Sky News Australia
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| Sky News Australia Logo | |
| Launched | 19 February 1996[1] |
| Owned by | Australian News Channel Pty Ltd - BSkyB 33%, Seven Media Group 33%, Nine Entertainment Co. 33% |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV 16:9) |
| Audience share | 0.1% (May 2011, OzTam[2]) |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Sister channel(s) | Sky News Business Channel Sky News Weather Channel A-PAC |
| Website | www.skynews.com.au |
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| Satellite | |
| Foxtel | Channel 601 |
| Austar | Channel 601 |
| Cable | |
| Foxtel | Channel 601 |
| Austar | Channel 601 |
| Optus | Channel 601 |
| Neighbourhood Cable | Channel 21 |
| IPTV | |
| Xbox 360 | Channel 601 |
Sky News Australia is an Australian 24 hour cable and satellite news channel available in 2.5 million homes on Foxtel, Austar, Optus Television and Neighbourhood Cable subscription platforms.[1]
Sky News Australia launched on 19 February 1996, as the first Australian-produced television news channel. The channel was added to Austar on 1 April 2000.[3] In 2004 Sky began broadcasting Sky News Active, its on-demand interactive TV news service.[1] In 2008 it launched the Sky News Business Channel, and on 20 January 2009 it launched Australian Public Affairs Channel (A-PAC). It began widescreen broadcasting on 17 May 2009.[4] In July 2010, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation launched ABC News 24 a free-to-air 24-hour news channel which competes with Sky News Australia.
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Current presenters [edit]
News presenters [edit]
Sport presenters [edit]
Reporters [edit]
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Canberra bureau [edit]
Program presenters [edit]
Substitute presenters [edit]
Former presenters [edit]
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Programming [edit]
Current programming [edit](All times in AEST/AEDT)
Other programming [edit]
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Bureaux [edit]
- Sydney (Opened 15 November 2009)
- Melbourne (Moved from Nine Network to Herald Sun offices on 15 November 2009)
- Canberra
- Brisbane (Opened 15 November 2009, Courier Mail offices)
- Perth (Opened 15 November 2009, PerthNow offices)
- Adelaide (Opened 15 November 2009, AdelaideNow offices)[6]
- Auckland, New Zealand (Sky News New Zealand Headquarters)
Awards [edit]
2007
ASTRA AWARD: most outstanding performance by a presenter: David Spears (agenda) - Winner
ASTRA AWARD: Most Creative Use of Technology: Anytime, Anywhere - Nominated
2008
ASTRA AWARD: Most outstanding performance by a presenter: David Spears (agenda) - Winner
ASTRA AWARD: Most Outstanding Performance by a Broadcast Journalist: Kieren Gilbert - Winner
ASTRA AWARD: Most Outstanding Performance by a Broadcast Journalist: Mike Willesee - Nominated
ASTRA AWARD: Most outstanding performance by a presenter: Helen Dalley (Sunday business) - Nominated
ASTRA AWARD: Channel of the year - Nominated
ASTRA AWARDS: Favourite Male Personality: James Bracey - Nominated
ASTRA AWARDS: Favourite Male Personality: David Spears - Nominated
ASTRA AWARDS: Favourite Female Personality: Helen Dally - Nominated
ASTRA AWARDS: Favourite Female Personality: Brooke Corte (née Forster) - Nominated
ASTRA AWARDS: Most Outstanding News Program or Coverage- APEC 2007 -Winner
2009
LOGIE AWARD: Most outstanding news Coverage - Global Financial Crisis – Sky News Business - Nominated -
ASTRA AWARD: Most Outstanding News Program or Coverage - Global Financial Crisis – Sky News Business - Winner
ASTRA AWARD: Most Outstanding Performance by a Broadcast Journalist: David Speers – Sky News Australia - Winner
ASTRA AWARD: Favourite Male Personality: Kieran Gilbert – Sky News Australia - Nominated
ASTRA AWARD: Most Outstanding News Program or Coverage -Global financial crisis - Sky news Business - Nominated
Widescreen [edit]
Sky News began Widescreen broadcasting along with sister channels Sky News Business Channel and A-PAC on Sunday, 17 May 2009.[3]
Corporate [edit]
Sky News Channel's parent company Australian News Channel Pty Ltd is owned by British Sky Broadcasting, Seven Media Group and Nine Entertainment Co., each with a 33% stake in the company respectively.
Other services [edit]
Sky News Multiview [edit]
With the roll-out of Foxtel Digital, Sky News Australia launched the Sky News Active interactive news service based on the Sky News UK service with the same name. The service offered a choice of eight news screens, some with original content not seen on the main channel they vary depending on the days news or events and include the latest news, business, sport, showbiz and weather in text. Other features included interactive polling and the latest news headlines via text. On 15 November 2009 Sky News active re-launched with a new look as well as 5 additional local screens (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide[6]
Sky News Now [edit]
Sky News Now is a mobile service available on Vodafone, Telstra and 3. It offers a wide variety of news in both video and text. Sky News also provides Mobile TV channels on the Mobile Foxtel service.
Sky News Alerts [edit]
Sky News Alerts is a SMS and MMS breaking news service available on all mobile phones inside Australia.[7] Breaking news alerts are sent to a subscriber via SMS or MMS at a cost per message.
Podcasting [edit]
Sky News offers various programs via podcast including First Business, Market Day, Showbiz, Agenda, Australian News Week, and Prime News New Zealand.
Sky News Business Channel [edit]
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ a b c About Sky News
- ^ OzTam: National Subscription TV, 18:00-23:59, 15/05/2011-21/05/2011
- ^ "News on the Hour". Illawarra Mercury (Illawarra, Australia: Fairfax Media). 17 March 2000. p. 55. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2011/06/sky-news-sacks-john-mangos.html
- ^ a b Sinclair, Lara (5 October 2009). "Stock Quotes". The Australian.
- ^ Sky News Alerts
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