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{{Short description|British and international television news channel}}
{{about|the British channel|the Australian channel|Sky News Australia|the pan-Arab channel|Sky News Arabia|the Irish channel|Sky News Ireland}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = Sky News
| logo = Sky News logo.svg
| logo_size = 250px
| logo_caption = Logo used since 2021
| key_people = {{unbulleted list|[[David Rhodes (media executive)|David Rhodes]] (Head of Sky News Group)|Jonathan Levy (Managing Director and Executive Editor, Sky News UK)|Sarah Whitehead (Director of Newsgathering and Operations)}}
| country = United Kingdom
| headquarters = [[Sky Campus|Sky Central]], [[Osterley]], London
| area = Worldwide
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|1989|2|5|df=y}}
| owner = [[Comcast]]
| parent = [[Sky Group]]
| language = English
| picture_format = [[1080i]] [[HDTV]]
| sister_channels = [[Sky UK#Television channels|List of Sky UK channels]]
| website = [https://news.sky.com news.sky.com]
| webcast = *[https://news.sky.com/watch-live Live Stream]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@SkyNews/streams Official YouTube Channel]
| terr_serv_1 = [[Freeview (UK)|Freeview]]
| terr_chan_1 = Channel 233
| online_serv_1 = Services<br />([[United States]])
| online_chan_1 = [[Samsung TV Plus]], [[Pluto TV]]
| terr_serv_2 = [[EE TV]]
| terr_chan_2 = Channel 233; Channel 313; Channel 385 (HD)
| terr_serv_3 = [[Saorview]] ([[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]])
| terr_chan_3 = Channel 23
}}

'''Sky News''' is a British [[free-to-air]] television news channel, live stream news network and news organisation. Sky News is distributed via an English-language radio news service, and through online channels. It is owned by [[Sky Group]], a division of [[Comcast]]. In 2024, Sky News was named [[Royal Television Society]] News Channel of the Year, the 17th time it has held the award and the channel's 7th consecutive win.<ref name="Sky News">{{Cite news |url=https://news.sky.com/story/sky-news-wins-rts-news-channel-of-the-year-for-second-time-running-11650362 |title=Sky News wins RTS News Channel of the Year for second time running |work=Sky News |access-date=23 April 2019 |date=28 February 2019 |archive-date=23 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423223806/https://news.sky.com/story/sky-news-wins-rts-news-channel-of-the-year-for-second-time-running-11650362 |url-status=live }}</ref> The channel and its [[Livestreamed news|live streaming world news]] are available on its website, television platforms, and online platforms such as YouTube and [[Apple TV (device)|Apple TV]], and various [[mobile device]]s and [[digital media player]]s.

A sister channel, [[Sky News Arabia]], is operated as a joint venture with the Abu Dhabi Media Investment Corporation. 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. 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. Sponsored advertisements are still broadcast before and/or after the sports news and weather segments. [[Sky News Radio]] provides national and international news to [[Commercial broadcasting|commercial radio]] and [[community radio]] stations in the UK and other English-language stations around the world. Sky News also provides content to [[Yahoo News|Yahoo! News]].

[[Sky News Australia]] was part-owned by Sky News parent Sky plc until December 2016. Sky News Australia and Sky News UK are presently unlinked, despite the similar names and logos.

==History==
{{further|Timeline of Sky News}}

===Establishment and early years===
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. Sky News started broadcasting at 6&nbsp;pm on 5 February 1989.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://successstory.com/companies/sky-news |title=Sky News Success Story |website=www.successstory.com |access-date=15 October 2019 |archive-date=15 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015213345/https://successstory.com/companies/sky-news |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{blockquote|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 [[BBC Nine O'Clock News|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.}}

In the early days, the channel operated on a £40&nbsp;million budget (plus £10&nbsp;million share of overheads), which led [[Sam Chisholm]], chief executive of the newly merged BSkyB, to suggest to Murdoch that the station be closed, but Murdoch 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."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chippindale |first1=Peter |last2=Franks |first2=Suzanne |title=Dished! The Rise and Fall of British Satellite Broadcasting |page=262 |isbn=9780671710774 |chapter=Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |year=1991}}</ref> Former Home Secretary [[William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw|William 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" [https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1990/oct/09/broadcasting-bill#S5LV0522P0_19901009_HOL_315 Hansard October 1990]. The channel has never been run for a profit,<ref>{{cite news |title=Touch down for Sky |publisher=BBC News |date=7 January 2002 |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1742197.stm |access-date=29 January 2007 |archive-date=27 April 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060427004814/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/1742197.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> and has considered using ITN to supplement the service.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}

By March 1992, Sky News' parent company turned from loss to profit.<ref name="newsjournalisminuk">{{cite book |title=News and Journalism in the UK (Communication and Society) |page=124 |author=McNair, Brian |isbn=978-0-415-41072-4 |year=2009|publisher=Routledge }}</ref> 
Sky News was the UK's first 24-hour news channel, broadcast on [[Astra 1A]]. It had no local competition until November 1997, when [[BBC News]] launched a new 24-hour channel, BBC News 24, now known simply as [[BBC News (British TV channel)|BBC News]]. In September 1999, the [[European Commission]] ruled against a Sky News complaint, which argued that the publicly funded BBC News 24 was unfair and illegal under EU law. The EC ruled that the [[television licence fee]] ''should'' be considered state aid (within the meaning of Article 87), but that the BBC's public service remit justified the channel.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/comp-1998/nn088-98.pdf |title=SG(99) D10201 – State aid No NN 88/98–UNITED KINGDOM Financing of a 24-hour advertising-free news channel out of the licence fee by the BBC |access-date=23 May 2007 |archive-date=16 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070616200156/http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/comp-1998/nn088-98.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

===2000–2018===
[[File:Sky News 2015 (logo).svg|right|thumb|Former Sky News logo, used until 2018]]
{{more citations needed section|date=September 2016}}
In March 2000, '''Sky News Active''', a 24-hour interactive service providing headlines and other services which ranged from weather, the top story of the day, and showbiz on demand, was launched.

Analogue broadcasting of the channel ceased on 30 June 2001.

In March 2004, Sky News was announced to have won a five-year contract to supply news bulletins to [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]], taking over from [[ITN]] in January 2005.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3546373.stm |title=Five to take Sky News bulletins |date=3 April 2007 |access-date=4 January 2010 |publisher=BBC News |archive-date=17 January 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070117142208/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3546373.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 24 October 2005, Sky News moved to new studios in [[Isleworth]], Greater London, and underwent a major on-screen revamp. The new studio was integrated with the newsroom and boasted the biggest video wall in Britain; it was designed by New York architects [[Janson Design Group]].<ref name="guardian.co.uk">{{cite news |author=Owen Gibson |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/oct/21/broadcasting.bskyb |title=Sky News unveils new studios and beefed up schedule |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |date=21 October 2005 |access-date=22 September 2016 |archive-date=18 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118065620/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/oct/21/broadcasting.bskyb |url-status=live }}</ref> New music was scored by Adelphoi Music and recorded with a full orchestra at Air Studios, [[Hampstead]], and mastered at Metropolis Studios.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adelphoimusic.com/ |title=Adelphoi Music – Music Composition and Sound Design |access-date=18 August 2009 |archive-date=2 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202090025/http://adelphoimusic.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> New on-screen graphics were launched and the channel began broadcasting in [[widescreen]] ([[16:9]]) format.

The 2005 relaunch also had the introduction of a new schedule designed around "appointment to view" programmes rather than continuous rolling news.<ref name="guardian.co.uk"/> [[James Rubin]] joined to present a new evening programme called ''World News Tonight'', [[Julie Etchingham]] presented another new "hard-hitting" evening show called ''[[The Sky Report]]'', [[Eamonn Holmes]] joined to present ''[[Sky News Sunrise|Sunrise]]'', [[Kay Burley]] presented a new programme called ''[[Lunchtime Live]]'' from 12 to 2&nbsp;pm, and the daytime show ''[[Sky News Today]]'' had the introduction of a three-presenter format. However, the relaunched schedule was unsuccessful, and from October 2005, the BBC News channel overtook Sky News in the ratings.

In response to the schedule's unpopularity with viewers, July 2006 saw the removal of the evening programmes—which were replaced by rolling news and an interactive programme, ''[[Sky News with Martin Stanford]]'', and the return to a two-presenter format on ''Sky News Today''. These changes came with the arrival of John Ryley, who is still the head of Sky News. On 1 October 2007, Sky introduced another new schedule, extending Kay Burley's ''Lunchtime Live'' programme and renaming it ''Afternoon Live''. It also switched to a new format for much of the day, with a solo lead presenter and a summary newsreader. Sky News put more emphasis on interactive news with [[Martin Stanford]]'s new ''[[SkyNews.com]]'' programme; an early evening financial news programme presented by [[Jeff Randall (journalist)|Jeff Randall]], was also introduced, initially on Mondays only. Further changes were made to the Sky News schedule on 8 September 2008, with [[Colin Brazier]] presenting a new show from 1 – 2&nbsp;pm, ''[[The Live Desk (Sky)|The Live Desk]]'', and Martin Stanford's ''Sky.com News'' became ''SkyNews.com'', moving to 7&nbsp;pm every weeknight. More changes took place during the early part of 2009. These changes involved major changes to the layout of the newsroom/studio, the introduction of a morning edition of ''The Live Desk'' and the extension of the financial news programme ''[[Jeff Randall Live]]'' to run for four nights each week, Monday to Thursday.

From 6&nbsp;am to midnight on 8 March 2010, Sky News was presented and produced exclusively by women to mark [[International Women's Day]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.skypressoffice.co.uk/SkyNews/Resources/showarticle.asp?id=2932 |title=Sky News &#124; News &#124; Press releases |access-date=8 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928052418/http://www.skypressoffice.co.uk/SkyNews/Resources/showarticle.asp?id=2932 |archive-date=28 September 2011 }}</ref> This exercise was repeated in 2011 and 2012.

In preparation for the start of high-definition broadcasting, Sky News moved to its second studio (Studio B) on the morning of 30 March 2010. Broadcasting from Studio B continued until 9&nbsp;pm on 6 May, when it moved back to the main newsroom and launched Sky News HD in time for the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]] results. Sky News received a graphics refresh and a new logo to coincide with the launch of the new HD channel – this was tried out during the soft launch for Sky News HD on 22 April; Sky News' distinctive orchestral theme music, in use since 2005, was also updated on 6 May 2010. The new title music, orchestrated by [[David Arnold (conductor)|David Arnold]], was recorded with a 60-piece [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]] in [[Angel Recording Studios]], London, and uses more than 132 [[audio channel]]s for 18 seconds of sound.<ref>{{cite web |title=Recording the SKY News HD Theme at Angel Studios |url=http://davidarnoldmusic.com/sky-news-hd/ |publisher=Davidarnoldmusic.com |date=5 May 2010 |access-date=22 September 2016 |archive-date=24 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924062341/http://davidarnoldmusic.com/sky-news-hd/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Following the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]], Sky News was rebranded, with a new top-of-the-hour sequence and on-screen graphics. The traditional opening voiceover, read by Bruce Hammal, was dropped after two decades in use. On 24 October 2016, Sky News began broadcasting from a new studio (Studio 21) at Sky Central, Sky's new headquarters in West London.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvnewsroom.site/sky-news/sky-central-now-open-145750/ |title=Sky Central now open.. |work=TV Newsroom |date=18 July 2016 |access-date=28 July 2016 |archive-date=14 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814154200/http://tvnewsroom.site/sky-news/sky-central-now-open-145750/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The "glass box" studio was initially used for broadcasts from 6&nbsp;am to 6.30&nbsp;pm each weekday (with the exception of ''All Out Politics'', which comes from Sky's Westminster studio) - as of April 2019 it was only used from 11&nbsp;am to 7&nbsp;pm, and 9&nbsp;pm to 12&nbsp;am. The schedule was also changed.

In January 2017, Sky moved its business operations into [[The News Building (London)|the News Building]] in central London.<ref>{{cite press release |date=7 November 2016 |url=https://corporate.sky.com/media-centre/news-page/2016/sky_news_to_open_new_business_studio_at_the_baby_shard |title=Sky News to open new business studio at the 'Baby Shard' |publisher=Sky TV |access-date=5 January 2017 |archive-date=6 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106102034/https://corporate.sky.com/media-centre/news-page/2016/sky_news_to_open_new_business_studio_at_the_baby_shard |url-status=dead}}</ref> On 16 January 2018, Sky moved all its news operations over to Studio 21, "the glass box", and a new studio in [[Sky Campus|Sky Studios]].

===Comcast acquisition, 2018–present===
On 9 December 2016, Sky shareholder [[21st Century Fox]] announced that it had made an offer to acquire the remainder of the company for £11.7&nbsp;billion.<ref name="bloomberg-foxtakeover">{{cite news |title=21st Century Fox Agrees to Buy Sky |newspaper=Bloomberg.com |date=9 December 2016 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-09/fox-in-preliminary-deal-to-acquire-sky-for-10-75-pounds-a-share |publisher=Bloomberg |access-date=11 December 2016 |archive-date=11 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161211063439/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-09/fox-in-preliminary-deal-to-acquire-sky-for-10-75-pounds-a-share |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="bbc-sky21cf">{{cite news |title=Sky and 21st Century Fox agree £18.5bn takeover deal |date=15 December 2016 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-38326530 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=15 December 2016 |archive-date=15 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215172049/http://www.bbc.com/news/business-38326530 |url-status=live }}</ref> The combination of Sky with Fox's other assets led to concerns that the [[Murdoch family]] would attain "material influence over news providers with a significant presence across all key platforms" and "increased influence over the UK news agenda and the political process". Concerns were also raised about recent [[Fox News#Sexual harassment|sexual harassment allegations]] centred upon Fox's U.S. network [[Fox News]], although Ofcom did deem 21st Century Fox to be "fit and proper" to hold broadcast licences.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fox News Scandals, Political Influence Concerns Cast Long Shadow Over Sky Review |url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/fox-news-sexual-harassment-sky-21st-century-fox-1202482623/ |website=Variety |date=29 June 2017 |access-date=29 June 2017 |archive-date=30 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630214302/http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/fox-news-sexual-harassment-sky-21st-century-fox-1202482623/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="guardian-bradley">{{cite web |title=Murdoch's Sky bid likely to be referred to competition authorities |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jun/29/rupert-murdoch-sky-takeover-bid-referred-to-competition-authorites |work=The Guardian |date=29 June 2017 |access-date=29 June 2017 |archive-date=29 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629123214/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jun/29/rupert-murdoch-sky-takeover-bid-referred-to-competition-authorites |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="nyt-foxreview">{{cite news |title=Major Setback for Murdoch in $15 Billion Sky Takeover |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/29/business/media/sky-21st-century-fox.html |website=The New York Times |date=29 June 2017 |access-date=29 June 2017 |last1=Scott |first1=Mark |last2=Steel |first2=Emily |archive-date=29 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629122733/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/29/business/media/sky-21st-century-fox.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On 14 December 2017, [[The Walt Disney Company]] in turn announced its intent to [[Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney|acquire 21st Century Fox]], following the divestiture of certain assets (particularly the U.S. [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox network]] proper). Analysts felt that would ease regulatory tensions surrounding the Fox purchase of Sky, as Sky was to be included in the purchase, and Disney's scope of media ownership in the UK was not as wide.<ref>{{cite news |last=White |first=Peter |title=Disney-Fox Deal: Sky Deal Still On The Table, Expected To Close By June 2018 |url=https://deadline.com/2017/12/disney-fox-deal-sky-deal-still-on-the-table-expected-to-close-june-2018-1202226861/ |work=Deadline |date=14 December 2017 |access-date=14 December 2017 |language=en-US |archive-date=14 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214160802/http://deadline.com/2017/12/disney-fox-deal-sky-deal-still-on-the-table-expected-to-close-june-2018-1202226861/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In January 2018, the [[Competition and Markets Authority]] issued a preliminary report recommending that Sky News be insulated from the remainder of Murdoch's assets, or divested, in order to preserve its editorial independence.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jan/23/rupert-murdoch-sky-bid-blocked-21st-century-fox-cma |title=Rupert Murdoch's Sky bid is not in public interest, says regulator |last=Sweney |first=Mark |date=23 January 2018 |work=The Guardian |access-date=24 January 2018 |archive-date=23 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123090501/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jan/23/rupert-murdoch-sky-bid-blocked-21st-century-fox-cma |url-status=live }}</ref> The following month, Fox proposed a commitment to funding Sky News for 10 years, and the establishment of an independent editorial board. The commitments would have been inherited by Disney if it completed its purchase.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-20/fox-ties-disney-to-sky-news-guarantee-to-win-takeover-approval |title=Fox Ties Disney to Sky News Guarantee to Win Takeover Approval |date=20 February 2018 |publisher=Bloomberg |access-date=22 February 2018 |archive-date=21 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221071132/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-20/fox-ties-disney-to-sky-news-guarantee-to-win-takeover-approval |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/fox-offers-revised-sky-news-commitment-british-competition-watchdog-1202704728/ |title=Fox Offers to Increase Sky News Commitment to Satisfy British Competition Watchdog |last=Mitchell |first=Robert |date=20 February 2018 |work=Variety |access-date=22 February 2018 |archive-date=21 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221155705/http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/fox-offers-revised-sky-news-commitment-british-competition-watchdog-1202704728/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On 3 April 2018, Fox stated that Disney had expressed interest in acquiring Sky News in a separate transaction, not dependent on the outcome of the Disney/Fox purchase.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/disney-sky-news-21st-century-fox-takeover-bid-1202742166/ |title=Disney Could Acquire Sky News in Fox-Sky Deal's Latest Twist |last=Clarke |first=Stewart |date=3 April 2018 |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=3 April 2018 |archive-date=3 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403103316/http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/disney-sky-news-21st-century-fox-takeover-bid-1202742166/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 5 June 2018, the then [[Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport|Culture Secretary]] [[Matt Hancock]] cleared Fox's proposed deal, contingent on the divestiture of Sky News. It also cleared counteroffers for Sky that were being made in a [[bidding war]] by U.S. telecoms and media conglomerate [[Comcast]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44373621 |title=Sky bid battle looms after government nod |date=5 June 2018 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=5 June 2018 |language=en-GB |archive-date=6 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180606011906/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44373621 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Szalai |first1=Georg |title=U.K. Approves Fox's Sky Bid, Subject to Sale of Sky News, and Clears Comcast Offer |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/uk-approves-foxs-sky-bid-subject-sale-sky-news-clears-comcast-offer-1115661 |access-date=5 June 2018 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-date=6 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180606052042/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/uk-approves-foxs-sky-bid-subject-sale-sky-news-clears-comcast-offer-1115661 |url-status=live }}</ref> Comcast made a US$65 billion counter-offer to acquire the 21st Century Fox assets being sold to Disney.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/13/17457244/comcast-21st-century-fox-film-tv-studios-acquisition-deal-announced |title=Comcast makes $65 billion offer to steal 21st Century Fox away from Disney |work=The Verge |access-date=13 June 2018 |archive-date=13 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613212044/https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/13/17457244/comcast-21st-century-fox-film-tv-studios-acquisition-deal-announced |url-status=live }}</ref> Fox rejected the offer, in favour of a higher-valued offer from Disney.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hagey |first1=Keach |last2=Schwartzel |first2=Erich |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/fox-disney-announce-new-deal-1529496937 |title=21st Century Fox Agrees to Higher Offer From Disney |date=21 June 2018 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |access-date=26 June 2018 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=25 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625134654/https://www.wsj.com/articles/fox-disney-announce-new-deal-1529496937 |url-status=live }}</ref> Comcast subsequently pursued a counter-offer for Sky only, resulting in the [[Panel on Takeovers and Mergers]] ordering that a [[First-price sealed-bid auction|blind auction]] be held between Comcast and Fox. On 22 September, Comcast was declared the winner of the auction,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/22/comcast-outbids-fox-in-40b-battle-for-sky/ |title=Comcast outbids Fox in $40B battle for Sky |last=Clark |first=Kate |date=22 September 2018 |work=TechCrunch |access-date=22 September 2018 |language=en-US |archive-date=22 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922184633/https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/22/comcast-outbids-fox-in-40b-battle-for-sky/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-45615441 |title=Sky: Comcast outbids Fox with £30bn bid for broadcaster |date=22 September 2018 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=22 September 2018 |language=en-GB |archive-date=22 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922183747/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-45615441 |url-status=live }}</ref> resulting in Fox agreeing to sell its controlling stake in Sky to the company.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/comcast-closes-deal-for-foxs-sky-stake-owns-over-75-of-european-pay-tv-giant-1202973728/ |title=Comcast Closes Deal for Fox's Sky Stake, Owns Over 75% of European Pay-TV Giant |last=Clarke |first=Stewart |date=9 October 2018 |work=Variety |access-date=11 October 2018 |language=en-US |archive-date=11 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011082433/https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/comcast-closes-deal-for-foxs-sky-stake-owns-over-75-of-european-pay-tv-giant-1202973728/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/sep/26/rupert-murdochs-sky-reign-to-end-as-fox-sells-all-shares-to-comcast |title=Rupert Murdoch's Sky reign to end as Fox sells all shares to Comcast |last=Waterson |first=Jim |date=26 September 2018 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=27 September 2018 |archive-date=17 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117140713/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/sep/26/rupert-murdochs-sky-reign-to-end-as-fox-sells-all-shares-to-comcast |url-status=live }}</ref>

The sale made Sky News a sister division to [[NBC News]]—a U.S.-based news operation owned by Comcast's U.S. media division [[NBCUniversal]], its U.S. pay television news channel [[MSNBC]], as well as [[Euronews]]—a pan-European news channel which NBCUniversal owned a stake in at the time of purchase.<ref name=":0" /> Since the acquisition, NBC News has occasionally simulcast Sky News on MSNBC and [[NBC News Now]] to cover international breaking news, while the two divisions have collaborated on projects such as podcasts.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Steinberg |first=Brian |date=2025-09-24 |title=MSNBC, Sky News Strike Deal to Bring Global Reporting to U.S. Audiences |url=https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/msnbc-sky-news-spartnership-global-reporting-1236527515/ |access-date=2025-09-26 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> In April 2019, Comcast CEO [[Brian L. Roberts|Brian Roberts]] stated that the company was exploring the establishment of a "global" news channel as a joint venture between Sky News and NBC News.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/comcast-posts-higher-nbcuniversal-earnings-lower-sky-profit-1204368 |title=Comcast Eyes Global News Network as NBCUniversal Earnings Rise |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=25 April 2019 |access-date=21 April 2020 |archive-date=24 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424224241/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/comcast-posts-higher-nbcuniversal-earnings-lower-sky-profit-1204368 |url-status=live }}</ref>  In January 2020, it was stated that this new channel would also be carried on NBCUniversal's new U.S. streaming video platform [[Peacock (streaming service)|Peacock]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/nbcuniversal-launch-international-news-streaming-service-1270484 |title=NBCUniversal to Launch Int'l News Service This Year |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=16 January 2020 |access-date=21 April 2020 |archive-date=14 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714020934/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/nbcuniversal-launch-international-news-streaming-service-1270484 |url-status=live }}</ref> In April 2020, it was stated that the launch of the service, by then known as ''NBC Sky World News'', would be delayed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/sky-world-news-nbcuniversal-delay-andy-lack-1234569192/ |title=NBCUniversal Delays Launch of NBC Sky World News |last=Steinberg |first=Brian |date=2 April 2020 |magazine=Variety |access-date=21 April 2020 |archive-date=10 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410183253/https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/sky-world-news-nbcuniversal-delay-andy-lack-1234569192/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On 20 April 2020, NBCUniversal sold its stake in Euronews to one of its existing shareholders, citing a desire to prioritise the NBC/Sky service instead.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ft.com/content/0f5d1cbe-a94e-4801-ab23-6480e487e6ee |title=NBC sells stake in Euronews as focus shifts to new global TV channel |newspaper=[[Financial Times]] |date=20 April 2020 |access-date=21 April 2020 |last1=Stefano |first1=Mark Di |archive-date=23 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423063758/https://www.ft.com/content/0f5d1cbe-a94e-4801-ab23-6480e487e6ee |url-status=live }}</ref> The proposed service was scrapped in August 2020, resulting in layoffs of 60 employees.<ref>{{cite news |date=6 August 2020 |title=Cancellation of NBC Sky World News plan leaves 60 out of job |url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/aug/06/cancellation-nbc-sky-world-news-60-out-work |access-date=19 August 2020 |newspaper=The Guardian |archive-date=20 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820061521/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/aug/06/cancellation-nbc-sky-world-news-60-out-work |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 3 June 2021, Sky News updated its top-of-the-hour sequence, soundtrack, and on-screen graphics package. A Sky News source denied the move was related to the launch of [[GB News]].<ref>{{cite news |date=4 June 2021 |title=Sky News welcomes back Kay Burley and undergoes rebrand before launch of TV rival GB News |url=https://inews.co.uk/news/media/sky-news-kay-burley-rebrand-before-launch-tv-rival-gb-news-1035244 |access-date=4 June 2021 |work=inews|archive-date=4 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604233014/https://inews.co.uk/news/media/sky-news-kay-burley-rebrand-before-launch-tv-rival-gb-news-1035244 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 9 February 2023, [[David Rhodes (media executive)|David Rhodes]] was appointed Executive Chairman of the Sky News Group in charge of all Sky's news operations.  Jonathan Levy was appointed Managing Director and Executive Editor, Sky News UK.

On 19 July 2024, Sky News was taken offline by the [[2024 CrowdStrike incident]], briefly making it unable to broadcast live.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Salisbury |first1=Josh |title=Planes grounded, trains disrupted and Sky News off air due to Microsoft tech issue |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/sky-news-crashes-tv-channel-news-microsoft-b1171651.html |access-date=19 July 2024 |newspaper=Evening Standard |date=19 July 2024 }}</ref>

On 9 November Sky News released a video report on the [[November 2024 Amsterdam riots]] citing the fact that the violence was kickstarted by Israeli football fans chanting anti-Arab slurs and tearing down Palestinian flags from various properties. Shortly afterwards Sky News removed their coverage only to reupload an edited version seemingly removing culpability from the Israeli football fans for starting the violence, prompting outrage on social media.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/24712660.sky-news-deletes-tweet-israel-football-fans-chating-racist-slurs/ | title=Sky News deletes tweet about football fans from Israel chanting anti-Arab slurs | date=9 November 2024|work=The National }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.turkiyetoday.com/world/sky-news-deletes-footage-of-racist-chants-by-israeli-fans-ahead-of-ajax-maccabi-match-76948/ | title=Sky News deletes footage of racist chants by Israeli fans ahead of Ajax-Maccabi Tel Aviv match - Türkiye Today }}</ref>

On 25 September 2025, ahead of the planned spin-off of most of NBCUniversal's cable networks into a new company called Versant, [[MSNBC]] announced a "multi-year" agreement with Sky News to provide international newsgathering resources to the service after it separates from NBC News into an independent operation.<ref name=":1" />

==Reception==
Sky News is [[free-to-air]] on the [[Astra 28.2°E]] satellites carrying [[Sky UK|Sky]]. It is also available on [[Freeview (UK)|Freeview]] and analogue and digital cable. In 2007, BSkyB announced its intention to cease broadcasting Sky News – as well as other BSkyB channels – over Freeview, pending [[Ofcom]] approval.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sweney |first=Mark |title=Ofcom looks into Sky News move |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/may/15/ofcom.bskyb |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=15 May 2007 |access-date=16 May 2007 |archive-date=20 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020032801/http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2080022,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sky's top shows to go terrestrial |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6343715.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=8 February 2007 |access-date=16 May 2007 |archive-date=25 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070325014846/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6343715.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the 1990s, short-form news updates were broadcast between programs on other Sky networks, including [[Sky One]], [[Sky Cinema|Sky Movies]] and [[The Movie Channel (British TV channel)|The Movie Channel]].<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/FHYcjuGX24I Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200830044619/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHYcjuGX24I&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |title=The Move Channel - Idents Promos - Sky News Updates - 1993 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHYcjuGX24I |website=YouTube | date=23 February 2017 |access-date=18 August 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Sky One also simulcast the 11PM ''Sky World News Hour'' for a time in the early 1990s.

===Sky News International===
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Sky News is also available internationally on cable systems, on satellite, and in some hotels. While the UK feed is broadcast in 16:9, the international version remained broadcast in a 4:3 picture format until August 2010. Sky News broadcasts in Europe, Middle East, Africa.

The international version is shown as free-to-air on [[Astra (satellite)|Astra 1L]] at 19.2° east. It is also carried encrypted on a number of satellites for international reception, including [[Hot Bird]], [[Nilesat]], Amos 1, and [[Intelsat]] 10-02. It is also usually carried on cable systems in Europe, particularly in Northern Europe, especially in the Scandinavian countries.

International viewers receive the same programming line-up of Sky News as the UK version. Brief news stories, entertainment news, worldwide weather forecast summaries, and the front pages of international newspapers are broadcast in lieu of UK commercials. The timepiece on the lower left side of the ticker is covered with a banner that says "skynews.com".

Sky News is not available on [[Sky Deutschland]], Sky plc's offering in Germany, but is available on [[Sky Italia]].

On 19 June 2013, Sky News International was added to [[Apple TV (device)|Apple TV]] for users in the UK, Ireland, and the United States. Viewers can watch clips or live streaming of the channel at no charge.<ref>{{cite web |last=Slivka |first=Eric |title=Apple Adds WatchESPN, HBO GO, Sky News, and More to Apple TV |url=https://www.macrumors.com/2013/06/19/apple-adds-watchespn-hbo-go-sky-news-and-more-to-apple-tv/ |publisher=[[MacRumors]] |date=19 June 2013 |access-date=21 June 2013 |archive-date=22 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622064201/http://www.macrumors.com/2013/06/19/apple-adds-watchespn-hbo-go-sky-news-and-more-to-apple-tv/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On 24 July 2013, it was added to the [[Roku]] streaming player. Sky News International is available on news.sky.com to viewers around the world. On 30 September 2014, Sky News began [[live stream]]ing the channel on YouTube.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sky News Live |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Auq9mYxFEE |publisher=YouTube |date=30 September 2014 |access-date=26 October 2020 |archive-date=24 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024002228/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Auq9mYxFEE |url-status=live }}</ref> The free streaming service [[Pluto TV]] also offers a live feed of Sky News to American users on channel 135. Since its acquisition by Comcast, Sky News has been made available in the U.S. on the [[Peacock (streaming service)|Peacock]] streaming service run by NBCUniversal, and simulcast on MSNBC{{efn|MSNBC's simulcast only airs outside primetime hours.}} and [[NBC News Now]]{{efn|NBC News NOW's simulcast only airs on weekends and outside primetime hours.}} during breaking news events of major significance such as the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], the [[death of Queen Elizabeth II]], the [[Wagner Group rebellion]], and the [[Gaza war]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Collins |first=Matt |title=Sky News simulcasts popping up on MSNBC, NBC News Now |date=9 March 2022 |url=https://www.mixdexhq.com/tv-news/sky-news-simulcasts-popping-up-on-msnbc-nbc-news-now/ |publisher=Mixdex |access-date=9 September 2022 |archive-date=10 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910041330/https://www.mixdexhq.com/tv-news/sky-news-simulcasts-popping-up-on-msnbc-nbc-news-now/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Sky News International and Sky News Ireland feeds are registered to broadcast within the European Union/EEA through ALIA in Luxembourg.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.alia.lu/en/television/supervisory-activities |title=Supervisory activities |date=19 July 2021 |access-date=6 April 2021 |archive-date=27 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627141512/https://www.alia.lu/en/television/supervisory-activities |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[https://www.alia.lu/assets/upload/files/2021-03-17Liste-des-services-de-television-maj-mars-2021_site-ALIA.pdf Liste des services de television] alia.lu {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320130933/https://www.alia.lu/assets/upload/files/2021-03-17Liste-des-services-de-television-maj-mars-2021_site-ALIA.pdf |date=20 March 2021 }}</ref>

In 2023 Sky News UK launched on [[Bell Fibe]] in Canada, it was previously on [[Videotron]],

===Related channels===
[[Sky News Arabia]], broadcasting in Arabic and headquartered in Abu Dhabi, UAE, launched in 2012. Sky plc owns 50% of the channel.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sweney |first=Mark |title=Sky News teams up with Sheikh Mansour to launch Arabic TV channel |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/nov/29/bskyb-arabic-news-channel |newspaper=The Guardian |date=29 November 2010 |access-date=2 June 2017 |archive-date=2 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602175752/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/nov/29/bskyb-arabic-news-channel |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Sky TG24]], Italy's version of Sky News, launched in 2003.

[[Sky News Australia]] was one-third owned by Sky plc until December 2016, when it was acquired by [[News Corp Australia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/media-and-marketing/news-corp-buys-sky-news-in-australia-and-new-zealand-from-seven-and-nine-20161201-gt1kuz.html |title=News Corp buys Sky News in Australia and New Zealand from Seven and Nine |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=1 December 2016 |access-date=1 December 2016 |archive-date=24 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124172817/http://www.smh.com.au/business/media-and-marketing/news-corp-buys-sky-news-in-australia-and-new-zealand-from-seven-and-nine-20161201-gt1kuz.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It carries Sky News UK overnight and shares some of its presentational style. On [[Foxtel]] in Australia, Sky News UK is available on channel 604.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxtel.com.au/watch/sky-news.html |title=Watch Sky News Australia Live |access-date=26 October 2020 |archive-date=9 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109180904/https://www.foxtel.com.au/watch/sky-news.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

From 2004 to 2006,<ref>{{cite news |title=Sky News to drop Irish news bulletins |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/sky-news-to-drop-irish-news-bulletins-1.798694 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |date=31 October 2006 |access-date=2 June 2017 |archive-date=15 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615150955/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/sky-news-to-drop-irish-news-bulletins-1.798694 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Sky News Ireland]] broadcast two newscasts produced in Dublin. The newscasts were cancelled due to low viewership. Sky News in Ireland now carries the same programming as Sky News in the UK with [[local insertion]] of Irish-specific ads.

===Previous partnership with CBS News===
Until 2017, Sky News had a resource-sharing agreement with [[CBS News]] in the United States to share footage and reporting. In July 2017, in the wake of Sky's pending takeover by [[21st Century Fox]] (which runs the competing and former ''de facto'' sister [[Fox News Channel]] in the U.S.), and [[NBC News]] acquiring a stake in [[Euronews]], CBS ended the agreement and entered into a similar deal with the BBC.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cbs-news-bbc-strike-content-sharing-partnership-1020724 |title=CBS News, BBC Strike Content Sharing Partnership |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=13 July 2017 |archive-date=19 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119163018/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cbs-news-bbc-strike-content-sharing-partnership-1020724 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Sky News HD==
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[[File:Sky News HD 2015 (logo).png|thumb|Former Sky News HD logo (2015–18)]]

[[File:Sky News HD.png|thumb|Former Sky News HD logo (2010–13)]]

Beginning in early 2008, Sky News began using HD-capable cameras in the field. Some one-off programmes were made available in HD to [[Sky+ HD]] subscribers on [[On Demand (Sky)|Sky On Demand]]. The programmes included ''Technofile'', ''Diana: The Final Word'', ''Canoe Man: Rise and Fall of John Darwin'', and ''Pathfinders: Into The Heart Of Afghanistan''.

On 20 January 2009, before the launch of the Sky News HD channel, [[Sky Arts]] broadcast Sky News coverage in HD of the [[First inauguration of Barack Obama|Inauguration of Barack Obama]]. [[Jeremy Thompson (journalist)|Jeremy Thompson]] fronted the coverage from Washington, D.C. [[Michael Jackson]]'s memorial service was also broadcast in HD, with Kay Burley presenting.

Sky News moved operations to a [[Chroma key|chroma-key]] set in Studio B from 30 March 2010, so final preparations for HD could take place in the main newsroom.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://skynewselectionmagazine.com/1I4bbaf8743d3ef012.cde |title=SKY News Election Special |access-date=9 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409125920/http://skynewselectionmagazine.com/1I4bbaf8743d3ef012.cde |archive-date=9 April 2010 }}</ref>

The first live broadcast of Sky News HD, on Sky Channel 517, was the channel's election debate, which was held on 22 April 2010. For the 10 days leading up to the debate, channel 517 displayed a countdown clock to launch. The debate was hosted in HD by [[Kay Burley]] and [[Adam Boulton]]. Following the end of the coverage for the evening, channel 517 moved to show a looping preview tape. The tape included the HD, which were available on Sky Anytime. The loop continued until Sky News HD was launched on the evening of 6 May 2010, coinciding with the coverage of the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]] results, hosted by Adam Boulton.

On 26 July 2010, Sky News HD launched on the [[OSN]] Network, broadcasting to the Middle East and Africa.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arabianbusiness.com/593602-sky-news-joins-hd-offering-on-osn |title=Sky News joins HD offering on Orbit Showtime |publisher=ArabianBusiness.com |date=28 July 2010 |access-date=22 September 2016 |archive-date=31 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731122513/http://www.arabianbusiness.com/593602-sky-news-joins-hd-offering-on-osn |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 1 January 2015, Sky News HD launched on Virgin Media.{{Citation needed|date=March 2018}}

==Sky News Radio==
{{Main|Sky News Radio}}
Sky News Radio provides news bulletins to radio stations in the United Kingdom and to other English-language radio stations around the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/fixed_article/0,,70004-1200025,00.html |title=Audio Channel |access-date=9 April 2007 |archive-date=9 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070409053137/http://news.sky.com/skynews/fixed_article/0,,70004-1200025,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In March 2007, BSkyB and [[Chrysalis Group]] announced plans to launch a dedicated Sky News Radio station on the proposed bid by [[Channel 4]]'s [[4 Digital Group]] for the second [[digital audio broadcasting]] [[DAB ensemble|multiplex]] in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.skypressoffice.co.uk/SkyNews/News/showarticle.asp?id=2180 |title=BSkyB and Chrysalis to launch 'Sky News Radio' |date=28 March 2007 |access-date=4 March 2007 |work=Sky News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070623111655/http://www.skypressoffice.co.uk/SkyNews/News/showarticle.asp?id=2180 |archive-date=23 June 2007}}</ref> However, two months later Chrysalis sold its radio stations to [[Global Radio]],<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/06/25/bcnchrys125.xml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080108152234/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/06/25/bcnchrys125.xml |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 January 2008 |title=Money: Personal finance news, advice & information |publisher=Telegraph.co.uk |date=16 February 2016 |access-date=22 September 2016 |newspaper=The Telegraph}}</ref> and in October 2007 following a business review Global's chief executive announced that it would be withdrawing from the joint venture.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.radiotoday.co.uk/news.php?extend.2576|title=Radio Today with United Radio..: Sky News Radio complications|date=11 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111231314/http://www.radiotoday.co.uk/news.php?extend.2576 |archive-date=11 November 2007 }}</ref>

The Sky News Radio feed is available [[free-to-air]] on the Astra 2A satellite at 28.2 East by tuning it manually: 12207.00 V, 27500, 2/3 (Label: SNR).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.astra2sat.com/sky-news/ |title=Sky News |website=www.astra2sat.com |access-date=27 October 2016 |archive-date=28 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028023013/http://www.astra2sat.com/sky-news/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Additional channels==
===Sky News Raw===
On 5 February 2019, Sky News launched a pop-up channel called Sky News Raw.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Priestley |first1=Jenny |title=Sky News to launch newsroom livestream |url=https://www.tvbeurope.com/tvbeverywhere/sky-news-to-launch-newsroom-livestream |access-date=6 February 2019 |work=TVBEurope |date=25 January 2019 |archive-date=7 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207021556/https://www.tvbeurope.com/tvbeverywhere/sky-news-to-launch-newsroom-livestream |url-status=live }}</ref> It aired with behind-the-scenes programming from 07:00 to 17:00 on channel 523 on Sky TV and online via Sky News' social media channels. The pop-up channel celebrated the 30th anniversary of Sky News, having first broadcast on 5 February 1989.<ref>{{cite web |title=Behind the scenes at Sky News on our 30th birthday |url=https://news.sky.com/story/sky-news-raw-channel-to-offer-unprecedented-access-behind-the-scenes-11625210 |website=Sky News |access-date=6 February 2019 |archive-date=4 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204211250/https://news.sky.com/story/sky-news-raw-channel-to-offer-unprecedented-access-behind-the-scenes-11625210 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Robotic cameras were placed around the newsroom and planning rooms at [[Sky Campus|Sky Studios]], in the three main television studios at Osterley and Millbank, and in the [[production control room|broadcast galleries]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Waterson |first1=Jim |title=Sky News marks 30th anniversary with behind-the-scenes footage |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/feb/05/sky-news-marks-30th-anniversary-with-behind-the-scenes-footage |access-date=6 February 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=5 February 2019 |archive-date=5 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190205224741/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/feb/05/sky-news-marks-30th-anniversary-with-behind-the-scenes-footage |url-status=live }}</ref> There were also behind-the-scenes features from elsewhere in the newsgathering operation, such as the Sky News helicopter and [[Electronic News Gathering|ENG]] vehicles.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mayhew |first1=Freddy |title=Sky News Raw: What you might have missed from live behind-the-scenes newsroom broadcast |url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/sky-news-raw-what-you-might-have-missed-from-live-ten-hour-behind-the-scenes-newsroom-broadcast/ |access-date=6 February 2019 |work=Press Gazette |date=5 February 2019 |archive-date=6 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190206035559/https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/sky-news-raw-what-you-might-have-missed-from-live-ten-hour-behind-the-scenes-newsroom-broadcast/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
<gallery mode="packed" widths="180px" class="center">
File:Sky News Raw.jpg|Sky News Raw logo used in January and February 2019
File:Sky News Helicopter (6905905008).jpg|The Sky News Helicopter was featured on the channel.
File:Romeva a Sky News - "Si el 'sí' guanya el referèndum, Catalunya serà un estat independent".jpg|Cameras were also installed in the Millbank studios.
</gallery>

===Sky News Brexit-Free===
From 16 October to 1 November 2019, Sky News ran a pop-up channel called '''Sky News Brexit-Free'''. The channel aired on weekdays from 17:00 to 22:00 and carried coverage of other news headlines unrelated to [[Brexit|the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union]]. Sky News head John Ryley cited viewer fatigue over the near-constant coverage of Brexit as justification for the channel.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rxtvlog.com/2019/11/sky-news-brexit-free-closes-down.html |title=Sky News Brexit-Free closes down |access-date=21 April 2020}}{{Dead link|date=March 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/sky-news-brexit-free-tv-channel-news-fatigue/ |title=The Brexit-Free TV Channel Is Meant to Solve News Fatigue – It Made Mine Worse |date=22 October 2019 |website=Vice |access-date=20 April 2020 |archive-date=11 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200311024237/https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/pa7v58/sky-news-brexit-free-tv-channel-news-fatigue |url-status=live }}</ref>

==In-depth series==
The channel occasionally focuses on specific areas of society and current affairs. Past examples include ''Inside Iraq'', ''Green Britain'' and ''Crime Uncovered''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvnewsroom.site/sky-news/crime-uncovered-sky-news-special-3804/ |title=Crime Uncovered – Sky News Special |work=TV Newsroom |date=21 May 2007 |access-date=27 October 2016 |archive-date=28 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028022049/http://tvnewsroom.site/sky-news/crime-uncovered-sky-news-special-3804/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

''Pakistan: On Terror's Frontline'' was shown throughout the week beginning Monday 23 March 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvnewsroom.site/sky-news/sky-news-on-terrors-frontline-4415/ |title=Sky News on Terror's Frontline |work=TV Newsroom |date=12 March 2009 |access-date=27 October 2016 |archive-date=28 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028083521/http://tvnewsroom.site/sky-news/sky-news-on-terrors-frontline-4415/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A Sky News press release stated:
{{cquote|Over three days, Sky News will explore why Pakistan has become the frontline of terror and ask what the West can do about it. Jeremy Thompson will present live from the capital Islamabad, interviewing key figures across the community.}}

The series of reports won a 2009 RTS Award for International News Coverage.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 February 2010 |title=RTS Television Journalism Awards 2008/2009 - Winners |url=https://rts.org.uk/sites/default/d6/file/PDF's/Awards/2009Winners.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215233938/https://rts.org.uk/sites/default/d6/file/PDF%27s/Awards/2009Winners.pdf |archive-date=15 February 2017 |website=Royal Television Society}}</ref>

==Criticism and perception==
{{Main|Criticisms of Sky UK}}[[File:Sky News viewing share history.png|thumb|Sky News viewing peaked during major events such as the [[September 11 attacks]], [[2003 invasion of Iraq|Iraq War]], [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|Asian tsunami]], [[7 July 2005 London bombings]] and the [[death of Diana, Princess of Wales]] but has generally declined to a quarter achieved in 1992–95.]]

Sky News operates under [[Ofcom]] broadcasting regulations which require impartial, unbiased coverage.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-05 |title=Section five: Due impartiality and due accuracy |url=https://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and-on-demand/broadcast-standards/section-five-due-impartiality-accuracy |access-date=2025-11-16 |website=www.ofcom.org.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sky News policies and standards |url=https://news.sky.com/info/policies-and-standards |access-date=2025-11-16 |website=Sky News |language=en}}</ref> The channel is viewed by some in the media establishment as an impartial and unbiased provider of news.<ref name="The Independent 2012-5-28">{{cite news |last=Rentoul |first=John |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/john-rentoul/john-rentoul-there-was-no-cosy-deal-for-murdoch-to-gain-from-7794071.html |title=There was no cosy deal for Murdoch to gain from |work=[[The Independent]] |date=28 May 2012 |access-date=15 November 2015 |archive-date=17 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117034131/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/john-rentoul/john-rentoul-there-was-no-cosy-deal-for-murdoch-to-gain-from-7794071.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2005 the then head of BBC News, [[Peter Horrocks]], acknowledged that Sky News remained the first choice for "key opinion formers".<ref>{{cite news |last=Robinson |first=James |date=20 November 2005 |title=BBC news admits 'opinion-formers' prefer Sky |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/nov/20/tvnews.bbc |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313103157/http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,1646419,00.html |archive-date=13 March 2007 |access-date=29 January 2007 |work=[[The Observer]] |location=London}}</ref>

=== Allegations of conservative bias ===
There are sources stating that Sky News may be inherently biased because throughout the 1990s and 2000s it was minority-owned and dominated by Rupert Murdoch's right-leaning News Corporation, and thereafter the Murdoch family's 21st Century Fox.<ref name="Hasan">{{cite web |last=Cowley |first=Jason |date=4 May 2010 |title=Is Sky News biased against Labour? |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/mehdi-hasan/2010/05/sky-news-murdoch-labour |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305043425/http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/mehdi-hasan/2010/05/sky-news-murdoch-labour |archive-date=5 March 2016 |access-date=22 September 2016 |publisher=Newstatesman.com}}</ref><ref name="Sweney">{{cite news |last=Sweney |first=Mark |date=28 April 2010 |title=Leaders' debate: nearly 700 complain to Ofcom over treatment of Nick Clegg |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/apr/28/leaders-debate-complaints |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021052140/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/apr/28/leaders-debate-complaints |archive-date=21 October 2013 |access-date=23 May 2010 |work=The Guardian |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Jeffery |first=Simon |date=10 May 2010 |title=Adam Boulton harangues Alastair Campbell on Sky News |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/2010/may/10/adam-boulton-alastair-campbell |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021061840/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/2010/may/10/adam-boulton-alastair-campbell |archive-date=21 October 2013 |access-date=23 May 2010 |work=The Guardian |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sky News defends Kay Burley's interview treatment of 38 Degrees director |url=http://www.journalism.co.uk/2/articles/538633.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514075131/http://www.journalism.co.uk/2/articles/538633.php |archive-date=14 May 2010 |access-date=11 May 2010}}</ref><ref name="Wollaston">{{cite news |last=Wollaston |first=Sam |date=23 April 2010 |title=Leaders' debate: Gripping television, if a little short on excitement |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/apr/23/leaders-debate-needs-amanda-holden |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021053248/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/apr/23/leaders-debate-needs-amanda-holden |archive-date=21 October 2013 |access-date=23 May 2010 |work=The Guardian |location=London}}</ref> In a 2010 article in the ''[[New Statesman]]'', prominent left wing progressive journalist and broadcaster [[Mehdi Hasan]] argued that "in style and in substance, of course, it is nothing like the pro-war, pro-[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], pro-[[Sarah Palin|Palin]] Fox News Channel... Sky News remains, as far as I can see, free of party political bias."<ref name=Hasan /> As of October 2018, Fox no longer has any stake in the broadcaster.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clarke |first1=Stewart |title=Comcast Closes Deal for Fox's Sky Stake, Owns Over 75% of European Pay-TV Giant |url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/comcast-closes-deal-for-foxs-sky-stake-owns-over-75-of-european-pay-tv-giant-1202973728/ |access-date=29 August 2019 |work=Variety |date=9 October 2018 |archive-date=11 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011082433/https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/comcast-closes-deal-for-foxs-sky-stake-owns-over-75-of-european-pay-tv-giant-1202973728/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In early 1994 [[Kelvin MacKenzie]], former editor of ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]'' newspaper, was appointed managing director of BSkyB, Sky News's parent company at the time. MacKenzie's proposed changes to Sky News led to clashes with CEO Sam Chisholm and the head of Sky News, Ian Frykberg, who protested at what they saw as an attempt to take the channel's news values [[wikt:downmarket|downmarket]]. The most ferocious battle occurred when Mackenzie wanted Sky News to run an interview with [[Philip Antony Fyson Buck|Lady Bienvenida Buck]]. Frykberg refused to air the interview and resigned shortly afterwards. The interview was broadcast on [[Sky One]].<ref name="Live TV" /> MacKenzie announced his resignation in August 1994,<ref name="Live TV">{{cite book |title=L?ve TV: Telebrats and Topless Darts |author=Horrie, Chris |isbn=978-0-671-01574-9 |year=1999|publisher=Pocket }}</ref> but not before Sky News had transmitted live pictures of the freeway chase of [[O. J. Simpson]]'s white [[Ford Bronco|Bronco]] on 17 June 1994, bringing US ''helicopter journalism'' to the UK.<ref name="ldandb">{{cite book |last=McGregor |first=Brent |title=Live, Direct and Biased? |url=https://archive.org/details/livedirectbiased0000macg |url-access=registration |year=1997 |publisher=Arnold |isbn=978-0-340-66225-0}}</ref>

[[Ofcom]] received 652 complaints regarding the network's neutrality after it hosted the second leaders' debate ahead of the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 General Election]].<ref name="Sweney" /><ref name="Wollaston" /> In May 2010, 832 complaints were received by Ofcom about an interview with electoral reformist David Babbs conducted by Sky News presenter [[Kay Burley]]. The interview led to Burley being heckled by protesters while reporting from Westminster, and further protest via a Twitter campaign.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/may/19/sky-news-election-ofcom-complaints |location=London |work=The Guardian |title=Sky News election coverage brings 2,600 complaints to Ofcom |first=Mark |last=Sweney |date=19 May 2010 |access-date=13 December 2016 |archive-date=15 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170515140201/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/may/19/sky-news-election-ofcom-complaints |url-status=live }}</ref> Also in May 2010, Ofcom received 696 complaints relating to Sky News's then political editor [[Adam Boulton]]'s conduct during an interview with [[Alastair Campbell]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/may/12/sky-news-adam-boulton |work=The Guardian |location=London |title=Adam Boulton and Kay Burley: almost 1,500 complaints to Ofcom |first=Mark |last=Sweney |date=12 May 2010 |access-date=23 May 2010 |archive-date=15 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100515040440/http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/may/12/sky-news-adam-boulton |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Allegations of bias related to Qatari sponsorship ===
[[Qatar Airways]], which is owned by the [[Qatar|State of Qatar]], has sponsored Sky News' prolific weather section since 2005, making tens of thousands of appearances on its various services ever since. The relationship has been described as "one of the most comprehensive weather sponsorships in the history of television". A study published by [[Critical Studies in Media Communication|Critical Studies in Mass Communication]] has examined Sky's coverage of Qatar against two competitors ([[CNN International]] and [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]), and found that Sky's coverage was overall more positive towards the Qatari state, but especially so on matters relating to security and terrorism. On matters related to "[[Qatari soft power|soft power]]", such as sports, and in particular [[Allegations of corruption and bribery related to the 2022 FIFA World Cup|allegations of Qatari bribery related to the 2022 FIFA World Cup]], Sky News was slightly more negative than competitors (although it was found more likely than CNNI to blame FIFA for the matter, while CNNI placed more of the blame on Qatar). However, on matters related to security, terrorism and "hard power moves", Sky News was found to be significantly more positive on the Qatari government than competitors, focusing on [[Qatar as a mediator in conflict|Qatar's role as a mediator in conflict]] and its positive results, while competitors put much more of a focus on [[Qatar and state-sponsored terrorism|allegations of terrorism funding]], and this despite Sky's reputation for leaning more conservative. The study postulated that due to Sky's close relationship with Qatar Airways, it had a strong incentive to distance the Qatari brand from allegations of terrorism, which could reflect negatively on itself, or even cause pressure on it to end the lucrative partnership, while allegations of bribery and matters of soft power didn't pose such risks.<ref>{{Cite web |title=(PDF) Was Sky News softer on Qatari affairs due to Qatar Airways' sponsorship of Sky weather reports? An empirical analysis |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320288992_Was_Sky_News_softer_on_Qatari_affairs_due_to_Qatar_Airways'_sponsorship_of_Sky_weather_reports_An_empirical_analysis |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20231121060221/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320288992_Was_Sky_News_softer_on_Qatari_affairs_due_to_Qatar_Airways'_sponsorship_of_Sky_weather_reports_An_empirical_analysis |archive-date=2023-11-21 |access-date=2025-11-16 |website=ResearchGate |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ARTICLE: Sky News' coverage of Qatar – Journalism research news |url=https://journalismresearchnews.org/article-sky-news-coverage-qatar/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240905144536/https://journalismresearchnews.org/article-sky-news-coverage-qatar/ |archive-date=2024-09-05 |access-date=2025-11-16 |website=journalismresearchnews.org |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Breaches of privacy and insensitivity ===
In 2014, Sky News journalist [[Colin Brazier]] rifled through a [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 17]] victim's possessions on live TV. He picked up objects and briefly described what he had before putting them down and saying "we shouldn't really be doing this I suppose, really". 110 complaints were submitted to Ofcom. Sky News stated both Brazier and Sky News "apologise profusely for any offence caused".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28405047 |date=21 July 2014 |title=Ofcom receives complaints after Sky News report on MH17 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=21 June 2018 |archive-date=18 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918041327/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28405047 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Sky News was again embroiled in controversy in October 2014, when crime correspondent [[Martin Brunt]] and his camera crew doorstepped Brenda Leyland, who had posted controversial comments concerning the [[Disappearance of Madeleine McCann|McCann investigation]] on social media.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-29501646 |title=McCann 'Twitter troll' found dead in hotel |publisher=BBC News |date=6 October 2014 |access-date=22 September 2016 |archive-date=31 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160831025222/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-29501646 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imediaethics.org/100-complaints-after-sky-news-outs-twitter-troll-later-found-dead/ |title=100 Complaints after Sky News Outs Twitter Troll Later Found Dead iMediaEthics |publisher=Imediaethics.org |date=12 October 2014 |access-date=22 September 2016 |archive-date=23 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623212131/http://www.imediaethics.org/100-complaints-after-sky-news-outs-twitter-troll-later-found-dead/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Following the confrontation Leyland was found dead in a hotel, leading to calls on social media for Brunt to be sacked.<ref>{{cite news |author=Tara Conlan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/oct/06/facebook-sky-news-troll-martin-brunt-brenda-leyland-mccanns |title=Facebook group urges Sky reporter's sacking after death of alleged troll |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=6 October 2014 |access-date=22 September 2016 |archive-date=18 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918170821/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/oct/06/facebook-sky-news-troll-martin-brunt-brenda-leyland-mccanns |url-status=live }}</ref> During the inquest into Leyland's death, Brunt expressed to the coroner that he was devastated at hearing the news of Leyland's suicide. Following the inquest, [[Ofcom]] reported it had received 171 complaints in relation to the case and that it would consider these complaints in light of the coroner's verdict.<ref>{{cite news |author=Cahal Milmo |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sky-news-man-devastated-by-suicide-of-twitter-troll-10123828.html |title=Sky News man 'devastated' by suicide of Twitter troll |work=The Independent |location=London |date=20 March 2015 |access-date=22 September 2016 |archive-date=25 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625010616/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sky-news-man-devastated-by-suicide-of-twitter-troll-10123828.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2015, Kay Burley caused further controversy when, in response to the [[November 2015 Paris attacks]], she [[Twitter|tweeted]] a photograph of a [[Golden Retriever]] dog, to which she had added, "Sadness in his eyes #parisattacks".<ref name="dog">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/kay-burley-criticised-for-dog-tweet-in-wake-of-paris-attacks-sky-news-france-shootings-sadness-in-a6735071.html |title=Kay Burley criticised for dog tweet in wake of Paris attacks |author=Adam Withnall |website=independent.co.uk |date=15 November 2015 |access-date=20 March 2018 |archive-date=21 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321063324/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/kay-burley-criticised-for-dog-tweet-in-wake-of-paris-attacks-sky-news-france-shootings-sadness-in-a6735071.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="sad">{{cite web |url=http://metro.co.uk/2015/11/15/paris-attacks-kay-burleys-tweet-about-a-sad-dog-didnt-exactly-get-the-response-she-hoped-for-5502792/ |title=Paris attacks: Kay Burley's tweet about a sad dog didn't exactly get the response she hoped for |author=Rebecca Lewis |website=Metro.co.uk |date=15 November 2015 |access-date=20 March 2018 |archive-date=27 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027181715/http://metro.co.uk/2015/11/15/paris-attacks-kay-burleys-tweet-about-a-sad-dog-didnt-exactly-get-the-response-she-hoped-for-5502792/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In February 2023, Sky News faced further criticism over its handling and reporting of [[Death of Nicola Bulley|missing person Nicola Bulley]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vinter |first1=Robyn |last2=Halliday |first2=Josh |title=Ofcom writes to Sky and ITV after complaints by Nicola Bulley's family |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/feb/21/nicola-bulley-family-complaints-ofcom-sky-itv |website=The Guardian |access-date=20 July 2023 |date=21 February 2023}}</ref>

===Fabrication===
In April 2003, Sky News carried a report from James Forlong aboard the British nuclear [[submarine]] [[HMS Splendid|HMS ''Splendid'']] purportedly showing a live firing of a cruise missile during the Iraq war. The report was a fabrication, with the crew acting along for the benefit of the cameras. The ''Sky News'' team did not accompany the submarine when it left port and the scenes were recorded whilst the vessel was docked. The shot of the missile launch had been obtained from stock footage.

The faked report was revealed because another film crew did accompany the vessel to sea, and its footage showed that a modern missile is not launched by a crew member pressing a red button marked with the word "FIRE", as had been portrayed in the Sky News report, but is launched with a left mouse click. When the fabrication was exposed, Forlong and his producer were suspended. The next day, ''[[The Guardian]]'' reported that Forlong had resigned following an internal investigation.<ref>{{cite news |author=Jason Deans |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/jul/18/iraqandthemedia.tvnews |title=Sky News reporter quits over bogus Iraq story |work=The Guardian |access-date=21 December 2016 |archive-date=17 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317102258/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/jul/18/iraqandthemedia.tvnews |url-status=live }}</ref> In a follow-up article, ''The Guardian'' speculated on the long-term effects on Sky News credibility.<ref>{{cite news |title=The backfiring missile |work=The Guardian |date=21 July 2003 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/jul/21/broadcasting.tvnews |access-date=11 October 2008 |location=London |first=Matt |last=Wells |archive-date=2 February 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040202044323/http://media.guardian.co.uk/mediaguardian/story/0,7558,1002105,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In October 2003, Forlong was found dead by his wife after committing suicide.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3168220.stm |title=War reporter found dead |work=BBC News |date=6 October 2003 |access-date=21 December 2016 |archive-date=17 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317105153/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3168220.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> In December, Sky News was fined £50,000 by the [[Independent Television Commission]] for breaching accuracy regulations.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sky fined £50,000 over war report |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3324281.stm |work=BBC News |date=16 December 2003 |access-date=11 October 2008 |archive-date=24 May 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060524105338/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3324281.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=MediaGuardian Briefing: November 19 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/nov/19/1 |date=19 November 2003 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=7 September 2017 |archive-date=7 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907165126/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/nov/19/1 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In August 2016 Sky News was criticised after allegedly paying €2,000 to a group of Romanians to pretend they were part of an eastern European gang selling guns to terrorists in Syria. The Romanians were arrested by Romanian [[DIICOT]] and confessed that they were paid by Sky News journalist [[Stuart Ramsay]] to pretend they were gun traffickers. The guns featured in the report were legally owned and were hunting weapons.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-esential-21216320-barbatul-care-inlesnit-intalnirea-dintre-jurnalistii-sky-news-presupusii-traficanti-arme-fost-pacalit-spus-este-documentar.htm |title=Barbatul care a inlesnit intalnirea dintre jurnalistii Sky News si presupusii traficanti de arme: Am fost pacalit, mi-au spus ca este un documentar |access-date=10 August 2016 |date=10 August 2016 |archive-date=11 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811134558/http://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-esential-21216320-barbatul-care-inlesnit-intalnirea-dintre-jurnalistii-sky-news-presupusii-traficanti-arme-fost-pacalit-spus-este-documentar.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.agerpres.ro/english/2016/08/10/sky-news-journalists-intermediary-these-people-tricked-me-they-said-it-was-a-documentary-17-57-13 |title=Sky News journalists' intermediary: These people tricked me; they said it was a documentary – AGERPRES |website=www.agerpres.ro |access-date=10 August 2016 |archive-date=26 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826055001/http://www.agerpres.ro/english/2016/08/10/sky-news-journalists-intermediary-these-people-tricked-me-they-said-it-was-a-documentary-17-57-13 |url-status=live }}</ref> Sky News has said it stands by the story.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/19/romanian-investigators-charge-british-journalists-with-spreading/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/19/romanian-investigators-charge-british-journalists-with-spreading/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Romanian investigators accuse British journalists of fabricating arms trading investigation |newspaper=The Telegraph |access-date=27 October 2016 |date=19 August 2016 |last1=Day |first1=Matthew}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Legal cases==
In November 2008 BSkyB paid substantial undisclosed libel damages to [[Robert Murat]] in relation to their reporting of the abduction of [[Madeleine McCann]]. Sky News had falsely suggested that Murat, who was assisting in the search of McCann, had acted like child murderer [[Ian Huntley]] following McCann's disappearance. Sky News also falsely accused Murat of misleading journalists into thinking he was working for the police. An apology was also placed on the Sky News website, the libellous material removed and Murat's costs were paid.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/madeleinemccann/3458813/Madeleine-McCann-Robert-Murat-accepts-libel-damages-from-BSkyB.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/madeleinemccann/3458813/Madeleine-McCann-Robert-Murat-accepts-libel-damages-from-BSkyB.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |location=London |work=The Daily Telegraph |title=Madeleine McCann: Robert Murat accepts libel damages from BSkyB |date=14 November 2008}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In November 2010 the [[Attorney General for England and Wales]], [[Dominic Grieve]] [[Queen's Counsel|QC]], was given the right to launch [[contempt of court]] proceedings against Sky News over the broadcaster's alleged breach of a media injunction. It was in relation to the reporting of the story of [[Foreign hostages in Somalia|Paul and Rachel Chandler]], a Kent couple who were held captive by [[Piracy off the coast of Somalia|Somali pirates]] for 13 months. The media was blocked from publishing details of the couple's "health and welfare" prior to their being freed on 14 November 2010. Sky claims that it "scrupulously observed the terms of the injunction", but also admitted that it "followed the spirit, if not the letter" of the order. At the time, lawyers representing the Chandlers obtained the court order over fears that their lives could be put in danger by the media reporting their capture. Sky News was alleged to have breached the injunction on the day of their release around from Somalia, leading the Attorney General to seek permission at the [[High Court of Justice|High Court]] to bring contempt proceedings.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/media/news/a352022/sky-news-facing-contempt-case-over-kidnap-report.html |location=London |publisher=Digital Spy |title=Sky News facing contempt case over kidnap report |date=21 November 2011<!--, 12:32 GMT--> |access-date=22 December 2011 |archive-date=24 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111224060133/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/media/news/a352022/sky-news-facing-contempt-case-over-kidnap-report.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The Attorney General dropped the case in January 2012; a spokesperson for his office said that continuing with proceedings would no longer be in the public interest.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16584767 |title=Sky News contempt action dropped |date=16 October 2017 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=21 June 2018 |archive-date=18 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918041348/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16584767 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In March 2013 Sky News journalist Mark Stone and his camera operator were detained in [[Tiananmen Square]] live on television, in what he described as a surreal but telling episode about reporting in China.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bump |first1=Philip |title=Chinese Police Detain British Reporter, Live, on Camera, in Tiananmen Square |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/03/chinese-police-detain-british-reporter-live-on-camera-tiananmen-square/317339 |access-date=4 September 2021 |work=The Atlantic |date=15 March 2013 |language=en |archive-date=4 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904174634/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/03/chinese-police-detain-british-reporter-live-on-camera-tiananmen-square/317339/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Viewers saw Stone being directed into a police van live from Beijing. A police officer was filmed asking the Sky team to switch off their camera, saying they were now inside the [[Forbidden City]] and did not have permission to film there. While they had permission to film in the square, Stone said police told him the team were not displaying their passes correctly.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Halliday |first1=Josh |title=Sky News reporter detained while filming live on air in China |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/mar/15/sky-news-reporter-arrested-china-beijing |access-date=4 September 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=15 March 2013 |language=en |archive-date=4 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904164456/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/mar/15/sky-news-reporter-arrested-china-beijing |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Awards==
Sky News won [[British Academy Television Awards|BAFTA awards]] for coverage of the [[September 11, 2001 attacks|11 September 2001 attacks]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/BAFTA_Awards/2002 |title=BAFTA Awards: 2002 |website=[[IMDb]] |access-date=23 May 2007 |archive-date=31 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081231230423/http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/BAFTA_Awards/2002 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the 2002 [[Soham murders]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ivillage.co.uk/newspol/celeb/cfeat/articles/0,,528719_574942,00.html |title=Bafta 2003: the winners |access-date=23 May 2007 |archive-date=18 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070418202624/http://www.ivillage.co.uk/newspol/celeb/cfeat/articles/0,,528719_574942,00.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Sky News's coverage of the [[7 July 2005 London bombings]] won the 2006 International Emmy for Breaking News award. The coverage was commended as "fast and accurate".<ref>{{cite news |title=Sky News Wins 7/7 Award |publisher=Sky News |date=26 September 2006 |url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13544284,00.html |access-date=29 January 2007 |archive-date=13 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913031105/https://news.sky.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In June 2007, Sky News was named Best News Channel at the Broadcast Digital Channel Awards. It beat several other national and international broadcasters, including [[Al Jazeera English]] and the [[BBC]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/dcawards/default.asp?content=2007winners |title=::: digital channel awards 2007 :: broadcastnow |date=30 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930014729/http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/dcawards/default.asp?content=2007winners |archive-date=30 September 2007 }}</ref>

The channel won a BAFTA Award in the News Category on 10 May 2015, for [[Alex Crawford]]'s coverage of the 2014 Ebola crisis.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2015/television/news-coverage |title=2015 Television News Coverage - BAFTA Awards |website=awards.bafta.org |access-date=27 October 2016 |archive-date=28 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028024051/http://awards.bafta.org/award/2015/television/news-coverage |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2018, Sky News was named [[Royal Television Society]] News Channel of the Year, the eleventh time the channel had won the award.<ref name="Sky News"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.skynewsinternational.com/ |title=Sky &#124; News International |publisher=Skynewsinternational.com |access-date=22 September 2016 |archive-date=16 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916143328/http://www.skynewsinternational.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://tvnewsroom.org/news-coverage/rts-television-journalism-awards-2018-results-187384/ |title=RTS Television Journalism Awards 2018 - The Results • News Coverage |date=28 February 2018 |work=TV Newsroom |access-date=2 March 2018 |language=en-GB |archive-date=3 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303105839/https://tvnewsroom.org/news-coverage/rts-television-journalism-awards-2018-results-187384/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Sky News won a BAFTA Award in the News Category on 13 May 2018 for "The Rohingya Crisis".<ref>{{cite web |title=The Rohingya Crisis (Sky News) - Winners' Acceptance Speech, News Coverage, Virgin TV British Academy Television Awards in 2018 |url=http://www.bafta.org/media-centre/transcripts/news-coverage-winners-speech-2018 |website=BAFTA |access-date=22 November 2019 |date=13 May 2018 |archive-date=3 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103001618/http://www.bafta.org/media-centre/transcripts/news-coverage-winners-speech-2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Special Correspondent [[Alex Crawford]], cameraman Martin Smith and producer Neville Lazarus travelled into Myanmar to bring a first-hand report of what was happening in [[Rakhine State]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Crawford |first=Alex |title=Rohingya babies dumped and left to die in Myanmar crisis |url=https://news.sky.com/story/rohingya-babies-dumped-and-left-to-die-in-myanmar-crisis-11123366 |publisher=Sky News |access-date=22 November 2019 |date=13 November 2017 |archive-date=3 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103020939/https://news.sky.com/story/rohingya-babies-dumped-and-left-to-die-in-myanmar-crisis-11123366 |url-status=live }}</ref> The same programme also won an [[International Emmy Award]] for News in October 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=2018 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS WINNERS FOR NEWS & CURRENT AFFAIRS ANNOUNCED – International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |url=https://www.iemmys.tv/2018-international-emmy-awards-winners-for-news-current-affairs-announced/ |website=International Emmy Awards |access-date=22 November 2019 |date=1 October 2018 |quote=The 2018 International Emmy for News was presented tonight to Rohingya Crisis (Sky News, United Kingdom) |archive-date=20 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191120134553/https://www.iemmys.tv/2018-international-emmy-awards-winners-for-news-current-affairs-announced/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Sponsorship==
In November 2014, Sky News sponsored the Young Person in Business category of the [[British Chambers of Commerce#Chamber Awards|National Chamber Awards]]. It was won by Oliver Bryssau of Origin Broadband, which was named Business of the Year.

==Online==
news.sky.com<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/|title=The Latest News from the UK and Around the World|website=Sky News|accessdate=8 April 2023}}</ref> is the channel's main [[World Wide Web|Web]] site. It provides news, sport, weather, showbiz, and business stories.

In 2009, the Web site changed to bring it in line with the on-screen look of Sky News. The site made use of [[Flash Video]] encoding to match the visual style of the TV channel with pictures and [[breaking news]]. The site underwent a further refresh in 2012, when both the look of the pages and the content management system were updated.

In 2021, to bring the Web site in line with the new Sky News branding on-screen minor tweaks were made such as font updates and updated breaking news graphics.

==Virgin Media dispute==
On 1 March 2007, Sky's agreement to provide its basic channels (including Sky News) to [[Virgin Media]] expired.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitaltv/a43319/sky-one-sky-news-pulled-from-virgin.html |title=Sky One, Sky News pulled from Virgin |work=Digital Spy |access-date=9 April 2007 |date=March 2007 |archive-date=3 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070403064019/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitaltv/a43319/sky-one-sky-news-pulled-from-virgin.html |url-status=live }}</ref> At midnight, Sky News was removed and the [[Electronic program guide|EPG]] entry for the channel was changed to "Sky Snooze Try [[BBC News (British TV channel)|BBC]]" until Sir [[Richard Branson]] demanded the message be removed,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/mar/02/bskyb.broadcasting1 |title=Richard Branson puts stop to 'Sky Snooze' joke |access-date=23 May 2007 |work=The Guardian |location=London |first=Steve |last=Busfield |date=2 March 2007 |archive-date=4 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070304071155/http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2025043,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> saying: "I have asked them to take it down. We do not mean any disrespect to Sky News. I think it is a very good news channel."

Sky News, and the other Sky channels that had been removed, reappeared on Virgin Media on 13 November 2008.{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}}

==Audience figures==
''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' reported in November 2021, "Sky's top performing shows, including ''Trevor Phillips on Sunday'', average around 160,000 viewers".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/eamonn-holmes-may-not-enough-save-gb-news/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/eamonn-holmes-may-not-enough-save-gb-news/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Eamonn Holmes may not be enough to save GB News |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=12 November 2021 |last1=Armstrong |first1=Stephen}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In the period from 22 November 2022 to 21 December 2022, Sky News averaged 52,230 each day for its prime-time audience (between 7pm and 11pm). Its all-day average was 53,350.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/gb-news-sky-news-prime-time-ratings/|title=GB News beat Sky News for prime time ratings over past month|first=Bron|last=Maher|date=23 December 2022|accessdate=8 April 2023}}</ref>

==Organisation==

===Budget===
As of 2018, Sky News had an estimated £90 million annual budget, employs about 500 staff, but it makes a loss of between £15 million and £20 million a year, according to ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/jun/19/rupert-murdoch-must-increase-sky-news-budget-to-100m |title=Murdoch 'must increase Sky News budget to £100m' &#124; 21st Century Fox |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |date=19 June 2018 |access-date=2 March 2022 |archive-date=8 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108015433/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/jun/19/rupert-murdoch-must-increase-sky-news-budget-to-100m |url-status=live }}</ref>

===On-air staff===
{{main|Sky News presenters and editorial team}}

===Bureaux and studios===
Sky News has bureaux across the world; some are operated in conjunction with other media outlets.

;United Kingdom
* [[Osterley]], London, England (Sky Group's headquarters)
* [[City of Westminster]], London, England
* [[Belfast]], Northern Ireland
* [[Birmingham]], England
* [[Bristol]], England
* [[Edinburgh]], Scotland
* [[Manchester]], England
* [[London]], England (NBC News’ London Bureau)
;Bureaux
* [[Abu Dhabi]], UAE (with [[Sky News Arabia]])
* [[Beijing]], China
* [[Brussels]], Belgium
* [[Dubai]], UAE<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.skypressoffice.co.uk/SkyNews/Resources/showarticle.asp?id=2655 |title=Sky News &#124; News &#124; Press releases |access-date=30 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224135801/http://www.skypressoffice.co.uk/SkyNews/Resources/showarticle.asp?id=2655 |archive-date=24 February 2009 }}</ref>
* [[Dublin]], Ireland 
* [[Jerusalem]], Israel
* [[Johannesburg]], South Africa
* [[Melbourne]], Australia (with [[Sky News Australia]])
* [[Moscow]], Russia (with [[NTV (Russia)|NTV]])
* [[New Delhi]], India (with [[WION]] and [[Zee Live]])
* [[New York City]], U.S. (with [[NBC News]])
* [[Sydney]], Australia (with Sky News Australia)
* [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. (with [[NBC News]])

;Additional live studios
* [[Auckland]], New Zealand (with [[Prime (New Zealand)#Sky News New Zealand|Sky News New Zealand]])
* [[Adelaide]], Australia (with [[Sky News Australia]])
* [[Brisbane]], Australia (with Sky News Australia)
* [[Canberra]], Australia (with Sky News Australia)
* [[Los Angeles]], U.S.  (with [[NBC News]]) 
* [[Milan]], Italy (with [[Sky TG24]])
* [[Perth]], Australia (with Sky News Australia)
* [[Rome]], Italy (with Sky TG24)

==See also==
* [[List of television stations in the United Kingdom]]
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==Notes==
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==References==
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