Business news network CNBC will have the only real-time, financial news and data application preinstalled on the upcoming Google TV platform, the network announced Monday.
Google TV will be available on Sony televisions and Blu-ray players as well as on Logitech companion boxes. These devices go on sale this month and will be available at Best Buy stores nationwide.
“CNBC offers an unparalleled suite of digital financial products that ensure the real-time data, news and analysis investors care about are available to them across multiple platforms,” said Scott Drake, vice president of CNBC Digital, in a statement. “We are proud to be a part of the Google TV launch and offer users a seamless, one-screen experience that provides them with the essential information they need to be successful in this complex market.”
CNBC’s real-time Google TV application includes real-time stock quotes available with data directly from the NYSE and NASDAQ exchanges, pesrsonalized watch lists and editorially selected “hot stocks” so users can track the stocks that matter to them as well as the market at large, access to CNBC.com, global programming from CNBC EMEA and CNBC Asia, news alerts to show users the information driving their stocks today, and CNBC’s editors picks for the most important news videos of the day.
