Channel i News

Last updated
Channel i News
Genre Flagship News
StarringPaul Jansen
Arnold Gay
Michelle Quah
Country of origin Singapore
Original language English
Production
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time30 minutes (8:30pm to 9:00pm Singapore Time at closing time).
Production company SPH MediaWorks
Original release
Network Channel i
Release20 May 2001 (2001-05-20) –
31 December 2004 (2004-12-31)
Related
Singapore Tonight

Channel i News (formerly TVWorks News and Straits Times TV News) was a Singaporean daily evening news bulletin broadcast on Channel i since its inception until its closure. It employed synergies from Singapore Press Holdings' print publications, most notoriously The Straits Times, which used its name until 2003.

History

The first TVWorks news bulletins aired on 20 May 2001. TVWorks broadcast two news bulletins at 7:30pm and 10:30pm. [1] The first 7:30 bulletin was presented by Michelle Quah and the first 10:30 bulletin by Paul Jansen. [2] Although the first edition of TV Works News was plagued by minor technical issues, [3] the bulletin was known for its novel ideas, such as ending the bulletins with live jazz performances by the Singapore Stompers. [4] [5] Unlike its competitor News 5 Tonight, TV Works News aimed more at local news. [6]

On 13 June 2001, the channel's news operation angered the Filipino community over controversial remarks from Michelle Quah telling viewers that the Abu Sayyaf hostages were "fortunately not American" led to accusations of portrayals of Filipinos as maids or prostitutes. [7] Quah apologised on the following evening's newscast, after news of the incident reached news wires. [8]

On 3 September 2001, the same day TV Works introduced a new schedule in order to recoup losses from the initial format, [9] the news moved to 9:30pm and adopted a two-anchor format, presented by Arnold Gay and Michelle Quah; [10] the former returned to SPH. [11]

In order to increase its identity and ratings, SPH MediaWorks announced on 12 May 2003 [12] [13] that it would rebrand Straits Times TV News as Channel i News effective 19 May 2003. [14] The new look was heavily visual in nature. [15] Its journalist Deborah Ng in July fed the story of the surgical operation of Iranian twins Laleh and Ladan Bijani to US network CNN in July 2003. [16] In order to clear more time to entertainment programming, the bulletin moved to 8:30pm on 3 November 2003. [17] [18] On 4 December 2003, Channel i News was awarded "Best News Programme" at the 2003 Asian Television Awards. [19] The award was given mainly because of its 2003 refresh. [20]

The final edition of Channel i News aired on 31 December 2004 at the usual time [21] and was repeated at 1am, effectively becoming the last programme seen on the channel. [22] The final segment consisted of a brief retrospective of the channel's news and current affairs programming followed by a farewell message from the channel's news team. [2]

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  2. 1 2 SPH Mediaworks Channel i - Last Transmission
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