CNN International South Asia is a Pan-South Asian

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news channel based in

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. The channel is owned by CNN Worldwide, a news division for Warner Bros. Discovery. It was launched on

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, in 1995. The channel is targeted toward

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, and

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Programmes

* ''African Voices'' * '' Amanpour'' * '' Anderson Cooper 360°'' * '' Business Traveller'' * '' CNN Freedom Project'' * ''

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'' * ''Connect the World with Becky Anderson'' * '' Erin Burnett Outfront'' * '' Fareed Zakaria GPS'' * ''First Move with Julia Chatterley'' * ''Inside Africa'' * ''Inside the Middle East'' * ''Living Golf'' * ''Marketplace Africa'' * ''Marketplace Asia'' * ''Marketplace Europe'' * ''Marketplace Middle East'' * ''One World with Zain Asher and Bianna Golodryga'' * ''Quest Means Business'' * '' Smerconish'' * ''

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'' * ''The Amanpour Hour'' * ''Vital Signs with Dr. Sanjay Gupta'' * ''World Sport''

Joint venture with News18

CNN International only reached the urban population in India. To reach the Indian masses, Turner Broadcasting System together with an Indian company, Global Broadcast News (currently TV18 Broadcast Limited), launched the channel in India as CNN-IBN on 18 December 2005. The channel was completely run by TV18 Broadcast Limited, which only used the Cable News Network (CNN) brand name.

Concerns

In 2017, a retired Lieutenant General and now a frequent TV news analyst and commentatator, Talat Masood told CNN International about Pakistan's nuclear capabilities and nuclear deterrent against any attacks on the country. In October 2018, the Supreme Court of Pakistan directed the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) to issue directives to all foreign channels broadcasting in Pakistan to make them aware that, under the existing Pakistani law, they are not permitted to have more than 10 per cent foreign content. This law's purpose was to have the foreign channels focus on local news events also, rather than rehash and rerun broadcasts of American and European TV programs.PEMRA told to ban broadcast of foreign content beyond permissible time
Dawn (newspaper), Published 28 October 2018, Retrieved 5 September 2019

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Programmes

Joint venture with News18

Concerns

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