CNBC
Launched	April 17, 1989
Owned by	NBC Universal
Slogan	"First in Business Worldwide" "America's Business Channel"
Country	United States
Broadcast area	United States, Canada
Headquarters	Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, U.S.
Website	CNBC.com
Availability
Satellite
DirecTV	Channel 355
Dish Network	Channel 208
C-Band	AMC-10, Channel 101 (Transponder 13)
Orbit Network	Channel 46
Cable
Available on most US cable systems	Check local listings for channels
Rogers Cable	Channel 79
Satellite Radio
Sirius	Channel 129
XM	Channel 127
IPTV over ADSL
TELUS TV (Canada)	Channel 99
Internet Television
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CNBC (an abbreviation for the "Consumer News and Business Channel",^[2] its official name until 1991) is a group of cable and satellite television business news channels from the U.S., owned and operated by NBC Universal. Satellite television is Television delivered by the means of Communications satellites as compared to conventional Terrestrial television and Cable Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Business channels are TV channels that concentrate on business news The United States of America —commonly referred to as the NBC Universal is a media and Entertainment company formed in May 2004 by the combination of General Electric 's NBC with Vivendi Universal CNBC and its international spinoffs cover business headlines and provide live coverage of financial markets. In Economics, a financial market is a mechanism that allows people to easily buy and sell ( Trade) financial Securities (such as stocks and bonds The combined reach of CNBC and its siblings is 390 million viewers around the world. The network is currently ranked as the 19th most valuable cable channel in the U. S. , worth roughly $4 billion. ^[3]

Contents 1 History of CNBC U.S. 2 Programming 2.1 Present shows 2.2 Past shows 2.2.1 Weekdays 2.2.2 Weekly, weekend and other programming 3 Personalities and coverage 4 Ratings 5 On-air presentation 5.1 Graphics 5.1.1 First generation graphic 5.1.2 1995 revamp 5.1.3 1998 revamp 5.1.3.1 1999 revamp: "Red" turns "Green" 5.1.4 2000 revamp 5.1.5 2002 revamp 5.1.6 2003 revamp 5.1.7 Dec. 2005 revamp: From 2D to 3D 5.1.7.1 Mid 2006: revamped bug and lower thirds 5.1.7.2 Dec. 2006: new lower thirds 5.2 Ticker 5.2.1 History 5.3 Current graphic formats 5.4 Taglines 5.5 Music 6 Partnerships 6.1 Dow Jones & Company 6.2 Other content partnerships 7 International channels 8 CNBC.com 8.1 CNBCplus 8.2 Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge (2007) 8.2.1 Contest "Multiple Accounts" controversy 8.2.2 After hours trading controversy 8.2.3 Winner of Portfolio Challenge 8.3 Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge (2008) 9 CNBC HD+ 10 See also 11 References 12 External links

History of CNBC U. S.

The CNBC channel originally had its beginnings around 1980 as The Satellite Program Network (SPN), showing a low-budget mix of old movies, instructional & entertainment programs, and infomercials. Satellite Program Network, or SPN was a satellite and cable network in the United States from the late 1970s to the early 1980s The channel later changed its name to Tempo Television. After initially signing a letter of intent to acquire Tempo,^[4] NBC eventually opted for a deal to lease the channel's transponder in June 1988. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's ^[5] On this platform, the channel was relaunched on April 17, 1989 as the Consumer News and Business Channel. Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) NBC and Cablevision initially operated CNBC as a 50-50 joint venture,^[6] choosing to headquarter the channel in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Cablevision Systems Corporation ( is an American Cable television company A joint venture (often abbreviated JV) is an entity formed between two or more parties to undertake economic activity together Fort Lee is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

CNBC had considerable difficulty getting cable carriage at first, as many providers were skeptical of placing it alongside the longer-established Financial News Network. Not to be confused with CNNfn. The Financial News Network was a Television network that operated throughout the United States throughout the By the winter of 1990, CNBC was only in 17 million homes - less than half of FNN's potential reach - despite having the muscle of NBC standing behind it. ^[7]

However, around this time, FNN encountered serious financial difficulties. After a protracted bidding war,^[7] CNBC merged with FNN in May 1991, and the name "Consumer News and Business Channel" was dropped. ^[8] Cablevision sold its 50% stake to NBC upon completion of the deal. ^[9] At first, the network's business programming was branded "CNBC/FNN," but that was dropped before the mid-90's.

CNBC began to grow during the 90's, launching Asian and European versions of the channel in 1995 and 1996 respectively. ^[10] In 1997, CNBC formed a strategic alliance with Dow Jones, including content sharing with Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal and the rebranding of the channel as "a service of NBC and Dow Jones". Dow Jones & Company is an American publishing and financial information firm Dow Jones Newswires is the real-time financial news organization owned by Dow Jones (a part of News Corporation. ^[11] CNBC's international channels were then merged with their Dow Jones-owned rivals, London-based EBN (European Business News) and Singapore-based ABN (Asia Business News) in 1998,^[12] while ratings grew on the U. S. channel until the new millennium's dot-com bubble burst in 2000. A millennium (pl millennia) is a period of Time equal to one thousand Years (from Latin la mille, thousand and la annum The " dot-com bubble " (or sometimes the " IT bubble " was a speculative bubble covering roughly 1995–2001 (with a climax on March 10

The new millennium also brought changes to the network, moving its world headquarters from Fort Lee to Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey in 2003, which features completely digital video production and studios made by PDG Ltd of Beeston, Nottinghamshire and the FX Group of Ocoee, Florida. Headquarters (HQ denotes the location where most if not all of the important functions of an organization are concentrated Englewood Cliffs is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. Digital video is a type of Video recording system that works by using a Digital rather than an analog video signal Beeston is a town in Nottinghamshire, England. It is southwest of Nottingham City Centre Ocoee is a city in Orange County, Florida, United States. According to the 2000 census the city proper had a population of 24391

NBC Universal reacquired full control of CNBC Europe and CNBC Asia from Dow Jones at the end of 2005. The licensing agreement between Dow and CNBC U. S. remained intact, however. ^[13]

Today, CNBC provides business news programming from 4 a. m. to 8 p. m. , Eastern Time, while broadcasting talk shows, investigative reports, documentaries, infomercials, and other programs during the evening and early morning. The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America A rolling ticker provides real-time updates on share prices on the NYSE, NASDAQ, and AMEX, as well as market indices, news summaries, and weather updates by NBC Weather Plus (prior to March 27, 2006, all of CNBC's weather reports were provided by AccuWeather). The CNBC Ticker is a Computer simulation of Ticker tapes shown on the lower part of the TV Screen The New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE) is a Stock exchange based in New York City. The NASDAQ (acronym of National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) is an American Stock exchange. The American Stock Exchange ( AMEX) is an American Stock exchange situated in New York. NBC Weather Plus is a 24-hour commercially-sponsored weather-oriented broadcast/cable television network jointly owned by NBC Universal and the local affiliates of the Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. AccuWeather is an American media company that provides for profit Weather forecasting services worldwide A rotating top band of the screen rotates provides real-time updates on index and commodity prices from world markets.

CNBC is the only NBC network whose abbreviation, while containing NBC, stands for another name: the Consumer News and Business Channel. The moniker was simply shortened to CNBC when the former was dropped.

Programming

See also: Category:CNBC programs

Present shows

CNBC provides a variety of programs throughout the business day presenting reports on U. S. businesses, updates of stock market indices and commodities prices, interviews with CEOs and business leaders, and commentary from many investment professionals. The following is the usual "business day" (term used by CNBC hosts and announcers) lineup (as of October 10, 2007^[14], all times Eastern):

ET	Program	Hosts	Description
4a-6a	Worldwide Exchange	Brian Shactman, Ross Westgate, Christine Tan	first word on movements on futures exchanges and trading in Europe and Asia
6a-9a	Squawk Box	Joe Kernen, Carl Quintanilla, Rebecca Quick	provides a mix of business news and commentary
9a-11a	Squawk on the Street	Mark Haines, Erin Burnett (both live from NYSE), David Faber	broadcasts live from above the New York Stock Exchange trading floor
11a-12p	The Call	Dylan Ratigan, Trish Regan, Melissa Francis (Ratigan live from NYSE)	focuses on real-time market coverage
12p-2p	Power Lunch	Bill Griffeth, Sue Herera	examines the companies, people, and trends influencing Wall Street, plus real-time market coverage at the midway point of the trading day
2p-3p	Street Signs	Erin Burnett	focuses on trends, world events affecting stock markets, and real-time market coverage
3p-5p	Closing Bell	Maria Bartiromo, co-hosted with Dylan Ratigan for the 3-4pm hour (live from NYSE)	covers the close of the trading day and real-time market coverage
5p-6p	Fast Money (re-airs at 8pm)	Dylan Ratigan	fast-paced roundtable discussion of stocks for short-term trades
6p-7p	Mad Money	Jim Cramer	a fast-paced show offering stock advice to callers
7p-8p	Kudlow & Company	Lawrence Kudlow	provides market, economic and political commentary and interviews

Since 17 September 2007 the network has also run hourly CNBC. Events 1176 - The Battle of Myriokephalon is fought 1462 - The Battle of Świecino (or Battle of Żarnowiec Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. com News Now update segments during business day programming. These short bulletins, which are around 30 seconds in length (similar to ESPN's SportsCenter 30 at 30), air before the start of the network's programs from Squawk on the Street through Kudlow & Company. ESPN, originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American Cable television network dedicated to SportsCenter is a daily Sports news Television show and the flagship program of American Cable network ESPN since the network

CNBC has experimented with non-business programming during primetime hours with a mixed record of success. Prime Time is the major News analysis current affairs and Politics programme broadcast on Radio Telefís Éireann in Ireland The channel has at times rebroadcast several NBC programs, including Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Deal or No Deal, The Apprentice, The Apprentice: Martha Stewart, and 1 vs. 100. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an Emmy Award -winning American late-night Talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien on NBC Deal or No Deal is the American version of the international game show of the same name. The Apprentice Martha Stewart is a Spin-off from the American Reality television series The Apprentice that ran in the The American version of 1 vs 100 is broadcast by NBC. As in other formats a single player (the 1 goes up against 100 other contestants (the "Mob" CNBC's current primetime lineup features The Big Idea With Donny Deutsch, re-airs of NBC programs The Apprentice, Deal or No Deal and 1 vs. The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch is a Talk show on CNBC hosted by Donny Deutsch. 100, along with its own documentaries and talk shows including Mike on America, American Greed and Conversations with Michael Eisner. Prior to 2006-04-20, programs in primetime hours were shown with a 'scroll' featuring news headlines and weather updates at the bottom of the screen. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII.

Infomercials are typically aired from 2am to 4am ET and throughout most of the day at the weekend. Infomercials (or informercials are Television commercials that run for one minute or for as long as a typical Television program

On January 24, 2007, the network launched a long-anticipated monthly newsmagazine called Business Nation, which is anchored by award-winning journalist David Faber. Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Business Nation, which debuted on January 24, 2007, is a monthly hour-long Newsmagazine airing on CNBC, focusing on the stories behind the business David Faber may refer to David Faber (printmaker (born 1950 American printmaker David Faber (politician (born 1961 Conservative Each edition of the program covers three stories; a mixture of profiles, investigative pieces and features. The format of the show is structured similarly to HBO's Real Sports. Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel is a monthly sports Newsmagazine on HBO that debuted on April 2, 1995. ^[15]

CNBC's breakout hit among its original series is Mad Money. Mad Money is an American Finance Television program hosted by Jim Cramer that began airing on CNBC on March 14 Hosted by money manager Jim Cramer, the hour-long show gives stock advice to viewers who call to the program. James J "Jim" Cramer (born February 10, 1955) and an occasional contributor to Time magazine The show also has a popular segment called "The Lightning Round". In August 2007, Cramer's on-air tirade about the weakening economy, which was seen during the "Stop Trading" segment on Street Signs, received national attention and helped galvanize widespread support for the Federal Reserve Board to cut interest rates. Street Signs is an American television business news program that airs on CNBC at 200pm ET

Other special or weekend programming includes CNBC on Assignment (for example, The Age of Wal-Mart), Cover to Cover, The Suze Orman Show, and The Wall Street Journal Report with Maria Bartiromo. CNBC on Assignment is a series of Business reports running on the TV channel CNBC. Cover to Cover is a TV program on the business channel CNBC. It deals especially with criminology and trial cases

Past shows

Among the shows that have been canceled are:

Weekdays

Weekly, weekend and other programming

• National Geographic Explorer (moved to MSNBC and then to the National Geographic Channel)
• Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street (ended its run on New Year's Eve 2004 at Louis Rukeyser's request)
• Market Week with Maria Bartiromo (renamed After Hours with Maria Bartiromo and then Special Report with Maria Bartiromo -- cancelled in 2004)
• Tim Russert (moved to MSNBC)
• American Le Mans Series races (inaugural 1999 season only, as part of agreement with NBC Sports)
• PGA Champions Tour

Management Today How to Succeed in Business Strictly Business Weekly Business Inside America's Courts CNet News.com Ushuaia

Weekend Squawk Box Topic [A] with Tina Brown World Business Reports Consumer News Smart Money Media Biz

Business Wrapup Business View Media Beat Your Portfolio Money Talk Money Shack Money Today

Opinions McLaughlin Real Story Real Life Real Personal The Dick Cavett Show Tom Snyder Outside the Box

Personalities and coverage

See also: List of CNBC personalities

Much of CNBC's on-air talent has been with the network for some time: Sue Herera and Scott Cohn joined CNBC at its inception,^[18][19] and remain on the air co-hosting Power Lunch and as senior correspondent respectively. This a list of current and former personalities of business news channel CNBC. Sue Herera (Sue McMahon is a television reporter for the CNBC financial television network Power Lunch is a television business news program on CNBC, airing between noon and 200 p Some personalities who joined CNBC from FNN in 1991, such as Ron Insana, Bill Griffeth and Joe Kernen, are also still with the channel. Ron Insana (born March 31 1961) is a former Senior Analyst at CNBC and was Managing Director of Insana Capital Partners Bill Griffeth is an American financial journalist from CNBC, the cable network he has been with since 1991 Joe Kernen (born 1956 is a CNBC News anchor. He is currently co-host of CNBC’s " Squawk Box " ^[20][21][22] The network has of late sought to increase the profile of its on-air team with the launch of rival business station Fox Business Network - although CNBC's best known personality, Closing Bell host Maria Bartiromo,^[23][24][25] has for some time made regular appearances on other NBC News broadcasts such as The Today Show as well as anchoring the syndicated Wall Street Journal Report, other CNBC hosts such as Jim Cramer and Erin Burnett have also been used increasingly across NBC's output. Fox Business Network is a United States -based cable and satellite News channel that commenced broadcasting on October 15 2007 Closing Bell can refer to two CNBC programs the original Closing Bell on CNBC (which debuted on February 4 2002) and European Maria Bartiromo (born September 11, 1967) is a business news anchor and interviewer NBC News is the news division of American Television network NBC, a part of NBC Universal, which is majority-owned by General Electric Today, also referred to as The Today Show, is an American morning news and talk show airing weekday mornings on NBC. James J "Jim" Cramer (born February 10, 1955) and an occasional contributor to Time magazine Erin Isabelle Burnett is a business news anchor reporter and interviewer for CNBC television

In addition to its roster of program anchors, CNBC employs a team of reporters who contribute across the network's business day programming, the majority of whom are based at CNBC's global headquarters in Englewood Cliffs. In addition, CNBC has staff permanently based at bureaux in Midtown Manhattan, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles and San Jose^[26] (the latter referred to on air as "CNBC Silicon Valley"). See also Manhattan Midtown Manhattan, or simply Midtown, is an area of Manhattan, New York City home to world-famous commercial Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West For the valley nicknamed "Silicone Valley" see San Fernando Valley. Cost-cutting at NBC Universal's news divisions has seen some of these offices merged with those of NBC owned-and-operated stations:^[27] the Silicon Valley facility was moved from Palo Alto to the KNTV (NBC 11) newsroom in San Jose in January 2007^[28] (occasionally KNTV reporters Scott Budman and Scott McGrew will now correspond for CNBC), while the Chicago bureau now shares a home with WMAQ (NBC 5). Palo Alto (ˌpæloʊˈæltoʊ from Spanish: palo: "stick" and alto: "high" i KNTV, Channel 11 is the NBC owned-and-operated Television station in the San Francisco Bay Area market WMAQ-TV, channel 5 is an owned-and-operated television station of the NBC Television Network, located in Chicago Illinois. ^[29] The network also has reporters posted at the New York Stock Exchange (where CNBC also has a set used for broadcasting Squawk on the Street, The Call and Closing Bell), NASDAQ MarketSite, NYMEX and the Chicago Board of Trade and Chicago Mercantile Exchange each day. The New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE) is a Stock exchange based in New York City. Squawk on the Street, which debuted on December 19, 2005, is a business show on CNBC that follows the first 90 minutes of trading on Wall The Call is an American TV business program on CNBC, aired from 11AM to 12 noon ET weekdays NASDAQ MarketSite (or simply MarketSite) is the physical presence of the NASDAQ Stock market. The New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX is the World 's largest physical Commodity Futures exchange, located in New York City. The Chicago Board of Trade ( CBOT) established in 1848 is the world's oldest futures and options exchange.

Ratings

There is a fairly clear correlation between the performance of global stock markets and the audience ratings of CNBC. A stock market, or (equity market is a private or public market for the trading of company Stock and derivatives of company The network had a difficult time attracting viewers in the first half of the decade, although current viewership is significantly up from its 2005 bottom. CNBC continues, however, to possess the wealthiest audience (in terms of average income) of any television channel in the United States. ^[30]

During the late 1990s and early 2000s, CNBC's ratings were increasing sharply along with the stock market. In fact, CNBC often beat CNN during the daytime. Cable News Network, usually referred to by its Initialism CNN, is a major English language Television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner ^[31] In 2000, daytime viewership at the network peaked at 343,000,^[32] around the time the Nasdaq Composite crossed 5000. The Nasdaq Composite is a Stock market index of all of the Common stocks and similar securities (e However, when the dot-com bubble began to burst later that year, CNBC's viewing figures declined in tandem. The " dot-com bubble " (or sometimes the " IT bubble " was a speculative bubble covering roughly 1995–2001 (with a climax on March 10 The network's ratings steadily fell quarter after quarter, year after year, until bottoming in Q1 2005, with an average viewership of 134,000 during the day. ^[33] From the bottom, the network, along with the markets, have rebounded significantly -- average daytime viewership (6 am to 6 pm) stood at around 278,000 (as of the third quarter of 2007),^[34] and has rebounded to a 7-year high of 310,000 viewers in the first quarter of 2008. ^[30] Even though that pales in comparison to what Fox News and CNN draw in today, it is still a very healthy 135% increase in viewership since the beginning of 2005. Cable News Network, usually referred to by its Initialism CNN, is a major English language Television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner ^[35] Despite the viewership slump since the turn of the decade, CNBC is extremely profitable: average revenues top $510 million^[36] while profits for the network exceeded $333 million in 2007,^[30] making CNBC a cash cow for NBC Universal and its parent company, General Electric. In business a cash cow is a product or a business unit that generates unusually high Profit margins so high that it is responsible for a large amount of a company's operating NBC Universal is a media and Entertainment company formed in May 2004 by the combination of General Electric 's NBC with Vivendi Universal CNBC is the second most profitable of NBC Universal's thirteen cable channels in the United States, behind only the USA Network. USA Network (commonly referred to as USA) is an American Cable television channel with about 89 million household subscribers as of 2005 ^[30]

The network often sees large spikes in viewership on days of major market moves. In the week of 27 February 2007, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average had its 7th largest loss ever, CNBC's continuing coverage of events^[37] resulted in its best ratings week since the market crash after 9/11, with Kudlow & Company, Mad Money, and Fast Money recording their best ratings ever in the coveted 25-54 demographic. Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ^[38] On 22 January 2008, after a global market sell-off, CNBC recorded its best single day ratings since the markets re-opened after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The network averaged 642,000 viewers during market hours (9:30am - 4pm ET), and 469,000 viewers during the "business day" (defined by the network as 5am to 7pm). ^[39]

While daytime viewership has rebounded from its 2005 lows, primetime ratings remain weak relative to those of other news networks^[40] and CNBC continues to try and rejuvenate its evening lineup. Prime Time is the major News analysis current affairs and Politics programme broadcast on Radio Telefís Éireann in Ireland Along with developing new program formats such as Fast Money and Mad Money, the network operates a "checkerboard" programming approach, airing various genres of shows including documentaries, town-hall style discussions and repeats of some NBC output. ^[41]

When discussing the network's ratings, CNBC management and press releases regularly suggest that considerable viewership, particularly during the daytime, is done "out of home" in places such as offices and hotel rooms. ^[42][43] As this demographic is not covered by Nielsen Media Research ratings, CNBC claims that the network's true viewership is considerably higher than what is measured. Nielsen Ratings are audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the Audience size and composition of television ^[43]

On-air presentation

Graphics

See also: CNBC logos

CNBC is well known today for its flashy and ostentatious graphics package, complete with accompanying animations and animation-sounds. CNBC has used numerous Logos at various times this article shows all of its television logos Previous graphics packages put together by the network since the early 90's have gradually increased the "wow" factor -- likely in order to catch a casual viewer's eye, as cable news competition has increased dramatically since the late 80's (when the network was launched).

On 2006-11-15, CNBC's 'crystal' gray logo bug was changed to color revealing the rainbow's peacock's normal NBC colors. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. A digital on-screen graphic (known in the UK and New Zealand by the acronym DOG; in the US and Canada as a bug; and in On 2006-11-28, the new smaller CNBC color bug (similar to the one used in the revamped ticker) began to show up on CNBC's non-business related primetime programming (where the ticker is not shown, except Mad Money and Fast Money), replacing the much bigger 'crystal' bug. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events Mad Money is an American Finance Television program hosted by Jim Cramer that began airing on CNBC on March 14

On 2007-03-01, CNBC's Squawk on the Street and Closing Bell both started using a new countdown clock (shown in minutes:seconds:tenths-of-a-second format) on the graphics' lower-third of the screen. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant A countdown is the backward counting to indicate the seconds days etc On 2007-07-27, it moved to the lower right of the screen, where the CNBC color bug is usually seen. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. The countdown clock is used for the "Opening Bell Countdown" segment on Squawk on the Street, and for the "Closing Countdown" segment on Closing Bell. ^[44]

On 2007-05-02, CNBC's Mad Money revamped its own on-air graphics package, replacing what was used -- including its opening animation sequence -- since the program's 2005-03-14 debut. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Mad Money is an American Finance Television program hosted by Jim Cramer that began airing on CNBC on March 14 Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice.

In November 2007, the CNBC color bug in the ticker on the lower right of the screen started rotating (and morphing) between the network logo and the CNBC. Morphing is a Special effect in motion pictures and Animations that changes (or morphs one Image into another through a seamless transition com logo and back. This is seen only during the network's "Business Day" programming.

First generation graphic

Used from 1989-04-17 to 1994-12-31. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. The bottom band of the ticker displayed various indices (such as the Value Line Arithmetic Index, shown). The network did not have a live bug tracking the various indices, nor did they have their logo fixed on the screen. Instead, camera shots of the anchors at the main desk were positioned in a way to show the "CNBC" lettering at all possible times.

The studio in the picture, right, is located in the original Fort Lee, New Jersey building. This was later completely rebuilt as part of changes introduced by the network's then president Roger Ailes. Roger Eugene Ailes (born May 15, 1940) is the president of Fox News Channel and chairman of the Fox Television Stations Group. ^[45]

1995 revamp

Used from 1995-01-01 to 1997-12-31. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia.

1998 revamp

This was used from January 1998 to May 1999. Majority of the lower-thirds and the live bug was coloured blue with the left side of the lower thirds and upper part of the live bug coloured red. The background for its charts was animated with majority of the background being blue and a narrow green strip running at the right side of the screen resembling a stock ticker. When the major maker indexes hit a new record, the green strip is tweaked to reflect "DOW RECORD", "S&P RECORD" or "NASDAQ RECORD. " It is also tweaked during the holiday season. (Note: The image rightward doesn't contain the ticker part. )

1999 revamp: "Red" turns "Green"

The 1998 graphics scheme was slightly tweaked in May 1999 where the once red parts of the lower thirds (seen on the left of the blue strip of the lower thirds) and the "LIVE" bug's upper part turned green. The font was also modified. The green strip at this time is also tweaked during earnings season. Graphs also started having the CNBC logo was behind them and included grids. On 3 April 2000, CNBC Asia has used this scheme only for its charts but a month later CNBC Europe used it for its charts and lower thirds as well. This package was in place until 29 September 2000 on CNBC, until 31 December 2000 on CNBC Asia and until mid-January 2001 on CNBC Europe. Show titles however remained the same as the 1998 package.

2000 revamp

Used from 2000-10-02 to 2002-09-13. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September In January 2001, CNBC Asia and CNBC Europe both followed up to use the same graphic package, making some changes to the lower thirds and the charts respectively (for example, removing the animation on and off screen). This marked the first time that the three main CNBC channels had used the same graphics scheme in their entirety for all daytime shows. In February 2002 however, while most programme titles largely remained the same on the CNBC US channel, 2 new shows, Morning Call and Closing Bell used the titles which were originally for Street Signs and Market Watch respectively (the latter two were cancelled at the same period as well).

2002 revamp

Used from 16 September 2002 to 10 October 2003. This package saw an evolution of the graphics introduced in 2000, with program titles and chart formats remaining the same. The lower thirds were, however, completely revamped with the lower half of it coloured red and text was centre-justified, and a new background animation and colour scheme was introduced for charts and other on-screen data. The font was also tweaked. The titles in the lower thirds were centre-justified. CNBC Asia used a similar lower thirds effective 2 January 2003 except that the lower thirds was entirely light blue and the text was still aligned to the left. CNBC Europe adopted the same chart backgrounds in use by CNBC US later in 2003 as well but used a different lower-thirds.

2003 revamp

Used from 2003-10-13 to 2005-12-16. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 755 - An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion In this revamp, CNBC added an independent space to the lower thirds to show the "topic title" to indicate the subject being discussed (i. e. "money to burn" in the rightward photo). This formerly shared space with the program logo on the left-hand side of the lower thirds.

CNBC also added another animation to the lower thirds: when showing stock charts, the lower thirds would move down vertically, keeping just the "topic title" visible above the ticker. When charts were removed from the screen, the whole lower thirds would move vertically up again.

The "LIVE" sign was also moved from the left-top corner to the right-top corner, along with the location (which was formerly included on the lower thirds) at this time.

CNBC Asia adopted this graphics scheme in 2004 but on CNBC Europe's next graphics revamp in the same year, it chose to create its own graphics scheme for charts, lower-thirds and titles.

Dec. 2005 revamp: From 2D to 3D

Used from 2005-12-19 to 2006-05-12. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. On 2005-12-19, CNBC unveiled a new on-air look, replacing that which had been used since October 2003. This included a new look for all the graphics, new logos for all business day programs, and the relocation of the index and commodity prices from the stacked bug in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen to the bug bar across the top of the screen.

Since then, the ticker has shown full company names (and full commodity names used in the commodity summary, which runs at the 1s of each hour) instead of just ticker symbols.

The "LIVE" and location graphics were moved back to the top-left of the screen from the top-right corner at this time.

This graphic package was created by Randy Pyburn of Pyburn Films (that also designed the WNBC's 2003 graphic package) and also designed earlier CNBC graphic packages. Randy Pyburn is President of Pyburn Films (pyburncom an Emmy award-winning Television and Film production company in New York City that specializes in original content and long-form programming Randy Pyburn is President of Pyburn Films (pyburncom an Emmy award-winning Television and Film production company in New York City that specializes in original content and long-form programming WNBC Channel 4 is the flagship station of the NBC television network located in New York City. The estimated cost of the 2005-2006 package was about $2,000,000.

Mid 2006: revamped bug and lower thirds

• On 2006-05-15, CNBC made a slight change to its lower thirds, adding a blue block to the right-hand side. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the In the Television industry (especially in North America) lower thirds refers to graphics that take up the lower area of the screen though not necessarily the Occasionally this space was used to display the title of the topic being discussed. This format was abandoned on 2006-12-18. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the

• On 2006-09-06, CNBC unveiled a revamped bug, which now has a similar resemblance to that of CNBC Europe. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started On the same day, the network launched a slightly modified ticker with a narrower font (to allow more quotes to stream by within a period of time). CNBC Asia adopted a revamped bug of its own on 2007-03-26 as part of its graphics package revamp. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.

Dec. 2006: new lower thirds

Used from 2006-12-19 to present. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. On 2006-12-19, exactly one year after its relaunch, CNBC revamped its on-air graphics package, replacing the old lower thirds that were previously used from 12/19/2005-12/18/2006. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. The current graphic package was created in house.

In this revamp, CNBC cancelled the independent space for the "topic title", which once again shares space with the program logo on the left-hand side of the lower thirds.

CNBC Asia adopted the similar lower thirds on 2007-03-26, but unlike its US version, the "topic title" does not share the space with the program logo. Its European sibling (CNBC Europe) finally debuted its own lower thirds on 2008-01-07, and like its US version, the "topic title" shares space with the program logo on the left-hand side. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental This marked the second time -- and the first since 2001 -- that all three of the network's main channels had used the same graphics scheme for their daytime shows.

• On 2007-04-23, the data bug was slightly tweaked, with the titles of the securities now displayed in yellow and the numbers still being displayed in white. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at

• On 2007-07-26, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost more than 300 points, CNBC stayed on the story and put a live shot of the trading board in the NYSE to show the status of Dow above the lower thirds during the Closing Bell to track the markets. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 657 - Battle of Siffin. 811 - Battle of Pliska; Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus Closing Bell can refer to two CNBC programs the original Closing Bell on CNBC (which debuted on February 4 2002) and European
  • (Note: The screenshot rightward comes from CNBC Asia, so the style of the top bug and the ticker are different from the package of CNBC US. CNBC Asia is a Business News channel in Asia. A subsidiary of NBC Universal, it is the Asian service of the Consumer News and Business )

• On 2008-02-28, the chart was slightly tweaked, when showing session is more than two days, CNBC put up the % of the session performance, just like CNBC Europe. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule

Ticker

Main article: CNBC Ticker

The CNBC Ticker is a computer simulation of ticker tape shown on the lower part of the screen during the network's live business programming, containing security and index symbols along with movements in their value. The CNBC Ticker is a Computer simulation of Ticker tapes shown on the lower part of the TV Screen Ticker tape was used by ticker tape machines, the Ticker tape timer stock ticker machines, or just stock tickers. At the top of the screen, a rotating band, partitioned into three segments, provides index and commodity prices.

History

When CNBC first aired in 1989 until approximately 1991, the original CNBC Ticker only had one band, displaying NYSE stocks. After a 20 minute period when the ticker was off-air one day, as announced by anchor Ted David, did CNBC finally decide to include the NASDAQ in a new format at the time, creating the two-band system used ever since. ^[46] FNN did use a two-line ticker design (with white and blue bands, quotes listed during trading without price changes and a market summary on the bottom band during trading) prior to the merger with CNBC in 1991, and many of these features were subsequently adopted by the newly-merged channel. Here's an example of FNN ticker circa 1987.

CNBC had another ticker format, mainly a font variation on the ticker, for a short time before the 1995-1997 photo on this page. ^[46] During special events (for example, the Dow Jones Industrial Average passing 6000, 7000, etc. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ( also called the DJIA, Dow 30, INDP, or informally the Dow Jones or The Dow) is one of several or another extremely impactful market event), the CNBC Ticker showed mutual funds on the NYSE band while leaving the NASDAQ band unchanged. This convention has been discontinued. In 1998, CNBC's ticker became more colourful with green indicating a stock price increase and red indicating a stock price decrease. The ticker now shows full company names (and full commodity names used in the Commodity Summary, which runs at the 1s of each hour) instead of just the ticker symbols, as seen before December 2005 but only the arrows remain coloured green or red.

Current graphic formats

The bug bar, at the top of the screen, which stays on-screen during the business day (4am ET to 6pm ET), will give viewers a real-time snapshot of the general stock market (Dow Jones, Nasdaq S&P 500 indices and Russell 2000 index, along with the DJ Utilities, DJ Transports and NYSE indices), international markets and futures (between 4am ET and 9:30am ET only), currencies, bond prices/yields and commodities. The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America Dow Jones & Company is an American publishing and financial information firm The NASDAQ (acronym of National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) is an American Stock exchange. Standard & Poor's ( S&P) is a division of McGraw-Hill that publishes financial research and analysison Stocks and bonds. The Russell 2000 Index is a Stock market index consisting of 2000 Small cap US stocks The Dow Jones Utility Average (also known as the "Dow Jones Utilities" is a Stock index that keeps track of the performance of 15 prominent utility companies The Dow Jones Transportation Average (also called the "Dow Jones Transports" DJTA) is the oldest U The New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE) is a Stock exchange based in New York City. The stock market indices, global markets, currencies, bonds, yields, and commodities are displayed in yellow, with the numbers displayed in white. This data stays on for 5-7 seconds, before refreshing to the new set of data.

The bottom two lines, called the ticker, gives viewers real-time NYSE quotes (on the top band) and Nasdaq/AMEX quotes (bottom band) throughout the trading day (ticker symbols are 1, 2, or 3 letters long for the NYSE stocks; Nasdaq uses 4- and 5-letter symbols; 3-letter ticker symbols are used at the AMEX). Ticker tape was used by ticker tape machines, the Ticker tape timer stock ticker machines, or just stock tickers. The New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE) is a Stock exchange based in New York City. The American Stock Exchange ( AMEX) is an American Stock exchange situated in New York. A commodity summary is shown on the top band during market hours (every 10 minutes at 0:01, 0:11, 0:21, 0:31, 0:41, 0:51 past the hour), along with a market summary (which is shown every 20 minutes at 0:01, 0:21, 0:41 past the hour). A Nasdaq/AMEX market summary is shown on the bottom band every 20 minutes at 0:06, 0:26, 0:46 past the hour. The ticker now also provides the size of each trade (the volume, or number of shares traded), a feature which was reinstated on July 12, 2006 after it was dumped during the re-launch in December 2005. Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

Also, PowerShares ETF symbols, which are traded along the lower band of the ticker, are highlighted in orange for sponsorship reasons. An exchange-traded fund (or ETF) is an investment vehicle traded on Stock exchanges much like Stocks.

Before and after-market hours (8:00am ET - 9:30am ET and 4:00pm ET - 6:30pm ET respectively), the ticker gives viewers extended hours trading quotes (after-hours quotes are symbolized with gold text). Between the hours of 5:00am ET - 8:00am ET and 6:30pm ET - 8:00pm ET, viewers are shown an alphabetical recap of the closing prices of S&P 500 stocks on the top band, while latest news headlines as well as weather projections for selected cities are displayed on the bottom band.

Above the ticker, the left-hand side graphic will provides the logo for the specific program that is currently on-air (i. e. "MORNING CALL"). Morning Call was an American TV business program on CNBC, aired from 10AM to 12 noon ET weekdays The middle block gives viewers either a caption of the topic being discussed (i. e. "MIKE HUCKMAN") or information about the correspondent on the screen. Additionally, the left block is also replaced by logos indicating general subjects (i. e. "BEHIND THE WHEEL",) or the network's "Breaking News" (red), "CNBC Alert" (green) or "CNBC Exclusive" (orange) logo when required.

Taglines

• "A Service of NBC Universal and Dow Jones" (2004-05-17 - 2005-12-31, 2007-present)
• "Fast, Accurate, Actionable, Unbiased" (2007-present)
• "America's Business Channel" (2005 or earlier - present)
• "First in Business Worldwide" (2006-06-12 - present)
• "The World Leader in Business News" (2004 - 2006-06-11)
• "Make It Your Business" (2002-2004)
• "Business for the New World" (2002)^[47]
• "Profit From It" (1998-2002)
• "First in Business, Worldwide" (1996-97)
• "First in Business, First in Talk" (1995)
• "Information that hits home. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. " (1992-95)

Music

The music used from October 2003 to December 2005 was produced by 615 Music of Nashville, Tennessee. Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, sometimes called Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Detroit Metro Wayne Airport, Metro Airport, or simply Raleigh-Durham International Airport is located nine miles (14 This theme continues as of April 2007 to be used by CNBC Europe, although CNBC Asia ceased using it in March 2007. CNBC Europe continues also to use a theme previous to this, composed by Edd Kalehoff (The theme package name: "Bold & Grand") used by CNBC US between 2000-2002, for its main channel ident. Edward Woodley "Edd" Kalehoff (born 1946 is a music composer who specializes in compositions for television The current music package is composed by James Ryan of Rampage Music. Ryan also composed the network's 2002 music package. Willie Wilcox composed the themes for The Big Idea, Mad Money, Conversations with Michael Eisner and currently Fast Money. The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch is a Talk show on CNBC hosted by Donny Deutsch. Mad Money is an American Finance Television program hosted by Jim Cramer that began airing on CNBC on March 14 Michael Eisner (born March 7, 1942) was CEO of The Walt Disney Company from September 22, 1984 to September 30 Fast Money is an American financial investing Television program hosted by Dylan Ratigan ^[48]

CNBC's main voice-over announcer is Jim Birdsall, who has also worked for NFL Films. NFL Films is a Mount Laurel New Jersey -based company devoted to producing Commercials, Television

Partnerships

Dow Jones & Company

Since December 1997, the network has held a strategic alliance with the publishing and financial information firm Dow Jones & Company. Dow Jones & Company is an American publishing and financial information firm ^[11] Under the agreement, CNBC has extensive access to the journalism of such outlets as MarketWatch, The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires and Barron's, with their reporters and editorial staff making frequent appearances on the channel. MarketWatch operates a financial information website that provides business news analysis and stock market data to some 6 million people Dow Jones Newswires is the real-time financial news organization owned by Dow Jones (a part of News Corporation. Barron's magazine is an American weekly Newspaper covering US Some former CNBC programs have included Dow Jones branding,^[11] while the network currently produces and syndicates the weekly Wall Street Journal Report with Maria Bartiromo. In Broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast Radio shows and Television shows to multiple individual stations without going through ^[49] CNBC's current deal with Dow Jones expires in 2012, and its continuation has been the subject of some uncertainty following the 2007 acquisition of Dow by News Corporation, parent company of rival financial network Fox Business. News Corporation (often abbreviated to News Corp) (,,) is one of the world's largest media conglomerate companies by Market capitalisation Fox Business Network is a United States -based cable and satellite News channel that commenced broadcasting on October 15 2007 ^[50] News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch has stated that the current agreement "covers actual news and access to reporters on business news" only, and that Fox and Dow Jones are free to cooperate on other issues. A chief executive officer ( CEO) or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking corporate officer ( executive) or administrator is gay Bold text' Keith Rupert Murdoch', AC, KCSG (born Melbourne, March 11 1931 usually known as Rupert Murdoch, is an Australian-American ^[50]

Other content partnerships

CNBC has also held a content deal with the The New York Times since January 2008, which has widely been seen as an attempt by both parties to take on increased competition from News Corporation. ^[51][52] Under the agreement, CNBC has access to the business coverage of the Times, while video from CNBC. com is featured on the Times' website. ^[51] The station's video clips and other content are also distributed through Yahoo! Finance^[53] and, as of May 2008, AOL Money & Finance. Yahoo! Finance is a service from Yahoo! that provides financial information ^[54]

The network's live market prices, economic data and other statistics are largely provided by Thomson Reuters (Reuters and Thomson Financial prior to their 2008 merger). Economic data are usually numerical Time-series, ie sets of data (covering periods of time for part or all of a single economy or the international Thomson Reuters is an information company created by The Thomson Corporation 's purchase of Reuters on 17 April 2008. This article is primarily about Reuters prior to its 2008 merger with Thomson Thomson Financial was an arm of The Thomson Corporation, formerly one of the world's leading information companies focused on providing integrated information solutions ^[55] Since September 2006^[56] CNBC has operated its own stock market index in conjunction with London's FTSE Group. A stock market index is a method of measuring a section of the Stock market. FTSE Group (ˈfʊtsi as if written footsie) is a British provider of stock market indices and associated data services operating out of premises in Canary The FTSE CNBC Global 300 includes the fifteen largest companies from each of the sectors of the Industry Classification Benchmark as well as the thirty largest companies from emerging markets. The Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB is a company classification system developed by Dow Jones and FTSE. The term emerging markets is used to describe a nation's social or business activity in the process of rapid Industrialization. ^[56] Calculated continuously from 9 pm through to 4:10 pm ET each trading day,^[56] the index is referenced throughout the network's live programming, particularly on Worldwide Exchange. Worldwide Exchange is a television business news program on CNBC channels around the world

The channel also maintains the "CNBC Investor Network", a series of webcam connections to the trading rooms of various independent financial institutions across the United States. Webcams ( web cameras) are small cameras (usually though not always Video cameras, whose images can be accessed using the World Wide Web, instant The notion of "trading room" (sometimes used as a synonym of " Trading floor " is widely used in Financial markets to refer to the Office space The scheme was launched on October 22, 2007 and allows participating traders and strategists to appear on the network during the business day. Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ^[57]

International channels

Main article: List of CNBC channels

CNBC has operated international versions of its channel since 1995, when CNBC Asia originally launched. This is a list of channels broadcast under the CNBC brand by NBC Universal and its affiliates around the world CNBC Asia is a Business News channel in Asia. A subsidiary of NBC Universal, it is the Asian service of the Consumer News and Business CNBC Europe followed in 1996. CNBC Europe is a Business and financial news Television channel, the pan-European sister station of CNBC. On 1997-12-09, Dow Jones & Company and NBC announced the merger of their international business news channels. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city Dow Jones & Company is an American publishing and financial information firm The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's This resulted in a merger of CNBC Europe with Dow Jones' European Business News, and likewise of CNBC Asia with Asia Business News. CNBC Europe is a Business and financial news Television channel, the pan-European sister station of CNBC. Asia Business News (ABN was a business news channel by Dow Jones and Company. From then (until January 2006) the international CNBC services carried the tagline "A Service of NBC (Universal) and Dow Jones" (or depending on other local partners, a variation of this tagline). Correspondents from Dow Jones Newswires contribute to the channels. CNBC Europe is headquartered in London, and CNBC Asia is headquartered in Singapore. CNBC Europe is a Business and financial news Television channel, the pan-European sister station of CNBC. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. CNBC Asia is a Business News channel in Asia. A subsidiary of NBC Universal, it is the Asian service of the Consumer News and Business Singapore On 2005-12-31, the sale by Dow Jones of its interests in the international CNBC channels took effect. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. From 2006-01-01, the "A Service of NBC Universal and Dow Jones" tagline was removed from the international CNBC channels, in line with this. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC

Besides CNBC Europe and CNBC Asia, the network also operates a number of local business news channels in association with other companies. CNBC Europe is a Business and financial news Television channel, the pan-European sister station of CNBC. CNBC Asia is a Business News channel in Asia. A subsidiary of NBC Universal, it is the Asian service of the Consumer News and Business These channels include Class CNBC in Italy, CNBC-e in Turkey, CNBC Arabiya in the UAE, Nikkei CNBC in Japan, CNBC-TV18 and CNBC Awaaz in India, CNBC Pakistan in Pakistan and TVN CNBC Biznes in Poland. Class CNBC (formerly CFN/CNBC) is a Business and financial news Television channel broadcast in Italy. CNBC-e is a hybrid Business and Financial / Entertainment channel operated in Turkey by CNBC Europe and the NTV Group. CNBC Arabiya ( CNBC عربية) is the Arab world's first and only 24-hour Arabic language financial and business information channel presenting in-depth and Nikkei CNBC (日経CNBC is a business and financial news channel broadcast in Japan owned primarily by CNBC Asia and Japanese media group CNBC-TV18, one of India's leading business News channels, is a joint venture of CNBC and Television Eighteen India Limited (TV18 CNBC Awaaz is a joint venture of CNBC and Television Eighteen India Limited ( TV18) CNBC Pakistan is Pakistan's first 24-hour billingual Urdu and English language business and news channel to report financial and business information channel presenting in-depth and Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland

CNBC Europe and CNBC Asia are rebranded in some parts of the world with tickers containing local financial information. CNBC Europe is a Business and financial news Television channel, the pan-European sister station of CNBC. CNBC Asia is a Business News channel in Asia. A subsidiary of NBC Universal, it is the Asian service of the Consumer News and Business Examples include CNBC Nordic, CNBC Singapore, CNBC Hong Kong and CNBC Australia.

In North America, CNBC World airs business programming from CNBC Europe and CNBC Asia, as well as weekly magazine programs provided by CNBC-TV18 and the United Nations. CNBC World is a Business news channel operated in the United States by NBC Universal. CNBC Europe is a Business and financial news Television channel, the pan-European sister station of CNBC. CNBC Asia is a Business News channel in Asia. A subsidiary of NBC Universal, it is the Asian service of the Consumer News and Business CNBC-TV18, one of India's leading business News channels, is a joint venture of CNBC and Television Eighteen India Limited (TV18 The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security

In Central America and the Caribbean, CNBC Latin America retransmits live programs from CNBC and CNBC World. CNBC Latin America is a Business TV channel from NBC Universal and Dow Jones that retransmits programs from CNBC and CNBC World

In Canada, CNBC can be seen with most of the programming identical to the US counterpart. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page However, due to Canadian programming rights, the 9pm slot which shows television programming such as the Olympic Games, Deal Or No Deal, The Apprentice, 1 vs. 100 and Heads Up Poker are replaced by CNBC World programming. The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games Deal or No Deal is the name of several closely related Television Game shows, the first of which (launching the format was produced by Dutch producer The American version of 1 vs 100 is broadcast by NBC. As in other formats a single player (the 1 goes up against 100 other contestants (the "Mob" However, documentaries are shown in Canada. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page This had the making of a major problem, as a highlight episode of The Apprentice 5 that aired April 23, 2006, was assumed to not be available anywhere for Canadians due to these blackouts. The Apprentice 5 is the fifth series of The Apprentice, with Donald Trump as the Executive Producer and Host Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. While the first airing at 9:00pm ET was blacked out, the second airing at 12:00am ET was accidentally shown. Blackouts on episodes that originally air on NBC and Global are likely to continue. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Global Television Network (more commonly called Global TV or just Global) is a Canadian English language privately owned Television network However, occasionally, the television shows are shown and are not blacked out, possibly due to a mistake in transmission.

CNBC's most recent international spinoff is CNBC Africa. CNBC Africa is a television service for Sub-Saharan Africa which was launched by CNBC and Africa Business News Limited on June 1, 2007 With roughly $600 million spent on advertising in South Africa alone, the network sees great potential in grabbing a potential share of that pot. The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa Initially, CNBC Africa has bureaus in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa and produces 9 hours of local programming per business day. The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal Constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa The network was launched on 2007-06-01. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected ^[58]

CNBC. com

CNBC.com is the companion website to the financial network. It was launched in 1996 with minimal content, other than show program grids, host biographies and basic network images (on the internet, business news then was handled by the website of CNBC's sister channel, MSNBC). The site gradually progressed alongside internet technology, giving investors more useful information such as stock quotes, news bulletins, in-depth programming information and a whole host of other data.

In August 2001, CNBC. com merged with MSN's Moneycentral. MSN (The M icro' s' oft N etwork is a collection of Internet services provided by Microsoft. com, creating "CNBC on MSN". This new partnership allowed the two parties to meet two objectives: 1) provide richer content to visitors, with expanded news offerings, a wider array of stock tools (including interactive charting, free online portfolio managers) plus more in-depth market coverage and 2) more effectively compete with other finance related websites, such as Marketwatch.com and Yahoo! Finance. MarketWatch operates a financial information website that provides business news analysis and stock market data to some 6 million people Yahoo! Finance is a service from Yahoo! that provides financial information

During this period the editorial content on the CNBC. com site was controlled by Microsoft Corporation. CNBC. com officially disbanded its relationship with MSN in mid-November 2006. MSN (The M icro' s' oft N etwork is a collection of Internet services provided by Microsoft.

CNBC. com was relaunched on 2006-12-04. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. The website provides new online tools for investors and better integration of the website with daytime programming. Some of the new features include:

• exclusive online interviews (the first being with Chicago Fed President Michael Moskow)
• live market updates from CNBC personalities 3 times per day during the trading day (discontinuing the "Market in a Minute" updates in June 2007)
• a streaming desktop ticker, real-time data and the network's "tick-by-tick" charts (for major indices)
• themed blogs by various correspondents (i. e. "Tech Check" with tech reporter Jim Goldman)
• unedited, full-length interviews from CNBC specials or other on-air interviews
• free video of recent on-air segments, interviews, features etc.
• an exclusive "CNBC. com" set built at CNBC's U. S. headquarters where the market update segments (among other things) are taped from
• blogging from on-air personalities about the various "goings-on" within the network
• an original show to air exclusively online with Maria Bartiromo, Bill Griffeth and Joe Kernen (yet to debut)^[59]
• top-of-the-hour summary of business news entitled CNBC. com News Now which is also seen during the trading day on CNBC TV.

Content on the new website is edited 24 hours a day during the business week. CNBC U. S. updates the content from 6 a. m to 7 p. m ET, CNBC Asia then takes over from 7 p. m to 2 a. m, and CNBC Europe handles the (North American) overnight hours from 2 a. m to 6 a. m.

In April 2007, the site was able to attract 662,000 unique visitors to the website, ranking it #22 amongst all financial news websites. ^[60]

CNBCplus

"CNBCplus"^[1] is a subscription-based service (similar to the now-defunct CNN Pipeline) which allows users to have 24-hour, commercial-free access to 3 individual CNBC feeds -- CNBC U. CNN Pipeline was an English language video news service providing both live and on-demand video to subscribers' Computers via Broadband Internet connections S. , CNBC Europe and CNBC Asia -- along with access to an archive of over 40,000 VOD clips, updated with up to 200 clips daily. It also offers a search feature allowing the user to find video clips using keywords. The service is available to PC Windows users running Internet Explorer 6. x or 7. x. The CNBC U. S. stream offers most television broadcast programming, including the popular shows, Mad Money and Fast Money. Mad Money is an American Finance Television program hosted by Jim Cramer that began airing on CNBC on March 14

Since its inception, the service has offered a free seven-day trial for people who register. After that, individuals who register will be required to pay a monthly fee to continue their subscription. The 'introductory offer' (still in effect) is $9. 95 per month, although the fee will eventually go up to $14. 95/month. ^[61]

As of March 2008, CNBCplus has only signed up 15,000 regular subscribers to its service. International holidays March 2 - Mothering Sunday (Britain March 7 - Nyepi (Indonesia ^[30]

Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge (2007)

CNBC. com's Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge, a virtual stock-picking contest, ran from 2007-03-05 to 2007-05-25. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. ^[62] CNBC hosted a similar contest the previous year, called the Squawk Box Fantasy Portfolio Challenge. Squawk Box is a long-running business news Television program which airs at breakfast time on the CNBC network

Contest "Multiple Accounts" controversy

The Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge, which was sponsored by OptionsXpress,^[63] became embroiled in controversy after just its first week when it was revealed that one participant, Nancy Beaumont from California, registered 800 separate portfolios in the contest, exponentially increasing her probability of winning the $1,000,000 first prize, and leading to her occupying no fewer than nine places in the Top 25 Leader Board. optionsXpress Holdings Inc is a retail online Brokerage firm, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, that provides brokerage services for options Probability is the likelihood or chance that something is the case or will happen ^[64]

The express terms of the Rules, however, provide in material part:

Description of the Contest: The contest is a stock trading game that provides Participants with a fictional trading account, One Million (1,000,000) fictional dollars ("CNBC Bucks") and the fictional ability to trade individual stocks on the NYSE, NASDAQ and/or AMEX exchanges. ^[63]

The Rules further state:

Trading: Each participant begins the Contest with One Million (1,000,000) CNBC Bucks to create a fictional portfolio of the NYSE, NASDAQ and/or AMEX-traded stocks. . . . Each participant can make a maximum of fifty (50) trades per Day, based on the time the trade is entered by the Participant. ^[63]

As a result of Nancy Beaumont's registration of 800 accounts, therefore, she has $800,000,000 CNBC Bucks available to her in the contest, spread over 800 separate accounts, and the ability to make a total of 40,000 trades per day. Other participants who registered one account per the express terms of the Rules, by comparison, have $1,000,000 CNBC Bucks available to them and can only make 50 trades per day. As a result, the probability of Nancy Beaumont winning the contest is dramatically skewed in her favor. Probability is the likelihood or chance that something is the case or will happen In Probability theory and Statistics, skewness is a measure of the asymmetry of the Probability distribution of a real -valued

After hours trading controversy

A June 8, 2007 BusinessWeek article entitled CNBC's Easy Money detailed another massive flaw in the network's fantasy portfolio challenge. Events 68 - The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba. 536 - St Silverius becomes Pope (probable Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. BusinessWeek is a business Magazine published by McGraw-Hill. Traders were able to open their browsers, enter various stocks into the trading module, but execute the trade after hours (assuming the browser and module were still open). This allowed traders to profit off of after-hour market movements in stocks that, for example, reported better than expected earnings. ^[65] CNBC issued a statement on the same day on their website, stating the network was "investigating whether one or more finalists wrote and executed computer program scripts to bypass the contest’s security measures. CNBC retained two leading consultants in the information security industry to investigate these two computer programming related issues. "^[66]

Winner of Portfolio Challenge

After a lengthy investigation which resulted in numerous disqualifications, on July 13, 2007 CNBC announced Mary Sue Williams of St. Clairsville, Ohio as the winner of the portfolio challenge and of the $1 million cash prize. Events 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. St Clairsville is a city in Belmont County, Ohio in the United States. ^[67]

Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge (2008)

CNBC. com's Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge returned on May 12, 2008. Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common [1]

CNBC HD+

At an upfront analyst meeting held in New York, NBC Universal announced that it would be launching CNBC in high definition (or CNBC HD+). High-definition television (HDTV is a Digital television Broadcasting system with higher resolution than traditional television systems (standard-definition It is expected to be an up-convert of the SD signal to HD. Unlike other HD channels, CNBC will not be putting together an additional HD feed of the channel or purchasing additional HD hardware and the associated items required to create the HD content. It was initially launched on October 10, 2007 on DirecTV, to be followed by other carriers. DirecTV (trademarked as "DIREC' TV' " is a Direct broadcast satellite (DBS service based in El Segundo California, USA, that was founded

The network is taking a unique approach with the real estate created by broadcasting in HD. CNBC will take its existing 4:3 picture and move it to the left, as opposed to having the picture centered and having two pillar boxes on either side. The pillar box effect occurs in Widescreen video displays when black bars ( Mattes or masking are placed on the sides of the image This will give them the opportunity to use the right-hand side to provide viewers with various market data similar to what Bloomberg TV offers, including:

• a simultaneous view of five indices along the top (as opposed to the current three)
• wider stock ticker, which will allow for more companies to be viewed at a single time
• various pieces of content, including "Stocks to Watch", treasury data, price charts etc.

Another feature of the new on-screen layout will be streaming content from CNBC. com. This will be shown within a dedicated box located on the lower-right corner of the screen (weekdays only). This could include items such as various government hearings, press conferences or other long-form briefings. Viewers will be able to hear the audio by accessing the SAP function on their televisions. Second ' audio program' ( SAP) is an Auxiliary audio channel for Analog television that can be broadcast or transmitted ^[68]

Link to CNBC HD+ Clip

See also

• List of DirecTV channels
• List of Dish Network channels

References

External links

• CNBC US
  • NBC Cable Networks - NBCCableinfo.com - CNBC
  • CNBC page at MSNBC.com
  • CNBC Video at MSN Money
  • CNBC weekly U.S. TV Schedule
  • CNBC Anchors and Reporters (scroll down page for list)
  • Photos of the New Jersey CNBC facility
  • CNBC: Viewer Discretion Advised (Chicago Reader article by Anthony DeBartolo)[2]

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