Sky News is a 24-hour British domestic and international television news channel that started broadcasting on 5 February 1989 as part of the then four-channel Sky Television service, as well as a hourly news radio service in the UK. Broadcast of a 24-hour radio service is due to begin in 2007. It was modelled on the US CNN channel [3].
Although the station is targeted at the UK, it is carried around the world on a number of services. The channel has seven UK and eight foreign offices, and it can call on worldwide News Corp resources.
The usual rolling news schedule is supplemented with a number of landmark programmes and news specials. The station has won many awards over the years.
