▁English ▁language ▁special ty ▁television ▁service ▁that ▁would ▁broadcast ▁" news , ▁weather ▁and ▁sports ▁reports , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁business , ▁consumer ▁and ▁l ifest yle ▁information ", ▁in ▁a ▁' head line ▁news ' ▁format ▁on ▁a ▁ 1 5 - min ute ▁news ▁wheel . ▁ ▁The ▁channel ▁was ▁launched ▁on ▁September ▁ 3 0 , ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁as ▁C TV ▁News ▁ 1 . ▁Under ▁the ▁terms ▁of ▁this ▁lic ence , ▁the ▁channel ▁broadcast ▁news ▁and ▁information ▁on ▁a ▁ 1 5 - min ute ▁wheel , ▁beginning ▁a ▁new ▁cycle ▁every ▁ 1 5 ▁minutes ▁using ▁a ▁pre - record ed , ▁server - host ed ▁configuration . ▁Not ▁long ▁after ▁its ▁launch , ▁however , ▁it ▁began ▁covering ▁more ▁breaking ▁news . ▁C TV ▁News ▁ 1 ▁used ▁news ▁segments ▁from ▁C TV ▁National ▁News ▁and ▁local ▁C TV ▁and ▁B BS ▁affili ates . ▁ ▁The ▁channel ▁began ▁with ▁its ▁news ▁anch ors ▁sitting ▁at ▁a ▁des k ▁which ▁would ▁period ically , ▁while ▁the ▁anchor ▁was ▁not ▁speaking , ▁spin ▁in ▁a ▁circle ▁to ▁change ▁the ▁background ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁which ▁the ▁anchor ▁sat . ▁This ▁g imm ick ▁was ▁critic ized , ▁and ▁soon ▁abandoned . ▁The ▁channel ▁included ▁a ▁large ▁on - screen ▁news ▁t icker ▁that ▁provided ▁news ▁updates , ▁weather , ▁sports ▁scores , ▁stock ▁trad ing ▁data , ▁among ▁other ▁information . ▁For ▁many ▁years , ▁the ▁network ▁has ▁a ired ▁the ▁C TV ▁National ▁News