LONDON, August 21, 2024 – As part of its mission to educate and inform, CNBC, First in Business Worldwide, today announced the launch of its new channel on leading learning and engagement platform, Kahoot!.
Available to users around the world, the online channel will provide access to CNBC content in a new way by breaking down the biggest topics in business and financial news into engaging educational resources.
The content, which will feature short-form video and quiz games, will be categorized by topics into ‘CNBC Explains’ series, with four series available to users from today, Wednesday, August 21, 2024, including:
- CNBC Explains: Crypto
- CNBC Explains: Economy
- CNBC Explains: Politics
- CNBC Explains: Tech
Reinforcing CNBC’s commitment to inspire and improve individuals’ financial well-being, understanding of personal finance, and access to financial education, users will find learning solutions to grow knowledge on business, the economy and more.
Kahoot! users can subscribe to CNBC’s official channel to stay up to date on new content.
About CNBC
CNBC, First in Business Worldwide, is the recognized global leader in business and financial news. With headquarters in New Jersey, London and Singapore, CNBC covers financial markets in real-time, offering breaking news, exclusive interviews, stocks and trading analysis, and in-depth reports on factors driving the economy. CNBC’s mission is to help business leaders, the financial community and anyone with assets to invest or protect make informed money decisions and get ahead.
CNBC’s vast portfolio includes the TV channel, available in over 366 million households, hotels and office buildings across 154 countries; CNBC.com, the online destination for the latest financial news and information; CNBC PRO, the network’s premium subscription service with first access to markets and influential voices, as well as the CNBC app, podcasts, newsletters, live events, and social media and digital video platforms.
CNBC is a NBCUniversal company. For more information, visit www.cnbc.com.
About Kahoot!
Kahoot! is on a mission to make learning awesome! We want to empower everyone, including children, students, and employees to unlock their full learning potential. Our learning platform makes it easy for any individual or corporation to create, share, and host learning sessions that drive compelling engagement. Launched in 2013, Kahoot!’s vision is to build the leading learning platform in the world. Since launch, Kahoot! has hosted hundreds of millions of learning sessions with 10 billion participants (non-unique) in more than 200 countries and regions. The Kahoot! Group includes Clever, the leading US K-12 EdTech learning platform, together with the learning apps DragonBox, Poio, Drops, Actimo, Motimate, and Whiteboard.fi. The Kahoot! Group is headquartered in Oslo, Norway with offices in the US, the UK, France, Finland, Estonia, Denmark, Spain and Poland. Let’s play!
Media Contacts
Eden Kyle, Senior Communications Manager, CNBC International
Eden.Kyle@nbcuni.com
Axel Heiberg-Andersen, Senior Communications Manager, Kahoot!
axelh@kahoot.com
