''Strictly Money'' is a business news programme aired on

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in the United Kingdom and for domestic customers in the

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, each weekday at 11:00am

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, between 2009 and 2011. It was usually presented by

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. The programme was also aired in the US on

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at 6am ET.

About the programme

The programme began on 12 January 2009, and replaced ''

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''. Originally intended as a twelve-week experiment, the programme appeared to have become a permanent fixture in the CNBC Europe schedule. While advertised as "strictly for the United Kingdom", the programme was in fact also broadcast on both the Sky Digital and

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systems in the

, meaning that practically all domestic and a large proportion of commercial customers also in Ireland received the programme. Outside of the UK and Ireland,

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from

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US was screened instead. After the cancellation of ''Power Lunch Europe'', many of the segments that used to appear on that program moved to ''Strictly Money'', including the "Investor Clinic" and the "Halftime Report." On the day each month when the bank lending rates are announced, the programme was retitled "Strictly Rates" and was extended to two hours due to the timing of the rates decisions - 1200 for the UK announcement and 1245 for the ECB announcement. The monthly edition of Strictly Rates was broadcast across Europe as well as in the UK and Ireland.

Cancellation

''Strictly Money'' ended its 2-year run on 11 March 2011. However the monthly ''Strictly Rates'' specials continued to be broadcast but eventually ''Strictly Rates'' was renamed ''Decision Time''. {{Authority control CNBC Europe original programming 2009 British television series debuts British television news shows 2011 British television series endings Business-related television series in the United Kingdom