And even if Sky News Europe is thanks-to-regulators pretty
straight-down-the-middle, it seems like Sky News Australia (which News
Corp. has owned 100% since 2016) has a lot of right-wing commentators
fronting their prime time programs.

Mark Jeffries
Saints Spotlight Editor
[email protected]

On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 12:43 PM, Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote:

> News from across the pond:
>
> Fox News is currently carried by parent company Sky's satellite service,
> where it sits alongside other news channels including CNN and CNBC.
>
> But it seems that viewership is very low.
>
> "Fox News is focused on the US market and designed for a US audience and,
> accordingly, it averages only a few thousand viewers across the day in the
> UK. We have concluded that it is not in our commercial interest to continue
> providing Fox News in the UK."
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41087659#
>
> I do wonder if Fox News causes a bit of embarrassment to the Murdochs
> while they try to complete their takeover of Sky (Fox doesn't own all of
> Sky).
>
> And then there's the recent issues where Fox News has been found in breach
> by the UK regulator Ofcom.
>
> This all makes it pretty clear that Fox News is never likely to be an
> international brand. Sky News is that, with a number of localised versions
> around the world.
>
>
> Adam
>
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