CNBC Logo

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A TV channel covering financial and business news, it maintains its popularity with a recognizable CNBC logo. Moreover, CNBC’s emblem has a catchy design with a slight asymmetry. This does not fully convey the brand’s essence, but it expresses its desire to stand out from the background of the gray mass.

Meaning and History

The channel started its “first steps” as a satellite television service in 1979. It aired old movies, educational programs, and entertainment shows. Low-budget offerings were not particularly conducive to success and rapid business growth. In June 1988, the company leased a transponder from the Tempo Channel, the basis of which the entire broadcast is restarted. Tom Rogers, the future executive chairman of Engine Media, is in charge of the process. And already in 1989, its new co-owners Cablevision and NBC used the channel as a Consumer News and Business Channel, locating the main office in Fort Lee (New Jersey). The acronym for the company’s name became CNBC.

Having gone through great hardships – a constant battle with the Financial Channel, overcoming skepticism from providers who thought the Financial News Network met all their needs – CNBC had already met 17 million homes in 1990. That number, however, was not even half of FNN’s reach. But providence was destined to provide CNBC with a lucky break – FNN had financial problems, which provided the opportunity to buy a competitor as early as May 21, 1991.

Thanks to the launch of Euro-Asian channels in the nineties, the company has grown significantly, increasing the number of its viewers. And as early as 2003, the company moved its office to 900 Sylvan Avenue (Route 9W) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Here begins a new era in the company’s development, with digital video and new studios. The visual construction of the television programs provides the ability to follow real-time news reports, weather forecasts, and stock prices – NYSE, NASDAQ, and AMEX in constant updating mode. There is also a dynamic bar at the top of the screen that constantly updates indices and prices of various world market commodities.

1989 – 1991

CNBC radically changed its information focus and began to fight for a new consumer of its offerings. The ways of achieving its goals had not yet been precisely defined, and a new image of the company was beginning to take shape. This was also reflected in the logo, which lasted two years and was changed because it did not correspond to the spirit and philosophy of the channel. The logo showed the abbreviation of the company’s name in black and lowercase letters. The middle letters “n” and “b” were joined at the bottom. All the letters were slightly elongated horizontally. In a sense, it was a tribute to the fashion or tradition that existed among TV stations worldwide, which practiced a somewhat similar style in their names.

1991 – 1992

The victorious ’91 merger with FNN demanded a new approach to its image, which led to a change in logo style. Thanks to the large black uppercase lettering, the retained name was easy to read and remember. The middle part of the “C” had circles, one inside the other, alternating white and black. In their center, there was a black dot. This symbol had a double meaning. It resembled a target, a goal, which spoke to the essence of the channel’s existence – to hit the exact target with its information, providing the accuracy that would allow the viewer to solve his business problems victoriously. At the same time, such a symbol also resembled the spread of waves on the air, which pointed to the company’s profile as a television channel.

Beneath the name, on a black rectangular plate with rounded left and right ends, in white, not very large typeface, was the text Information That Hits Home. This slogan is a characteristic of the company’s main goal.

1992 – 1996

In 1992, the network’s daytime business programming that had existed for some time under the name “CNBC / FNN Daytime,” which was supposed to echo the name of the bought-out channel to facilitate the transition and adaptation of its viewers, was canceled. In anticipation of anticipated changes in the company’s operations and management, and light of the beginning of changes in advertising technology thanks to advances in modern technology, it was decided to adjust its own visual identity. The new logo was the same “in black” abbreviation, written in capital letters in a slightly modified Bookseller Bk Reduced Bold italic font. Its slant to the right represents both the drive forward and the effort to overcome many difficulties to convey only important and up-to-date information to the viewer. Above the first letter was made in gray color sign, changing its thickness along the entire length, beginning and ending in dots, covering the letter with a semicircle.

1996 – today

On May 12, 1996, a new brand sign was launched, which is the official symbol of the channel. Keeping the abbreviation of the name, it was the first time during the channel’s existence that colorfulness in all rainbow shades was used. The use of the so-called “peacock tail” – if you look closely at the image, you can see the stylized contours of a bird formed by unfilled voids between the central petals, gave the name to the logo itself – NBC Peacock, which ensured a better perception of the emblem, its memorability. In this way, the developers demonstrated a connection with the color television and extensive coverage of their units to viewers of different countries and nationalities. At the same time, such a variety of colors indicates the most complete and accurate presentation of information covering numerous business and finance areas, forming a “business kaleidoscope. However, the peacock symbolizes fame, importance, honesty, and longevity, just as CNBC positions itself.

Font and Colors

Radical changes were made to the logo, first of all, in its visual presentation to the viewer. Rainbow multicolored “peacock’s tail,” made in 6 bright colors. Each color is one petal. Located in a semicircle, the symbol is grouped to be symmetrical. Its two outermost petals were horizontal, highlighting the conventional border above the abbreviation of the company name. The name is rendered in traditional black using the Univers Next Pro 940 Extended Extra font. Symmetry in the placement of each element of the logo – the text and the “tail,” which provides an easy visual perception of the entire composition. The entire composition provides the convenience of its placement on branded products, the screen, the Internet, not cluttering the space but maintaining its appeal.

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