i-CABLE News Channel (Hong Kong)

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i-CABLE News Channel is a Cantonese cable news channel in Hong Kong. It is the first 24-hour television news service in Hong Kong.

The channel forms part of Cable News Hong Kong and is owned by i-CABLE News Limited, and is seen on Channel 9 on Cable TV's channel lineup. News bulletins are presented half-hourly.

[edit] History

The original Cable News Channel debuted in October 31, 1993, as part of Cable TV's launch lineup. The channel was split into two services in 1995: Cable News Channel 1 offered in-depth news analysis and business programming along with several news bulletins at various times of the day, while Cable News Channel 2 provided headline news service 24 hours a day.

Cable News re-organized its outputs on January 3, 2006: Cable News 1 was rebranded as Cable Finance Info Channel, with a focus on business news; Cable News 2 was rebranded as the new Cable News Channel.

[edit] Programmes

News sections are separated according to the time period.

The main period is at 19:30 in the evening every day with two anchors, boardcasting together with CABLE No.1 Channel on channel 14.

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