Country | Italy |
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Broadcast area | Italy |
Headquarters | Milan, Italy |
Programming | |
Picture format | 4:3 (576i, SDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Class Editori (60%) Mediaset (20%) NBCUniversal (20%) |
Key people | Andrea Cabrini |
History | |
Launched | 14 June 2000 |
Former names | CFN (2000 - April 2001) [1] CFN-CNBC (April 2001 - 2005) [2] |
Links | |
Website | video |
Availability | |
Streaming media | |
Class CNBC | Live Streaming |
Class CNBC (formerly CFN/CNBC) is an Italian pay television channel, working as a localised version of CNBC Europe, albeit with a major focus on the Italian financial markets. The channel is headquartered in Milan, site of the Borsa Italiana, and is a joint venture between the publishing house Class Editori, which holds a majority stake, along with NBC Universal (owner of CNBC Europe) and Italy's largest commercial television company Mediaset, who hold 20% of the channel each. [1] [3] The channel broadcasts for sixteen hours per day, covering trading in Europe, Asia and the United States [4] and it has correspondents in other countries, such as at CNBC Europe in London. [5] Class CNBC uses the current on-air graphical look of CNBC Europe, but it has used the same ticker since the launch of the channel. The director is Andrea Cabrini.
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