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CNBC launches mobile-on-demand content in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore
MUMBAI: CNBC has signed a three-market (Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore) distribution agreement to provide a series of specially customised mobile-on-demand business news and information content on the 3G mobile platform.
The content will be distributed in the three markets through SmarTone-Vodafone in Hong Kong, Celcom in Malaysia and SingTel in Singapore from 1 November 2005. This will give CNBC access to the fast-growing population of 3G mobile subscribers across the Asia Pacific, which currently stands at over 20 million.
The selection of specially tailor-made minute long content available to 3G mobile subscribers of these three operators include:
Asia Market Update – A compilation of top business news and updates aimed at helping viewers stay on top of their investment portfolios. Delivered twice daily Mondays to Fridays.
Asia Market Wrap – A daily wrap-up of the big market movers and top financial news of the day. Content refreshed every business day. Delivered daily Mondays to Fridays.
The Expert – Provides daily expert advice from key money managers, market experts and corporate chiefs. Delivered daily Mondays to Fridays.
Managing Asia – Looks inside the minds of the region’s top corporate leaders who set the business agenda for Asia. Delivered once a week.
Generation-e – Asia’s premier source of technology news, highlighting the latest gizmos and gadgets. Delivered once a week.
CEO Moment – An up-close and insightful snapshot of top CEOs’ viewpoints in today’s business environment. Delivered once a week.
Suze Orman – Best-selling author Suze Orman, with her unprecedented popularity as a personal finance expert, provide viewers with practical advice. Delivered once a week.
CNBC Asia Pacific CEO and president Alexander P Brown said, “CNBC’s audience of CEOs, senior managers and business decision makers across Asia are already early adopters of technologies such as 3G. As a significant proportion of our viewing is in the away-from-home environment, presenting our content in partnership with these three world-class operators will help us enhance our brand positioning amongst this very important demographic.”
SmarTone-Vodafone CEO Douglas Li said, “We are pleased to be chosen as the first and exclusive partner in Hong Kong to deliver the business news from such an authoritative news channel. With the strong network quality providing 99.9 per cent 3G coverage in Hong Kong and the fast and stable data transmission, SmarTone-Vodafone’s customers can stay up-to-date with unlimited international and financial video news from one of the most authoritative TV channels through compelling and uninterrupted mobile experience. We look forward to seeing our customers to be benefited from receiving important business news and information around the world in order to stay closer to what matters to them.”
Celcom (Malaysia) Berhad COO Dato’ Zubir A. Rasid said, “As Malaysia’s premier mobile communications provider and the first to introduce 3G services in the country, Celcom is proud to offer CNBC’s leading-edge business news and feature content to our rapidly-growing base of 3G subscribers. As we boast the widest mobile broadband 3G coverage in the country, we are confident that CNBC’s selection of customized 3G content will be well-received across Malaysia. With Celcom 3G, we give our customers the tools that can enhance their mobile lifestyle.”
Singapore Telecom Mobile Pte Ltd vice president, consumer marketing Thomas Yeo said, “It is great to see the most trusted voice in the financial world and the biggest communication company in Singapore coming together to provide a seamless TV/mobile experience. Using SingTel’s strong nation-wide and roaming 3G network, customers can enjoy true mobility by seamlessly accessing time-sensitive information in data and video modes with their mobile phones. With CNBC Mobile’s comprehensive video content, our customers can now look forward to reviewing the latest news and to make time critical decisions on-the-go, to meet various lifestyle needs.”
News Broadcasting
CNN-News18 to host Kolkata Town Hall on Hooghly River
‘Bhalobasa Bengal Inspiring Bharat’ event on April 20 brings cultural icons, trailblazing women and leaders aboard a cruise to celebrate Bengal’s enduring influence.
MUMBAI: Bengal is about to make fresh waves on the Hooghly and this time the current is pure conversation. CNN-News18 is taking its iconic Town Hall format to the waters of the iconic Hooghly River on 20 April 2026 with a special edition titled ‘Bhalobasa Bengal – Inspiring Bharat’. The floating event will celebrate the state’s rich cultural legacy and how its ideas, creativity and spirit continue to shape the rest of the country.
The unique riverside setting draws on Bengal’s history as a cradle of reform, art and intellectual thought. The speaker line-up mirrors that diversity: cultural heavyweights Mithun Chakraborty and Sreenanda Shankar will share the stage with trailblazing “Devis” such as Tanya Sanyal (India’s first woman firefighter in aviation), Ipsita Chakraborty (Kolkata’s first woman bartender) and Reshma Nilofer Visalakshi (Nari Shakti awardee and marine pilot). Music will flow through the celebrated pianist-vocalist duo Sourendro and Soumyojit, while public life and governance will be represented by Smriti Irani, Leander Paes, Saira Shah Halim, Keya Ghosh, Rekha Patra, Roopa Ganguly and Babul Supriyo.
CNN-News18, editorial affairs director, Rahul Shivshankar, said the event honours voices that carry Bengal’s legacy forward. Smriti Mehra, CEO – English & Business News, Network18, added that Bengal’s stories resonate far beyond its borders, especially as the state heads into polls.
From the first woman to battle flames in the skies to legendary actors who shaped Indian cinema, the gathering promises a rich mix of inspiration, courage and candid dialogue. In a city where culture has always flowed as freely as the river itself, CNN-News18 is turning the Hooghly into a floating forum for ideas that matter.
Tune in on 20 April on CNN-News18, CTV and YouTube to catch Bengal’s heartbeat in full flow.
