Sky News
Sky News is one of the first 24 -hour news channels.
Countries
- Sky News UK
- Sky News Ireland Ireland
- Sky News Australia Australia
- Sky News New Zealand New Zealand
- Sky News Arabia
History
He originally started on 5 February 1989 as part of the 4- channel satellite package of Sky Television, a media conglomerate of Rupert Murdoch the associated company. The transmitting station is the headquarters of BSkyB in West London in Isleworth, Middlesex.
Sky News started with very limited funds, but gained very quickly reputations for its journalistic integrity. Although the channel was working most of the time at a loss, he brought through his award-winning journalism its parent company Sky Television and the successor to British Sky Broadcasting, the long-awaited prestige.
Today Sky News still has a very high standard, although the competition has become very large. Sky News is considered the forerunner of the U.S. news channel Fox News Channel, which also sometimes material is replaced, since both Sky News and Fox News Channel are part of the media conglomerate News Corporation, its founder and CEO Rupert Murdoch is.
In 2003 there were plans to offer Sky News in the United States. These were but dropped back.
In 2010, Sky launched an HD version of Sky News.
On May 6, 2012 " Sky News Arabia" went on the air.
Competition
The biggest competition in the UK is BBC News, while otherwise belong in Europe BBC World News and CNN International to do so. A new offering from broadcaster for the Republic of Ireland began in May 2004 and the operation is called Sky News Ireland.
Reception
In the UK, the station is broadcast digitally via DVB -T ( Freeview ) and cable ( Virgin Media ).
In Europe, Sky News via the Astra satellite positions at 19.2 ° and 28.2 ° East Digital to receive unencrypted.
Other English-language news channel that are sent digitally via Astra: CNN International, Euro News, BBC World News, CNBC Europe, Al Jazeera English, France 24 English and Russia Today.
In Africa, the Middle East and India Sky News is also distributed via satellite. In Germany, Sky News can also be received in digital cable television.
In Australia Sky News is distributed via the offshoot Sky News Australia, where the PBL Media owns one-third.