In one of the most ringing independent endorsements seen of an international news network, CNN in the Asia Pacific region scooped an unprecedented five honours including the coveted ‘Cable and Satellite Channel of the Year' at the prestigious Asian Television Awards in Singapore.

Amongst serious competition from across the region and other international 24-hour news networks, CNN Today was also selected as the 'Best news program', Kristie Lu Stout won the 'Best news presenter or anchor' award, while Stan Grant won for 'Best current affairs presenter' and also for 'Rising from the Ruins' in the 'Best news/current affairs special' category.

"To take home the prestigious ‘Cable and Satellite Channel of the Year' award on top of four other honours is simply a brilliant achievement and testament to our world class on-air and behind-the-scenes teams across the Asia Pacific region," said CNN International's Senior Vice President Rena Golden.

Chris Cramer, Managing Director CNN International added "This success is particularly sweet when you consider the proliferation of competition and the fact that these awards are voted for by our peers. Twenty one years after we launched, we continue to lead by example."

The awards success comes off the back of the recent PAX (Pan Asian cross media survey) results which showed that CNN International has rated the number one news channel across Asia Pacific every year for the last ten years. The research showed that CNN also continues to attract a larger audience than all other news and business channels combined across the whole of the Asia Pacific region, retaining 82% more weekly viewers than the second placed channel in this genre and 219% more than the third placed channel.

CNN is the world's leading global 24-hour news network and one of the world's most respected and trusted sources for news and information. The CNN brand is available to two billion people via 25 CNN branded TV, internet and mobile services produced by CNN Worldwide, a division of Turner Broadcasting System Inc and a Time Warner company. CNN International is the international directorate of CNN Worldwide and distributes news via 14 services in seven different languages. CNN International can be seen in almost 200 million television households and hotel rooms in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide, including more than 30 million across the Asia Pacific region and online at www.cnn.com/international

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