now Business News Channel

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now Business News Channel
Now Business News logo.svg
CountryHong Kong
Ownership
OwnerPacific Century Cyberworks
History
Launched20 March 2006
Links
Websitefinance.now.com

now Business News Channel is a 24-hour finance news channel. It is now TV's first self-produced channel, which was launched at 9 am on 20 March 2006. The broadcast centre is located in Wanchai, Hong Kong. There is also a broadcast centre in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. In addition to live broadcast, there is a one-hour delay stock ticker. In addition to finance and business-related news, there are talk-show programmes. RTHK programmes are also shown on the weekend.

All programmes are recorded using Sony XDCAM and stored on Blu-ray discs.

It won a Peabody Award in 2009 for Sichuan Earthquake: One Year On because it "refused to forget, refused to ignore crucial questions".[1]

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