 Logo used since 2021 | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Worldwide |
| Headquarters | Sky Central, Osterley, London |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Comcast |
| Parent | Sky Group |
| Key people | David Rhodes (Head of Sky News Group); Jonathan Levy (Managing Director and Executive Editor, Sky News UK) |
| Sister channels | List of Sky UK channels |
| History | |
| Launched | 5 February 1989 |
| Links | |
| Webcast | |
| Website | news.sky.com |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Freeview | Channel 233 |
| EE TV | Channel 233; Channel 313; Channel 385 (HD) |
| Saorview (Ireland) | 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 2019, Sky News was named Royal Television Society News Channel of the Year, the 12th time it has held the award.[1] The channel and its live streaming world news is available on its website, TV platforms, and online platforms such as YouTube and Apple TV, and various mobile devices and digital media players.
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 radio and community radio stations in the UK and other English-language stations around the world. Sky News also provides content to 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.
- ^ "Sky News wins RTS News Channel of the Year for second time running". Sky News. 28 February 2019. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.