Phoenix InfoNews Channel
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| Country | Hong Kong |
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| Broadcast area | International |
| Headquarters | Tai Po, Hong Kong |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Phoenix Television |
| Sister channels | Phoenix North America Chinese Channel Phoenix Television |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 January 2001 |
| Closed | 1 July 2020 (Astro, Malaysia, but relaunched on 9 July 2020) |
| Links | |
| Website | phtv |
| Availability | |
| Cable | |
| SkyCable (Philippines) | Channel 89 (Digital) |
| Destiny Cable (Philippines) | Channel 65 (Analog) Channel 89 (Digital) |
| First Media (Indonesia) | Channel 202 |
| TrueVisions (Thailand) | Channel 779 |
| Ziggo (The Netherlands) | Channel 855 (HD) |
| Novus Entertainment (Canada) | Channel 342 |
| Cablelink (Philippines) | Channel 80 |
| Cable TV Hong Kong (Hong Kong) | Channel 113 (HD) Channel 154 (SD) |
| Macau Cable TV (Macau) | Channel 19 (HD) |
| MediaNet (Maldives) | Channel 171 |
| Satellite | |
| DirecTV (United States) | Channel 2051 |
| Dish Network (United States) | Channel 9918 |
| Astro & NJOI (Malaysia) | Channel 326 (HD) |
| Skynindo (Indonesia) | Channel 17 (HD 800/77/99) Channel 68 (C01/C02) |
| TrueVisions (Thailand) | Channel 779 |
| Cignal (Philippines) | Channel 139 |
| TransVision (Indonesia) | Channel 619 (HD) |
| CANAL+ (Myanmar) | Channel 253 |
| IPTV | |
| Now TV (Hong Kong) | Channel 366 |
| StarHub TV (Singapore) | Channel 806 (HD) |
| Singtel TV (Singapore) | Channel 556 (HD) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 鳳凰衛視資訊台 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 凤凰卫视资讯台 | ||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Fènghuáng Wèishì Zīxùn Tái | ||||||
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Phoenix InfoNews Channel is a Hongkonger pay television news channel owned by Phoenix Television. It is the first channel to report news across the Greater China region, which includes Mainland China, Macau, Taiwan and Hong Kong. This channel was established on 1 January 2001, delivering news and financial updates around the clock. Analysts also provide comments and analysis on current issues and topics.
It is the channel's coverage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks that prompt China Central Television to launch its own rolling news channel, CCTV-新闻 (now known as CCTV-13) in May Day 2003. At the time when the story broke, InfoNews was on-the-scene and provided reporting as the situation unfolded, whereas CCTV did not even report it for as many as two successive days.[1]
On March 14, 2019, Phoenix InfoNews Channel switch to 16:9 format on Astro.
Phoenix InfoNews Channel, including Phoenix Chinese Channel ceased operations on July 1, 2020 on 12:02am on due to Astro's decision not to renew their contract, but resumed on Astro on 9 July 2020.
Related channels[]
- Phoenix Chinese Channel
- Phoenix Chinese News and Entertainment Channel
- Phoenix Movies Channel
- Phoenix Hong Kong Channel
References[]
- ^ Thussu, Daya Kishan (2006-10-31). Media on the Move: Global Flow and Contra-Flow. Routledge. ISBN 9781134325887.
External links[]
- Official website (in Chinese)
- Official Site
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- Television stations in Taiwan
- 24-hour television news channels in China
- Cable television in Hong Kong
- Television channels and stations established in 2001
- Television stations in Hong Kong
- Phoenix Television original programming