BLOOMBERG TV Now Available in Washington D.C. on Comcast

BLOOMBERG TV Now Available in Washington D.C. on Comcast

NEW YORK, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Bloomberg, the leading global news, data and analytics provider, today announced that distribution of its BLOOMBERG TELEVISION(R) network has been launched on Comcast digital cable channel 106 in Washington, D.C.

"The addition of the BLOOMBERG TELEVISION service is a great complement to our current digital cable programming," said Tony Hollinger, vice president and general manager for Comcast of the District. "Our carriage of the BLOOMBERG TELEVISION channel illustrates our commitment to providing customers access to a comprehensive assortment of news, information and entertainment relevant to their daily lives."

"The growing availability of BLOOMBERG TELEVISION in Washington D.C. reflects the District's surging demand for high-quality, real-time business news," said Sid Amira of BLOOMBERG TELEVISION. "Backed by the 2,000-strong worldwide BLOOMBERG NEWS(R) organization BLOOMBERG TELEVISION programming is able to deliver the business and financial news that matters most to viewers in this area. We are confident that Comcast subscribers will find the BLOOMBERG TELEVISION channel to be a powerful, profitable addition to their lives."

Featured BLOOMBERG TELEVISION programming includes Morning Call, the morning's first look at the trading day with full news briefings, breaking stories, and the opening bell live from the New York Stock Exchange with up to the minute markets coverage, live reports from the London, New York, and Tokyo stock exchanges, and in-depth interviews with financial experts, business leaders, and serious investors. Political Capital, a weekly 30 minute program on politics, economics and public policy, is hosted by Al Hunt; Bloomberg Muse is a weekly look at the arts; and Conversations with Judy Woodruff is a series that airs on the first Saturday of every month, featuring in-depth interviews with guests from the worlds of politics, business, government, sports and the arts.

The BLOOMBERG TELEVISION service is broadcast globally 24 hours a day in seven languages on 10 networks, reaching a worldwide audience of approximately 200 million viewers, and is available to Washington DC viewers on Cox, Comcast, RCN, Millenium, Dish Network, DirecTV and Comcast Cable.

About Bloomberg

Bloomberg is the leading global provider of data, news and analytics. The BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL(R) service and Bloomberg's media services provide real- time and archived financial and market data, pricing, trading, news 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 the global BLOOMBERG NEWS(R) service with more than 2,000 professionals in 126 bureaus worldwide; the BLOOMBERG TELEVISION(R) 24-hour business and financial network produced and distributed worldwide on ten separate channels in seven languages; and BLOOMBERG RADIO(SM) services which provide 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 publishes Bloomberg Markets(R) magazine and BLOOMBERG PRESS(R) books for investment professionals. For more information please visit http://www.bloomberg.com/.

Source: Bloomberg

CONTACT: Victoria Moore, Bloomberg LP, +1-212-617-7814,
vmoore2@bloomberg.net

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

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