NBC News Now starts simulcasting ‘Today’ from Sky News
The hour-long simulcast unwraps the day’s top stories from the United Kingdom, Europe and around the world.
Sky News
Sky News is a free-to-access, international television news channel and multiplatform information brand operated by Comcast’s Sky Group. The channel started broadcasting in 1989, timed to coincide with the launch of Sky satellite television, and was part of British Sky Broadcasting until 2018.
Sky News operates two television channels: A domestic version that broadcasts free-to-air in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and a global variant that carries the same programming but with localized advertisements (in some countries, ad breaks are replaced with pre-recorded news clips and weather forecasts).
News programming and content is also distributed across various digital platforms, including the Sky News website, several social media accounts, podcasts and terrestrial radio. The channel is headquartered in London.
Sky News to launch daily politics show with Sophy Ridge
Sky News will introduce a new daily politics program called “Politics Hub,” hosted by former Sunday morning presenter Sophy Ridge.
Sky News to debut ‘Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips’
The show is partially modeled off NBC’s “Meet the Press,” and will include political talk intertwined with segments on art and culture.
Yalda Hakim leaves BBC for Sky News
Journalist Yalda Hakim is leaving the BBC for a new role as the presenter of a global news program at Sky News.
Sky News experiments with AI-powered “reporter”
The Comcast-owned channel wanted to see if off-the-shelf AI tools could soon replace human journalists.
Fox produced 45 minutes of “real news” for Independence Day
The blockbuster film “Independence Day” used nearly an hour of real-world “news clips” commissioned from actual TV channels.
Sky News audio simulcast returns to TuneIn
Listeners in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the United States now have access to a free audio simulcast of the London-based news channel.
Two dozen Xumo channels integrated into Xfinity Stream
Comcast is integrating nearly two dozen Xumo-powered streaming channels into its Xfinity Stream application for the first time.
Comcast’s Sky News apologizes for linking protesters to queen’s mourners
Sky News erroneously claimed a group protesting the death of Chris Kaba were mourners paying homage to Queen Elizabeth II.
Sky News pulls anchor, reporters from channel after COVID breach
Sky News has pulled Kay Burley and four others after they publicly breached COVID-19 health restrictions on Saturday.
