CNN International Asia Pacific is the Asia-Pacific edition of the

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network. The feed originates from

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

and

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. It 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 the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...

n edition), ''News Biz Today'' and ''Asia Tonight''. The amount of live programming on CNN International Asia Pacific in 1999 was five hours a day, rising from a mere two-and-a-quarter hours. Since mid-2003, ''News Biz Today'' and ''Asia Tonight'' (which were eventually renamed ''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.

Programmes

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CNN Newsroom ''CNN Newsroom'' (also simply known as ''Newsroom'') is the branding used for blocks of rolling news programming carried by the American cable network CNN. The program debuted on September 4, 2006, consolidating most of CNN's existing rolling n ...

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New Year's Eve Live ''New Year's Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen'' is an annual New Year's Eve television special broadcast by CNN and CNN International. It primarily focuses on coverage of the "Times Square Ball, ball drop" event held at New York City' ...

'' *''World Sport'' *''Quest Means Business'' *''Connect the World with Becky Anderson'' *''First Move with Julia Chatterley'' *''Isa Soares Tonight'' *'' Amanpour'' *''Inside Africa'' *''Marketplace Middle East'' *''Marketplace Europe'' *''African Voices'' *''Living Golf'' *'' CNN Freedom Project'' *''

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. Current segments include ‘Reality Check ...

'' *''The Amanpour Hour'' *''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, joint session of the United States Congress near the beginning ...

'' *'' Fareed Zakaria GPS'' *''

Erin Burnett Outfront ''Erin Burnett OutFront'' is an hour-long television news program hosted by Erin Burnett on CNN. The show premiered on October 3, 2011 in the 7:00pm time slot to replace '' John King, USA''. Until the launch of '' CNN Tonight'' in 2014, ''Out ...

'' *'' Smerconish'' *''The Source with Kaitlan Collins'' *''

The Lead with Jake Tapper ''The Lead with Jake Tapper'' is an American News broadcasting, news broadcast hosted by news anchor Jake Tapper. The show has aired on CNN since March 18, 2013 in the network's pre- primetime timeslot. The show currently airs weekdays live fr ...

'' *''One World with Zain Asher and Bianna Golodryga'' *'' Laura Coates Live'' *'' CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip'' *'' CNN This Morning with Kasie Hunt'' *''Tech for Good''

References

{{Warner Bros. Discovery CNN Television channels and stations established in 1989 English-language television stations in Hong Kong Turner International Australia Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific