Channel NewsAsia
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| Launched | March 1, 1999 |
| Network | MediaCorp News |
| Owned by | MediaCorp |
| Picture format | PAL 576i(SDTV) 4:3 |
| Slogan | Providing Asian Perspectives |
| Country |  Singapore |
| Broadcast area | Singapore and Pan-Asia[1] |
| Headquarters | Caldecott Broadcast Centre |
| Sister channel(s) | Digital CNA |
| Website | http://www.channelnewsasia.com |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Analogue (Singapore) | Channel 32 |
| Digital (Singapore) | Channel 29 |
| Satellite | |
| AsiaSat 3S | 3706 MHz |
| Skywave TV Macau | Channel 31 |
| CBTV Sat China | Channel 409 (Sinosat 1) Channel 409 (Apstar 6) |
| Hot Bird 6 | 11577 v SR 27500 |
| Cable | |
| StarHub CableTV Singapore | Channel 6 |
| SkyCable Philippines | Channel 79 / 87 for some who has the analog addressable boxes Channel 67 for the digital platform |
| Cablelink Philippines | Channel 19 |
| TransACT Australia | Channel 25 |
| First Media Indonesia | Channel 232 |
| IPTV over ADSL | |
| now TV Hong Kong | Channel 322 |
| mio TV Singapore | Channel 6 |
| TPG Australia | |
Channel NewsAsia (simplified Chinese: 亚洲新闻台; traditional Chinese: 亞洲新聞台; pinyin: Yàzhōu Xīnwén Tái; abbreviated CNA) is a pan-Asian news channel based in Singapore and owned by MediaCorp. Started in March 1, 1999, it has since grown into a major Asian news broadcaster with programmes telecast to 16.3 million homes and hotels in 20 Asian territories today.[2] It is available on the AsiaSat 3S and Hot Bird satellites. Channel NewsAsia's Singapore feed is available on the free-to-air network in Singapore as well as on MediaCorp's TVMobile service on SBS Transit public buses and selected locales.
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[edit] Feeds
- Channel NewsAsia International
- Channel NewsAsia Singapore
Both feeds are almost the same, with very little difference. The major difference is that the international feed does not screen some programmes shown on the Singapore feed such as short Singapore news updates, the nightly Singapore business news bulletin - Singapore Business Tonight - as well as 20/20. In addition, the Singapore feed features commercials intended for the local audience. Ticker content also differs across both feeds.
[edit] New Look
Channel NewsAsia revamped the look of both feeds to a more contemporary feel. New hard studios were designed, replacing the virtual studios used in the past. A simpler, more unified overall theme during news programmes was also incorporated. The changes were introduced on July 17, 2006.
[edit] Senior Management
- Woon Tai Ho (Managing Director, MediaCorp News)
- Debra Soon (Chief Editor, TV News and Current Affairs, MediaCorp News)
- Han Chuan Quee (Vice-President, Corporate Services, MediaCorp News)
- Woon Chuk Chan (Vice-President, Network Programming & Promotions, Channel NewsAsia, MediaCorp News)
[edit] Anchors
[edit] Current Presenters
[edit] News
- Prime Time News
Anchors - Melvin Yong Ah Bee and Melissa Hyak (Simplified Chinese: 郝慧冰) / David Nye (Weekends)
- Primetime Morning
Anchors - Suzanne Jung Ki Eng (Simplified Chinese: 张世恩) and Steven Chia, with Jennifer Alejandro (Business) / Joanne Leow (Substitute Presenter) / Dominique Loh (Substitute Presenter)
- Singapore Tonight
Anchor - Genevieve Woo
- Southeast Asia Tonight
Anchor - Sushila Krishnan
- East Asia Tonight
Anchor - Chloe Cho
- Singapore Business Tonight
Anchor - Timothy W Go / Melvin Yong
- Asia Tonight
Anchor - Melissa Hyak / David Nye (Weekends)
- World Tonight
Anchor - Melissa Hyak / David Nye (Weekends)
- World Today
Anchor: Chloe Cho / Otelli Edwards / Yvonne Yong / Gerardine Tan / Joanne Leow / Nina E Varghese
- Asia Today
Anchor: Chloe Cho / Otelli Edwards / Yvonne Yong / Gerardine Tan / Joanne Leow / Nina E Varghese
[edit] Specialty programming
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[edit] Former
- Jill Neubronner (Now heading Corporate Communications at ABN-Amro Asia-Pacific)
- Arnold Gay (Now Asia Correspondent/Reporter with CNBC)
- Michelle Quah (Now with The Business Times)
- Henry Shinn
- Richard Lui (Now with CNN)
- Shankar Aiyar (Deported back to India due to sexual misconduct)
- Ynja Bjornnson(Involved in above-mentioned matter)
- Joanne Lee (Now Senior Writer with The Straits Times)
- Lynette Tye (Now in publishing business)
- Jack Sung (Now in private-banking sector)
- Anisa Hassan
- Diana Ser
- Lisa Ang
- Andrea Chow
- Glenda Chong (Now the channel's Shanghai-based China Correspondent)
- Shihab Rattansi (Now with Al Jazeera English)
[edit] Correspondents
[edit] Current
[edit] Asian Region
- Maria Siow, East Asia Bureau Chief, Beijing
- Lim Yun Suk, Korea Bureau Chief, Seoul
- Michiyo Ishida, Japan Bureau Chief, Tokyo
- Sujadi Siswo, Indonesia Bureau Chief, Jakarta
- Roland Lim, Hong Kong Bureau Chief, Hong Kong
- Melissa Goh, Malaysia Bureau Chief, Kuala Lumpur
- Anne Edwards, Malaysia Correspondent, Kuala Lumpur
- Ravi Prasad, Sri Lanka Correspondent, Colombo
- Anasuya Sanyal, Indochina Correspondent, Bangkok
- Wong Yee Fong, China Correspondent, Beijing
- Glenda Chong, China Correspondent, Shanghai
- Christine Ong, Philippines Correspondent, Manila
- Doris Bigornia, Philippines Correspondent, Manila
- Andrew Lee, Taiwan Correspondent, Taipei
- Akhtar Jamal, Pakistan Correspondent, Islamabad
- Smita Prakash, India Correspondent, New Delhi
- Nikita Singh, India Correspondent, New Delhi
[edit] North American Region
- Simon Marks, Washington Bureau Chief
- Priscilla Huff, Washington Correspondent
- Laura Iiyama, Washington Correspondent
- Nathan King, New York Correspondent / Business Correspondent / UN Correspondent
- Paige Kollock, New York Correspondent / Business Correspondent
[edit] European and Middle East Region
- Catherine Drew, London Correspondent
- Suzanne Chislett, London Correspondent
- Roxana Sabera, Tehran Correspondent
[edit] Singapore
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[edit] Former
- Alastair Wanklyn, Europe Correspondent
- May Ying Welsh, Indochina Correspondent
- Marguerite Mckinnon, Australia Correspondent
- Michael Cavanaugh, Australia Correspondent
- Haseenah Koyakutty, Indonesia Correspondent
- Zainudin Affandi, Malaysia Correspondent
- Steve Mort, Business Correspondent
- Romen Bose, Indochina Correspondent
- Kathy Paik, Korea Correspondent
- Johnson Choo, Malaysia Correspondent
- Young Ming, Taiwan Bureau Chief
- Bridgette See, Singapore
- Rita Zahara, Singapore
- Farah Abdul Rahim, Singapore (Now Senior PR Consultant with Hill and Knowlton)
- Derek Cher, Singapore (Died of heart failure in 2006)
- Steven Jiang, Hong Kong Correspondent
- Ken Teh, Taiwan Correspondent
- Owen Fay, Washington Correspondent
- Yvonne Cheong (Now with Reuters Singapore)
- Vaibhav Varma, India Correspondent
[edit] Ticker
The news and stock ticker tape is a permanent feature on Channel NewsAsia and is not removed even during commercials. This allows for uninterrupted viewing of the latest news and stock prices. During weekends, Singaporean viewers get both the date and time while international viewers only get the date on the left side of the screen. During latest breaking news, a white bar appears at the top portion of the ticker, in which the headlines of the breaking news are written.
[edit] Programmes
Channel NewsAsia is a news channel focusing primarily on Asian news and current affairs. Each of its news bulletins run for half-hour starting at the top of the hour, except for Primetime Morning, which runs for 3 consecutive hours. The bottom of the hour features documentaries, lifestyle programming, health programming, current affairs and business news. The channel broadcasts live 20 hours a day, seven days a week. Text of the latest news headlines are broadcast for the remaining four hours of the day.
[edit] Current
- Asian Home News - Screens short news snippets from previous-day broadcasts from around the region from RTM in Malaysia to NHK in Japan
- Primetime Morning - Live news with regular segments you can wake up to in the morning
- Asia Today - Live news with focus on an Asian perspective
- World Today - Live news with focus on key world events
- Southeast Asia Tonight - A day's round-up of the news in South-east Asia
- East Asia Tonight - A day's round-up of the news in East Asia
- Prime Time News - A day's round-up of the news
- Singapore Tonight - A day's round-up of home news. The live programme is shown to Singapore viewers at 22.00 SIN/HK time but there is a replay at 02.00 SIN/HK time for international viewers.
- Singapore Business Tonight - A day's round-up of Singapore business news (Only shown in Singapore)
- Singapore Update - A two-minute round-up of home news (Only shown in Singapore)
- Asia Tonight - A day's round-up of the news in Asia
- World Tonight - A day's round-up of key world news
- Get Rea! (read as Get Real) - A twice-weekly programme that focuses on issues concerning Singapore
- Insight - Weekly current-affairs programme [runs as a season]
- Money Mind - Weekly Business programme [runs as a season]
- The Agenda - Business programme [runs as a season]
- That's IT - Weekly Information Technology programme [runs as a season]
- 360 - Talkshow on Current Affairs [runs as a season]
- One on One - Talkshow on Current Affairs [runs as a season]
- Pink of Health - Weekly show focusing on health and beauty concerns of women
- Japan Hour - An hour of Japan, the programme is bought from TV Tokyo in Japan and is subtitled in English, with voice-overs (only in Singapore)
- Documentary Of The Week - Wide variety of documentaries shown weekly and is usually broken up into two or more parts
- 20/20 - US programme from ABC News. Sometimes named as "20/20 primetime"; in reality, "20/20" is a different show from "Primetime" (Only in Singapore)
- Amazing Asia - Special reports filed by correspondents in Asia. Usually screens unusual news happenings in Asia in the week. [regular 30-minute segments]
- World Watch - Special reports filed by correspondents the world over. Usually screens unusual news happenings around the world in the week. [regular 30-minute segments]
[edit] Former
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Channel NewsAsia Official Website
- Channel NewsAsia (Chinese)
- Lonely Planet's info guide on Singapore media
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