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Sky News when and where you want it
Sky News and Sky News Active are available on Sky digital channel 501. It is also available on Freeview channel 82. Users can log in to the latest breaking news stories at www.sky.com/news or catch up with the headlines provided by Sky News Radio to many of the UK's commercial radio stations. It also offers news on mobile phones - plus desk top alerts provide breaking news direct to your PC. In addition Sky News provides the news for five news.
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Britain's most popular news channel
Launched in 1989, Sky News has provided over 150,000 hours of up-to-the-minute global coverage and expert impartial analysis.
Sky News is the UK's most popular news channel, consistently out-performing its competitors - particularly when big news breaks.
Valued for fairness, balance and journalistic objectivity by both viewers and regulators, the channel has also earned a reputation for the speed of its coverage and flexibility in reporting live news.
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Sky News Active
When it launched in 2000, Sky News Active was the world's first interactive television news service. By pressing the red button on the remote control Sky digital viewers can select from eight different news screens. Weather, showbiz, sport and business sit alongside the day's top stories.
The eight screens carry a range of stories, including press conferences, speeches, interviews and analysis of breaking news - as well as feeds from international broadcasters for global news stories.
Sky News international
Sky News employs over 500 dedicated staff worldwide, based at the Sky News Centre in London and in its UK and international bureaux. This, along with its alliances with major broadcasters around the world, ensures that the service covers breaking news whenever - and wherever - it happens.
To maintain its reputation for breaking news, Sky News constantly invests in technology to increase live capacity. Reporters and correspondents have access to a fleet of satellite trucks that enable them to broadcast live from anywhere in the world.