19 Facts About CNBC Asia

CNBC Asia was launched on 20 June 1995 along with sister channel NBC Asia.

CNBC Asia mainly used ABN's own graphics scheme rather than adopt those in use by CNBC US and CNBC Europe.

On 1 June 1998, CNBC Asia added CNBC Sports which it aired weekend afternoons and in October 1998, it started airing selected episodes of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with Conan O'Brien on weekend evenings as NBC 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 and Market Watch where the latter was produced by CNBC Europe but anchored from both London and Singapore.

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.

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Major programming changes occurred on 30 October 2000 with CNBC Asia expanding Asia Squawk Box to two hours, Asia Market Watch to two hours in the morning and 1½ hours in the afternoon and Power Lunch Asia to one full hour.

CNBC Asia's ticker was reformatted on that day to include colours reflecting change in the stock prices 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.

CNBC Asia launched two brand new shows that replaced Market Watch and the CNBC Asia Europe programme Today's Business.

On 27 September 2007, CNBC Asia announced strategic initiatives to push into the Australian market.

CNBC Asia anchored a 30-minute afternoon show for CNBC called Trading Matters.

CNBC Asia became the network's Sydney-based correspondent and anchored Squawk Australia, thus replacing Jeffrey James.

In mid-2009, CNBC Asia launched a new personal finance show, The Barefoot Investor, with Australian personal finance expert Scott Pape.

On 14 June 2010, CNBC Asia moved to a new studio inside the Singapore Exchange.

CNBC Asia adopted the graphics package that CNBC US and CNBC Europe have been using since 2 March 2010.

CNBC Asia US switched its own picture format to 16:9 on 13 October 2014.

On 9 February 2015, CNBC Asia 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.

CNBC Asia unveiled a redesigned studio in Hong Kong for Squawk Box.

Outside Asia, the ticker can be seen alongside CNBC Asia programmes simulcasted on CNBC Europe and CNBC World.