasts each day (airing at 4:00 a.m., 8:00 a.m., noon, 4:00 p.m., and 10:00 p.m. Central Time, with an occasional sixth at 4:30 a.m.), with each edition being repeated until the next live newscast aired; however, exceptions to this set scheduling were made for major breaking news stories.
If mistakes were made during the live broadcasts, a corrected segment would be produced (sometimes live) for the repeat broadcasts. ANC operated on a fixed schedule, where each news block ran the same length every day, and commercials (which consisted mainly of
Broadcast television stations in many markets carried All News Channel programming during the overnight hours in lieu of
External links
References
- ^ a b Elliott Parker (September 21, 1997). "All News Channel". Michigan State University. Archived from the original on March 4, 2009. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
- ^ "HUBBARD MAKES SATELLITE BROADCASTING TAKE OFF". Chicago Tribune. 1986-03-24. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ "Home dish on course" (PDF). World Radio History. 16 October 1989. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "ANC goes head-to-headline with Turner" (PDF). World Radio History. 4 December 1989. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "Cable news prepares for war" (PDF). World Radio History. 24 June 1996. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ Hubbard Broadcasting All News Channel (ANC) Sales Demo Video plus coverage KSTP-TV, retrieved 2024-01-02
- ^ "All new at All News Channel" (PDF). World Radio History. 10 September 1990. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "All-News goes all-barter" (PDF). World Radio History. 14 October 1991. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ Brown, Rich (8 March 1993). "Top programmers bet on DBS and Hubbard" (PDF). World Radio History. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "Showtime news service" (PDF). World Radio History. 25 February 1991. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "USA gets into news" (PDF). World Radio History. 31 October 1988. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ Brown, Rich (15 June 1992). "CNN buys and folds Group W Newsfeed" (PDF). World Radio History. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ McAvoy, Kim (16 August 1999). "Taking on the news Goliaths" (PDF). World Radio History. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ Tobenkin, David (18 July 1994). "Conus aims for quality, not quantity" (PDF). World Radio History. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ McClellan, Steve (17 October 1994). "Fox, Conus discuss news service" (PDF). World Radio History. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ Trigoboffpublished, Dan (2002-09-20). "CONUS to close operations". Broadcasting Cable. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ "News service shutting down". Brainerd Dispatch. 2002-09-21. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ "Broadcasting News-September 2002". www.northpine.com. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ "St. Cloud Times from Saint Cloud, Minnesota". Newspapers.com. 2002-09-21. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ Hatten, Mick. "Stanley enjoys advising TV for SCSU, running business". St. Cloud Times. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ "Employees buy Conus satellite operation". Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ "History | ARCTEK Satellite Production". arcteksat.com. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ All News Channel Ends Service - 2002, retrieved 2022-06-26
- ^ Freeman, Mike (21 September 1992). "Growing interest in syndicated news services" (PDF). World Radio History. Retrieved 2 January 2024.