BLOOMBERG TV Launches 'Venture': The World of Entrepreneurship

BLOOMBERG TV Launches 'Venture': The World of Entrepreneurship

Weekly Program Focuses on Small Business, Starting Friday

NEW YORK, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Starting Friday, BLOOMBERG TELEVISION(R) viewers will get an inside look at what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur, with the premiere of a new half-hour program, "Venture." The weekly program will feature interviews with entrepreneurs and small business owners, focusing on issues and policy that impacts the way Main Street does business. "Venture" begins airing on Friday, October 3 at 8:30PM ET. The show will be hosted by BLOOMBERG TELEVISION anchor and host of "Night Talk" Mike Schneider.

The first shows will feature interviews with restaurateur and Executive Chef of BLT Restaurants Laurent Tourondel; Frederator Studios and Channel Frederator founder Fred Seibert; CitiStorage Founder Norm Brodksy; CEO and President of Innovation Fuels John Fox; Electric Car Inventor Founder & CEO Project Better Place Shai Agassi; and Jewelry Designer Helen Ficalora.

"Venture" airs on Friday nights at 8:30PM ET, 11:30PM ET and is repeated on Saturday mornings.

These exclusive news and follow up reports are available to the public on BLOOMBERG TELEVISION and BLOOMBERG RADIO(R) services worldwide, as well as to users of the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL(R) service. Clips from the interviews will be archived and available via the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL service.

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 140 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

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