Sky News
Launched	5 February 1989
Owned by	BSkyB
Audience share	0. British Sky Broadcasting ( BSkyB — Sky Television and BSB) is a company that operates Sky Digital, a subscription television service in the 4% (April 2008, [1])
Slogan	First for breaking news[1]
Sister channel(s)	Sky News Australia, Sky News New Zealand, Fox News Channel
Website	www.sky.com/news
Availability
Terrestrial
Freeview	Channel 82
Satellite
Sky Digital	Channel 501
Sky Italia (Italy)	Channel 512
Cyfra+	Channel 677
Astra 1L	11597 V / 22000 / 5/6
Astra 2B	12207 V / 27500 / 2/3
DStv	402
Thor 3 (Canal Digital)	12456 V / 28000 / 3/4
Yes (Israel)
TV Vlaanderen Digitaal (Belgium)	Channel 54
Cable
Starhub Cable Vision (Singapore)	Channel 92
Com Hem (Sweden)	Channel 126
Freebox (France)	Channel 74
UPC Telemach, others (Slovenia)	Channel 25
UPC Ireland (Ireland)	Channel 202
KDG (Germany)	Channel 839
HOT (Israel)
IPTV over ADSL
now TV Hong-Kong	Channel 323
Tiscali TV	Channel 505
Internet Television
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Sky News is a rolling TV news channel providing 24 hour news coverage including the latest breaking news. Currently broadcasting from a state of the art news centre in London, the channel provides domestic and international coverage to audiences in the UK as well as around the globe. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Sky News started broadcasting on 5 February 1989 as part of the then four-channel Sky Television service. Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) British Sky Broadcasting ( BSkyB — Sky Television and BSB) is a company that operates Sky Digital, a subscription television service in the Sky News provides an hourly news radio service to multiple radio networks in the UK. Although the station is targeted at the UK and Ireland, it is carried around the world on a number of services, particularly being favoured by expatriates who want to keep up-to-date with the latest news from home. The channel currently has seven UK bases each with their own correspondents, but the channel can also call upon a wide range of resources and global bureaux provided by its parent company NewsCorp. News Corporation (often abbreviated to News Corp) (,,) is one of the world's largest media conglomerate companies by Market capitalisation

Sky News has built its schedule around the main, highly experienced anchors with appointment to view broadcasts regularly being supplemented by landmark broadcasts. When major breaking news reaches the channel, it has more recently started to revert to the old double-headed style with two presenters anchoring. Sky News is famous for its innovations in news broadcasting and regularly wins awards for this and also for its broadcasting in general^[2]

Sky News has started to revamp its graphics almost every year, with the latest revamp being revealed at 6am on 3rd April 2008. The latest look, which appears to be inspired by CNN International, has fewer on screen graphics and a more minimalist style. CNN International (CNNI is an English language Television network that is commonly referred to as CNN and carries news current affairs and business programming

Contents 1 Overview 2 History 3 Reception 3.1 Regional variations 3.2 Virgin Media dispute 3.3 Sky News Radio 3.4 Regular presenters and Programmes 3.5 In-Depth Series 3.6 Identification and stings 4 Perception and awards 5 Bureaux 5.1 United Kingdom 5.2 Worldwide 6 Online 6.1 Interactivity: Blogs and Forums 7 Other information 7.1 In popular culture 8 References 9 External links 9.1 Official Websites 9.2 Other Websites

Overview

Sky News is owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation via his holding in British Sky Broadcasting. is gay Bold text' Keith Rupert Murdoch', AC, KCSG (born Melbourne, March 11 1931 usually known as Rupert Murdoch, is an Australian-American News Corporation (often abbreviated to News Corp) (,,) is one of the world's largest media conglomerate companies by Market capitalisation British Sky Broadcasting ( BSkyB — Sky Television and BSB) is a company that operates Sky Digital, a subscription television service in the Murdoch said of it in March 1992, when he was the full owner:

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Taking nothing away from CNN, which has done an outstanding job, I would point out that Sky News, the Fox [his US television network] news service and the News Corporation's combined reach - which have together over three thousand journalists spread over every continent and every country - leave us with an army of news gatherers second to none both with regard to their access to news and ability to bring news from anywhere into people's homes

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The station's headquarters are in Osterley, West London, employing well over 50 on-screen staff (anchors, weather forecasters, correspondents and reporters) and over 600 behind-the-scenes staff. Osterley is a place in the London Borough of Hounslow in West London. The station has eight of its own bureaus outside the United Kingdom and shares many more with other News Corporation stations. News Corporation (often abbreviated to News Corp) (,,) is one of the world's largest media conglomerate companies by Market capitalisation

Sky also produces a website (Sky News Online); and a Library Sales division, and bulletins for Five News. Five News is the news programme of British broadcaster Five. It is produced by Sky News.

History

On 8 June 1988, Rupert Murdoch announced to the British Academy of Film and Television Arts that he would provide a new television news service. Events 68 - The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba. 536 - St Silverius becomes Pope (probable Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA is a British charity that hosts annual awards shows for film television television craft video games and forms of animation Sky News started broadcasting at 6pm on 5 February 1989. Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar)

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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 9 O'Clock News on the BBC which had recently been redesigned to give the impression of activity and immediacy by placing the newsreader against a backdrop of the working newsroom. Sky News, it was universally agreed as staff nodded in vigorous approval, had succeeded rather better at the same thing. The critics were mildly taken aback. Contrary to some of the horror scenarios bandied about by the chattering classes there seemed to be little to grumble about. And as its slogan of 'We're there when you need us,' emphasised, it was always on.

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In the early days the channel operated on a £40 million budget (plus £10 million share of overheads), which led Sam Chisholm to propose to Murdoch the station be closed, but Rupert 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. - former deputy Prime Minister Viscount Whitelaw said to the House of Lords in 1990 that Sky News had a very high reputation . William Stephen Ian Whitelaw 1st Viscount Whitelaw, KT, CH, MC, PC, DL (28 June 1918 &ndash 1 July 1999 commonly known as . . I admire it, as do many other people, it will certainly waken up both the BBC and ITN and ensure that they compete with that is a very important news service. The channel has never been run for a profit, ^[3] and has considered using ITN to supplement the service.

By March 1992 Sky turned from loss to profit, when Murdoch would say Sky News, has quietly, if expensively, become the first building block of what we envision will become the premier world-wide electronic news-gathering network anywhere. Ask anyone in Europe, and particularly the BBC and you will be told that Sky News has added a new and better dimension to television journalism.

Sky News was the only UK 24 hour news channel (aside from CNN international on Astra, BBC World Service Television started in 1991 but has never been broadcast in the UK) until November 1997 when BBC News launched a new 24 hour channel, BBC News 24, now known simply as BBC News. BBC News is the BBC's 24 hour rolling news television channel in the United Kingdom and also available in the Republic of Ireland. In September 1999 the European Commission ruled against a complaint by Sky News which argued that the publicly funded BBC News 24 was unfair and illegal under EU law. The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive branch of the European Union. The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in The EC ruled that the television licence fee should be considered state aid (within the meaning of Article 87) and that it was justified due to the public service remit of the BBC and that it did not exceed actual costs of the channel. Television licences around the world The Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago notes that two-thirds of the countries in Europe and half ^[4]

In March 2000 Sky News Active was launched, a 24-hour interactive service providing headlines (and other services which ranged from weather, the top story of the day and showbiz) on demand.

In March 2004 it was announced that Sky News had won a 5-year contract to supply news bulletins to Five, taking over from ITN in January 2005 ^[5]. ITN ( Independent Television News) is a major news and content provider with headquarters in the United Kingdom.

On 24 October 2005, Sky News moved to a new studio with revised music and on screen graphics all in Widescreen (16:9) format and a new schedule. Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A widescreen image is a film computer or television image with a wider and shorter aspect ratio than the standard Academy frame developed during the Classical The aspect ratio of an Image is its width divided by its height James Rubin joined to present an evening show, and Eamonn Holmes to present Sunrise. This article is about the political commentator For the art historian see James H Eamonn Holmes (born December 3, 1959) is a Northern Irish Television and Radio Presenter based in England Sunrise is the breakfast time programme on Sky News between 600am and 900am on weekdays and 600am to 1000am on weekends This relaunch was disastrous for the channel, and, since October 2005 BBC News has overtaken Sky News in the ratings (although the channel is carried on more platforms). The changes were reversed in July 2006 and on 25 February 2007 the channel changed its graphics scheme that displays breaking news in yellow. Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

On 1 October 2007 Sky introduced another new schedule, extending Kay Burley's Lunchtime Live programme and renaming it Afternoon Live. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Kay Burley (born Dec 17, 1960) is an English television Newscaster. Afternoon Live with Kay Burley, previously Lunchtime Live, is a three hour weekday show in the United Kingdom on Sky News, hosted by Kay They also switched to a Sunrise format for much of the day, with a solo lead presenter and a Summary Presenter. Sunrise is the breakfast time programme on Sky News between 600am and 900am on weekdays and 600am to 1000am on weekends Finally Sky News put more emphasis on interactive news with Martin Stanford's new Sky. Martin Stanford is a long standing presenter at Sky News who currently presents SkyNews com News programme.

Reception

Sky News is free-to-air on the Astra 2 satellites carrying Sky Digital. Sky Digital is the brand name for British Sky Broadcasting 's digital Satellite television service transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28 It is also available on Freeview and analogue and digital cable, though not currently via the UK's biggest cable operator, Virgin Media, due to a dispute. Freeview is an operator of free Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom, using the DVB-T standard Virgin Media Inc (formerly known as ntlTelewest, after a merger of NTL Incorporated with Telewest Global Inc In 2007 BSKyB announced its intention to cease broadcasting Sky News as well as other BSkyB channels over Freeview pending Ofcom approval. The Office of Communications (Y Swyddfa Gyfathrebiadau or as it is more often known Ofcom is the independent regulator and competition authority for the Communication ^[6][7]

Sky News is also shown internationally, and can often be seen in hotels as well as being offered by some cable providers as part of their English-language line-up.

The international version is shown as free-to-air on Astra 1L at 19. SES Astra SA, is a corporate Subsidiary of SES, based in Betzdorf, in eastern Luxembourg, that owns and operates the Astra 2E. It is also carried encrypted on a number of satellites for international reception - including but not limited to Hot Bird, Nilesat, Amos 1 and Intelsat 10-02. Hot Bird is the common name of a family of Satellites operated by Eutelsat, located at 13 °E over the Equator ( orbital position and Nilesat is an Egyptian company and the name of a series of Egyptian communications Satellites The creation of Egyptian Nilesat was stimulated by Egypt's Intelsat Ltd is the world’s largest commercial Satellite communications services provider It is also usually carried on cable systems in Europe, particularly (but not only) in Northern Europe.

Regional variations

Most of Europe, the Middle East and Asia receive the same version of Sky News as people in the UK, though with localised advertising. These feeds are sometimes known collectively as "Sky News International".

Sky News Australia and Sky News New Zealand are different channels that carry variable amounts Sky News UK programming, and share some of its style, but also have local programming and advertising. Sky News Australia is an Australian 24 hour Cable and Satellite news channel available on Foxtel, Austar, Optus Television Sky News New Zealand is a rebroadcast of Sky News Australia however carries the NZ branding and appears on SKY Television. In Australia, a Sky News UK feed is also available at all times, albeit a tiny quarter screen version. From 2004 to 2006 Sky News Ireland similarly carried local programming. Sky News Ireland was a Television News channel broadcast in the Republic of Ireland by British Sky Broadcasting. This was then discontinued, the Irish feed reverting to a local advertising only service.

Virgin Media dispute

On 1 March 2007, the contract for Virgin Media to provide Sky's basic channels (including Sky News) on their cable TV service expired after a dispute between Virgin Media and BSkyB. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Virgin Media Inc (formerly known as ntlTelewest, after a merger of NTL Incorporated with Telewest Global Inc ^[8]. At Midnight, Sky News was removed, the electronic programming guide changed to "SKY SNOOZE TRY BBC" until Richard Branson demanded the message be removed^[9] saying I have asked them to take it down. BBC News is the BBC's 24 hour rolling news television channel in the United Kingdom and also available in the Republic of Ireland. Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950 is an English Business magnate, best known for his Virgin brand of over 360 companies We do not mean any disrespect to Sky News. I think it is a very good news channel.

Sky News Radio

Main article: Sky News Radio

Sky News Radio is a provider of news bulletins for radio stations in the United Kingdom. Sky News Radio is the radio arm of the Sky News division of British Sky Broadcasting. This article is about radio broadcasting for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. ^[10]

In March, BSkyB and Chrysalis Group announced a joint partnership to launch a dedicated Sky News Radio station on the proposed bid by Channel 4's 4 Digital Group for the second DAB multiplex in the United Kingdom. Chrysalis Group is a UK media company It was founded by Chris Wright who remains chairman Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began 4 Digital Group was a media Consortium in the United Kingdom The group won the licence to operate the second national DAB radio Multiplex, as advertised Digital Audio Broadcasting ( DAB) also known as Eureka 147, is a Digital radio technology for Broadcasting Radio stations used in DAB ensembles are groups of Digital audio broadcasting broadcasters transmitting multiple Digital radio channels on a single radio ^[11]

Regular presenters and Programmes

After the 2007 relaunch, Sky News placed much more emphasis on its key presenters and their shows which usually air on weekdays:
Eamonn Holmes presents Sunrise from 6am to 9am on Mondays to Thursdays,
Dermot Murnaghan presents Sky Today from 9am to 1pm,
Kay Burley then follows with Afternoon Live until 5pm. Eamonn Holmes (born December 3, 1959) is a Northern Irish Television and Radio Presenter based in England Sunrise is the breakfast time programme on Sky News between 600am and 900am on weekdays and 600am to 1000am on weekends Dermot John Murnaghan (born 26 December 1957 is an English Journalist and Television presenter. Sky News Today is a programme on Sky News which currently runs between 900am and 100pm and is presented by Dermot Murnaghan with news summaries read by various Kay Burley (born Dec 17, 1960) is an English television Newscaster. Afternoon Live with Kay Burley, previously Lunchtime Live, is a three hour weekday show in the United Kingdom on Sky News, hosted by Kay
Live at Five follows with Jeremy Thompson. Live at Five has long been the title of Sky News ' evening news round-up beginning at 5pm British time Jeremy Thompson is a newsreader on Sky News, regularly presenting Live at Five weeknights at 5pm
Anna Botting presents much of the evening schedule including Sky News at Seven, Sky News at Ten and Sky News Tonight. Anna Elizabeth Botting (born 1967 in Surrey, England, United Kingdom) is a news anchor with Sky News, a broadcasting network based in the Sky News at Seven is a nightly news programme on Sky News in the United Kingdom. Sky News at Ten is a long-running daily news show on Sky News between 1000pm and 1100pm (including Sportsline at 1045pm
Headline updates are provided throughout the main programmes by Charlotte Hawkins, Colin Brazier and Emma Crosby. Charlotte Hawkins is a British Television news presenter Hawkins graduated in English Literature from University of Manchester in 1996 and then Colin Brazier is a news presenter for Sky News, who currently presents The Live Desk and news updates on Afternoon Live alongside Kay Burley. Emma Crosby (born 1977 is an English television newsreader and Journalist.
Jeff Randall, Martin Stanford and Anna Jones all play part in the evening schedule, althogh their shows are not as high profile. Jeff William Randall (born 3 October 1954) is a business journalist formerly the business editor of BBC News and from 2005 editor-at-large of the Martin Stanford is a long standing presenter at Sky News who currently presents SkyNews Anna Jones is a News presenter for Sky News, who currently presents News Sport & Weather between 8pm - 10pm on Monday - Thursday

Other presenters on the channel, often working as relief presenters include Mark Longhurst, Gillian Joseph, Chris Roberts, Andrew Wilson, Steve Dixon, Samantha Simmonds, Helen Fospero, Lorna Dunkley and Paula Middlehurst. Mark Longhurst is a UK Television Newsreader and Journalist. He currently works for Sky News, presenting the channel's Sunrise programme from Gillian Joseph is a British newscaster currently working for Sky News. Chris Roberts (born May 27, 1968) is a Computer game designer and programmer and a Film producer and Andrew Wilson could refer to Andrew Wilson (actor (born 1964 US actor Andrew Wilson (footballer (1880-1945 Scottish footballer Stephen Robert Dixon (born 1956 in Manchester, England) is a British Actor and Academic. Samantha Simmonds is a presenter on Sky News. Samantha is originally from Leeds, and studied for a BA at Liverpool University. Helen Fospero (born in 1966 in Cleethorpes) is an English television newsreader and Journalist. Lorna Dunkley (born Bodmin, Cornwall) is an English Television News presenter, currently with Sky News. Lukwesa Burak, Sasha Twining, Jason de la Pena, Phil Lavelle, Tamsin Roberts and Sarah Jane Mee all present the channels coverage overnight. Lukwesa Burak is a News anchor working for Sky News generally presenting in its news programme between midnight and 6am Jason Michael de la Pêna (born 16 September 1972 in Hammersmith, London) is a journalist and Sky News presenter and a former Sarah-Jane Mee (born in London on 2 January 1976) is a British Sports presenter for Sky News.

Other programming on the channel includes

• Sky World News
• Jeff Randall Live
• Sky.com News
• News, Sport, Weather
• Sportsline
• Weekend Lunchtime Live
• Saturday Live with Chris Roberts
• Sunday Live with Adam Boulton

When elections, either national, or international take place, Sky edits its schedule to focus on them. Sky World News is a programme which airs in the first half hour of each hour between 4-6 am GMT on Sky News. Jeff Randall Live is a weekly business programme which is broadcast on Sky News in the United Kingdom at 7 Sunday Live with Adam Boulton is a Sky News 's Sunday morning show presented by Sky News' Political Editor Adam Boulton. Recent examples have been the UK General Elections of 2005, the Israeli Elections of 2006, the US Mid-Term Elections of 2006 and the UK Local Elections of 2008. Sky also often shows long interviews. Recent examples of these have been Adam Boulton's exclusive half-hour interview with Al Gore. Adam Boulton (born 15 February 1959 in Reading Berkshire) is Political Editor of the British television channel Sky News, a post he has held since being Albert Arnold Gore Jr (born March 31 1948 is an American environmental Activist, author Businessperson, former Politician, and former At the end of each year, in December and January of the new year, a series of special 'Year in Review' shows are shown which look back at memorable news stories from the past year.

Further information: Sky News schedule and

Further information: Sky News reporters and presenters

In-Depth Series

Recently the channel has focused on week long series of programming which focus individual areas of society and current affairs and allow for a greater level of depth. Sky News has approximately 600 staff of which approximately 50 work on screen Sky News has approximately 600 staff of which approximately 50 work on screen In the past examples of these series have included Inside Iraq, Green Britain and Crime Uncovered.

Crime Uncovered - the most recent example of these series - was shown throughout the week beginning Monday 4th June. The Sky News Press Office wrote;

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Sky News presents a week of special reports focusing on how crime affects life in Britain today. Includes debates, unique access to a police station, court and prison, and interviews with officials, celebrities and members of the public.

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Identification and stings

Bruce Hammal is heard at the top of each hour introducing the channel, for example saying "Sky News, with presenter/s. Bruce Hammal is a television Voiceover artist who can currently be heard making the announcements at the top of each hour on Sky News and on many Sky Sports ", after October 2005 he said "Live from the Sky News Centre, this is Programme name with presenters. " or "This is programme name with presenter/s".

Several years earlier after the merger between Sky & BSB, Hammel's introduction was "This is Sky News a part of the British Sky Broadcasting Network", in 1993 the introduction was "From the Sky satellite network this is Sky News", and by 1995 "This is Sky News, part of the Sky Television Network" - or just "This is Sky News".

Perception and awards

Sky News operates under the requirements of United Kingdom broadcasting regulations that require neutrality. The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea Earthquake that occurred at 005853 UTC on December 26 2004 with an Epicentre off the west coast of The 7 July 2005 London bombings (also called the 7/7 bombings) were a series of coordinated bomb blasts that hit London's public transport system during The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located

In early 1994 Kelvin MacKenzie, former editor of The Sun newspaper, was appointed Managing Director of BSkyB. Kelvin Calder MacKenzie (born 22 October 1946 in South London is a British media executive and former Newspaper editor. The Sun is a Tabloid daily newspaper published in the United Kingdom and Ireland with the highest circulation of any daily English-language MacKenzie's proposed changes to Sky News lead to clashes with CEO Sam Chisholm and the head of Sky News, Ian Frykberg, who protested what they saw as an attempt to take its news values down market. The most ferocious battle occurred when Mackenzie wanted Sky News to run an interview with Lady Bienvenida Buck. Sir Philip Antony Fyson Buck, QC ( 19 December 1928 - 20 October 2003) was a British Conservative Party Frykberg refused to air the interview and resigned shortly afterwards - the interview was put on Sky One. ^[12] MacKenzie announced his resignation in August 1994,^[12] but not until Sky News had transmitted live pictures of the freeway chase of OJ Simpson white bronco on 17 June 1994 bringing US 'helicopter journalism to the UK^[13]. Orenthal James "O J" Simpson (born July 9 1947 who has also been called The Juice, is a retired American football player, Events 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II ( The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar)

Sky News covered the trial in Boston US trial of Louise Woodward with live coverage. ^[14]When Sky returned to a regular schedule, viewers demanded the trial coverage. ^[15] From Woodward's home in Elton, Cheshire Sky broadcast locals reactions, but this brought criticism of maintaining a pro-Louise Woodward stance, as she was found guilty. Cheshire (or archaically the County of Chester) is a county in North West England. ^[16]

From 2000 onwards, Sky News began expanded the international coverage opening bureaus in Africa, Europe, and the far East. It won awards from the Royal Television Society^[17]. The Royal Television Society (commonly known in the television industry as the RTS) is a British -based society for the discussion analysis and preservation of

Sky News has had BAFTA awards for coverage of the September 11, 2001 attacks ^[18]and in 2003 for the Soham Murders^[19]. The Soham murders was a high profile murder case in August 2002 of two ten-year-old girls in Soham, Cambridgeshire, England.

Coverage of the 7 July 2005 London bombings won the 2006 International Emmy Breaking News award commending the "fast and accurate" reporting. The 7 July 2005 London bombings (also called the 7/7 bombings) were a series of coordinated bomb blasts that hit London's public transport system during ^[20]

In June 2007 Sky News was named the "Best News Channel" at the Broadcast Digital Channel Awards. It beat several other national and international broadcasters including Aljazeera English and the BBC^[21]. Al Jazeera English is a 24-hour English-language News and current affairs TV channel headquartered in Doha, Qatar.

In November 2005 the then head of BBC News, Peter Horrocks acknowledged that Sky News remained the first choice for 'key opinion formers'. Peter Horrocks (born 1959 is the Head of the BBC newsroom within BBC News. ^[22]. However, in recent years, Sky News has increasingly started to fall behind BBC News in the ratings, currently having about half the ratings of BBC News. BBC News is the BBC's 24 hour rolling news television channel in the United Kingdom and also available in the Republic of Ireland. Sister network Fox News Channel is broadcast in the UK, thus Sky News does not carry that channel's news/commentary programmes during the overnight (prime-time in the U. S. ).

Bureaux

Bureaux in bold are Sky News bureaus, others are shared with other News Corporation networks. News Corporation (often abbreviated to News Corp) (,,) is one of the world's largest media conglomerate companies by Market capitalisation

United Kingdom Birmingham, England Bristol, England Osterley, London (Headquarters), England Westminster, London, England Manchester, England Edinburgh, Scotland Belfast, Northern Ireland

Worldwide Beijing, China Hong Kong, China Dublin, Republic of Ireland Brussels, Belgium Jerusalem, Israel Johannesburg, South Africa Moscow, Russia Los Angeles (with Fox News Channel) New Delhi, India New York City (with Fox News Channel) Washington, D.C., USA (with Fox News Channel) Sydney, Australia (with Sky News Australia) Melbourne, Australia (with Sky News Australia) Canberra, Australia (with Sky News Australia) Auckland, New Zealand (with Sky News New Zealand)

Online

sky. Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um Bristol ( ˈbrɪstəl is a city, Unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, west of London Osterley is a place in the London Borough of Hounslow in West London. Westminster is an area of Central London, within the City of Westminster. Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. Belfast ( is the capital city of Northern Ireland and the seat of government in Northern Ireland. Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. Brussels (Bruxelles pronounced; Brussel pronounced) officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, he-Latn Yerushaláyim; Arabic: ar القُدس, ar-Latn al-Quds) is the Johannesburg ( Pronounced /jō-hān'ĭs-bûrg'/ is the largest city in South Africa. Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West New Delhi (नई दिल्ली ਨਵੀਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ نئی دلی is the Capital city of India. The City of New York Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 Sky News Australia is an Australian 24 hour Cable and Satellite news channel available on Foxtel, Austar, Optus Television Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 Sky News Australia is an Australian 24 hour Cable and Satellite news channel available on Foxtel, Austar, Optus Television Canberra ( is the capital city of Australia With a population of over 340000 it is Australia's largest inland City. Sky News Australia is an Australian 24 hour Cable and Satellite news channel available on Foxtel, Austar, Optus Television The Auckland metropolitan area or Greater Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country Sky News New Zealand is a rebroadcast of Sky News Australia however carries the NZ branding and appears on SKY Television. com/news is the channel's main website. It provides news, sport, weather, showbiz and business stories with help from other divisions such as Sky Sports.

In recent months that website has undergone a largely cosmetic change to bring it in line with the on screen look of Sky News TV. The site has made use of flash video encoding. Flash Video is the name of a File format used to deliver Video over the Internet using Adobe Flash Player (initially produced The website has sought to build upon the visual style of the TV channel portrayed through the prominence of pictures, and breaking news. Breaking news is a Current event that broadcasters feel warrants the interruption of scheduled programming in order to report its details

Interactivity: Blogs and Forums

Since 2005, with the relaunch of the TV channel, a greater emphasis has been placed upon interactivity. With a growing selection of news blogs written by staff and guests, Sky News now has a tailored selection targeted towards each demographic of its audience. A blog (a contraction of the term " Web log " is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary descriptions of A recent addition to Sky News Online has been messageboards or forums. An, or message board, is a Bulletin board system in the form of a discussion site These, again, promote interactivity and involvement in the channel and the website. This section is a direct rival of the BBC's 'haveyoursay'.

Other information

In popular culture

• Sky News has been featured in many feature films;
  • St Trinians
  • The Bourne Ultimatum
  • Behind Enemy Lines*
  • The Day After Tomorrow*
  • Independence Day*
  • Mission: Impossible
  • Shaun of the Dead
  • Stealth
  • Why We Fight
  • Johnny English
  • Volcano*
• Television Shows
  • Spooks
  • Crisis Command
  • The Thick of It

* Film by 20th Century Fox, a News Corporation asset. St Trinian's is the sixth in a long-running series of films based on the works of cartoonist Ronald Searle. The Bourne Ultimatum is a 2007 Spy film directed by Paul Greengrass and loosely based on the Robert Ludlum novel of the same name. Behind Enemy Lines is a 2001 thriller War film directed by John Moore and starring Gene Hackman and Owen Wilson The Day After Tomorrow is a 2004 apocalyptic science-fiction film that depicts the catastrophic effects of both Global warming and Global cooling Independence Day (also known by its promotional abbreviation ID4) is a 1996 Science fiction film about a hostile Alien invasion Mission Impossible is an Action movie released in 1996. It was directed by Brian De Palma and starred Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt Shaun of the Dead is a 2004 British Zombie -themed Comedy (or " rom zom com " as it dubs itself film Why We Fight ( 2005) directed by Eugene Jarecki, is a Documentary film about the United States 's relationship with war as a business Johnny English is a British comic Film Parodying the James Bond Secret agent genre released in 2003 Volcano is a 1997 Disaster Action film starring Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, and Don Cheadle. Spooks is a BAFTA award-winning British television drama series produced by the independent production company Kudos for BBC One Crisis Command — Could You Run the Country? was a 2004 BBC2 role-playing interactive Drama documentary which based on realistic scenarios and dramatised situations The Thick of It is a British comedy Television series which satirises the inner workings of modern British government. News Corporation (often abbreviated to News Corp) (,,) is one of the world's largest media conglomerate companies by Market capitalisation

References

External links

Official Websites

• Sky News at sky. com
• Sky Press Office for Sky News
• Sky News International (Press Office)
• News at five.tv
• Official YouTube Channel

Other Websites

• Sky News Insider Blog
• TV Newsroom

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