CNN is launching a streaming service, and naturally it’s known as CNN+.

While CNN has but to set a specific launch date for its upcoming streaming service, the cable information big did say it plans to launch CNN+ someday in Q1 2022. CNN continues to be attempting to determine how a lot a CNN+ subscription will value. In an interview with Variety, CNN chief digital officer and head of CNN+ Andrew Morse stated that, at the very least initially, there gained’t be a free ad-supported tier, so it’s both full worth or nothing.

Interestingly, whereas CNN+ will naturally function a portal to CNN’s normal lineup of stories and politics, the streaming service can be anticipated to supply a “new, additive experience that complements the core CNN linear networks” centered on “quality non-fiction programming.”

CNN says CNN+ subscribers can count on 8 to 12 hours of day by day stay and interactive unique programming “distinct” from different members of the CNN household, with further on-demand content material obtainable due to current exhibits corresponding to Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, United Shades of America, and This is Life with Lisa Ling. And sooner or later, CNN+ says it’s going to create new unique movies and exhibits for its service, the primary of that are anticipated to be revealed later this yr.

Morse claims that launch of CNN+ is the community’s greatest launch since CNN initially hit the airwaves again in 1980. Leading as much as CNN+’s launch in 2022, Morse says CNN is seeking to rent 450 new workers over the following six to 9 months.

When requested by Variety, Morse stated there aren’t any official plans to create a subscription bundle with CNN+, HBO Max, or different WarnerMedia providers. However, some sources who spoke to Variety stated that there’s a “strong probability” CNN+ might be included in a bundle with HBO Max and Discovery+ after the merger between WarnerMedia and Discovery will get finalized subsequent yr.

The excellent news is that CNN gained’t be making a separate app for CNN+, and as an alternative CNN+ subscribers will merely log into the prevailing CNN app utilizing their credentials as a way to once more entry to all the further CNN+ content material.

But the glut of streaming providers in the present day signifies that CNN+ could wrestle to carve out a distinct segment—particularly if there are few standout unique exhibits.