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{{short description|Former pay television business news channel}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2011}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = Sky News Business Channel
| logo_size = 200px
| logo = Sky News Business 2015 logo.png
| logo_caption = Final logo, used between 2010 and 2018
| launch_date = {{start date and age|2008|01|07|df=y}}<ref>{{cite journal | journal = [[MediaWeek]] | title  =The launch of the Sky News Business Channel | date = 28 January 2008 }}</ref>
| closed_date = {{end date and age|2018|09|29|df=y}}<ref name="Mediaweeksnbclosure">{{cite news |date=25 June 2018 |title=Goodbye, Sky News Business: Pioneering channel to relaunch. |magazine=[[Mediaweek (Australia)|Mediaweek]] |url=https://www.mediaweek.com.au/sky-news-business-your-money-new-channel/ |access-date=25 August 2019}}</ref>
| replaced_by = [[Your Money (TV channel)|Your Money]]
| picture_format = [[576i]] ([[SDTV]] [[16:9]])<br />[[1080i]] ([[High-definition television|HDTV]])
| sister_channels = {{ubl|[[Sky News Australia]]|[[Sky News Weather Channel]]|[[Sky News Extra]]}}
| owner = [[Australian News Channel]]<br />([[News Corp Australia]])
| country = Australia
| language = English
| availability_note = at the time of closure
}}
'''Sky News Business Channel''' (also known as '''Sky News Money''' during primetime<ref name="Money"/> and '''Sky News Real Estate''' on Saturdays<ref name="property"/>) was an Australian [[pay television]] [[business news]] channel, available nationally on the [[Foxtel]] subscription platform and via mobile through [[Foxtel Go]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Foxtel Go - A New Way To Watch Foxtel on Mobile, PC And Tablet |url=http://www.foxtel.com.au/discover/foxtelgo/default.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110080545/http://www.foxtel.com.au/discover/foxtelgo/default.htm |archive-date=10 January 2015 |access-date=5 January 2015 |publisher=Foxtel.com.au}}</ref>

It was owned by [[Australian News Channel]], which also owns news-focused sister channel [[Sky News Australia]].

==History==
[[File:Sky News Business.png|right|thumb|200px|Former Sky News Business logo]]
[[Australian News Channel]] (ANC) announced it was to launch Australia's first national business channel in 2008, at the onset of the [[2008 financial crisis]]. It was officially launched on 31 January 2008 at the [[Australian Securities Exchange]].<ref name="onair"/> Sky News Business would utilise and simulcast content from [[Fox Business Network]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |last=Knox |first=David |date=1 November 2007 |title=Foxtel adds Business Channel |url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2007/11/foxtel-adds-business-channel.html |access-date=5 January 2015 |publisher=[[TV Tonight]]}}</ref> In turn, Fox Business Network would air coverage from Sky News Business in order to provide Australian financial news coverage to American audiences.

The channel would also utilise the resources of the [[Sky UK]] Business News service in the UK, and [[Reuters Television]].<ref>{{cite web |date=1 November 2007 |title=AUSTRALIA'S FIRST 24-HOUR BUSINESS CHANNEL TO LAUNCH IN EARLY 2008 |url=http://www.foxtel.com.au/about-foxtel/communications/australia-s-first-24-hour-business-channel-to-launch-in-earl-2556.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090520071031/http://www.foxtel.com.au/about-foxtel/communications/australia-s-first-24-hour-business-channel-to-launch-in-earl-2556.htm |archive-date=20 May 2009 |access-date=5 January 2015 |website=[[Foxtel]] |publisher=[[Foxtel Group]]}}</ref> At launch, it was claimed the channel would include 16 hours of locally produced content daily.<ref name="onair">{{cite web |last=Knox |first=David |date=1 February 2008 |title=Sky Business on the air |url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/02/sky-business-on-the-air.html |access-date=8 April 2015 |publisher=[[TV Tonight]]}}</ref>

[[James Daggar-Nickson]] was the business editor and channel manager of Sky News Business.<ref name="james">{{cite web|url=http://www.aicc.org.au/news_gallery.cfm?region=NSW&id=751|title=Vision for Innovation Online: making your business relevant|date=25 November 2014|work=Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce|access-date=8 April 2015}}</ref>

On 19 January 2016, the channel launched a [[high-definition television|high-definition]] simulcast feed.<ref>{{cite web |date=14 January 2016 |title=Sky News Business switches on HD - January 19 2016 |url=http://community.foxtel.com.au/t5/Announcements/Sky-News-Business-switches-on-HD-January-19-2016/td-p/109637 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121211428/http://community.foxtel.com.au/t5/Announcements/Sky-News-Business-switches-on-HD-January-19-2016/td-p/109637 |archive-date=21 January 2016 |access-date=15 January 2016 |work=Foxtel}}</ref>

In June 2018, it was announced that ANC would enter into a joint venture with the [[Nine Network]] to create [[Your Money (TV channel)|Your Money]], a [[business news]] channel that replaced the Sky News Business Channel on [[Foxtel]] channel 601 and also be available free-to-air through Nine on channel 95 in metropolitan markets and Darwin and also on channel 85 in the Northern NSW market and the Gold Coast.<ref>{{cite web |last=Marsh |first=Stuart |date=24 June 2018 |title=Nine announces new 24-hour business channel with ANC |url=https://finance.nine.com.au/2018/06/25/08/55/nine-announces-new-24-hour-business-channel-with-anc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625034028/https://finance.nine.com.au/2018/06/25/08/55/nine-announces-new-24-hour-business-channel-with-anc |archive-date=25 June 2018 |access-date=8 August 2018 |website=9Finance |publisher=[[Nine Entertainment]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://mumbrella.com.au/sky-business-rebrands-as-your-money-in-joint-venture-between-news-corp-and-nine-525240 |title=Sky Business rebrands as Your Money in joint venture between News Corp and Nine |last=Wallbank |first=Paul |date=25 June 2018 |website=Mumbrella |access-date=8 August 2018}}</ref> Sky News Business ceased broadcasting at 8:30 pm [[Time in Australia|Eastern]] on 29 September 2018, ahead of its relaunch as Your Money at 6:00 am Eastern on 1 October 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Foxtel channel changes |url=https://www.foxtel.com.au/support/tv/understanding-packages/channel-changes.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108184645/https://www.foxtel.com.au/support/tv/understanding-packages/channel-changes.html |archive-date=8 November 2018 |access-date=8 November 2018 |publisher=[[Foxtel|Foxtel Management Pty Limited]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2018/09/your-money-channel-to-launch-on-october-1.html |title=Your Money channel to launch on 1 October |last=Knox |first=David |date=10 September 2018 |website=TV Tonight |access-date=10 September 2018}}</ref><ref name="Mediaweeksnbclosure"/> Promotional trailers for Your Money were shown on the channel during the long break time.

==Programming==
Sky News Business Channel consisted of live rolling coverage of and analysis of the ASX and international markets, finance and economic news and personal investment trends throughout the day on weekdays, with replays of analysis or specialty programs after 9:30pm [[Australian time zones|AEST]] weeknights and all weekend.

[[File:Sky_News_Money_logo.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Logo of Sky News Money programming block, which ran during primetime on weekdays]]
From 6 July 2015, the channel ran a programming block titled Sky News Money between 6:30{{nbsp}}pm and 6{{nbsp}}am weeknights.<ref name="Money">{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2015/07/sky-news-business-to-become-sky-news-money-in-primetime.html|title=SKY News Business to become SKY News Money in primetime|date=6 July 2015|access-date=6 July 2015}}</ref>

[[File:Sky News Real Estate logo.png|thumb|right|200px|Logo of Sky News Real Estate programming block, which ran on Saturdays.]]
From 2016, the channel ran another programming block titled Sky News Real Estate on Saturdays, broadcasting rolling coverage of live [[auctions]], property advice and listings for six hours from 8:30{{nbsp}}am Sydney time. Hosted by Sophie Hull and [[James Treble]], the programming was produced in conjunction with [[REA Group]] (a fellow [[News Corp Australia]] company).<ref name="property">{{cite web|url=http://www.therealestateconversation.com.au/news/2016/02/03/sky-news-and-rea-launch-property-tv-show/1454455455|title=Sky News and REA launch property TV show|work=The Real Estate Conversation|date=3 February 2016|access-date=26 April 2016|url-status=live|archive-date=26 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426103917/http://www.therealestateconversation.com.au/news/2016/02/03/sky-news-and-rea-launch-property-tv-show/1454455455}}</ref>

{{div col}}
* ''First Business''
* ''Trading Day''
* ''Lunch Money''
* ''At The Close''
* ''Market Day''
* ''Market Moves''
* ''[[MediaWeek#Television program|MediaWeek]]''
* ''Business Agenda''
* ''The Perrett Report''<ref>{{cite web |title=The Perrett Report |url=http://www.skynews.com.au/programs/the-perrett-report.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210040633/http://www.skynews.com.au/programs/the-perrett-report.html |archive-date=10 February 2015 |access-date=5 January 2015 |publisher=[[Sky News Australia]]}}</ref>
* ''Switzer''<ref>{{cite web |title=Switzer |url=http://www.skynews.com.au/programs/switzer.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215084444/http://www.skynews.com.au/programs/switzer.html |archive-date=15 February 2015 |access-date=5 January 2015 |publisher=[[Sky News Australia]]}}</ref>
* ''Your Money Your Call''<ref>{{cite web |title=Your Money Your Call |url=http://www.skynews.com.au/programs/your-money-your-call.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215083356/http://www.skynews.com.au/programs/your-money-your-call.html |archive-date=15 February 2015 |access-date=5 January 2015 |publisher=[[Sky News Australia]]}}</ref>
* ''Business Night''
* ''RatesLIVE''
* ''Business View''
* ''Business Success''
* ''Business Class''
* ''LawTV''
* ''Market Express''
* ''On The Record with Carson Scott''
* ''Read and Profit''
* ''Rates Reaction''
* ''Social Business''
* ''The Week in Business''
* ''Sunday Business''
{{div col end}}

===Special programming===
On 25 April 2015 the Sky News Business Channel aired an episode of American series ''[[20/20 (American TV program)|20/20]]'' in simulcast with U.S. network [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], featuring an interview with [[Caitlyn Jenner]] (then Bruce).{{efn|Jenner changed her name due to [[gender transition]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite magazine|author = [[Buzz Bissinger]] |title=Introducing Caitlyn Jenner|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/06/caitlyn-jenner-bruce-cover-annie-leibovitz/|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=1 June 2015|access-date=1 June 2015}}</ref> }}<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2015/04/bruce-jenner-the-interview-live-on-sky-news-business.html|title=Bruce Jenner: The Interview live on SKY News Business|date=24 April 2015|access-date=24 April 2015}}</ref>

==Availability==
===Reception===
Sky News Business Channel was Australia's only business and finance focused news channel. Foreign business news channels [[CNBC]] and [[Bloomberg Television]] are also available on the Foxtel platform.

Sky News Business reached close to 268,000 different people on average each week, with 72% of viewers being male, 28% of Sky News Business viewers were people 40-54 and 38% aged 55–69.<ref name="mcn.com.au">{{cite web |title=Sky News Business Channel |url=http://www.mcn.com.au/Channels/Detail.aspx?IdDataSource=31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310050543/http://www.mcn.com.au/Channels/Detail.aspx?IdDataSource=31 |archive-date=10 March 2015 |access-date=5 January 2015 |publisher=Multi Channel Network}}</ref>

==Bureaus==
At launch, Sky News Business' studio was located within the Sky News centre at Foxtel's headquarters in the [[Sydney]] suburb of [[Macquarie Park]]. Sky News Business also used the resources of the Sky News network of bureaus and reporters across Australia and New Zealand.

At the start of 2018, the channel relocated its studios to the [[News Corp Australia]] headquarters. The new studio was subsequently used by the channel's successor, [[Your Money (TV channel)|Your Money]].

It was common for Sky News Business reporters to report from Exchange Square, within the headquarters of the [[Australian Securities Exchange]] for ASX updates, as well as outside the [[Reserve Bank of Australia]] in [[Martin Place]], Sydney when news was expected from the Reserve Bank.

===Third party crosses===
Sky News Business had live camera links to Australia's major financial institutions. The channel featured regular breaking news, commentary and analysis from leading Australian economists, fund managers, brokers and analysts at [[Australia & New Zealand Banking Group|ANZ]], [[National Australia Bank]], [[Westpac]] and [[Commonwealth Bank]].

Sky News Business also had live camera links to various financial institutions in which it has commercial arrangements.

==Notable presenters==
===Presenters===
* Sophie Hull — ''Sky News Real Estate''
* [[James Treble]] — ''Sky News Real Estate''
*Leanne Jones
*Ingrid Willinge
*James Dagger-Nickson
* [[Peter Switzer]]

===Former presenters===
* Brooke Corte, now with sister channel Sky News Live
* [[Ahron Young]], now with sister channel Sky News Live
* [[Janine Perrett]] — ''The Perrett Report'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Janine Perrett (New South Wales) |url=http://www.australiaday.org.au/ambassadors/view/?id=145 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325172732/http://www.australiaday.org.au/ambassadors/view/?id=145 |archive-date=25 March 2015 |access-date=8 April 2015 |work=Australia Day}}</ref> now with sister channel Sky News Live
*[[Helen Dalley]]
*[[Carson Scott]]

==See also==
* [[Sky News Live]], sister channel of Sky News Business Channel and primary channel of ''Australian News Channel Pty Ltd''.
* [[Your Money (TV channel)|Your Money]], a channel which replaced Sky News Business Channel, a 50/50 joint venture between ''Australian News Channel Pty Ltd'' and [[Nine Entertainment]] via ''Australian Money Channel Pty Ltd'', it also replaced [[Extra (Australian TV channel)|Extra]]. It closed in 2019.

==Notes==
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