Bloomberg TV is Named International Channel of the Year by AIB

Bloomberg TV is Named International Channel of the Year by AIB

LONDON and NEW YORK, Nov. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The BLOOMBERG TELEVISION(R) service has been named the 2007 International Television Channel of the Year by The Association for International Broadcasting (AIB).

The annual Media Excellence Awards are assigned by The Association for International Broadcasting for outstanding achievements in broadcasting and new media. The applications are reviewed by an independent international panel of judges. Winners were announced at the third annual AIB Media Excellence Awards held in London last week. The Association for International Broadcasting, based in the U.K., is the industry body that serves the international media.

The BLOOMBERG TELEVISION(R) service was described by AIB judges as "consistently high quality and punching above its weight, successfully marrying specialist material with more mainstream coverage of news and current affairs."

About Bloomberg Television

The BLOOMBERG TELEVISION(R) service is the only worldwide 24-hour business and financial television network, broadcasting in seven languages to more than 200 million homes via eleven channels. BLOOMBERG TELEVISION programming is created exclusively by the global BLOOMBERG NEWS(R) service with more than 2,300 professionals in over 130 bureaus. The dynamic BLOOMBERG TELEVISION screen adds depth and context to on-air reports, providing viewers with charts, breaking news, stock quotes and relevant stock indexes in real time gleaned from the news, data and analytics tools of the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL(R) service.

About Bloomberg

Bloomberg is the leading global provider of financial 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 2,300 professionals in over 130 bureaus worldwide; the BLOOMBERG TELEVISION(R) 24-hour business and financial network produced and distributed worldwide on eleven channels in seven languages; and BLOOMBERG RADIO(R) services providing up-to-the-minute news on XM, Sirius and WorldSpace satellite radio globally 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/.

BLOOMBERG, BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL, BLOOMBERG MARKETS, BLOOMBERG NEWS, BLOOMBERG ANYWHERE, BLOOMBERG TELEVISION, BLOOMBERG RADIO, BLOOMBERG PRESS and BLOOMBERG.COM are trademarks and service marks of Bloomberg Finance L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, or its subsidiaries. BTV is a trademark and service mark of Bloomberg L.P., a Delaware limited partnership. All rights reserved.

Source: Bloomberg

CONTACT: Heidi Tan of Bloomberg LP, +1-212-617-5375,
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Web site: http://www.bloomberg.com/

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Profile: International Entertainment