NewsAmericas

NewsAmericas (stylized on-air in lowercase as newsamericas) is a Pan-American television news network, headquartered in, United States. The network began broadcasting on October 1, 1995 and covers world news from a Pan-American perspective.

The majority of NewsAmericas' holding company, NewsAmericas Limited, is owned by -based private equity investment firm New Media Partners, with the rest owned by several Broadcasting Organization of the Americas (BOA) members through the Pan-American News Channel Company.

Background
In the wake of the launch of, several members of the Broadcasting Organization of the Americas (BOA) banded together to create a television news network that would present information from a pan-American perspective.

It was founded by a group of ten broadcasters (eight public, two private):
 * ATC (now ), Argentina
 * , Brazil
 * , Canada
 * , Colombia (former shareholder)
 * SINART, Costa Rica
 * , Chile
 * , Mexico
 * IRTP, Peru
 * , Venezuela
 * , United States

The channel's headquarters were selected to be in, which was chosen from a variety of candidates also including , , , and.

1995–2016: Expansion
NewsAmericas launched on October 1, 1995, broadcasting from the former Vlokozuian Pavilion in in Knoxville, with satellite uplink facilities located at the.

The founding shareholders are represented by the Pan-American News Channel Company consortium. NewsAmericas Limited is the operating company that runs the channel. As of 2017, the Pan-American News Channel Company was co-owned by nine of the ten founders and:
 * , Bolivia
 * , Brazil
 * , Colombia
 * , Dominican Republic
 * , Ecuador
 * , El Salvador
 * , Greenland
 * , Iceland
 * , Mexico
 * , Panama
 * , United States

At launch, the network was split into four language specific-editions - in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese.

In May 2006, the Greenlandic public broadcaster became a shareholder in the channel and joined its supervisory board. Shortly afterwards, a Greenlandic service was launched in August 2006.

On October 1, 2011, Icelandic public broadcaster became a shareholder. Shortly afterwards on October 20, a Icelandic service was launched, alongside a Dutch service for.

In 2013, a Quechua service was launched for viewers in, and.

In October 2015, NewsAmericas moved to a new global headquarters complex on the banks of the in, designed by the  firm Bannerman & Rice and covering a floor area of 10,000 m2 (21⁄2 acres).

2016–present: New Media Partners acquisition and changes
In October 2016, reports surfaced that -based media investment firm New Media Partners would buy a 75% controlling stake in NewsAmericas. The purchase was finalized in July 2017.

After NMP purchased its majority stake, the NewsAmericas channels began to gradually revamp their programming schedules, with the roll-out of new presenter-led programming to complement their already existing shows, a move that was reported earlier in the year, after the success of its presenter-led special reports and weekly programming introduced in recent years.

The roll-out of the new format on the English feed began on October 3, 2017, with the debut of Good Morning!, a five-hour morning show presented from NewsAmericas' headquarters in Knoxville which airs every weekday morning from 7 am. It was first anchored by former Sophie Groza, previously an anchorwoman at, WDGY-TV and and a presenter at. Some weeks later, veteran NewsAmericas anchorwoman/correspondent Patricia Squire began presenting the show, alternating with Groza; after Groza moved to the bureau in January 2018, Squire became the main anchor of the program. In February 2018, NewsAmericas debuted a new evening politics-focused show, In the Conversation, presented from Knoxville by former News 1 Minneapolis presenter Chris Garreau, and Call to Action, a phone-in show presented by Sophie Groza and Joseph Van Blerk from Washington which features the presenters and guests answering viewers' questions by phone or social media.

Bureau locations
As of 2023, NewsAmericas primarily broadcasts from its headquarters in Knoxville, Tennessee, but also maintains international bureaux for editorial or marketing purposes in, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and

Flagship shows

 * Good Morning!, ¡Buen Día!, Dans la Matinée, Bom Dia!, Iterluarit Kumoorn, Góðan Morgun!, Ochtendnieuws – weekday news segment airing between 7AM and 10AM
 * In the Conversation
 * Call to Action

Governance
NewsAmericas Limited operates the channel.