CNBC Europe is the leading pan-European business and financial television channel. With real-time coverage of financial markets and international business news, CNBC Europe provides business leaders, investors and the financial services industry across Europe with the information and analysis they need. With programming from Europe, the US and Asia, CNBC Europe provides the perfect 24-hour global business briefing. Programming is built around key business events during the day. Form the start of trading in Europe, through the Opening Bell on Wall Street and the closing of the markets in Asia, our fast-paced, hard-hitting business coverage makes CNBC Europe essential viewing for senior business leaders. CNBC Europe offers viewers more than nine hours of live programming on the European markets every weekday, with flagship programmes like "Squawk Box Europe," a pre-market opening program, "Worldwide Exchange," CNBC's global daily business news programme tri-anchored from London, New York and Singapore; and "European Closing Bell," a concise wrap-up of news and the big business stories which shaped the day. The channel has become must-see viewing for those who need to know first, and viewers throughout Europe tune in at work, at home, or on the move, to keep up with the latest financial news. Research has shown that each month CNBC reaches a high-level audience of 5.9 million of Europe's top 20% of income earners each month (EMS Winter 2006). CNBC Europe also mixes business with pleasure. Evenings and weekend programming brings a change of pace for viewers who need to step down a gear after business. CNBC Sports offers comprehensive coverage of the PGA tours, as well as other 'executive sports'. Saturday and Sunday evenings provide a light-hearted break with popular US talk shows such as "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and "Late Night with Conan O'Brien." The CNBC service is available in Europe via the Astra 1D/E satellite, and digital cable platforms to more than 100 million households, in the majority of four and five-star hotels and directly on the floors of more than 1,400 banks and financial institutions. CNBC Europe launched in January 1998 as a business television alliance between NBC and Dow Jones & Company. Since then, CNBC Europe has steadily grown its audience and built its reputation as the leading business and financial news channel. At the start of 2006, NBC Universal took full ownership of CNBC Europe and CNBC Asia, creating a truly global network. Contact Information: CNBC Europe 10 Fleet Place EC4M 7QS Tel: +44 20 7653 9300 Fax: +44 20 7653 5956