by Thinus Ferreira
Bloomberg TV (DStv 411) is changing its programming line-up from Monday 22 January and will also debut a new studio for its Surveillance show which will broadcast live from Bloomberg headquarters in New York.
Bloomberg - which over the past year has been notoriously bad in communicating anything about its programming, on-air and physical expansion plans in South Africa and across Africa to the media - has announced that it will be making changes to its schedule from Monday 22 January, affecting its schedules for America, Europe and Africa, as well as Asia.
Jonathan Ferro, Annmarie Hordern and Lisa Abramowicz will continue to present Bloomberg Surveillance, Bloomberg's flagship morning show in North America seen from 13:00 in South Africa.
Kailey Leinz and Joe Mathieu will now be the co-presenters on Balance of Power.
Bloomberg Technology with co-presenters Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow is now moving to 18:00.
Bloomberg Markets will move to 18:30 daily. Bloomberg ETF IQ on Mondays, Bloomberg Crypto on Tuesdays and Bloomberg Real Yield on Fridays will now all be at 19:00.
Bloomberg Markets: The Close will be on-air from 22:00 to midnight with Romaine Bostick as presenter. He will be joined by Alix Steel at 22:00 and Scarlet Fu at 23:00.
Bloomberg TV will broadcast the radio edition of Balance of Power at 20:00 and will also show Bloomberg Businessweek from Bloomberg Radio at 21:00 with Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec as co-presenters.
"These programming changes better position Bloomberg TV to capture breaking news in real-time, around the globe," says Julie Alnwick Mchale, Bloomberg Television's global head, in a statement.
"Adding Bloomberg Radio's Businessweek and Balance of Power to our already strong TV lineup will also allow us to better serve our video and audio audiences, and capitalize on Bloomberg's unparalleled reach through our multiple platforms."
This is the adjusted Africa schedule:
- The day starts with Daybreak Middle East and Africa from 6:00 co-presented from Bloomberg's studios in Dubai and Johannesburg.
- Tom Mackenzie is the new presenter of Daybreak Europe at 8:00.
- Anna Edwards, Guy Johnson and Kriti Gupta become the new co-presenters of Bloomberg Markets Today from 9:00 to 11:00.
- Francine Lacqua will continues to anchor the daily weekday program The Pulse with Francine Lacqua and her long-format interviews show Leaders with Lacqua featuring interviews with high-profile guests from the worlds of global business, economics, finance and politics.
