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SkyNews

Sky News
Sky News 2015 Logo.svg
Launched 5 February 1989; 28 years ago (1989-02-05)
Owned by Sky plc
(distributed worldwide by Fox Networks Group)
Picture format 576i (SDTV 16:9)
1080i (HDTV)
International:
576i (SDTV 16:9)
1080i (HDTV)
Audience share 0.76% (November 2016 (2016-11), BARB)
Slogan First for breaking news
Broadcast area Worldwide (except Australia and New Zealand)
Sister channel(s) Challenge
Pick
Real Lives
Sky 1
Sky 2
Sky Arts
Sky Atlantic
Sky Cinema
Sky Living
Sky Sports
Sky Sports F1
Sky Sports News HQ
Website Official Website
Live Stream
Availability
Terrestrial
Freeview
(UK)
Channel 132
Satellite
Freesat
(UK)
Channel 202
Sky
(UK & Ireland)
Channel 501 (SD/HD)
Channel 516 (SD)
BFBS Channel 8
Sky
(Italy)
Channel 522
Cyfra+
(Poland)
Channel 677
Astra 1L 11597 V 22000 5/6
Astra 2E 12207 V 27500 5/6
DStv Channel 402
Thor 5
(Canal Digital)
11862 H / 28000 / 7/8
Yes
(Israel)
Channel 103
TV Vlaanderen Digitaal
(Belgium)
Channel 54
NOS
(Portugal)
Channel 205
OSN (Middle East
& North Africa)
Channel 401 (HD)
Canal
(France)
Channel 362
MEO
(Portugal)
Channel 203
Indovision
(Indonesia)
Channel 336
Astro
(Malaysia)
Channel 532 (HD)
DishHD
(Taiwan and Mainland China)
Channel 6120 (HD)
Cignal Digital TV
(Philippines)
Channel TBA
KTV Ltd. (Falkland Islands) -
Thaicom 6 11425 V 30000 3/4
Cable
Virgin Media
(UK)
Channel 602
Channel 603 (HD)
Virgin Media
(Ireland)
Channel 202
Channel 232 (HD)
KTV Ltd. (Falkland Islands) -
Com Hem
(Sweden)
Channel 126
Kabel Deutschland Channel 839
Hot
(Israel)
Channel 68
ZON TV
(Portugal)
Channel 205
Magnet Networks
(Ireland)
Channel 202
Naxoo
(Switzerland)
Channel 61
MediaNet
(Maldives)
Channel 111
StarHub TV
(Singapore)
Channel 703 (SD)
Channel 757 (HD)
SkyCable
(Philippines)
Channel TBA
Destiny Cable
(Philippines)
Channel TBA
Teledünya
(Turkey)
Channel 73
WightFibre
(UK)
Channel 119
(Macau) Channel 805
IPTV
now TV
(Hong Kong)
Channel 323
TrueIPTV
(Thailand)
Channel 12
Freebox
(France)
Channel 87
MEO
(Portugal)
Channel 203
Mio TV
(Singapore)
Channel 151 (HD)
Streaming media
Sky News Live Video Streaming (24/7)
YouTube Watch Live
Jalipo Subscription
Available only in Europe and United States.
Vingo.tv Alpha Registration Required
Narrowband Stream
Sky Go Watch live
(UK and Ireland only)
Virgin TV Anywhere Watch live (UK only)
Livestation Watch Live
Horizon GO Watch live (Ireland only)
Apple TV Sky News app (UK, Ireland and United States)
Roku Sky News channel

Sky News is a 24-hour international multimedia news company based in the U.K. Originally a 24-hour television news channel, Sky News currently provides news on television, online, and on a range of mobile devices. Sky News emphasises breaking news. John Ryley is the Head of Sky News, a role he has held since June 2006.

Other versions of Sky News are operated as joint-ventures. These include Sky News Australia (no longer directly owned by Sky News as of December 2016) and Sky News Arabia. A channel called Sky News International, with the same news content but without British adverts, is available in Europe, Africa, Asia and the United States. Sky News Radio provides national and international news to commercial radio stations in the UK and to other English-language stations around the world. Sky News also provides content to Yahoo! News. The channel is available on Apple TV, Roku and YouTube.

On 8 June 1988, Rupert Murdoch announced plans to start a new television news service in a speech to the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Sky News started broadcasting at 6 pm on 5 February 1989.

In the early days the channel operated on a £40 million budget (plus £10 million share of overheads), which led Sam Chisholm, chief executive of the newly-merged BSkyB to suggest to Murdoch that the station to be closed, but Rupert was "pleased with its achievements ... there were overriding reasons of prestige and politics for keeping it ... the final hurdle of the Broadcasting Bill had still to be overcome and the case for the acceptability of Sky would collapse if suddenly there was no news channel." – former deputy Prime Minister Viscount Whitelaw said in the House of Lords in 1990 that Sky News had "a very high reputation ... I admire it, as do many other people, it will certainly waken up both the BBC and ITN and ensure that they compete with what is a very important news service". The channel has never been run for a profit, and has considered using ITN to supplement the service.


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