CNN Interactive Launches Chinese-language Headline News on CNN.com.TAIPEI, Taiwan, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. Interactive, the world's leader in online news and information delivery, today launched Chinese news headlines and summaries on CNN.com. The co-branded site, produced in conjunction with Taiwan's leading broadband Internet service provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. GigaMedia (Nasdaq: GIGM; web site: http://www.giga.net.tw), marks the first time CNN's internet news content has been made available in Chinese. Internet users will be able to click on the front page of CNN.com for immediate access to Chinese-language summaries of CNN Interactive's top news stories. The translated stories will cover the latest global and U.S. news, featuring stories on politics, finance, science, technology, weather, sports and entertainment. Users of GigaMedia will also be able to link to these Chinese summaries at http://www.vnn.com.tw/CNN. The Chinese text will be available in the traditional Chinese character Traditional Chinese character refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. The modern shapes of traditional Chinese characters first appeared with the emergence of the clerical script during the Han Dynasty, and have been more or less stable since the 5th format. "This move, to offer Chinese internet users CNN's top headlines in their own language is an extension of our working relationship with Koos Group The Koos Group is a Taiwan-based pan-Asian business group involved in a vast range of industries, which include petrochemicals, electronics, cement, manufacturing, financial services and banking. and its subsidiary GigaMedia in Taiwan," said Kevin Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. , vice president, Business Development, New Media of Turner International Asia Pacific Ltd. "CNN's Chinese headline news offering is part of our ongoing strategy to customize CNN's news content in Asia, which saw the launch in 1999 of CNN's broadband content to GigaMedia's news network." "GigaMedia is committed to providing the best portfolio of broadband content for the global Chinese community at large. This deal furthers our partnership with CNN, the world's leading news provider. By leveraging our world-class broadband content publishing and access infrastructure, we are confident that our subscribers in Taiwan will be able to enjoy the best quality of CNN video news content," said Chris Tung, Vice President of Operations Group of GigaMedia. GigaMedia is a leading provider of broadband Internet access services and content through its cable-based television network infrastructure in Taiwan, its launch pad to Asia. With 29 cable system partners, the company has access to more than 3.8 million Taiwan households, 67% of total households, and 576,000 small- and medium-sized businesses. In addition to broadband access services, the Company also offers one of the best interactive Chinese-language multimedia content sites through its Web destination http://www.giga.net.tw. CNN Interactive is responsible for the award-winning news site CNN.com, as well as eleven other Web sites, and the distribution of CNN news content via other distribution platforms such as mobile phones, PowerPhone Network's multi-media payphones in Hong Kong and PointCast. In September 1999, CNN Interactive expanded its English-language Asia Pacific news content by partnering with TIME and Asiaweek magazines to create CNN.COM/ASIANOW. In April 2000, CNN Interactive launched CNN's first Asian-language news Web site, CNN.CO.JP, a Japanese Web site combined CNN's global resources with content from Asahi.com. The CNN Web sites -- which include CNN.com, CNNfn.com and CNNSI CNNSI Cable News Network and Sports Illustrated .com - are among the world's leading news and information Web sites, and collectively served more than 660 million page impressions a month in 2000 and served more than 6.7 billion page impressions in 1999 |
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