N-tv

n-tv is a German television news channel owned by the RTL Group.n-tv screens news bulletins on the hour and half hour; in between, it broadcasts informational programmes and advertising.

On March 18, 2004, it announced that a new digital broadcast centre will be housed in Cologne. The political reports will, according to the announcement, come from Berlin as before. Similarly, stock market updates will come from Frankfurt am Main (Germany's financial capital and home of the main share index, the DAX). This was decided by the RTL and Time Warner companies at a meeting of the board of directors.

Origins/Launch

n-tv began as a business development project at Time-Warner International which, under the leadership of then chairman Steve Ross, was looking for ways to grow its businesses internationally. Time-Warner at the time was a major shareholder in Turner Broadcasting, parent company of CNN (both now subsidiaries of Time-Warner) and began looking for ways to get into the news channel business internationally. In 1991, under the direction of Tom McGrath then the president of Time-Warner International Broadcasting, the company developed a strategy for Austria, Germany and the German speaking territories of Switzerland.

This in time led to the launch of the VIVA music TV channel, VOX network and several local TV stations. One of McGrath's pet projects was a German language 24-hour news channel. CNN International declined to partner with Time-Warner and eventually went ahead with their own channel. McGrath secured the last available transponder on the Kopernikus satellite and secured several terrestrial TV licenses for transmission of what would became n-tv. McGrath then recruited several German companies as partners including the Otto Group, APAX Partners and recruited Karl Kuhlo, an experienced German broadcaster as the CEO.

Although CNN declined to partner initially, when it became clear that n-tv was going to launch CNN joined as managing partner.

Wall Street coverage

In Germany, n-tv is the most important TV source for financial and stock market news. Several correspondents report live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq and the Nymex, including Jens Korte, Lars Halter and Markus Koch.

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** [http://n-tv.de/61215.html n-tv Live Stream] (Windows Media format)