Phoenix InfoNews Channel is a

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owned by

Phoenix Television Phoenix Television is a majority state-owned television network that offers Mandarin and Cantonese-language channels that serve mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and other markets with substantial Chinese-language viewers. It is operated by P ...

. It is the first channel to report news across the

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region, which includes

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and Hong Kong. The channel first started broadcasting on 1 January 2001, delivering news and financial updates around the clock. Analysts also provide comments and analysis on current issues and topics. The channel's coverage of the

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prompted

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to launch its own rolling news channel) on

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2003. At the time when the story broke, InfoNews was on-the-scene and provided reporting as the situation unfolded, whereas CCTV did not report it for as many as two successive days. On March 14, 2019, Phoenix InfoNews Channel switch to 16:9 format on Astro. The Phoenix InfoNews Channel and Phoenix Chinese Channel ceased broadcasting on 1 July 2020 at 12:02am on

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due to the latter deciding not to renew the former's contact: however, both channels later resumed broadcasts on 9 July.

Related channels

Phoenix Chinese Channel Phoenix Television is a majority state-owned television network that offers Mandarin and Cantonese-language channels that serve mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and other markets with substantial Chinese-language viewers. It is operated by ...

* Phoenix Chinese News and Entertainment Channel * Phoenix Movies Channel * Phoenix Hong Kong Channel

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