Programmes and Presenters
Channel NewsAsia is an international news channel focusing primarily on Asian news, information and current affairs. Each of its news bulletins run for half-hour, starting at the top of the hour except for AM Live! which runs for two consecutive hours and Primetime Asia which runs for one hour. The bottom of the hour features documentaries, lifestyle programming, health programming, current affairs and business news. The channel airs programmes 20 hours a day — with an extra 30 minutes for international viewers — seven days a week. Text of the latest news headlines are featured for the remaining four hours of the day except during major breaking news such as during the months following the September 11 attacks and the early days of the Iraq war since 2003.
The station now telecasts its flagship local news bulletin as Primetime News to all its viewers, both locally in Singapore and internationally live. Parent company MediaCorp said the changes were made in response to requests from viewers in countries like Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam and Philippines, who have been asking for more in-depth content on Singapore. Previously Singapore Tonight was made available internationally and selected segments of that programme were shown on Asian Home News, During its Run and Singapore Business Tonight was not regularly shown to international viewers prior to 1 January 2005.
The station also produces news stories for the newscast on Singapore's only English language general-entertainment channel, MediaCorp TV Channel 5.
In addition, after major regional or international news bulletins, a weather forecast of key global cities is shown. Also, before the top of selected hours the World Live by EarthTV is also shown.
| Programme | Description | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| AM Live | Replaces Primetime Morning as of 1 August 2011.
Runs Monday to Friday at these times:
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Suzanne Jung Ki Eng, Steven Chia, Yvonne Yong and Patrick Fok |
| Asia Today | Live news with a focus on Asian perspectives
Runs daily at 3:00pm, Mondays to Fridays at 9:00am and 2:00pm, and Saturdays and Sundays at 10:00am, 11:00am and 5:00pm |
Sharon Tong / Otelli Edwards / Gerard Lam / Yvonne Yong / Timothy W Go / Melissa Hyak / Chew Wui Lynn / Dominique Loh / Sabrina Chua / Chan Eu Imm / Lynlee Foo / Patrick Fok |
| Asia Market Report | A day's round-up of business news around the region and a look at the first hour of trade in Asia
Runs Mondays to Fridays (except days when markets are closed; Asia Today will run instead) at 5:00pm |
Dominique Loh / Wei Du |
| Primetime Asia | Replaces East Asia Tonight and South East Asia Tonight
A day's round-up of the news in Asia Runs Mondays to Fridays at 7:00pm |
Timothy W Go and Glenda Chong |
| Asia Tonight | Round-up of the day's events around Asia
Runs Mondays to Fridays at 11:00pm and Saturdays and Sundays at 7:00pm |
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| World Today | Live news with focus on key world events
Runs daily at 9:00am, 12:00pm (noon) and 4:00pm, Mondays to Fridays at 10:00am and 11:00am, and Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00pm |
Melissa Hyak / Otelli Edwards / Genevieve Woo / Yvonne Yong / Timothy W Go / Gerard Lam / Chew Wui Lynn / Sharon Tong / Sabrina Chua / Patrick Fok |
| World Tonight | A day's round-up of key world news
Runs Tuesdays to Fridays at 12:00am (midnight), Saturdays at 12:00am and 11:00pm, and Sundays at 11:00pm |
Melissa Hyak / Yvonne Yong / Timothy W Go / Gerard Lam / Genevieve Woo (Weekends) |
| Primetime News | Channel NewsAsia's flagship evening nightly-news programme which provides viewers with a round-up of the day's main news under national news live television broadcasting.
Runs daily at 9:00pm |
Melissa Hyak, etc. |
| Singapore Tonight | A day's round-up of local and business news in Singapore
Runs daily at 10:00pm |
Chan Eu Imm |
| Asia Business Tonight | A day's round-up of business news around the region and a look at the first hour of trade in the United States
Runs Mondays to Fridays (except when markets are closed; replaced with a relief programme) at 10:30pm |
Genevieve Woo / Glenda Chong / Timothy W Go / Timothy Ouyang / Lynlee Foo / Gerard Lam |
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