owned by nbcuniversal picture format 576i sdtv 16 9 4 3 slogan first in business worldwide country asia language english broadcast area asia australia new zealand headquarters singapore mumbai replaced asia business news sister channel s e universal channel diva universal style network syfy universal dreamworks channel cnbc world website official website availability satellite foxtel australia channel 644 astro malaysia channel 518 truevisions thailand channel 781 indovision indonesia channel 337 hot bird 11127 v sr 27500 sky network television new zealand channel 091 cignal philippines channel 42 sd cable starhub tv singapore channel 707 cable tv hong kong hong kong channel 78 now tv hong kong tv channel hong kong channel 319 foxtel australia channel 644 skycable philippines channel 111 digital destiny cable philippines channel 111 digital truevisions thailand channel 781 first media indonesia channel 238 macau cable tv macau channel 810 iptv chunghwa telecom mod taiwan 2 channel 154 now tv hong kong channel 319 cnbc plus usa 3 us 9.95 month or us 99.95 year cnbc.com free view u.s. 4 5 6 mondays 6am to 4pm sin hk twn time hinet hichannel taiwan 7 free 300k 8 paid 600k or 1200k nt 30 month circa us 1 taiwan only fetch tv australia channel 105 hd cht mod taiwan channel 154 singtel tv singapore channel 173 cnbc asia is a business news television channel in asia . a subsidiary of nbcuniversal it is the asian service of the consumer news and business channel cnbc . its programmes originate from singapore mumbai hong kong and sydney and has bureaus in tokyo and seoul noida . contents 1 history 1.1 1995 1997 pre abn merger 1.2 post abn merger 1.3 mid 1998 2002 1.4 2006 full control by nbc universal 1.5 2007 programming revamp 1.6 2007 return to sydney 1.7 2010 new studio new look 1.8 2014 new studio in hong kong & picture format change to 16 9 1.9 2015 present 2 programming 2.1 2014 programming revamp 2.2 weekday line up 2.3 weekends 2.4 end of year programming 2.5 former programmes 2.5.1 weekdays 2.5.2 primetime & weekends 2.6 sports coverage 2.7 simulcasts outside the region 3 cnbc asia ticker 4 notable on air staff 4.1 current 4.2 former 4.2.1 anchors presenters 4.2.2 correspondents 5 other cnbc asia services and partnerships 5.1 cnbc based channels 5.2 other tv and print partners 5.3 airline partners 5.4 mobile services and podcasts 6 taglines 7 references 8 external links history edit 1995 1997 pre abn merger edit cnbc asia was launched on 20 june 1995 along with sister channel nbc asia . it was originally based in hong kong . anchors such as rico hizon bernard lo lorraine hahn dalton tanonaka and bill hartley were part of the original cnbc asia team . it adopted similar programmes from its us counterpart like the money wheel and business tonight and had a few of its own programmes as well . in addition the channel has broadcast programmes from cnbc us and cnbc europe on a live and repeat basis . post abn merger edit in december 1997 dow jones & company and nbc announced the merger of their international business news channels . this resulted in a merger of cnbc asia with dow jones asia business news abn and likewise of cnbc europe with european business news . the merged channel launched on 1 january 2000 and was named cnbc asia business news but it was simply referred to as cnbc asia in mid 1998 . as a result of the merger there were massive employee lay offs and programme cancellations at cnbc s asia original headquarters in hong kong but rico hizon geoff cutmore and bernard lo joined the newly merged channel whose operations have been based in singapore ever since . programmes and personalities came mostly from abn and were for the most part retained in their original form i.e. title and graphics scheme . cnbc asia also mainly used abn s own graphics scheme rather than adopt those in use by cnbc us and cnbc europe . in addition there was no regional ticker for most audiences until 26 october 1998 and simulcasts of us and european programmes were very limited . from then until january 2006 the international cnbc services carried the tagline a service of nbc universal and dow jones or depending on other local partners a variation of this tagline when introducing regional programmes including magazine programmes and airing general channel promotions . mid 1998 2002 edit on 1 june 1998 cnbc asia added cnbc sports which it aired weekend afternoons and in october 1998 it also started airing selected episodes of the tonight show with jay leno and late night with conan o brien on weekend evenings as cnbc asia was replaced by the national geographic channel . when cnbc asia launched its regional ticker in 1998 it introduced new shows such as lunch money later replaced by power lunch asia in 1999 and market watch later renamed global market watch where the latter was produced by cnbc europe but anchored from both london and singapore . in addition the channel substantially increased cnbc europe programming in the afternoon by airing europe today in its entirety . in october 1999 cnbc asia had a partnership with the australian financial review to present the australian financial review market wrap a daily round up of market news from the australian region hosted by james walker and grace phan . major programming changes occurred on 30 october 2000 with cnbc asia expanding asia squawk box to 2 hours asia market watch to 2 hours in the morning and 1 hours in the afternoon and power lunch asia to 1 full hour . cnbc asia s ticker was also reformatted on that day to include colours reflecting change in the stock prices green for an increase and red for a decrease and a stock s ticker symbol . in 2001 cnbc asia introduced localised tickers to audiences in australia hong kong and singapore and has since kept the ticker on the screen during commercial breaks . in july 2001 asia squawk box was further extended to 3 hours and more programming hours from cnbc us and cnbc europe were added to the line up . this was further extended in 2002 when us programming started at 20.00 sin time uninterrupted on weeknights . 2006 full control by nbc universal edit in july 2005 it was announced that nbc universal would take full control of cnbc asia from 31 december 2005 subject to clearance . the channel s main sequences reverted from cnbc asia a service of nbc universal and dow jones to simply cnbc asia on 1 january 2006 . but on 30 october 2006 to further distinguish itself between its other counterparts cnbc asia simply rebranded itself as cnbc and adopting cnbc s new general slogan first in business worldwide . 2007 programming revamp edit during the week of 19 march 2007 cnbc asia commenced promotions for squawk australia hosted by james which debuted on 26 march 2007 from a studio in sydney . it aired from 9.00 sydney time 6.00 sin hk time weekdays . a revamped asia squawk box anchored by amanda drury and martin soong followed at 7.00 sin hk time weekdays . cnbc also launched two brand new shows that replaced market watch and the cnbc europe programme today s business . cnbc s cash flow anchored by maura fogarty first hour and amanda drury second hour was originally intensely trader and investor based . following on from the success of worldwide exchange another joint production capital connection was launched . it was originally anchored by maura fogarty in singapore and steve sedgwick in london . unlike worldwide exchange which is produced by cnbc europe capital connection is produced by cnbc asia . on 27 september 2007 cnbc asia announced strategic initiatives to push into the australian market . two new shows were introduced to the network trading matters a wrap up of the day s market action and australia this week a concise show summarizing the week s highlights . both shows are anchored by then newly appointed cnbc anchor oriel morrison formerly of channel nine and bloomberg television . the shows debuted on 2 and 6 october 2007 respectively at 17.30 sydney time 15.30 sin time as the channel moved its sydney bureau into a new studio situated across from the australian stock exchange building . the move has also seen cnbc australia re introduce opt outs from the pan asian feed for additional airings of trading matters and australia this week . 2007 return to sydney edit it was announced on 5 march 2007 that cnbc asia will be opening a bureau in sydney to track the australian markets . this is in light of the recent global market correction . squawk box has had reports from jeffrey james a former business presenter with deutsche welle dw tv who was also the original anchor of squawk australia . james was the first on camera presence from cnbc since mark laudi returned to singapore from sydney . jeffrey james anchored squawk australia from a temporary location on the 11th floor of sydney s general electric headquarters nab house from early 2007 whilst a new studio was being constructed in nearby bridge street . james left the show in october 2008 . in 2007 oriel morrison also joined the sydney bureau to give reports during the afternoon session there . she anchored a 30 minute afternoon show for cnbc called trading matters . while foxtel on 7 january 2008 spun off a business channel from sky news australia called sky news business channel which named after fox business network in united states . in august 2008 the daily telegraph reported that channel nine s finance reporter karen tso will be joining the network in october 2008 . she became the network s sydney based correspondent and anchored squawk australia thus replacing jeffrey james . in mid 2009 cnbc launched a brand new personal finance show the barefoot investor with australian personal finance expert scott pape . the show is similar to the suze orman show and is seen on the australian feed during weekends . 2010 new studio new look edit on 14 june 2010 cnbc asia moved to a new studio inside the singapore exchange . the new studio features a rear projection wall that principally gives an overview of regional market action very similar to what cnbc europe has . the left side of the studio has 3 lcd screens where a reporter stands beside to feature 1 story or highlight per screen . in addition cnbc asia also adopted the graphics package cnbc us and cnbc europe have been using since 2 march 2010 . finally cnbc also premi red another production hub in bahrain . this hub is used by presenters to report on middle east business and is one of the 3 locations capital connection is presented out of . 2014 new studio in hong kong & picture format change to 16 9 edit started from 30 march 2014 cnbc asia changed its picture format to 16 9 as a standard broadcast format . cnbc europe followed suit on 31 march 2014 . both networks debuted a then new updated graphics package including new lower thirds . this on air style did not carry over to cnbc us which still had the old on air style used from 1 march 2010 to 10 october 2014 . cnbc us would also switch its own picture format to 16 9 on 13 october 2014 . 2015 present edit on 9 february 2015 cnbc asia once again updated its graphics package this time with new titles and new theme music that was based on the us version used since 13 october 2014 . exactly a month later 9 march 2015 its sister network in europe followed suit . this new on air style which