WASHINGTON, June 18,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Asia-based news and current affairs
brand CNA has officially launched in North America.
CNA is a leading long-form documentary and investigative
journalism channel focusing on in-depth reporting on social issues,
human stories, and current events in Asia and beyond. It leverages more than 25
years of journalistic experience in reporting on global
developments with Asian perspectives and brings unique in-depth
reporting to North America at a
time when global Asian influence is surging, and understanding
Asia is more critical than
ever.
CNA is currently available in North
America through a curated edition of the CNA
website and on YouTube. CNA will also expand its
offerings in the coming months to include a free ad-supported
streaming television (FAST) channel, offering viewers with
award-winning content including:
- Daily news updates from the Asian region on Asia
Tonight and an in-depth look into developments from
Greater China, Japan, and the Korean Peninsula on East
Asia Tonight.
- Acclaimed investigative documentary Insight that
analyses topical issues impacting Asia and the rest of the world.
- Walk The Line, a documentary which features the
treacherous route of Chinese migrants who entered the US illegally
via its southern border in 2023, hoping to live the American
Dream.
- Gold winner at the World Media Festivals, The Great
Migration: A New Eden, that journeys over the course of a
year with a team of highly trained and passionate specialists
working together to move 3,500 birds, into Asia's largest bird park in Singapore.
- Preparing For Dangerous Storms – Inside the People's
Liberation Army, a three-part Gold winner at the World
Media Festivals focusing on the world's largest army, The People's
Liberation Army, to ensure technology, energy, and food
self-sufficiency in China.
CNA Editor-in-Chief Walter
Fernandez said: "As part of our efforts to grow our
global audience, we are thrilled to introduce CNA to viewers in
North America. With 35 correspondents across Asia, CNA offers timely ground reporting and
nuanced analysis of Asia through
its news bulletins and documentaries - helping a global audience to
Understand Asia. Against the backdrop of AI fuelled disinformation
campaigns, coupled with a worrying habit of news avoidance, having
high quality and trusted media sources which the public and global
decision makers can turn to is paramount. Not only has CNA
consistently been ranked the most trusted source in Singapore but it has also won more than 540
international awards in the past decade for its outstanding
content. We hope that audiences in North
America will enjoy our diverse range of engaging
content."
For its outstanding content, CNA has been conferred more than
540 international awards and accolades in the past decade,
including at the World Digital Media Awards, AIB International
Media Award, Asian Television Awards, New York Festivals, World
Media Festival, and PromaxBDA Global Excellence Awards. In
November 2020, the London-based Association for International
Broadcasting named CNA 'Channel of the Year'; and two years later,
CNA was named the global winner of the 'Best News Website or Mobile
Service' by the World Association of News Publishers.
For all media inquiries and for additional information, please
contact CNAmedia@ddcpublicaffairs.com.
About CNA
CNA was established in March 1999
by Singapore's national media
network Mediacorp and has correspondents in 15 major cities across
Asia. It is also supported by 23
other bureaus in North America,
Europe, and Africa.
CNA is a transmedia company where users can get content online,
on TV, and radio, and via smart devices. It is also available on
social and messaging services, such as Facebook, Instagram,
LinkedIn, Telegram, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube.
Named the most trusted news brand in Singapore for the fifth consecutive year by
the Reuters Institute, CNA has grown from a local news channel to a
global brand that serves over 94 million households and hotels in
the Asia Pacific and the
Middle East. Additionally, in the
digital space, CNA's content is consumed by an average of 10
million unique visitors each month; and its YouTube presence has a
combined 4 million subscribers and over 27 million views per month
for its CNA and CNA Insider channels.
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