euronews, Europes leading international news channel, has signed its first distribution agreement with the telecommunications group Chunghwa Telecom in Taiwan. This contract enables the 24-hour distribution of three of the channels nine services (euronews in English, French, and Spanish) via the ADSL MOD multimedia on demand platform. Since April 1, 2010, approximately 700,000 Taiwanese users are able to receive euronews on channel 120.
In Asia, approximately 5 million homes receive euronews (South Korea, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and Vietnam).
About euronews
Launched in January 1993, euronews covers world affairs from a European perspective. euronews is broadcast 24 hours a day, simultaneously in nine languages: Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish. At the end of 2010, euronews is launching its tenth language: Persian (Farsi).
euronews presents a complete news bulletin every half hour, followed by in-depth programmes: business, europe, sport, a review of press headlines from Europes major dailies, and the weather forecast.
euronews feature programmes cover a wide range of topics including science, cinema, fashion, new technologies, and space. euronews is broadcast all over the world, reaching 318 million households in 153 countries by cable, digital satellite and terrestrial distribution. The channel is also available on mobile operators (3G, VOD), on ADSL/High Speed Internet networks, and live on board the aircraft of international airlines. Viewers can watch euronews on their PDAs and live on the Internet in Europe on RealNetworks Superpass. euronews and no comment TV are also available on YouTube and Dailymotion.
euronews is the most-watched international news channel in Europe: every day, 2.9 million Europeans watch euronews on cable and satellite, while another 3.6 million watch on terrestrial channels (Source: euronews/Telmar Peaktime©, evaluation system based on audience figures, 1st quarter 2009).