CNBC

CNBC (until 1991 the Consumer News and Business Channel) is a group of cable and satellite television news channels from the U.S., owned and operated by NBC Universal, a joint venture of General Electric and Vivendi Universal. CNBC and its international spinoffs cover business headlines and provide live coverage of financial markets.

CNBC in the U.S.

The original CNBC channel was launched in Fort Lee, New Jersey, on April 17, 1989. It merged in 1991 with the Financial News Network (FNN), and the name "Consumer News and Business Channel" was dropped. Both Sue Herera and Ted David are original anchors at CNBC and remain on the air there. Some reporters from FNN joined CNBC, like Ron Insana, Bill Griffeth, Joe Kernen and Jerry Cobb. At first, the network's business programming was branded "CNBC/FNN," but that was dropped in the mid-90's.

CNBC was characterized by relatively high television ratings until the dot-com bubble burst in 1999/2000.

Today, CNBC provides business news programming from 4 a.m. to 8 p.m., Eastern Time, while broadcasting talk shows, investigative reports, infomercials, and other programs during the evening and early morning. A rolling ticker provides real-time updates on share prices on the NYSE, NASDAQ, and AMEX, as well as and market indices, news summaries, and weather updates by AccuWeather. Prior to December 2005, a stack in the corner of the screen displayed index and commodity prices, however this information has now been moved to a bar along the top of the screen.

In 2003, CNBC moved from Fort Lee to a new headquarters four miles north in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey (Google map). The new facility uses completely digital video production.

The CNBC Global Headquarters studio was made by PDG Ltd of Beeston, Nottinghamshire and by the FX Group of Ocoee, Florida. The music used from October 2003 to December 2005 was produced by 615 Music of Nashville, Tennessee. CNBC's main voice-over announcer is Jim Birdsall, who has also worked for NFL Films.

On December 19, 2005, CNBC unveiled a new on-air look, replacing that which had been used since September 2003. This included a new look for all the graphics, new logos for all business day programs, and the aforementioned move of the information formerly contained in the stack to the top of the screen. The ticker now shows full company names instead of just ticker symbols.

Programming

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.

CNBC has experimented with non-business programming during primetime hours, but many of these shows have been unsuccessful and cancelled. CNBC's primetime lineup features The Big Idea With Donny Deutsch and the channel has rebroadcasted several NBC programs, including Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Apprentice. Late Night with Conan O'Brien was replaced with the new program On The Money. Paid Programs are typically aired from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m.

Other special or weekend programming includes CNBC on Assignment (for example, The Age of Wal-Mart), Cover to Cover, The Suze Orman Show, Outside the Box, The Wall Street Journal Report, and Tim Russert.

Past shows and anchors

Among the shows that have been canceled are:
America Now with Lawrence Kudlow and James Cramer
Bullseye
Business Center with Ron Insana and Sue Herera
Capital Report
Cnet News.com
Dennis Miller
The Edge
Hardball with Chris Matthews (moved to MSNBC)
Kudlow and Cramer
Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street (ended its run in 2004 at Louis Rukeyser's request)
Market Wrap (replaced by Closing Bell and Kudlow and Cramer)
McEnroe
Morning Exchange with Liz Claman (replaced by Market Watch with Maria Bartiromo and then by Morning Call)
National Geographic Explorer
Rivera Live with Geraldo Rivera
The News with Brian Williams
Today's Business (replaced by Wake-Up Call)
Topic [A] with Tina Brown
Ushuaia
Wake Up Call (replaced by Worldwide Exchange)

Former anchors and reporters include Neil Cavuto, Phil Donahue, Morton Downey, Jr., Charles Grodin, Steve Frank, Cory Johnson, John McLaughlin, Leslie LaRoche, Al Roker, John Seigenthaler, Nanette Hansen and Tom Snyder, among others.

CNBC international channels

CNBC has operated international versions of its channel since 1995, when CNBC Asia originally launched. CNBC Europe followed in 1996. On December 9, 1997, Dow Jones and Company and NBC announced the merger of their international business news channels. This resulted in a merger of CNBC Europe with Dow Jones' European Business News, and likewise of CNBC Asia with Asia Business News. 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.

Besides CNBC Europe and CNBC Asia, the network also operates a number of local business news channels in association with other companies. 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, and CNBC Pakistan in Pakistan.

CNBC Europe and CNBC Asia are rebranded in some parts of the world with tickers containing local financial information. This includes 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.

In Latin America, CNBC Latin America retransmits live programs from CNBC and CNBC World.

In Canada, CNBC can be seen with most of the programming identical to the US counterpart. However, due to Canadian programming rights, shows such as the Olympics, The Apprentice are replaced by CNBC World programming.

On 31 December 2005, the sale by Dow Jones of its interests in the international CNBC channels took effect. From 1 January 2006, the "A Service of NBC Universal and Dow Jones" tagline was removed from the international CNBC channels, in line with this.

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CNBC in the U.S.

Programming

Past shows and anchors

CNBC international channels

List of CNBC channels