i-CABLE News Channel (Hong Kong)

i-CABLE News Channel
Launched	October 31, 1993
Owned by	i-CABLE News Limited i-CABLE Communications Limited
Picture format	576i (SDTV 4:3)
Slogan	走在事實最前線 (At the Forefront of Facts)
Country	Hong Kong
Broadcast area	Hong Kong
Headquarters	Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong
Website	[1]
Availability
Satellite
Cable TV Hong Kong	9
DirecTV (USA)	2109
Cable
Cable TV Hong Kong	9
IPTV
GekTV (USA)

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 Hong Kong's channel lineup. News bulletins are presented half-hourly.

History

The original Cable News Channel debuted on 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.

On January 3, 2006, Cable News re-organized its outputs : 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.

Newscast

News sections are named according to daily time period. (All time HKT)

• Morning Edition（Mondays to Fridays: 06:00-07:00 & Saturdays and Sundays: 06:00-09:00）
• Good Morning CABLE（Cable早晨）（Mondays to Fridays: 07:00-09:00）
• Morning Focus News（09:00-12:00）
• Noon Express（12:00-14:00）
• Afternoon Focus News（14:00-18:00）
• CABLE News（18:00-19:00）
• News Express（新聞最前線）（19:00-20:00）
• International Focus（國際最前線）（20:00-21:00;22:00-23:00）
• Evening News（21:00-22:00）
• 2300 Focus（23:00-23:30）
• 2330 Focus（23:30-00:00）
• Midnight LIVE（00:00-04:00）
• CABLE News（04:00-06:00）

The main cast is at 19:30 (with two anchors) and at mid-night(00:00 with an anchor) every day, broadcast jointly with i-CABLE No.1 Channel on channel 1.

Programs that are broadcasted jointly with i-CABLE No.1 Channel include

News Section	Time	Day
Morning Edition	06:00-07:00	Mondays to Fridays
Morning Edition	06:00-09:00	Saturdays and Sundays
Good Morning CABLE	07:00-09:00	Mondays to Fridays
Noon Express	12:00-12:30	Daily
News Express	19:30-20:00	Daily
Midnight LIVE	00:00-00:30	Daily
CABLE News	05:00-06:00	Daily

Anchors

Anchors are responsible for the casts on the channel, reporting live news daily. Some of them are the host of programmes of i-CABLE Finance Info Channel.

• Anny Chong
• Jolly Wong
• Mei Wong
• Tracy Kwan
• Venus Wong
• Petrina Wong
• Venus Cheung
• Taly Yau
• Carman Tsang
• Kenix Lau
• Kimmy Ng
• Kenix Wong
• Circle Lo
• Hedy Wong
• Jasmine Law
• Tiffany Mak
• Trista Cheng
• Eugenea Cheung
• Lizzie Chan

former anchors:

• Lavender Cheung
• Joanne Yung
• Icy Cheung