Class CNBC (formerly CFN/CNBC) is an Italian
pay television
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channel, working as a localised version of
CNBC Europe
Consumer News and Business Channel Europe (referred to on air simply as CNBC) is a business and financial news television channel which airs across Europe. The station is based in London, where it shares the Adrian Smith (architect), Adrian S ...
, albeit with a major focus on the Italian financial markets. The channel is headquartered in
Milan
Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...
, site of the
Borsa Italiana
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, and is a
joint venture
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between the publishing house
Class Editori, which holds a majority stake, along with
NBC Universal
NBCUniversal Media, LLC (abbreviated as NBCU and doing business as NBCUniversal or Comcast NBCUniversal since 2013) is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate that is a subsidiary of Comcast and headquartered at 30 ...
(owner of CNBC Europe) and Italy's largest commercial television company
Mediaset
Mediaset S.p.A. is an Italian mass media and television production and distribution company that is the largest commercial broadcaster in the country. The company is controlled by the holding company MFE – MediaForEurope (the original ...
, who hold 20% of the channel each.
The channel broadcasts for sixteen hours per day, covering trading in
Europe
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,
Asia
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and the
United States
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and it has correspondents in other countries, such as at CNBC Europe in London.
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.
Partnerships
CNBC Europe uses the reporters of Class CNBC for its coverage of the Italian markets. In addition, Class CNBC is contracted to provide business news updates for the news bulletins of the Italian networks
La7 and
Canale 5
Canale 5 () is an Italian free-to-air television channel of Mediaset, owned by MFE - MediaForEurope. It was the first private television network to have national coverage in Italy in 1980. On 4 December 2012, Mediaset launched Canale 5 HD, a ...
.
Class CNBC is also rebroadcast on ''Mediolanum Channel'', the
TV channel owned by
Banca Mediolanum.
See also
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ClassTV
References
External links
Official websiteLive StreamingCNBC Live Stream
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Mediaset television channels
CNBC global channels
Class Editori
Italian-language television stations
Television channels and stations established in 2000
Mass media in Milan
24-hour television news channels in Italy