CNN Pipeline

CNN Pipeline was an

History

Pipeline was made available to the public on December 5, 2005, after years of planning and months of internal testing. It had replaced portions of

On June 27, 2007, CNN discontinued the CNN Pipeline service, to be succeeded by a free ad-supported live-video stream starting on July 2.

In September 2014, CNN announced CNNgo, an online service, effectively replacing Pipeline. The service contains many features from Pipeline, such as live shows and news clips.

"Pipes"

CNN Pipeline maintained four simultaneous feeds (known as "pipes"), which had both a primary and a secondary use. From 8:00 - 20:00 EST on weekdays, the primary use was shown on the feeds, meanwhile all other times the secondary use was displayed.

NOTE: The main news program was also on from 1:00 - 2:00 EST on pipe 2 on weekends. Also on weekends, "The Best Of CNN Pipeline" was on at 9:30 AM EST and at 8PM EST is "Pipeline on Stage".

The live raw feeds was of news events as they took place around the world, and were chosen by Pipeline's producers. Graphics of headlines, stock market indexes, and sports headlines took the place of advertisements during the main news program, and also when an advertisement appeared on CNN International when being simulcasted on the service.

Contractual obligations prohibited the direct simulcasting of CNN's American news channels, "CNN" and "

Subscribers also received access to much of CNN's archive through the pipeline player.

Additionally, regular featured programs found on CNN's American services were unavailable to Pipeline users. This fact was not made clear in advertisements for the service, so some American or Canadian users expecting online access to

Pipes was also used for special events as well. On September 11, 2006, the fifth

News Program

CNN Pipeline's anchors were

The program was broadcast on weekdays from 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM and weekends from 1:00 - 2:00 AM (both times Eastern Time). The news program periodically simulcasted either CNN International North America's feed, or CNN U.S. during breaking news events. Because of the compression required, CNN Pipeline could not be considered a live broadcast - however, the delay was usually in seconds.

Prices

CNN Pipeline offered three levels of subscriptions:

• A one-year subscription for $24.95
  USD
• A one-month subscription for $2.95
  USD
• A one-day subscription (called a "Daypass") for $0.99
  USD
  ;

Country availability

While CNN Pipeline was based in the United States and its programming is heavily aimed towards American viewers, users in 40 other countries were able to subscribe to the service and view Pipeline content.

References

External links

• CNN Pipeline former home page
• CNN Pipeline closure explanation