NEW YORK, Feb. 3--PRNewswire - AsiaNet/InfoQuest
Global Leader in Business and Financial News
Launches on United Broadcasting Corporation
Expanding its presence in Asia, BLOOMBERG TELEVISION today launched its
24-hour business and financial news network in Thailand, bringing Bloomberg's
award-winning programming to Thai investors for the first time.
BLOOMBERG TELEVISION is produced and distributed globally on ten separate
channels in seven different languages. BLOOMBERG TELEVISION is the business
and financial news leader for serious professionals and individual investors.
BLOOMBERG TELVISION will now air 24 hours a day on Thailand's United
Broadcasting Corporation (channel 78), reaching approximately 400,000
subscribers. BLOOMBERG TELEVISION is available to digital cable subscribers on
UBC's "Gold Package."
"Across Asia, serious investors turn to BLOOMBERG TELEVISION for the
information they need to make smart business decisions," said David Wachtel of
Bloomberg. "Now, we're answering the demand from one of the region's most
vibrant economies."
Subscribers will now have access to Bloomberg LIVE!, BLOOMBERG
TELEVISION's morning news program in Asia, featuring reports from bureaus in
Tokyo, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Sydney, Singapore, Seoul, Taipei, Shanghai, Beijing
and beyond-plus interviews with the day's big newsmakers, overnight business
news and market movements from Europe and the United States, and the latest
updates on world news, weather and sports.
Co-hosted by veteran financial TV reporter Bernard Lo and award-winning
anchor Catherine Yang, Bloomberg LIVE! offers its audience access to top CEOs,
business analysts and industry experts, providing an inside view from the
region and the world's money centers on what's moving the markets.
BLOOMBERG TELEVISION is available in Asia on StarHub in Singapore, Hong
Kong Cable TV and TVB Pearl in Hong Kong, Astro in Malaysia, Sky Cable in the
Philippines, Sky Perfect in Japan, and others.
ABOUT BLOOMBERG TELEVISION
BLOOMBERG TELEVISION(R) is a 24-hour business and financial news network
produced and distributed globally on ten separate channels in seven different
languages. BLOOMBERG TELEVISION is the third-largest U.S.-based television
network and the only network providing continuous financial news coverage 24
hours a day, seven days a week. On the-spot financial news is supplemented
with in-depth expert analysis and real-time market data from the BLOOMBERG(R)
TERMINAL, which is used by more than 260,000 financial professionals
worldwide.
Supported by more than 1,600 reporters and editors in 103 news bureaus
around the world, with studios in most major cities including New York,
London, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Sydney and Singapore, BLOOMBERG TELEVISION gives
viewers direct access to market-shaping events as they happen.
About Bloomberg
Bloomberg is the leading global provider of news, data and analysis. The
BLOOMBERG(R) TERMINAL and Bloomberg's media services provide real-time and
archived news, financial data, pricing, trading and communications tools in a
single, integrated package to corporations, news organizations, financial and
legal professionals and individuals around the world. Bloomberg's media
services include BLOOMBERG NEWS(R), the global news service that includes more
than 1,600 journalists in 103 bureaus worldwide; BLOOMBERG TELEVISION(R), the
24-hour business and financial network produced and distributed worldwide on
10 separate channels in seven languages; and BLOOMBERG RADIO(SM), which
provides up-to-the-minute news on XM, Sirius and WorldSpace satellite radio
around the world and on WBBR 1130AM in New York. In addition, Bloomberg
Magazine Group and Bloomberg Press publish magazines and books for investment
professionals. For more information please visit http://www.bloomberg.com
SOURCE Bloomberg
CONTACT: Michael Kaminer, [email protected], or
Sarah Balch, [email protected], both of Michael Kaminer Public Relations,
+1-212-627-8098, for Bloomberg /
Web site: http://www.bloomberg.com /
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