Yep. European regulation - and British come to that (for a post-Brexit world) - basically stops those commentators. At least, you can only do them if you achieve balance. That's how the UK radio station LBC operates, walking a fine line between left and right wing commentators to keep regulators happy.
Other Sky-branded news channels are Sky TG24 in Italy, and Sky News Arabia, the latter co-owned by one of the leading families in Abu Dhabi. Interestingly, Sky doesn't have a German news channel. It should be noted that Sky News has always been partly funded to win political favour and show that Sky is a "proper" broadcaster. Adam On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 9:08 PM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >> -- >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
