Sky News has announced that Matt Barbet is joining the channel as a regular presenter. Known from his time anchoring news programmes for the BBC, ITV and Channel 5, Barbet’s long career with public-service broadcasters will infuse the multi-platform video journalism he’ll create at Sky. Barbet commented: “Now is the perfect time to join Sky […]
It was 35 years-ago today (February 5th 1989) that Sky TV’s first channels were launched over Europe and targeting the UK. The Sky Channel went live at 6pm UK time together with Sky News, Sky Movies and Eurosport. It had been expected that a Disney-branded channel would also be included but on June 3th an […]
In a new Sky News documentary, chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay and his crew take audiences on a month-long undercover mission embedded at the epicentre of Myanmar’s secretive resistance movement. The Last Hospital: 30 Days in Myanmar goes to the heart of a jungle battleground in one of the most closed off countries in the world. […]
In a new documentary, Behind the Strikes, Sky News takes cameras behind the scenes of two of the biggest and most disruptive trade union industrial disputes of 2023, teachers and nurses. The story is told through the lens of two women: Pat Cullen, the Royal College of Nursing’s General Secretary and Dr Mary Bousted, the […]
To explore the real-world implications of artificial intelligence (AI), Sky News has created and tested its first-ever AI news reporter to experiment whether generative AI (GenAI) could replace the role of a journalist. The AI reporter was created in partnership with Norwegian YouTuber and coder, Kris Fagerlie, using ChatGPT and other publicly available AI software. […]
Sky News has announced Windrush and Us, a new documentary exploring the experiences of the third generation of Windrush descendants, hosted by Trevor Phillips. Marking the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the HMT Empire Windrush in Britain in 1948, Windrush and Us will look back at the period of Caribbean migration, the adventurous spirit […]
Sky News is now available as an audio service on TuneIn – the live-streaming audio platform – allowing listeners in the UK, Ireland and the US, free access to Sky news wherever they are. The partnership means Sky News’ non-stop news coverage is now accessible to audiences when they’re not in front of a screen […]
Saudi Arabia’s state media group is mulling an international English-language news channel to rival Qatar’s Al Jazeera. Saudi Research and Media Group has contacted consultancies to study feasibility, reports the FT. Boosted by recent high oil prices, Saudi Arabia seeks to compete with Dubai as the Gulf region’s financial hub and is looking to sport […]
Atlantic Productions, has created an immersive digital experience that will allow viewers following the Coronation to interact with the Crown Jewels that will be used to crown King Charles III on May 6th. The experience is available exclusively via the Sky News App and website on smartphones around the globe. The AR experience also gives […]
Sky Kids and Sky News are set to air a one-off documentary this weekend called FYI: Investigates: Kids Who Vape, exploring why there has been a rapid rise in the popularity of e-cigarettes among the younger generation. The number of children vaping is increasing, with the NHS reporting that 9 per cent of 11–15-year-olds are […]