Bangkok--Oct 28-- Francom Asia
Network Draws on Stock Market’s Unique Technology and 96-screen Video Wall to Relay Real-time Election Results
On the night of the U.S. Presidential election (Tuesday November 2nd, 2004) CNN International and CNN/U.S. will broadcast to a global audience of more than 250 million homes from NASDAQ’s state of the art facilities in Time Square, New York.
By utilizing NASDAQ’s unique facilities and 96 screen video all the network will be able to bring together unprecedented real time election information from across the U.S. including real-time vote information, exit polls and analysis of key state races across the country. For these in and out Times Square on election night the seven-story NASDAQ Tower, one of the largest stationary video screens in the world, will also project CNN’s election coverage.
“As we have said all year long, our network is committed to provide viewers around the world the most complete coverage of this election right down to the last ballot.” Said Rena Golden, senior vice president of CNN International. “We’re pleased that our partnership with NASDAQ has provided this dynamic backdrop enabling us to be innovative in our reporting and analysis of such an historic occasion.”
CNN’s AMERICA VOTES 2004 will operate two separate control rooms in CNN’s New York headquarters at Time Warner Center. One control room will coordinate the main election night program being anchored by CNN’s political team while the other will control the dozens of NASDAQ video screens in real-time.
“Setting up our election night headquarters at the NASDAQ puts us in the middles of the best place in the country to display numbers, data and information,” said David Bohrman, CNN’s Washington Bureau chief, who will produce the network’s election night coverage. “We will be able to show our viewers more results about more races than ever before.”
NASDAQ is the largest U.S. electronics stock market. With approximately 3,300 companies, it lists more companies and, on average, trades more shares per day than any other U.S. market. It is home to companies that are leaders across all areas of business including technology, retail, communications, financials services, transportation, media and biotechnology. NASDAQ is the primary market for trading NASDAQ-listed stocks.
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