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The Business Channel - news archive

This is an archive of news about The Business Channel. Some links may no longer work, due to the transient nature of the internet.

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)

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)

Australia to get Sky News Business
From Digital Spy. Posted November 1 2007, 12.12pm
Sky News in the UK will provide content for an Australian version of the Fox Business Channel. (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)

Fox launches US business channel
From BBC News. Posted October 15 2007, 3.55pm
News Corp launches a US business TV network to challenge in the market for mainstream business news. (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)

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)

Russian Business Channel signs contract with Eutelsat
From Media Network Weblog. Posted March 26 2007, 2.57pm
Eutelsat Communications and RBC-TV, the Russian business television channel, today announced the signature of a five year contract for lease of capacity on the Hot Bird™ 6 television satellite for free-to-air broadcasting over Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. This new agreement illustrates RBC-TV’s objective to initiate international expansion beyond its core markets of Russia [...] (more)

The Business Channel joins Sky EPG
From Digital Spy. Posted November 20 2006, 12.28pm
London International Television (LITV) service The Business Channel is added to Sky's EPG. (more)

The Business Channel to launch next month
From Digital Spy. Posted October 24 2006, 12.53pm
London International Television (LITV) will launch The Business Channel on Sky Digital on November 20. (more)

CNN outperforms rival business channels with top audience reach
From Brand Republic. Posted January 13 2006, 11.01am
LONDON - CNN International has come top as the leading news brand for the global financial community across all regions, according to a new survey. (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)