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| Country | Hong Kong |
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| Broadcast area | Hong Kong Americas Worldwide |
| Headquarters | Tai Po,Hong Kong |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 1080iHDTV (downscaled toletterboxed576i for theSDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Phoenix Television |
| Sister channels | Phoenix North America Chinese Channel Phoenix Television |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 January 2001 |
| Closed | 1 July 2020 (Astro, Malaysia, but relaunched on 9 July 2020) |
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| Website | phtv |
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| Sling TV | Internet Protocol television |
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| Traditional Chinese | 鳳凰衛視資訊台 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 凤凰卫视资讯台 | ||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Fènghuáng Wèishì Zīxùn Tái | ||||||
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Phoenix InfoNews Channel is aHong Kongpay televisionnews channel owned byPhoenix Television. It is the first channel to report news across theGreater China region, which includesmainland China,Macau,Taiwan 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 theSeptember 11 attacks promptedChina Central Television to launchits own rolling news channel on 1 May 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.[1]
On 14 March 2019, Phoenix InfoNews Channel switched to 16:9 format on Astro.
The Phoenix InfoNews Channel and Phoenix Chinese Channel ceased broadcasting on 1 July 2020 at 12:02am onAstro due to the latter deciding not to renew the former's contact: however, both channels later resumed broadcasts on 9 July.
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