Asia Business News
CountrySingapore
Broadcast areaAsia (including Singapore)
AffiliatesCNBC Asia (20 June 1995-31 January/30 June 1998)
HeadquartersAnson Road, Singapore[1]
Ownership
OwnerDow Jones & Company
Sister channelsCNBC Asia (20 June 1995-31 January/30 June 1998)
History
Launched1 November 1993 (1993-11-01) at 6:00am SST
Closed30 June 1998 (1998-06-30) at 11:59pm SST[2] (merger with CNBC Asia)
Replaced byCNBC Asia

Asia Business News (ABN) was a business news television channel based in Singapore. A subsidiary of Dow Jones & Company that also owns The Wall Street Journal Asia daily, it was the sister network of London-based European Business News (EBN). Its programmes originate from Singapore. It was officially opening ceremony at grand opening or formally opening breakfast in Singapore on 1 November 1993 at 6:00am SST based in Singapore and it operated from ABN's head offices in Anson Road, Singapore.[1]

ABN reached to 20 million homes in Asia, Europe, Africa and Middle East.[1]

Its managing editor was Christopher Graves. [3]

History

Opening breakfast

Asia Business News (ABN) was officially opening ceremony at grand opening or formally opening morning in Singapore on 1 November 1993 at 6:00am SST after officially opening ceremony by President of Singapore Ong Teng Cheong based in Singapore owned and company by Dow Jones & Company who that owns The Wall Street Journal Asia daily with the first programme at launching ceremony as Asian Wall Street Journal on Air. It was originally based in Singapore. Anchors/presenters such as Coco Quisumbing, Martin Soong, Sydnie Kohara, Karen Koh and Lynette Lithgow. Correspondents such as Keiko Bang, Lisa Barron, Stuart Pallister, Jim Sciutto and Chris Slaughter were part of the original ABN team which includes around 170 Singapore based staff. ABN programme such as Breakfast Briefing, Asian Wall Street Journal on Air, Trading Day, Asia Market Digest, Storyboard, Far Eastern Economic Review on Air, Money Talk, dot.com and Corporate Raiders.

Becomes CNBC Asia

On 31 January 1998 at 11:59pm SST the channel officially merged with NBC's CNBC Asia. Initially, most of ABN's programmes and presenters migrated to the new channel and it operated from ABN's former headquarters in Singapore. [4][5] The officially merged channel was officially initially named CNBC Asia Business News but on 30 June 1998 at 11:59pm SST it was officially referred to as CNBC Asia.

Programmes

  • Breakfast Briefing
  • Asian Wall Street Journal on Air
  • Trading Day
  • Asia Market Digest
  • Storyboard
  • Far Eastern Economic Review on Air
  • Money Talk
  • dot.com
  • Corporate Raiders

Anchors/presenters

Correspondents

  • Keiko Bang
  • Lisa Barron
  • Stuart Pallister
  • Jim Sciutto
  • Chris Slaughter

References

  1. 1 2 3 "SATELLITE PLAYERS AND THEIR SET-UPS". 14 January 1996. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  2. ↑ Joshi, Namrata; M.M. Vetticad, Anna; Rajadhyaksha, Mrudula (9 February 1998). "It's Only Business". Teletalk. India Today. p. 82.
  3. ↑ "S'pore: The new media centre". The Straits Times. 14 January 1996. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  4. ↑ Fabrikant, Geraldine (8 December 1997). "Overseas News Merger Seen By Dow Jones and CNBC". Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Dow, NBC to merge cable TV operations". Indian Express Newspapers. 10 December 1997. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014.
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