What is Sky News?
{{update|date=December 2010}} '''Sky News''' is a free to air and television pay channel [[news]] [[broadcast]]ing station in the [[United Kingdom]]. It has won Number One News award of the year. This channel is available to [[British Sky Broadcasting|Sky TV]] and [[Freeview]]. {{Infobox broadcasting network | name = Sky News | former_names = | logo = Sky-news-logo.png | image = | type = Subsidiary | founded = {{start date and age|1989|2|5|df=yes}} | country = [[United Kingdom]] | broadcast_area = [[United Kingdom]] | headquarters = | keypeople = | available = [[Satellite television|Satellite]]<br>[[Internet television|Internet]] | slogan = The home of independent news | parent = [[Sky Ltd|Sky]] | website = {{URL|https://news.sky.com/}} }} ==History== ===Establishment and early years=== On 8 June 1988, [[Rupert Murdoch]] announced plans to start a new television news service in a speech to the [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]]. Sky News started broadcasting at 6&nbsp;pm on 5 February 1989.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://successstory.com/companies/sky-news|title=Sky News Success Story|website=www.successstory.com |access-date=2019-10-15}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Sky Group}} {{UK television channels}} {{multistub|TV|UK}} [[Category:British television networks]] [[Category:British Sky Broadcasting]]