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Sky News

March 09, 2023

This article is about the British channel. For the Australian channel, see Sky News Australia. For the pan-Arab channel, see Sky News Arabia. For the defunct Irish channel, see Sky News Ireland.

Sky News is a British free-to-air television news channel and 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.

Sky News
Logo used since 2021
CountryUnited Kingdom
Broadcast areaUnited Kingdom
Ireland
Other international territories
HeadquartersSky Central, Osterley, London

Westminster Studios, 4 Millbank, City of Westminster, London
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerSky Group (Comcast)
NBCUniversal (Worldwide)
Key peopleDavid Rhodes (Head of Sky News Group); Jonathan Levy (Managing Director and Executive Editor, Sky News UK)
Sister channelsList of Sky UK channels
History
Launched5 February 1989 (1989-02-05)
Links
Webcast
  • Live Stream
  • 720p Live Stream
Websitenews.sky.com
Availability
Terrestrial
FreeviewChannel 233
BTChannel 233
Channel 313
Channel 385 (HD)
Saorview (Ireland)Channel 23
Streaming media
news.sky.comLive Stream
Now TV (UK)Live Stream
PeacockLive Stream
Pluto TVLive Stream
Live HTTP stream[1]

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.

History

Further information: 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 pm on 5 February 1989.[2]

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 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 million budget (plus £10 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."[3] Former Home Secretary 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". The channel has never been run for a profit,[4] and has considered using ITN to supplement the service.[citation needed]

By March 1992, Sky News' parent company turned from loss to profit.[5] 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. 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.[6]

2000–2018

 
Former Sky News logo, used until 2018

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.

In March 2004, Sky News was announced to have won a five-year contract to supply news bulletins to Channel 5, taking over from ITN in January 2005.[7]

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.[8] New music was scored by Adelphoi Music and recorded with a full orchestra at Air Studios, Hampstead, and mastered at Metropolis Studios.[9] 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.[8] 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 Sunrise, Kay Burley presented a new programme called Lunchtime Live from 12 to 2 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, 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 pm, The Live Desk, and Martin Stanford's Sky.com News became SkyNews.com, moving to 7 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 am to midnight on 8 March 2010, Sky News was presented and produced exclusively by women to mark International Women's Day.[10] 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 pm on 6 May, when it moved back to the main newsroom and launched Sky News HD in time for the 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, was recorded with a 60-piece Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Angel Recording Studios, London, and uses more than 132 audio channels for 18 seconds of sound.[11]

Following the 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.[12] The "glass box" studio was initially used for broadcasts from 6 am to 6.30 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 am to 7 pm, and 9 pm to 12 am. The schedule was also changed.

In January 2017, Sky moved its business operations into the News Building in central London.[13] On 16 January 2018, Sky moved all its news operations over to Studio 21, "the glass box", and a new studio in 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 billion.[14][15] 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 sexual harassment allegations centered upon Fox's U.S. network Fox News, although Ofcom did deem 21st Century Fox to be "fit and proper" to hold broadcast licences.[16][17][18] On 14 December 2017, The Walt Disney Company in turn announced its intent to acquire 21st Century Fox, following the divestiture of certain assets (particularly the U.S. 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.[19]

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.[20] 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.[21][22] 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.[23]

On 5 June 2018, 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.[24][25] Comcast made a US$65 billion counter-offer to acquire the 21st Century Fox assets being sold to Disney.[26] Fox rejected the offer, in favour of a higher-valued offer from Disney.[27] Comcast subsequently pursued a counter-offer for Sky only, resulting in the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers ordering that a blind auction be held between Comcast and Fox. On 22 September, Comcast was declared the winner of the auction,[28][29] resulting in Fox agreeing to sell its controlling stake in Sky to the company.[30][31]

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. In April 2019, Comcast CEO 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.[32] In January 2020, it was stated that this new channel would also be carried on NBCUniversal's new U.S. streaming video platform Peacock.[33] 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.[34] 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.[35] The proposed service was scrapped in August 2020, resulting in layoffs of 60 employees.[36]

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.[37] On 9 February 2023, 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.

Reception

Sky News is free-to-air on the Astra 28.2°E satellites carrying Sky. It is also available on 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.[38][39]

In the 1990s, short-form news updates were broadcast between programs on other Sky networks, including Sky One, Sky Movies and The Movie Channel.[40] Sky One also simulcast the 11PM Sky World News Hour for a time in the early 1990s.

Sky News International

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 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 for users in the UK, Ireland, and the United States. Viewers can watch clips or live streaming of the channel at no charge.[41] 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 streaming the channel on YouTube.[42] 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 run by NBCUniversal, and simulcast on MSNBC and NBC News Now during events of major significance such as the Russo-Ukrainian War and the death of Queen Elizabeth II.[43]

Sky News International's live stream, including the YouTube stream, is not available within Australia.[44]

Sky News International and Sky News Ireland feeds are registered to broadcast within the European Union/EEA through ALIA in Luxembourg.[45][46]

Related channels

Sky News Arabia, broadcasting in Arabic and headquartered in Abu Dhabi, UAE, launched in 2012. Sky plc owns 50% of the channel.[47]

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.[48] 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.[49]

From 2004 to 2006,[50] 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, but with local advertising.

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.[51]

Sky News HD

 
Former Sky News HD logo (2015–18)
 
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 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 Inauguration of Barack Obama. 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 set in Studio B from 30 March 2010, so final preparations for HD could take place in the main newsroom.[52]

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 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.[53]

On 1 January 2015, Sky News HD launched on Virgin Media.[citation needed]

Sky News Radio

Main article: 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.[54]

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 multiplex in the United Kingdom.[55] However, two months later Chrysalis sold its radio stations to Global Radio,[56] and in October 2007 following a business review Global's chief executive announced that it would be withdrawing from the joint venture.[57]

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).[58]

Additional channels

Sky News Raw

On 5 February 2019, Sky News launched a pop-up channel called Sky News Raw.[59] 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.[60]

Robotic cameras were placed around the newsroom and planning rooms at Sky Studios, in the three main television studios at Osterley and Millbank, and in the broadcast galleries.[61] There were also behind-the-scenes features from elsewhere in the newsgathering operation, such as the Sky News helicopter and ENG vehicles.[62]

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    Sky News Raw logo as used in January and February 2019

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    The Sky News Helicopter was featured on the channel

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    Cameras were also installed in the Millbank studios

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 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.[63][64]

On-air staff

Main article: Sky News presenters and editorial team

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.[65]

Pakistan: On Terror's Frontline was shown throughout the week beginning Monday 23 March 2009.[66] A Sky News press release stated:

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.[67]

Criticism and perception

Main article: Criticisms of Sky UK
 
Sky News viewing peaked during major events such as the September 11 attacks, Iraq War, 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 and prevent the channel from being encrypted in the UK. The channel is viewed by some in the media establishment as an impartial and unbiased provider of news.[68]

There are sources stating[69][70][71][72][73] that Sky News may be inherently biased due to the fact that 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. Many News Corp subsidiaries, including News Corp UK & Ireland Ltd, the owner of the Sun, Times and Sunday Times newspapers, have an openly conservative or right-wing outlook. In a 2010 article in the New Statesman, prominent journalist and broadcaster Mehdi Hasan argued that "in style and in substance, of course, it is nothing like the pro-war, pro-Republican, pro-Palin Fox News Channel... Sky News remains, as far as I can see, free of party political bias."[69] As of October 2018, Fox no longer has any stake in the broadcaster.[74]

Ofcom received complaints regarding the network's lack of neutrality ahead of the 2010 general election, but these were not upheld.[70][73]

In early 1994 Kelvin MacKenzie, former editor of 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 downmarket. The most ferocious battle occurred when Mackenzie wanted Sky News to run an interview with Lady Bienvenida Buck. Frykberg refused to air the interview and resigned shortly afterwards. The interview was broadcast on Sky One.[75] MacKenzie announced his resignation in August 1994,[75] but not before Sky News had transmitted live pictures of the freeway chase of O. J. Simpson's white Bronco on 17 June 1994, bringing US helicopter journalism to the UK.[76]

In 1997, Sky News broadcast live coverage of Louise Woodward's trial, held in Boston, Massachusetts, US.[77] When Sky returned to a regular schedule, viewers demanded the trial coverage be continued.[77] Sky News broadcast reaction from Woodward's home town of Elton, Cheshire, leading to criticism that the station had a pro-Louise Woodward stance.[77]

In November 2005 the then head of BBC News, Peter Horrocks, acknowledged that Sky News remained the first choice for "key opinion formers".[78]

Ofcom received 652 complaints regarding the network's neutrality after it hosted the second leaders' debate ahead of the 2010 General Election.[70]

Ofcom received 832 complaints about a May 2010 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.[79]

Ofcom received 696 complaints relating to Sky News's then political editor Adam Boulton's conduct during a May 2010 interview with Alastair Campbell.[80]

In 2014, Sky News journalist Colin Brazier rifled through an 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".[81]

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 McCann investigation on social media.[82][83] Following the confrontation Leyland was found dead in a hotel, leading to calls on social media for Brunt to be sacked.[84] 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.[85]

In 2015, Kay Burley caused further controversy when, in response to the November 2015 Paris attacks, she tweeted a photograph of a Golden Retriever dog, to which she had added, "Sadness in his eyes #parisattacks".[86][87]

In February 2023, Sky News faced further criticism over its handling and reporting of missing person Nicola Bulley.[citation needed]

Fabrication

In April 2003, Sky News carried a report from James Forlong aboard the British nuclear submarine 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 actually 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 actually 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.[88] In a follow-up article, The Guardian speculated on the long-term effects on Sky News credibility.[89] In October 2003, Forlong was found dead by his wife after committing suicide.[90] In December, Sky News was fined £50,000 by the Independent Television Commission for breaching accuracy regulations.[91][92]

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.[93][94] Sky News has said it stands by the story.[95]

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.[96]

In November 2010 the Attorney General for England and Wales, Dominic Grieve 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 Paul and Rachel Chandler, a Kent couple who were held captive by 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 to bring contempt proceedings.[97] 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.[98]

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.[99] 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.[100]

Awards

Sky News won BAFTA awards for coverage of the 11 September 2001 attacks[101] and the 2002 Soham murders.[102]

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".[103]

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.[104]

The channel won a BAFTA Award in the News Category on 10 May 2015, for Alex Crawford's coverage of the 2014 Ebola crisis.[105]

In 2018, Sky News was named Royal Television Society News Channel of the Year, the eleventh time the channel had won the award.[1][106][107]

Sky News won a BAFTA Award in the News Category on 13 May 2018 for "The Rohingya Crisis".[108] 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.[109] The same programme also won an International Emmy Award for News in October 2018.[110]

Sponsorship

In November 2014, Sky News sponsored the Young Person in Business category of the National Chamber Awards. It was won by Oliver Bryssau of Origin Broadband, which was named Business of the Year.

Bureaus and studios

Sky News has bureaus across the world; some are operated in conjunction with other media outlets.

United Kingdom

Bureaus

Additional live studios

Online

news.sky.com is the channel's main website. It provides news, sport, weather, showbiz and business stories.

In 2009, the website 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 website 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

 
Virgin Media's Electronic Program Guide contents after Virgin Media's contract to carry Sky News expired

On 1 March 2007, Sky's agreement to provide its basic channels (including Sky News) to Virgin Media expired.[112] At midnight, Sky News was removed and the EPG entry for the channel was changed to "Sky Snooze Try BBC" until Sir Richard Branson demanded the message be removed,[113] 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]

Viewing audience figures

The Daily Telegraph reported in November 2021, "Sky's top performing shows, including Trevor Phillips on Sunday, average around 160,000 viewers".[114]

Budget

As of 2018, Sky News had an estimated £90m annual budget, employs about 500 staff, but it makes a loss of between £15m and £20m a year according to The Guardian.[115]

See also

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This article is about the British channel For the Australian channel see Sky News Australia For the pan Arab channel see Sky News Arabia For the defunct Irish channel see Sky News Ireland Sky News is a British free to air television news channel and 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 Sky NewsLogo used since 2021CountryUnited KingdomBroadcast areaUnited KingdomIrelandOther international territoriesHeadquartersSky Central Osterley LondonWestminster Studios 4 Millbank City of Westminster LondonProgrammingLanguage s EnglishPicture format1080i HDTV downscaled to 16 9 576i for the SDTV feed OwnershipOwnerSky Group Comcast NBCUniversal Worldwide Key peopleDavid Rhodes Head of Sky News Group Jonathan Levy Managing Director and Executive Editor Sky News UK Sister channelsList of Sky UK channelsHistoryLaunched5 February 1989 1989 02 05 LinksWebcastLive Stream 720p Live StreamWebsitenews sky comAvailabilityTerrestrialFreeviewChannel 233BTChannel 233Channel 313Channel 385 HD Saorview Ireland Channel 23Streaming medianews sky comLive StreamNow TV UK Live StreamPeacockLive StreamPluto TVLive StreamLive HTTP stream 1 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 Contents 1 History 1 1 Establishment and early years 1 2 2000 2018 1 3 Comcast acquisition 2018 present 2 Reception 2 1 Sky News International 2 2 Related channels 2 3 Previous partnership with CBS News 3 Sky News HD 4 Sky News Radio 5 Additional channels 5 1 Sky News Raw 5 2 Sky News Brexit Free 6 On air staff 7 In depth series 8 Criticism and perception 9 Fabrication 10 Legal cases 11 Awards 12 Sponsorship 13 Bureaus and studios 13 1 United Kingdom 13 2 Bureaus 13 3 Additional live studios 14 Online 15 Virgin Media dispute 16 Viewing audience figures 17 Budget 18 See also 19 References 20 External linksHistory EditFurther information Timeline of Sky News Establishment and early years Edit 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 pm on 5 February 1989 2 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 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 million budget plus 10 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 3 Former Home Secretary 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 The channel has never been run for a profit 4 and has considered using ITN to supplement the service citation needed By March 1992 Sky News parent company turned from loss to profit 5 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 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 6 2000 2018 Edit Former Sky News logo used until 2018 This section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed September 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message 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 In March 2004 Sky News was announced to have won a five year contract to supply news bulletins to Channel 5 taking over from ITN in January 2005 7 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 8 New music was scored by Adelphoi Music and recorded with a full orchestra at Air Studios Hampstead and mastered at Metropolis Studios 9 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 8 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 Sunrise Kay Burley presented a new programme called Lunchtime Live from 12 to 2 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 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 pm The Live Desk and Martin Stanford s Sky com News became SkyNews com moving to 7 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 am to midnight on 8 March 2010 Sky News was presented and produced exclusively by women to mark International Women s Day 10 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 pm on 6 May when it moved back to the main newsroom and launched Sky News HD in time for the 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 was recorded with a 60 piece Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Angel Recording Studios London and uses more than 132 audio channels for 18 seconds of sound 11 Following the 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 12 The glass box studio was initially used for broadcasts from 6 am to 6 30 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 am to 7 pm and 9 pm to 12 am The schedule was also changed In January 2017 Sky moved its business operations into the News Building in central London 13 On 16 January 2018 Sky moved all its news operations over to Studio 21 the glass box and a new studio in Sky Studios Comcast acquisition 2018 present Edit 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 billion 14 15 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 sexual harassment allegations centered upon Fox s U S network Fox News although Ofcom did deem 21st Century Fox to be fit and proper to hold broadcast licences 16 17 18 On 14 December 2017 The Walt Disney Company in turn announced its intent to acquire 21st Century Fox following the divestiture of certain assets particularly the U S 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 19 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 20 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 21 22 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 23 On 5 June 2018 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 24 25 Comcast made a US 65 billion counter offer to acquire the 21st Century Fox assets being sold to Disney 26 Fox rejected the offer in favour of a higher valued offer from Disney 27 Comcast subsequently pursued a counter offer for Sky only resulting in the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers ordering that a blind auction be held between Comcast and Fox On 22 September Comcast was declared the winner of the auction 28 29 resulting in Fox agreeing to sell its controlling stake in Sky to the company 30 31 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 In April 2019 Comcast CEO 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 32 In January 2020 it was stated that this new channel would also be carried on NBCUniversal s new U S streaming video platform Peacock 33 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 34 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 35 The proposed service was scrapped in August 2020 resulting in layoffs of 60 employees 36 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 37 On 9 February 2023 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 Reception EditSky News is free to air on the Astra 28 2 E satellites carrying Sky It is also available on 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 38 39 In the 1990s short form news updates were broadcast between programs on other Sky networks including Sky One Sky Movies and The Movie Channel 40 Sky One also simulcast the 11PM Sky World News Hour for a time in the early 1990s Sky News International Edit This section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed September 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message 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 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 for users in the UK Ireland and the United States Viewers can watch clips or live streaming of the channel at no charge 41 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 streaming the channel on YouTube 42 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 run by NBCUniversal and simulcast on MSNBC and NBC News Now during events of major significance such as the Russo Ukrainian War and the death of Queen Elizabeth II 43 Sky News International s live stream including the YouTube stream is not available within Australia 44 Sky News International and Sky News Ireland feeds are registered to broadcast within the European Union EEA through ALIA in Luxembourg 45 46 Related channels Edit Sky News Arabia broadcasting in Arabic and headquartered in Abu Dhabi UAE launched in 2012 Sky plc owns 50 of the channel 47 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 48 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 49 From 2004 to 2006 50 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 but with local advertising Previous partnership with CBS News Edit 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 51 Sky News HD EditThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed September 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message Former Sky News HD logo 2015 18 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 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 Inauguration of Barack Obama 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 set in Studio B from 30 March 2010 so final preparations for HD could take place in the main newsroom 52 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 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 53 On 1 January 2015 Sky News HD launched on Virgin Media citation needed Sky News Radio EditMain article 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 54 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 multiplex in the United Kingdom 55 However two months later Chrysalis sold its radio stations to Global Radio 56 and in October 2007 following a business review Global s chief executive announced that it would be withdrawing from the joint venture 57 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 58 Additional channels EditSky News Raw Edit On 5 February 2019 Sky News launched a pop up channel called Sky News Raw 59 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 60 Robotic cameras were placed around the newsroom and planning rooms at Sky Studios in the three main television studios at Osterley and Millbank and in the broadcast galleries 61 There were also behind the scenes features from elsewhere in the newsgathering operation such as the Sky News helicopter and ENG vehicles 62 Sky News Raw logo as used in January and February 2019 The Sky News Helicopter was featured on the channel Cameras were also installed in the Millbank studiosSky News Brexit Free Edit 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 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 63 64 On air staff EditMain article Sky News presenters and editorial teamIn depth series EditThe channel occasionally focuses on specific areas of society and current affairs Past examples include Inside Iraq Green Britain and Crime Uncovered 65 Pakistan On Terror s Frontline was shown throughout the week beginning Monday 23 March 2009 66 A Sky News press release stated 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 67 Criticism and perception EditMain article Criticisms of Sky UK Sky News viewing peaked during major events such as the September 11 attacks Iraq War 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 and prevent the channel from being encrypted in the UK The channel is viewed by some in the media establishment as an impartial and unbiased provider of news 68 There are sources stating 69 70 71 72 73 that Sky News may be inherently biased due to the fact that 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 Many News Corp subsidiaries including News Corp UK amp Ireland Ltd the owner of the Sun Times and Sunday Times newspapers have an openly conservative or right wing outlook In a 2010 article in the New Statesman prominent journalist and broadcaster Mehdi Hasan argued that in style and in substance of course it is nothing like the pro war pro Republican pro Palin Fox News Channel Sky News remains as far as I can see free of party political bias 69 As of October 2018 Fox no longer has any stake in the broadcaster 74 Ofcom received complaints regarding the network s lack of neutrality ahead of the 2010 general election but these were not upheld 70 73 In early 1994 Kelvin MacKenzie former editor of 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 downmarket The most ferocious battle occurred when Mackenzie wanted Sky News to run an interview with Lady Bienvenida Buck Frykberg refused to air the interview and resigned shortly afterwards The interview was broadcast on Sky One 75 MacKenzie announced his resignation in August 1994 75 but not before Sky News had transmitted live pictures of the freeway chase of O J Simpson s white Bronco on 17 June 1994 bringing US helicopter journalism to the UK 76 In 1997 Sky News broadcast live coverage of Louise Woodward s trial held in Boston Massachusetts US 77 When Sky returned to a regular schedule viewers demanded the trial coverage be continued 77 Sky News broadcast reaction from Woodward s home town of Elton Cheshire leading to criticism that the station had a pro Louise Woodward stance 77 In November 2005 the then head of BBC News Peter Horrocks acknowledged that Sky News remained the first choice for key opinion formers 78 Ofcom received 652 complaints regarding the network s neutrality after it hosted the second leaders debate ahead of the 2010 General Election 70 Ofcom received 832 complaints about a May 2010 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 79 Ofcom received 696 complaints relating to Sky News s then political editor Adam Boulton s conduct during a May 2010 interview with Alastair Campbell 80 In 2014 Sky News journalist Colin Brazier rifled through an 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 81 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 McCann investigation on social media 82 83 Following the confrontation Leyland was found dead in a hotel leading to calls on social media for Brunt to be sacked 84 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 85 In 2015 Kay Burley caused further controversy when in response to the November 2015 Paris attacks she tweeted a photograph of a Golden Retriever dog to which she had added Sadness in his eyes parisattacks 86 87 In February 2023 Sky News faced further criticism over its handling and reporting of missing person Nicola Bulley citation needed Fabrication EditIn April 2003 Sky News carried a report from James Forlong aboard the British nuclear submarine 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 actually 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 actually 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 88 In a follow up article The Guardian speculated on the long term effects on Sky News credibility 89 In October 2003 Forlong was found dead by his wife after committing suicide 90 In December Sky News was fined 50 000 by the Independent Television Commission for breaching accuracy regulations 91 92 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 93 94 Sky News has said it stands by the story 95 Legal cases EditIn 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 96 In November 2010 the Attorney General for England and Wales Dominic Grieve 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 Paul and Rachel Chandler a Kent couple who were held captive by 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 to bring contempt proceedings 97 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 98 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 99 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 100 Awards EditSky News won BAFTA awards for coverage of the 11 September 2001 attacks 101 and the 2002 Soham murders 102 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 103 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 104 The channel won a BAFTA Award in the News Category on 10 May 2015 for Alex Crawford s coverage of the 2014 Ebola crisis 105 In 2018 Sky News was named Royal Television Society News Channel of the Year the eleventh time the channel had won the award 1 106 107 Sky News won a BAFTA Award in the News Category on 13 May 2018 for The Rohingya Crisis 108 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 109 The same programme also won an International Emmy Award for News in October 2018 110 Sponsorship EditIn November 2014 Sky News sponsored the Young Person in Business category of the National Chamber Awards It was won by Oliver Bryssau of Origin Broadband which was named Business of the Year Bureaus and studios EditSky News has bureaus across the world some are operated in conjunction with other media outlets United Kingdom Edit Osterley London England Sky Group s headquarters City of Westminster London England Belfast Northern Ireland Birmingham England Bristol England Edinburgh Scotland Manchester EnglandBureaus Edit Beijing People s Republic of China Brussels Belgium Dubai United Arab Emirates 111 Dublin Republic of Ireland Jerusalem Israel Johannesburg South Africa Melbourne Australia with Sky News Australia Moscow Russia with NTV New Delhi India with WION and Zee Live New York City U S Sydney with Sky News Australia Washington D C U S Additional live studios Edit Auckland New Zealand with 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 Milan Italy with Sky TG24 Perth Australia with Sky News Australia Rome Italy with Sky TG24 Online Editnews sky com is the channel s main website It provides news sport weather showbiz and business stories In 2009 the website 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 website 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 Edit Virgin Media s Electronic Program Guide contents after Virgin Media s contract to carry Sky News expired On 1 March 2007 Sky s agreement to provide its basic channels including Sky News to Virgin Media expired 112 At midnight Sky News was removed and the EPG entry for the channel was changed to Sky Snooze Try BBC until Sir Richard Branson demanded the message be removed 113 saying I have asked them to take it down We do not mean 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