Sky Sports News
| Sky Sports News HQ | |
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| Launched | 1 October 1998 |
| Owned by | Sky plc |
| Picture format |
576i (4:3 SDTV) (1998–2009) 576i (16:9 SDTV) (2010–present) 1080i (16:9 HDTV) (2010–present) |
| Audience share | 0.48% (October 2016, BARB) |
| Slogan | Your home of sports news |
| Formerly called | Sky Sports News (1998–2000, 2001–2014) Sky Sports.com TV (2000–2001) |
| Sister channel(s) |
Challenge, Pick, Real Lives, Sky 1, Sky 2, Sky Arts, Sky Atlantic, Sky Cinema, Sky Cinema Box Office, Sky Living, Sky News, Sky Sports, Sky Sports F1 |
| Website | www |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Sky | Channel 406 (SD/HD) Channel 451 (SD) |
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Virgin Media (UK) |
Channel 506 (HD) Channel 516 |
| Virgin Media Ireland | Channel 408 Channel 438 (HD) |
| WightFibre | Channel 85 |
| D-Smart | Channel 82 |
| IPTV | |
| TalkTalk TV | Channel 401 |
| Streaming media | |
| Sky Go |
Watch live (UK and Ireland only) |
| Virgin TV Anywhere | Watch live (UK only) |
| Now TV | Watch live (UK only) |
| Horizon | Watch live (Ireland only) |
Sky Sports News HQ (SSNHQ) is a 24-hour sports news television channel in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Nordic countries. It is run by Sky plc.
The channel focuses predominantly on football (especially during the European football season – August–May) but reports on a wide range of sports; even sports to which Sky do not possess broadcasting rights receive limited coverage. The programming is presented by two reporters in the studio who read the news or introduce short clips featuring highlights and interviews covering a variety of topics. Tabs at the bottom of the screen give unrelated information on a wide range of sports, while a sidebar also shows unrelated league tables or other information. The content of the main studio feed generally repeats depending on the amount of news at a given time, varying from 20 minutes to an hour.
On 20 May 2007, SSN broadcast the Conference National play-off Final between Exeter City and Morecambe. This was the first live match to be shown on the channel since certain European games involving British teams were shown to provide exclusivity when competing with the then operational OnSports (owned by ITV) as Sky Sports News was not available at that time via digital terrestrial platforms. This was due to all other Sky Sports channels being occupied by live sport. This enabled Freeview viewers to watch a live match on Sky Sports. The station also had live coverage of Wales v New Zealand on 26 May 2007 and the La Liga tie between Espanyol and Barcelona in December 2007.
Sky Sports News launched on 1 October 1998, the launch date of BSkyB's Digital Satellite service, and was BSkyB's first digital only channel. On 10 April 2000, SSN relaunched as Sky Sports.com TV, to tie with the launch of the SkySports.com website.
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