Cable News Network, commonly referred to by its initialism CNN, is a major English language Television Network that is broadcasted worldwide as CNN International and was founded in 1980 by Ted Turner.The network is now owned by Time Warner and the news network is a division of the Turner Broadcasting System. CNN was the first station to provide 24-hour television news coverage.The European Media and Marketing Survey ranks CNN International as the leading International News Channel in terms of Europe’s top 20% of homes by income.