CNN Brasil

2019 (upcoming)
CNN Brasil is a result of a joint venture beetwhen the enterpreuner Rubens Menin, owner of the construction company MRV Engenharia, and the journalist Douglas Touvaloro, former news president of RecordTV.

This is not the first attempt to establish a Brazilian version of the Turner-owned world-famous news channel CNN. RecordTV itself, when was creating its news channel (now known as Record News), entered into talks with Turner to use the CNN brand in their project.

Turner declined RecordTV's offer because it has direct connections to the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG), founded and leaded by Edir Macedo, owner of Grupo Record. CNN International's policy prevents the brand from being linked to political parties and churches. The UCKG is also connected with the Brazilian Republican Party (PRB).

RedeTV! was also interested in creating a Brazilian edition of CNN and came to negotiate its creation with Turner. The deal was turned down by the company because of the connection of RedeTV! with churches, due to the TV network selling half of its schedule to various religious denominations.

The financial situation of RedeTV! also weighed on Turner's refusal to license his brand. The network had a gross profit of R$ 400 million in 2016 (about US$ 101 million in current values), well below its competitors (Band, SBT, RecordTV and Globo).

CNN Brasil expects to initiate its transmission in the 2019 summer, with the distribution in the TV operators by Turner, which will continue to broadcast CNN International and CNN en Español in the country.