Capital Connection Starts Daily Programming from the Region

Manama, 14 June 2010: CNBC, First in Business Worldwide, started today broadcasting live from its editorial hub in the Middle East.

CNBC's pan-regional programme, Capital Connection, broadcasts live at 7.00am (Bahrain time) from Bahrain, London and Singapore, Monday to Thursdays. On Fridays the show will be co-anchored from London and Singapore.

The new Capital Connection will help global viewers understand the impact of market movements across European, Asian and Middle Eastern borders - on their portfolios, investment strategies and business decisions.

The show's global reach is considerable, broadcasting to 65 countries and more than 185 million households on CNBC in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, in Australasia, New Zealand, on CNBC Africa and CNBC World in the United States.

CNBC's popular half-hour monthly programme Gateway to the Middle East will also now be produced from Bahrain. Since 2007 the show has spoken with the leading voices from the region, giving viewers insight into business trends and investment opportunities.

Across the EMEA region, CNBC reaches more than 640,000 viewers a day and seven million viewers a month (EMS 2009), making it the leading business and financial news channel.

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About CNBC in EMEA:
CNBC, First in Business worldwide, is the leading global broadcaster of live business and financial news and information, reporting directly from the major financial markets around the globe, with three regional networks in Asia, EMEA and the US.  In EMEA, CNBC is the only real-time, pan-regional business and financial news network dedicated to CEOs, senior corporate executives, the financial services industry and investors.  The channel is available in approximately 130 million homes, 1,400 banks and financial institutions and leading hotels across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.  Additionally CNBC.com gives you access to live streams of all three CNBC regional networks and to the world's most comprehensive archive of business news videos ever assembled. CNBC is a wholly owned subsidiary of NBC Universal.  NBC Universal is the broadcasting unit of the General Electric Company (GE).

For further information, please contact:
Hugo Foulds at CNBC
hugo.foulds@cnbc.com
+44 (0)7920 821 835

Middle East: 
Assheton Spiegelberg, Brunswick
aspiegelberg@brunswickgroup.com
+971 50 557 2633

Europe: 
Sally Payne, Braben
cnbc@braben.co.uk
+44 (0)20 7025 8021

© Press Release 2010