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Population explosion means oil at $100 a barrel is here for years
From Daily Telegraph. Posted April 27 2008, 12.01am
'A whole load of stuff could come apart here," warned Art Cashin last week on CNBC - the US business channel. "This oil thing - it's gettin' crazy". (more)

Next wave of billionaires will come from the East
From Daily Telegraph. Posted April 27 2008, 12.01am
'A whole load of stuff could come apart here," warned Art Cashin last week on CNBC - the US business channel. "This oil thing - it's gettin' crazy". (more)

CNBC Africa secures TV distribution deal in Ghana
From Media Network Weblog. Posted March 15 2008, 11.49am
Africa’s premier television business network, CNBC Africa, has secured a terrestial television distribution deal in Ghana, that will deliver CNBC Africa’s internationally known business news contents to an estimated five million viewers in the capital city of Accra, the organisation’s chief operati ng officer, Gary Alfonso, disclosed. The deal, concluded with Kencity Media Group, will [...] (more)

CNBC Europe to screen 'luxury' shows
From Media Guardian. Posted February 13 2008, 7.07am
CNBC Europe is expanding into 'luxury lifestyle programming', and will offer Jay Leno's Tonight Show alongside yachting and high-end travel shows. By Jemima Kiss (more)

New York Times and CNBC in alliance
From Media Guardian. Posted January 8 2008, 10.08am
The New York Times and business channel CNBC have struck a deal to share news and video clips online as both companies prepare for battle against Rupert Murdoch. By Mark Sweney (more)

NY Times and CNBC unite against News Corp
From Financial Times. Posted January 7 2008, 7.35pm
Cable business network CNBC and the New York Times have joined forces to create an alliance against Rupert Murdoch's News Corp (more)

New York Times and CNBC to share web content
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted January 7 2008, 12.00am
NYTimes.com articles will appear on CNBC, which will share videos with the newspaper site    (more)

Former BBC & ITN Newsreader Living on Streets
From Merry Media. Posted December 15 2007, 12.40am
Former BBC, Sky News, CNBC and ITN newsreader Ed Mitchell is sleeping on the streets after spending using credit cards spiralled out of control resulting in debts of £250,000. . (more)

Victory party
From Financial Times. Posted November 30 2007, 2.00am
Many in the US media industry predicted that CNBC, the reigning cable business network, would be on the receiving end of glum tidings this holiday season, thanks to... (more)

Our woman in North America
From The Scotsman. Posted November 17 2007, 1.23am
I LIKE your imagery," cooed the Barbie-haired CNBC interviewer at the close of Alex Salmond's brief but effective "Celtic Lion" plug on the US TV channel's Wall Street business round-up last month. (more)

ZEE TV wins 'Hindi Channel Of The Year' gong
From Biz Asia. Posted November 16 2007, 9.30pm
ZEE TV has pipped its rivals to bag the award for 'Hindi Channel Of The Year' at the Indian Telly Awards 2007. There was further good news for ZEE TV as its drama 'Kasamh Se's' Prachi Desai (Bani) and Ram Kapoor (Jai Walia) walked away with the Best Actress and Best Actor award respectively. The Best Daily Soap gong went to Shakuntalam Films 'Banoo Mein Teri Dulhann' - again a ZEE TV show. Other 'Channel Of The Year' awards went to: MAX - Hindi Movie Channel Of The Year Aaj Tak - Hindi News Channel Of The Year CNN IBN - English News Channel Of The Year CNBC TV 18 - Business News Channel Of The Year Another highlight of the night was Siddhartha and Anita Kaul Basu being inducted into the Hall of Fame. Said Siddhartha Basu, "It is a matter of pride that the Indian television industry has recognised my work." UTV Software Communications CEO Ronnie Screwvala was conferred with the Contribution to Indian Television award. Sharad Malhotra who plays Sagar Singh in 'Banoo Mein Teri Dulhann' and Smriti Z Irani who plays Vasudha in 'Virrudh' were the critic's choice for best actor and actress respectively. The seven long year running 'Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi' was adjudged the best in the continuing TV programme category. Best Ensemble Cast was awarded to 'Virrudh', produced by Ugraya Entertainment. "Producing the show and then winning this award has been a dharam yudh for me. It has been a great journey," said Ugraya Entertainment promoter Smriti Z Irani. The much respected annual ceremony organised by online portal IndianTelevision.com is now in its seventh year. The Indian Telly Awards 2007 will be shown on Sony Entertainment Television Asia on Sunday 2nd December at 20:00. Extracts from IndianTelevision (more)

Ex-Citigroup boss tells of ‘smear campaign’
From The Times. Posted November 8 2007, 12.00am
Todd Thomson, the Citigroup executive who resigned amid claims of largesse on corporate aircraft involving Maria Bartiromo, the CNBC presenter known as the “Money Honey”, has turned on his critics for the first time. (more)

CNBC Africa to launch terrestrially in Kenya tomorrow
From Media Network Weblog. Posted October 24 2007, 2.08pm
CNBC Africa programmes can be viewed free-to-air in Nairobi, Kenya, from tomorrow. A deal between the business broadcaster and Kenya’s Capital will enable the terrestrial station’s viewers to pick up the business channel 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The partnership also opens up opportunities for advertisers who want to reach an upper income target audience [...] (more)

Business TV for the people - with some pants thrown in
From The Independent. Posted October 21 2007, 12.55am
For most people, business channels are a prosaic diversion on the way to Sky Sports or the latest soap opera. Bloomberg, CNBC and the like may have garnered decent enough followings in the financial community, but Joe Public isn't paying attention. (more)

Murdoch 'a bit shocked' at CNBC ads removal
From Financial Times. Posted October 20 2007, 3.00am
Rupert Murdoch yesterday said he was "a bit shocked" that Dow Jones' MarketWatch web site had removed advertising for CNBC, the business news channel, on the day of... (more)

Murdoch 'a bit shocked' over ad removal
From Financial Times. Posted October 20 2007, 2.02am
Rupert Murdoch said he was "a bit shocked" that Dow Jones' MarketWatch website had removed advertising for CNBC (more)

Fox ruffles feathers of rival 'peacock'
From Media Guardian. Posted October 16 2007, 1.00am
CNBC goes on the defensive as Rupert Murdoch's financial TV station launches in the US. By Andrew Clark in New York and Katie Allen. (more)

Fox makes run from Wall St to Main St
From Financial Times. Posted October 15 2007, 8.40pm
On Monday, after two years of planning, Fox Business finally took to the air, featuring a cowboy in his underpants as the point man in Mr Ailes' assault on CNBC, the dominant cable business network. (more)

Business battle looming in US cable channels
From Financial Times. Posted October 5 2007, 3.00am
This summer, as a credit crunch clamped down on Wall Street, CNBC executives believed the cable business network was at its best, churning out speedy and insightful... (more)

Business battle looms in US cable channels
From Financial Times. Posted October 4 2007, 11.09pm
Fox Business Network, News Corp's cable business channel, will take to the US airwaves on October 15, aiming to dent CNBC (more)

CNBC’s Money Honey in HD, sort of
From Rapid TV News. Posted September 17 2007, 11.03pm
Business news channel CNBC is launching a high-def service this autumn, CNBC HD+, but with a difference. (more)

Forget CNBC and Fox, Bloomberg is #1
From Rapid TV News. Posted August 27 2007, 10.57pm
Every TV channel has its favoured surveys, and it’s not sensible to put too much faith in any one of them, but Bloomberg is thrilled with one study. (more)

TVN, CNBC to launch Polish channel
From Digital Spy. Posted July 10 2007, 12.02pm
TVN and CNBC join forces to launch a business channel in Poland. (more)

Ashwini Yardi quits ZEE TV
From Biz Asia. Posted July 7 2007, 12.38pm
ZEE TV India's Programming Head Ashwini Yardi has quit to join CNBC-TV 18. According to sources, she put in her papers about two weeks ago and is currently serving her notice period. Ashwini has been with ZEE TV India for nearly twelve years and has been responsible for the content and programming during her tenure there. When contacted, Yardi said "I can't comment on it now." Even ZEE TV maintained a 'no comments' stance and suggested we wait for the official announcement. (more)

UTV in talks to launch business news channel
From Biz Asia. Posted June 7 2007, 9.02am
Ronnie Screwvala-promoted UTV Software Communications is in talks with the Walt Disney-owned American Broadcasting Company News (ABC News) for launching a business news channel. Sources in the know said the foreign media company would pick up a minority stake in the venture and provide technical support. The laws allow a foreign company to pick up a maximum 26 per cent stake in a news venture. The discussions were at an advanced stage, and the deal would be announced shortly, they said. Walt Disney holds 14.85 per cent stake in UTV as on 31st March 2007. When contacted, an ABC News spokesperson said, "We are exploring various opportunities for our television content business in India and Asia Pacific and have nothing to announce at the moment." However, attempts to reach the UTV CEO Screwvala failed. An e-mail query sent to him on Tuesday remained unanswered. Media buyers believe there is room for more broadcasters to enter the space. "The men-focused brands are fueling the growth of advertising. Considering that news channels, and more specifically business news channels, address the needs of these brands, entry of news broadcasters is good news for advertisers," said Manish Porwal, managing director (India-south&west), Starcom. UTV Software Communication is into motion pictures, new media (gaming and animation), broadcast and television content. The company is slated to launch a bouquet of eight channels in a year under its subsidiary, UTV Broadcasting. Its first channel, Bindass – a youth channel – is expected to go on air by September. This will be followed by regional channels in the same genre. The company has already announced the launch of the world cinema channel Olive. UTV will be the second player entering the news broadcasting space this year after the earlier announcement by INX media, led by Indrani Mukerjea, wife of ex-STAR Group chief executive officer Peter Mukerjea. INX plans to launch 12 channels, with four dedicated to news (one national news channel and three city-specific news channels). As of now, there are only few broadcasters in the business news space, including NDTV Profit and TV 18’s CNBC-TV18 and CNBC Awaaz. Article from Business Standard (more)

Countdown to first CNBC Africa broadcast
From Media Network Weblog. Posted May 22 2007, 2.57pm
Africa’s first international business and financial news channel TV, CNBC Africa, will begin broadcasting from Sandton, Johannesburg, on 1 June 2007 at 7pm on DStv’s Channel 54. The event will be duly graced by South African President Thabo Mbeki. CNBC Africa’s CEO Trevor Ormerod and Head of News and Programming Gary Alfonso spoke exclusively to [...] (more)

CNBC Africa to launch on 1 June
From Media Network Weblog. Posted February 13 2007, 3.29pm
The chief executive of South Africa-based CNBC Africa, Trevor Ormerod, says the launch of his television network could forcefully project Africa in far greater depth. Speaking at Africa’s International Media Summit in Nairobi, he said, “CNBC Africa begins broadcasting the 1st of June from South Africa. We will be putting bureaus into Lagos, Abuja and Nairobi. [...] (more)

Murdoch to launch CNBC rival
From Digital Spy. Posted February 9 2007, 12.06pm
Rupert Murdoch plans to take on CNBC with a new business news channel, it is confirmed. (more)

CNBC.com to relaunch
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted November 22 2006, 10.37am
Financial information site goes Web 2.0 (more)

CNBC Africa plans business TV launch in 2007
From Media Network Weblog. Posted November 17 2006, 9.21am
CNBC plans to launch Africa’s first business TV channel next year as rising investment on the poorest continent buoys demand for news that goes beyond the media’s staple diet of war, famine and disease. CNBC Africa will launch in May 2007, employing 40 journalists in four countries to cover financial markets.  ”Africa offers enormous opportunities,” Dubai-based CNBC [...] (more)

Africa to get first financial TV channel
From Press Gazette. Posted September 7 2006, 12.00am
The American broadcaster CNBC has signed a deal with Africa Business News Limited to launch the first regional business and financial TV news channel for sub- Sahara Africa. (more)

CNBC Africa to launch next year
From Media Network Weblog. Posted September 5 2006, 12.53pm
CNBC has concluded an agreement with Africa Business News Limited to launch the first regional business and financial TV news channel for sub-Sahara Africa. The new channel, CNBC Africa, will focus on Africa’s business markets and provide global business news from an African perspective, initially with six hours of dedicated African programming each weekday.  CNBC Africa [...] (more)

NOAA to broadcast Mandarin TV programmes in China
From Media Network Weblog. Posted August 29 2006, 12.14pm
The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) intends to advertise and broadcast educational opportunities available in the United States to prospective students in China. The Department of Commerce intents to award the firm fixed price requirement to CNBC-Asia, which will negotiate broadcasting terms, dates, and slots with the following broadcasters:Beijing TV 5, Shanghai Media Group Young Channel, and [...] (more)

CNBC business channel: Global village now a reality
From The Independent. Posted January 9 2006, 12.00am
NBC, the television business channel, has linked the financial markets of the US, Europe and Asia in the first integrated global programme. Worldwide Exchange, broadcast simultaneously to three continents, has anchors and chief executives talking to each other in New York, London and Singapore. (more)