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Time Warner Cable News is the brand for a slate of American cable news television channels that are owned by Time Warner Cable. Each of the six regional channels primarily focus on local news, weather and sports coverage in their given areas (all except one is located in upstate New York), in addition to national and international news stories. None of the six channels are available on other pay television providers in their respective markets, including Verizon FiOS, AT&T U-verse, DirecTV or Dish Network. ==Background== Time Warner Cable (at the time, a subsidiary of media conglomerate Time Warner) launched its first regional cable news channel on September 8, 1992, with the rollout of the New York City-based NY1. The provider later acquired GRC9News in Rochester, New York in 1995 (the result of Time Warner Cable assuming franchise rights in the area), and launched two more channels in Florida in 1997, Bay News 9 in Tampa and Central Florida News 13 in Orlando (which were both spun off to Bright House Networks in 2001). These were followed by the launches of News 8 Austin in 1999, News 24 Houston in 2002 and News 9 San Antonio in 2003 (the latter two channels would shut down in 2004), Capital News 9 in 2002, News 10 Now in 2003 and News 14 Carolina in 2006. In August 2009, TWC launched YNN Buffalo on its Buffalo, New York area systems; the "YNN" brand (which stood for "Your News Now") was later adopted that August on its Rochester news channel (then known as "R News"). On February 12, 2010, Time Warner Cable announced plans to have the remainder of its New York-based news channels – with the exception of NY1 – adopt the "YNN" brand that March. In March 2010, Time Warner Cable announced plans to expand the brand to News 8 Austin and News 14 Carolina.〔http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/03/business/media/03cable.html?_r=1〕 News 8 gradually made the transition first, beginning with the adoption of the "YNN Austin" brand on its Facebook and Twitter accounts. The branding change was implemented on that channel on January 10, 2011;〔http://www.news8austin.com/content/275590/news-8-austin-becomes-ynn〕 however, News 14 would ultimately retain its name for another two years. On March 14, 2013, Time Warner Cable announced plans to rebrand NY1, News 14 Carolina and the Your News Now networks under the uniform brand ''TWC News'' by the end of the year, along with the adoption of new on-air logos and a standardized graphics and music package for each of the channels. The reasoning for the name change was due to the perception by the company that Time Warner Cable subscribers did not know that the provider owns its regional news channels and are largely exclusive to its systems (NY1 is an exception, as it is also carried by the other major cable provider in the New York City market, Cablevision).〔(Time Warner Cable makes move to rename NY1 so viewers know it's an exclusive news channel ), ''New York Daily News'', March 14, 2013.〕 On November 20, after objections from Time Warner Cable subscribers over the planned rebranding, the provider announced that it would append the "Time Warner Cable News" brand to the beginning of the NY1 name, while "NY1" would continue to be used on-air as a primary brand.〔(TWC Settles On New Name for NY1 Outlets ), ''Multichannel News'', November 20, 2013.〕 The revised branding as well as the new graphics and music package went into effect on all of TWC's regional news channels on December 16, 2013 (NY1 utilized a modified version of the logo used by the channel since 2001, amended alongside the "Time Warner Cable News" logo). On February 12, 2014, it was reported that Comcast was to acquire TWC in an overall deal valued at $44 billion If approved the NECN channel owned by the NBCUniversal division of Comcast will be co-owned with Time Warner Cable News and TWCN can be renamed Comcast Cable News, however, Comcast announced on April 24, 2015 that the merger was terminated. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Time Warner Cable News」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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