CNBC launches TV app in Europe, Middle East and Africa
CNBC has rolled out a real-time application for television viewers overseas. Stuart Dredge of The Guardian in London writes, “CNBC Real-Time TV App serves up a variety of content, including video interviews and market analysis; live data from the London Stock Exchange, NYSE, NASDAQ and the Deutsche Börse; and a personalised portfolio feature to keep […]
CNBC launching sports biz show on another network
“CNBC SportsBiz: Game On,” a show hosted by CNBC sports business reporter Darren Rovell, will begin airing on the Versus network later this month. The show will air every Friday night at 7 p.m. ET on Versus beginning Sept. 9. It’s believed to be the first time a CNBC-produced show has aired on another network. […]
CNBC vs. Fox Business for the last two months show strong growth by both
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Talking Biz News obtained Saturday some Nielsen data from an independent, third party comparing the average audiences for business news networks CNBC and Fox Business for the past two months. You can see the dramatic gains in viewers due to the market turmoil of the past couple of weeks. The numbers […]
Time Warner pulls Fox Business commercial critical of CNBC
Richard Huff of the New York Daily News reports that a Fox Business Network commercial critical of rival CNBC was pulled from the air by Time Warner Cable, where the Fox network had purchased time. Huff writes, “The ‘gone fishin” spots were placed locally to run in the national network, a common practice for advertisers […]
Fox Business commercial takes shot at CNBC
A new Fox Business Network commercial notes that rival CNBC wasn’t live during the Standard & Poor’s credit rating downgrade of the U.S. government earlier this month.
CNBC handling the competition and wild stock market swings
Brian Stelter of the New York Times writes Monday about how CNBC is handling the increased competition from Fox Business Network and Bloomberg Television in the midst of major stock market news. Stelter writes, “The markets’ wild swings are not necessarily profit-generating for TV news outlets because most advertisers buy airtime far in advance, meaning […]
News swings with the stock market
Joanne Ostrow of the Denver Post writes Sunday about stock market coverage on television. Ostrow writes, “CNBC’s Jim Cramer, hyper host of ‘Mad Money,’ put it succinctly (accompanied by dire sound effects): ‘Whenever we hear 600-point decline . . . you can’t help but be scared to death.’ For parallels, he examined the 1987 crash which was […]
CNBC.com news editor to handle Europe, Middle East and Asia news
CNBC has appointed Ted Kemp as senior news editor for CNBC.com in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, based at the network’s regional headquarters in London. Kemp starts immediately and will manage all editorial operations for CNBC.com in the region. He joins from CNBC’s global headquarters in the United States where he’s been part of […]
CNBC responds to criticism with ad
Business news network CNBC, criticized earlier this week for running taped shows while rivals Fox Business Network and Bloomberg Television ran live programming, responded Friday with full-page ads in major papers, trumpeting its business coverage.
Huge ratings for Fox Business and CNBC due to markets ups and downs
Joe Flint of the Los Angeles Times writes Thursday that the stock market turmoil of the past week has resulted in huge viewership gains by both Fox Business Network and CNBC. Flint writes, “Launched almost four years ago, Fox Business has posted huge — in many cases record — percentage increases in ratings over the […]
