''News Stream'' was a global news program on
CNN International
Cable News Network International or CNN International (CNNi, simply branded on-air as CNN) is an international television channel and website, owned by CNN Worldwide. CNN International carries news-related programming worldwide; it cooperates ...
aired as a weekday
prime time
Prime time, or peak time, is the block of broadcast programming taking place during the middle of the evening for television shows. It is mostly targeted towards adults (and sometimes families). It is used by the major television networks to ...
show for
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 audiences. The program was filmed in Hong Kong and anchored by
Kristie Lu Stout. From 9PM to 10PM
HKT (UTC+8:00), it covered Asia's increasing influence in business and politics to technology and culture. The program was simulcast on
ViuTVsix
ViuTVsix is a free-to-air English language Generalist channel, general entertainment television channel in Hong Kong operated by HK Television Entertainment (HKTVE), whose parent company, PCCW, also operates IPTV platform Now TV (China), Now TV ...
in Hong Kong, but in a half-hour format.
The program lasted nine years, ending due to budget cuts in June 2019. This resulted in
CNN's 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 ...
bureau not producing any daily programming for the first time since its inauguration in the 1990s. Lu Stout moved on to feature programs, reporting, and occasionally filling in for
Rosemary Church and
Max Foster on
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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CNN original programming
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