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Sky News Sky News is Britain 's first 24-hour television news channel, originally launched as part of the 4-channel Sky Television satellite package in February 1989 .
The channel originally operated on a shoestring but quickly gained a reputation for journalistic integrity. Although the channel has reportedly run at a loss for much of its history its award-winning journalism has brought Sky Television and its successor British Sky Broadcasting some much-needed prestige.
Today Sky News continues to maintain an impressive standard of journalism in the face of tough competition. It is undoubtedly the inspiration for Fox News , its US sister channel with which it sometimes exchanges material. During 2003 , plans to offer Sky News in the US were under consideration, but have since been dropped.
Main competitors in the UK are BBC News 24 and the ITV News Channel , while elsewhere in Europe it competes with BBC World and CNBC . A new service, for the Republic of Ireland , Sky News Ireland, started broadcasting in May 2004. As of 2004 rival news channels CNN International and Euronews , as well as Sky's US sister channel Fox News , are also available on Sky Digital.
Sky News is also available on satellite in Africa , the Middle East and India , while a sister service, Sky News Australia, is available in Australia and New Zealand .
In March 2004 it was announced that Sky News had won a 5-year contract to supply news bulletins to the British terrestrial channel five ITN in January 2005 .
Sky News has been featured in many blockbuster feature films, including Independence Day ,'\' , Behind Enemy Lines and The Day After Tomorrow ''.
The station broadcasts from BSkyB's headquarters in West London at Isleworth , Middlesex .
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