BLOOMBERG TELEVISION(R) Arrives in Thailand

BLOOMBERG TELEVISION(R) Arrives in Thailand

Global Leader in Business and Financial News Launches on United Broadcasting Corporation

NEW YORK, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- 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, michael@mkpr.com, or
Sarah Balch, sarah@mkpr.com, both of Michael Kaminer Public Relations,
+1-212-627-8098, for Bloomberg

Web site: http://www.bloomberg.com/


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