CNN Launches All Access Subscription Streaming Offering, Raising Curtain On New Era

CNN is ushering in a new era today with the launch of its All Access subscription streaming tier.

The streaming outlet is coming to market about three-and-a-half years after corporate parent Warner Bros. Discovery killed a similar initiative, CNN+. The cable news mainstay had also tried recently, with limited success, to add its programming to parent Warner Bros. Discovery’s Max streaming flagship, which is now known once again as HBO Max.

CNN All Access costs $6.99 a month, but subscribers signing up by January 5 can qualify for an introductory rate of $41.99 for the first year.

The new service will begin operating in the U.S. only before expanding globally down the road.

In stark contrast to CNN+ or the Max programming, All Access delivers 19 hours of the same live, linear fe