Sky News Australia
Sky News Australia Logo
Launched	19 February 1996[1]
Owned by	Australian News Channel Pty Ltd ( BSkyB 33%, Seven Media Group 33%, PBL Media 33% )
Picture format	16:9
Audience share	0.6% (Nov 2009, OzTam[2])
Country	Australia
Website	www.skynews.com.au
Availability
Satellite
Foxtel Digital	Channel 601
Austar Digital	Channel 601
Cable
Foxtel Digital	Channel 601
Austar Digital	Channel 601
Optus	Channel 601
Neighbourhood Cable	Channel 45

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 and only Australian-produced television news channel. In 2004 it 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.^[3]

[edit] Current presenters

[edit] Programming

[edit] Bureaux

• Sydney (Opened November 15 2009)
• Melbourne (Moved from Nine Network to Herald Sun offices on November 15 2009)
• Canberra
• Brisbane (Opened 15 November 2009, Courier Mail offices)
• Perth (Opened 15 November 2009, PerthNow offices)
• Adelaide (Opened 15 November 2009, AdelaideNow offices)^[4]
• Auckland, New Zealand (Sky News New Zealand Headquarters)

[edit] Awards

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 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

[edit] Widescreen

Sky News began Widescreen broadcasting along with sister channels Sky News Business Channel and A-PAC on Sunday, May 17 2009.[3]

[edit] Corporate

Australian News Channel Pty Ltd logo

Sky News Channel's parent company Australian News Channel Pty Ltd is owned by British Sky Broadcasting, Seven Media Group and PBL Media, each with a 33% stake in the company respectively.

[edit] Other Services

[edit] Sky News Multiview

With the roll-out of Foxtel Digital and Austar 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 November 15 2009 Sky News active re-launched with a new look as well as 5 additional local screens (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide ^[4]

[edit] Sky News Now

Sky News Now is a mobile service available on Vodafone, Telstra and 3 Mobile. It offers a wide variety of news in both video and text. Sky News also provides Mobile TV channels on the Mobile Foxtel service.

[edit] Sky News Alerts

Sky News Alerts is a SMS and MMS breaking news service available on all mobile phones inside Australia.^[5] Breaking news alerts are sent to a subscriber via SMS or MMS at a cost per message.

[edit] Podcasting

Sky News offers various programs via podcast including First Business, Market Day, Sky Business Report, Showbiz, Agenda, Sky News Eco Report, Australian News Week, Sky News Sunday Business and Prime News New Zealand.

[edit] Sky News Business Channel

[edit] See also

• Sky News
• Sky News New Zealand

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Sky News Channel on YouTube