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And as its slogan of 'We're there when you need us,' emphasised, it was always on. Contrary to some of the horror scenarios bandied about by the chattering classes there seemed to be little to grumble about. Sky News, it was universally agreed as staff nodded in vigorous approval, had succeeded rather better at the same thing. 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. 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 News started broadcasting at 6 pm on 5 February 1989. On 8 June 1988, Rupert Murdoch announced in a speech to the British Academy of Film and Television Arts plans to start a new television news service. The channel is available on Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, YouTube, and Pluto TV.įurther information: Timeline of Sky News Establishment and early years

Sky News also provides content to Yahoo! News. Sky News Radio provides national and international news to commercial radio and community radio stations in the UK and other English-language stations around the world. Sponsored advertisements are still broadcast before and/or after the sports news and weather segments.

Narrated segments (which generally cover lighter issues unrelated to current news stories) are played in lieu of advertisements, and international weather forecasts also are given at the end of each half-hour newswheel. A channel called Sky News International, simulcasting the UK channel directly but without British advertisements, is available in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, South Asia, Asia Pacific, Australia, and the Americas. Another sister channel, Sky News Australia, was part-owned by Sky News parent Sky plc until December 2016. It is a provider of live streaming world news which can be viewed via its website, YouTube, and various mobile devices and digital media players.Ī sister channel, Sky News Arabia, is operated as a joint venture with the Abu Dhabi Media Investment Corporation. In 2019, Sky News was named Royal Television Society News Channel of the Year, the 12th time it has held the award. John Ryley is the head of Sky News, a role he has held since June 2006.

It is owned by Sky Group, a division of Comcast. Sky News is distributed via a radio news service, and through online channels. Sky News is a British free-to-air television news channel and organisation.