7NN

7NN was a Spanish free-to-air television channel owned by Producciones Audiovisuales Hispania S.A. which was launched on 12 October 2021. The channel broadcast for free in the Madrid area and through pay television in the rest of Spain, in addition being streamed online.[1] It was considered a channel with a conservative editorial stance and ideologically close to Vox, a far-right political party.[2]

7NN
A stylized 7 with lines running through it, with a superscripted "NN"
CountrySpain
Broadcast areaSpain
HeadquartersMadrid
Programming
Language(s)Spanish
Picture format1080i (16:9 HDTV)
Ownership
OwnerProducciones Audiovisuales Hispania
History
Launched12 October 2021
Closed31 March 2023
Links
Websitehttps://7nn.tv/

History

In September 2021, the company announced its intention to start a new Spanish-language news and information channel to be aimed at a conservative audience and directed by Marcial Cuquerella. At first, the project was named La Alternativa;[3] its founders sought to establish a channel similar in style to Fox News and extend its influence to Spain, Latin America and the United States.[4]

The channel began broadcasting on October 12, 2021, National Holiday of Spain, as a test under its final name 7NN. In its beginnings, the channel broadcast on digital terrestrial television in Madrid, Zaragoza and the Region of Murcia.[5]

At the beginning of 2023, the channel entered into a financial crisis due to poor revenues; Cuquerella left 7NN in February,[6] and the channel laid off staff and ceased being broadcast outside the Madrid area in March.[7]

On March 28, 2023, 7NN announced the end of its broadcasts because the channel was unable to generate the necessary income to cover operating expenses.[8][9] Finally, the 7NN signal was turned off at midnight on March 31.

Programming

7NN's programming mainly consists of news and talk shows, as well as some cultural and entertainment content.[10] The channel's objective at the beginning was to provide informative programming with a conservative ideology to compete with LaSexta or Canal 24 Horas, considered progressive media by part of the Spanish political spectrum.[11]

Ideology

Some media outlets consider 7NN to be close to Vox, a far-right political party, as well as organizations such as El Yunque and the Francisco Franco National Foundation.[12][13] However, the directors of the channel have stated that they seek to maintain a neutral ideology while telling the truth of the facts.[14]

The channel's editorial leanings have already led it to clashes with some political parties such as PSOE, Unidas Podemos, Catalan and Basque separatists and other left-wing or green parties that came to request the prohibition of 7NN journalists in the Congress of Deputies.[15]

References
  1. "7NN comienza sus emisiones el próximo 12 de octubre en TDT y en plataformas digitales". Europa Press (in Spanish). 8 October 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  2. Carreño, Ángel (5 February 2023). "Los cambios en la derecha que repliegan a Vox hacia su núcleo duro mediático". El Independiente (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  3. Silvestre, Javier (14 September 2021). "La Alternativa, la nueva televisión de Marcial Cuquerella, se estrena en octubre". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  4. "7NN: una gran inversión tecnológica para ser la Fox News española". Panorama Audiovisual (in Spanish). 27 October 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  5. "7NN inicia sus emisiones el 12 de octubre en TDT y Vodafone". mundoplus.tv (in Spanish). 9 October 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  6. "Terremoto en 7NN: Marcial Cuquerella dimite tras el fichaje de Quintela bendecido por De Quinto" [Earthquake at 7NN: Marcial Cuquerella resigns after the signing of Quintela approved by De Quinto]. Okdiario. 3 February 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  7. Pelayo, Andrés (13 March 2023). "La cadena 7NN abandona la TDT en casi toda España tras despedir a la mitad de su plantilla". The Objective (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  8. "La tele ultra 7NN, con Toni Cantó como estrella, cierra año y medio después de su estreno". Vertele (in Spanish). 28 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  9. Martín, Alba (28 March 2023). "Cierra 7NN: los "excesivos gastos" han hecho "inviable" la televisión de la ultraderecha". huffingtonpost.es (in Spanish). HuffPost. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  10. "7NN reformula su programación y abre las puertas al info-entretenimiento". Confidencial Digital (in Spanish). 28 January 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  11. Gutiérrez, Oscar (19 October 2021). "7NN pretende competir contra La Sexta con un modelo de televisión "al estilo americano"". El Confidencial Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  12. Gutiérrez, Alicia (10 October 2021). "7NN: una televisión con sello franquista y financiación misteriosa se suma a la carrera mediática de la derecha". Infolibre (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  13. "La Fundación Francisco Franco, Vox y El Yunque detrás del nuevo canal 7nn". Pandemia Digital (in Spanish). 19 September 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  14. Robles, Juan (14 December 2021). "Marcial Cuquerella: "En 7nn.tv sólo hay periodistas comprometidos con la verdad con rigor y profesionalidad"". Actuall (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  15. "El PSOE y sus socios piden vetar en el Congreso a los medios que "rompen el clima de cordialidad"". El Mundo (in Spanish). 1 December 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
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