CNN International Asia Pacific is the

Asia-Pacific Asia-Pacific (APAC) is the part of the world near the western Pacific Ocean. The Asia-Pacific region varies in area depending on context, but it generally includes East Asia, Russian Far East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and Paci ...

edition of the

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cable

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. The feed originates from

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and

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Gui ...

Asia Pacific officially launched on 1 August 1989. From 1997 until 2005, this edition included exclusive programmes to the Asia-Pacific region such as Asia This Day, CNN This Morning (

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an are ...

n edition), News Biz Today and Asia Tonight. Since mid-2003, News Biz Today and Asia Tonight (which were eventually renamed into CNN Today and World News Asia respectively) were simulcast on the other editions of CNN International. Other programming differences included airing reruns of key programmes like ''Amanpour'' and varying showtimes of weekend magazine programmes when live news is shown elsewhere to allow Asia-Pacific audiences to watch them at a similar time slots to their counterparts elsewhere. In addition, from 1995 to 2004, to differentiate the Asia Pacific feed from the other feeds, the network logo on the lower-right hand of the screen had a static globe with the Asian continent facing the audiences. Today, the differences between the Asia-Pacific feed and the other feeds are minimal and are now limited to advertising, show promos, and weather updates.

Conversion to 16:9 and HD

In mid-2013, CNNI Asia-Pacific introduced a 16:9 HD version of its feed on selected pay-TV operators. It was at this time that all Hong Kong-based shows have started airing using a 16:9 format. The SD version is still available but it is further downscaled to 4:3 letterbox on some providers.

Mainland China

CNN has reported that their broadcast agreement in

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includes an arrangement that their signal must pass through a Chinese-controlled satellite. In this way, Chinese authorities have been able to black out CNN segments at will.

Programs

CNN Newsroom ''CNN Newsroom'' (also simply known as ''Newsroom'') is an American news programming block that airs on CNN. Broadcasting for 43 hours each week, ''Newsroom'' features live and taped news reports, in addition to analysis from experts on the iss ...

*News Stream * International Desk with Robyn Curnow * CNN Today *i Report for CNN *CNNGo * New Year's Eve Live *

Business Traveller CNN Business Traveller is a monthly television program on CNN International hosted by Richard Quest. The program was launched in 2002 and the program investigates various topics related to business related travel, including airlines, airport loung ...

*World Sport *Quest Means Business *Connect the World with Becky Anderson *Hala Gorani Tonight *

Amanpour ''Amanpour'' (stylized as ''Amanpour.'') is a global affairs interview television program hosted by British-Iranian journalist Christiane Amanpour, airing weeknights 6pm GMT/ 1pm ET & 7PM CET on CNN International. The program is also aired on ...

TalkAsia ''TalkAsia'' is a weekly half-hour interview show on CNN International, produced from the network's Asia-Pacific headquarters in Hong Kong. Each month, the show features a candid and in-depth conversation between a CNN correspondent and a newsma ...

*Inside Africa *Inside the Middle East *Marketplace Middle East *Marketplace Europe *African Start Up *African Voices *Eco Solutions *Living Golf *Open Court *MainSail *Winning Post * CNN Presents * CNN Freedom Project *Cold War *

Anderson Cooper 360° ''Anderson Cooper 360°'' (commonly shortened to either ''AC-360'' or ''360'') is an American television news show on CNN and CNN International, hosted by CNN journalist and news anchor Anderson Cooper. Since May 20, 2019, ''360°'' has been b ...

* CNN Tonight with Don Lemon *Vital Signs with Dr. Sanjay Gupta *

State of the Union The State of the Union Address (sometimes abbreviated to SOTU) is an annual message delivered by the president of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress near the beginning of each calendar year on the current condit ...

Fareed Zakaria GPS ''Fareed Zakaria GPS'' is a weekly public affairs show hosted by journalist and author Fareed Zakaria on CNN and broadcast around the world by CNN International. The "GPS" in the show's title stands for "Global Public Square," a reference to t ...

* Erin Burnett Outfront * Smerconish {{Warner Bros. Discovery CNN Television channels and stations established in 1989 Television stations in Hong Kong Turner International Australia Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific