Asia Business News
| Asia Business News | |
|---|---|
| Launched | November 1, 1993 |
| Closed | February 1, 1998[1] (merger with CNBC Asia) |
| Owned by | Dow Jones and Company |
| Country | Singapore |
| Broadcast area | Asia |
| Headquarters | Singapore |
| Replaced by | CNBC Asia |
Asia Business News (ABN) was a business news television channel owned by Dow Jones and Company. It was founded on November 1, 1993 and it was based in Singapore. It was the sister network of London-based European Business News (EBN). On 2 February 1998 the channel merged with NBC's CNBC Asia. Initially, most of ABN's programmes and presenters migrated to the new channel and it operated from ABN's former headquarters in Singapore.[2][3] The merged channel was initially named CNBC Asia Business News but on June 1, 1998 it was simply referred to as CNBC Asia.
Past programmes
- Breakfast Briefing
- Asian Wall Street Journal on Air
- Trading Day
- Asia Market Digest
- Storyboard
- Far Eastern Economic Review on Air
- Money Talk
- dot.com
- Corporate Raiders
Anchors/presenters
- Coco Quisumbing
- Martin Soong
- Sydnie Kohara
- Karen Koh
- Lynette Lithgow
Correspondents
- Keiko Bang
- Lisa Barron
- Stuart Pallister
- Jim Sciutto
- Chris Slaughter
References
- ↑ Joshi, Namrata; M.M. Vetticad; Rajadhyaksha, Mrudula (9 February 1998). "It's Only Business". India Today. p. 82.
|chapter=ignored (help) - ↑ Fabrikant, Geraldine. Overseas News Merger Seen By Dow Jones and CNBC. New York Times Online. Published December 8, 1997. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9900EED71F3DF93BA35751C1A961958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1
- ↑ Dow, NBC to merge cable TV operations. Indian Express Newspapers. December 10, 1997. http://www.expressindia.com/news/fe/daily/19971210/34455543.html