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Sky News is a free to air and television pay channel news broadcasting station in the United Kingdom . It has won Number One News award of the year. This channel is available to Sky TV and Freeview .

Sky News

Type	Subsidiary
Country	United Kingdom
Availability	Satellite Internet
Founded	5 February 1989 ; 35 years ago  ( 1989-02-05 )
Slogan	The home of independent news
Broadcast area	United Kingdom
Parent	Sky
Official website	news .sky .com

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Establishment and early years [ change | change source ]

On 8 June 1988, Rupert Murdoch announced plans to start a new television news service in a speech to the British Academy of Film and Television Arts . Sky News started broadcasting at 6 pm on 5 February 1989. ^[1]

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