Sky News Channel
| Sky News | |
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| Launched | 5 February 1989 |
| 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 | 0.68% (November 2017, BARB) |
| Slogan | First for breaking news |
| Broadcast area | Worldwide |
| Sister channel(s) |
Challenge Pick Real Lives Sky One Sky Two Sky Arts Sky Atlantic Sky Cinema Sky Living Sky Sports Sky Sports Box Office Sky Sports F1 Sky Sports News |
| Website |
Official Website Live Stream |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
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Freeview (UK) |
Channel 233 |
| Satellite | |
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Freesat (UK) |
Channel 202 |
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Sky (UK & Ireland) |
Channel 501 (SD/HD) Channel 875 (SD) |
| BFBS | Channel 8 |
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Sky (Italy) |
Channel 522 |
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NC+ (Poland) |
Channel 677 |
| Astra 1L | 11597 V 22000 5/6 |
| Astra 2F | 12207 V 27500 5/6 |
| DStv | Channel 402 |
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Thor 5 (Canal Digital) |
11862 H / 28000 / 7/8 |
| Yes (Israel) |
Channel 103 |
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TV Vlaanderen Digitaal (Belgium) |
Channel 54 |
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NOS (Portugal) |
Channel 205 |
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OSN (Middle East & North Africa) |
Channel 401 (HD) |
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Canal (France) |
Channel 362 |
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MEO (Portugal) |
Channel 203 |
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Indovision (Indonesia) |
Channel 336 |
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Astro (Malaysia) |
Channel 532 (HD) |
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DishHD (Taiwan and Mainland China) |
Channel 6120 (HD) |
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Cignal Digital TV (Philippines) |
Channel TBA |
| KTV Ltd. (Falkland Islands) | - |
| Thaicom 6 11425 V 30000 3/4 | |
| Foxtel (Australia) | Channel 605 |
| Cable | |
| Virgin Media (UK) | Channel 602 Channel 603 (HD) |
| Virgin Media (Ireland) | Channel 202 Channel 232 (HD) |
| KTV Ltd. (Falkland Islands) | - |
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Com Hem (Sweden) |
Channel 126 |
| Kabel Deutschland | Channel 839 |
| Hot (Israel) |
Channel 68 |
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ZON TV (Portugal) |
Channel 205 |
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Magnet Networks (Ireland) |
Channel 202 |
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Naxoo (Switzerland) |
Channel 61 |
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MediaNet (Maldives) |
Channel 111 |
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StarHub TV (Singapore) |
Channel 703 (SD) Channel 757 (HD) |
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SkyCable (Philippines) |
Channel TBA |
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Destiny Cable (Philippines) |
Channel TBA |
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Teledünya (Turkey) |
Channel 73 |
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WightFibre (UK) |
Channel 119 |
| (Macau) | Channel 805 |
| Cable TV Hong Kong (Hong Kong) | Channel 121 |
| IPTV | |
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now TV (Hong Kong) |
Channel 323 |
| TrueIPTV (Thailand) |
Channel 12 |
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Freebox (France) |
Channel 87 |
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MEO (Portugal) |
Channel 203 |
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Mio TV (Singapore) |
Channel 151 (HD) |
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CHT MOD (Taiwan) |
Channel 559 (HD) |
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Unifi TV (Malaysia) |
Channel 969 (HD) (Premium Box Office Channels from Partner Fox International Channels) |
| 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) Watch live (Ireland only) |
| Livestation | Watch Live |
| Apple TV | Sky News app (UK, Ireland and United States) |
| Roku | Sky News channel |
| Foxtel app | Chanel 605 (Australia only) |
Sky News is a 24-hour international multimedia news organisation based in the UK that started as a 24-hour television news channel. John Ryley is the Head of Sky News, a role he has held since June 2006. Sky News is currently Royal Television Society News Channel of the Year, the eleventh time it has held the award.
A sister channel, Sky News Arabia, is operated as a joint venture with the Abu Dhabi Media Investment Corporation. Another sister channel, Sky News Australia, was part owned by Sky News parent Sky plc until December 2016. A channel called Sky News International, with the same news content as the UK channel 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 and community 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, Amazon Fire 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 (Bafta). Sky News started broadcasting at 6 pm on 5 February 1989.
Visually Sky News looked very neat, with slick and classy presentation and John O'Loan's original vocation as an architect showing in the studio set. Sky had gone for the same format as the Nine O'Clock News on the BBC, which had recently been redesigned to give the impression of activity and immediacy by placing the newsreader against a backdrop of the working newsroom. Sky News, it was universally agreed as staff nodded in vigorous approval, had succeeded rather better at the same thing. The critics were mildly taken aback. Contrary to some of the horror scenarios bandied about by the chattering classes there seemed to be little to grumble about. And as its slogan of 'We're there when you need us,' emphasised, it was always on.
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