i-CABLE News Channel (Hong Kong)

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i-CABLE News Channel is a Cantonese cable news channel in Hong Kong. It is the first 24-hour television news service in Hong Kong and Asia.

The channel forms part of Cable News Hong Kong and is owned by i-CABLE News Limited, and is seen on Channel 9 (Until 23 May 2018 in SD and Channel 209 Until 7 May 2018 in HD) on Cable TV Hong Kong's channel lineup. News bulletins are presented throughout the day, including financial, weather, sport and breaking news, updated every thirty minutes.

Starts 8 May 2018 and 24 May 2018, i-Cable News Channel Was Renumbering On Channel 109 in HD and Channel 152 in SD.

History[]

The original Cable News Channel debuted on 31 October 1993, as part of Cable TV's launch lineup. The channel was split into two services in 1995: Cable News Channel 1 (有線新聞1台) offered in-depth news analysis and business programming along with several news bulletins at various times of the day, while Cable News Channel 2 (有線新聞2台) provided headline news service 24 hours a day.

On 3 January 2006, Cable News re-organised its outputs: Cable News 1 was rebranded as Cable Finance Info Channel (有線財經資訊台), with a focus on business news; Cable News 2 was rebranded as the new Cable News Channel (有線新聞台).

On 1 December 2020, the broadcaster dismissed 40 staff members with immediate effect, citing the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Several other staff members resigned in protest.^[1]

Newscasts[]

Current news sections are named as follows.

• CABLE News (Weekdays: 00:00-07:00, 09:00-18:00, 18:15-19:00 and 21:00-21:30; Weekends: 00:00-18:00, 18:30-19:00 and 21:00-22:00)
• CABLE Morning News (Cable早晨) (Mondays to Fridays: 07:00-09:00)
• 1800 News (六點新聞報道) (Weekdays: 18:00-18:15; Weekends: 18:00-18:30)
• 1900 News/ 1930 News (新聞最前線) (19:00-20:00)
• International News (國際最前線) (20:00-21:00; 22:00-23:00)
• China Beat (有線中國組) (Weeknights: 21:30-21:45)
• 2300 News (十一點最前線) (23:00-23:30)
• 2330 News (十一點半最前線) (23:30-00:00)

Originally, news sections are named according to the time of day at which they are screened.

• Morning Edition (Weekdays 09:00-12:00, Weekends 07:00-12:00)
• Noon Edition (12:00-14:00)
• Afternoon Edition (14:00-18:00)
• Prime Edition (Weekdays 21:00-21:30, Weekends 21:00-22:00)
• 2400 News (午夜最前線) (Weeknights: 00:00-00:30; Weekends: 00:00-01:00)
• Late Night Edition (01:00-04:00)

The main cast are at 19:00 (with two anchors, jointly with Hong Kong Open TV), 19:30 (with two anchors, only on Weekends), and at mid-night(00:00 with an anchor, jointly with i-Cable Family Entertainment Channel) every day. From 3 February 2020, weekdays 1900 News extend to 1 hour during the coronavirus epidemic (with two anchors, jointly with Hong Kong Open TV), 1930 News which have the same Chinese name is cancelled during weekdays.

Programs that are broadcast jointly with i-Cable Family Entertainment Channel including:

Anchors[]

Anchors are responsible for the casts on the channel, reporting live news daily. Some of them are the host of programmes of .

Some Reporters may also host news occasionally.

Former anchors:

References[]