SingTel to Launch euronews on mio TV

SINGAPORE, June 20:
euronews, the European news channel, will be available exclusively on SingTel’s
pay-TV platform mio TV later this year.

euronews will be offered
in four different languages—English, French, German or Italian—with
viewers able to select their choice via remote control. The channel uses
voice-over narration to accompany all news footage, except for live coverage,
and features a “No Comment” segment dedicated to reports that exclusively
consist of visual content. Every 30 minutes, euronews provides an updated
bulletin containing in-depth coverage of the day's top news, sport, business
and European affairs. It also showcases a wide range of current affairs and
lifestyle features, including cinema, science, fashion, high technology and the
arts.

euronews currently reaches
more than 200 million homes in 130 countries through cable, satellite and
terrestrial TV. In addition, the network is available via hotels, airline
networks, ADSL, Internet, PDA and mobile phones. In Asia, the channel is
already available in Japan, Vietnam, Australia and Hong Kong.

“The addition of euronews
adds another well-respected news channel to our existing mio TV stable,” said
Low Ka Hoe, SingTel’s director of mio TV and content. “We are certain that
euronews will be very well received by Singaporeans who appreciate the
channel’s dedication to remaining completely impartial and objective as well as
its library of insightful features and documentaries.”

Philippe Cayla, the
chairman and CEO of euronews, added: "While European Commissioner Viviane
Reding is in Singapore, I am very proud to announce today the launch of the
channel on mio TV. Thanks to this agreement with SingTel, euronews will now be
available in five countries in Asia, and for the channel this is a step towards
the reinforcement of the E.U. relations with Singapore."

—By Irene Lew