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id="1980s">1980s</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_Sky_News&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: 1980s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>1988</b> <ul><li>8 June – <a href="/wiki/Rupert_Murdoch" title="Rupert Murdoch">Rupert Murdoch</a> announces plans to launch a four-channel service on the soon to be launched <a href="/wiki/Astra_(satellite)" title="Astra (satellite)">Astra</a> satellite. One of the channels will be a continuous news channel.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1989</b> <ul><li>5 February – At just after 6pm, Sky News launches. It begins broadcasting a few minutes after the launch of <a href="/wiki/Sky_plc" class="mw-redirect" title="Sky plc">Sky Television</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1990s">1990s</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_Sky_News&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>1990</b> <ul><li>2 December – Following the merger of Sky TV and <a href="/wiki/British_Satellite_Broadcasting" title="British Satellite Broadcasting">BSB</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sky News launches on the <a href="/wiki/Thor_(satellite)" title="Thor (satellite)">Marco Polo</a> satellite although arts programmes are shown for a short time as a weekend opt-out service from Sky News.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1991</b> <ul><li>16 January-2 March – Sky News provides rolling coverage of the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1992</b> <ul><li>February – Ahead of <a href="/wiki/TV-am" title="TV-am">TV-am</a> losing its licence to broadcast, it closes its in-house news service and contracts out its news provision to <a href="/wiki/Sky_News" title="Sky News">Sky News</a>. This is the first time that output from Sky News is seen on terrestrial television. This continues until 31 December, TV-am's last day on air.</li> <li>31 December – Sky, and Sky News, stops broadcasting via the Marco Polo satellite.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1993</b> <ul><li>No events.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1994</b> <ul><li>No events.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1995</b> <ul><li>No events.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1996</b> <ul><li>No events.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1997</b> <ul><li>31 August – Television schedules are dominated by coverage of the <a href="/wiki/Diana,_Princess_of_Wales" title="Diana, Princess of Wales">Diana, Princess of Wales</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Death_of_Diana,_Princess_of_Wales" title="Death of Diana, Princess of Wales">car accident</a> and Sky News provides rolling coverage for much of the following week, culminating in her funeral on 6 September.</li> <li>9 November – Sky News faces competition for the first time when the BBC launches a news channel, <a href="/wiki/BBC_News_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC News (TV channel)">BBC News 24</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1998</b> <ul><li>1 October – <a href="/wiki/Sky_UK" title="Sky UK">Sky Digital</a> launches.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1999</b> <ul><li>8 March – Following the axing of <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/ITV_News_at_Ten" title="ITV News at Ten">News at Ten</a></i>, Sky News launches <i><a href="/wiki/Sky_News_at_Ten" title="Sky News at Ten">Sky News at Ten</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>June – <a href="/wiki/Sky_News_Radio" title="Sky News Radio">Sky News Radio</a> is launched.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2000s">2000s</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_Sky_News&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 2000s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>2000</b> <ul><li>March – Sky News Active launches.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2001</b> <ul><li>11 September – Viewers around the world witness a <a href="/wiki/September_11,_2001_attacks" class="mw-redirect" title="September 11, 2001 attacks">terrorist attack</a> on the United States, and the collapse of the <a href="/wiki/World_Trade_Center_(1973-2001)" class="mw-redirect" title="World Trade Center (1973-2001)">Twin Towers</a> in New York City. Sky News provides rolling coverage with some of the coverage coming from <a href="/wiki/Fox_News" title="Fox News">Fox News</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2002</b> <ul><li>7 January – <a href="/wiki/Sky_News" title="Sky News">Sky News</a> content becomes available on terrestrial television for the first time in a decade when <a href="/wiki/Channel_5_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Channel 5 (UK)">Channel 5</a> begins simulcasting part of its breakfast news programme <i><a href="/wiki/Sunrise_(UK_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunrise (UK TV series)">Sunrise</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>February – <i><a href="/wiki/Sky_News_Today" title="Sky News Today">Sky News Today</a></i> is launched. It is the new name for Sky News' weekday morning slot.</li> <li>30 October – <a href="/wiki/Freeview_(UK)" title="Freeview (UK)">Freeview</a> launches as a replacement for the failed <a href="/wiki/ITV_Digital" title="ITV Digital">ITV Digital</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sky_News" title="Sky News">Sky News</a> is one of three channels that Sky provides for the new service.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2003</b> <ul><li>20 March – As the <a href="/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq" title="2003 invasion of Iraq">2003 invasion of Iraq</a> begins, Sky News provides continuous live coverage of unfolding events.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2004</b> <ul><li>24 May – <a href="/wiki/Sky_News_Ireland" title="Sky News Ireland">Sky News Ireland</a> is launched as a bespoke news broadcast for the Republic of Ireland.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2005</b> <ul><li>1 January – <a href="/wiki/Sky_News" title="Sky News">Sky News</a> replaces ITN as news provider to <a href="/wiki/Channel_5_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Channel 5 (UK)">Channel 5</a>. Consequently, the channel's output is seen on a terrestrial channel for the first time, both in early morning scheduled slots and during major news events, such as Sky News' overnight coverage of the results of the <a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005 General Election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Sky News launches an overnight global bulletin <i><a href="/wiki/Sky_World_News" title="Sky World News">Sky World News</a></i>. It broadcasts each weeknight between 3am and 5.30am.</li> <li>24 October – The first edition of global news programme <i><a href="/wiki/World_News_Tonight_(TV_series)" title="World News Tonight (TV series)">World News Tonight</a></i> is broadcast on Sky News as part of a revamp of the channel which sees rolling news replaced by presented-led programming. The new show co-insides with a move to new studios in <a href="/wiki/Isleworth" title="Isleworth">Isleworth</a>, Greater London. The new studio is integrated with the newsroom.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian.co.uk_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian.co.uk-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> New music was scored by Adelphoi Music and recorded with a full orchestra at Air Studios, <a href="/wiki/Hampstead" title="Hampstead">Hampstead</a>, and mastered at Metropolis Studios.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other new shows, in a schedule designed around "appointment to view" programmes rather than continuous rolling news, include <a href="/wiki/Julie_Etchingham" title="Julie Etchingham">Julie Etchingham</a> presenting <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sky_Report" title="The Sky Report">The Sky Report</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Kay_Burley" title="Kay Burley">Kay Burley</a> presented a new programme called <i><a href="/wiki/Lunchtime_Live" class="mw-redirect" title="Lunchtime Live">Lunchtime Live</a></i> from 12 to 2 pm, the daytime show <i><a href="/wiki/Sky_News_Today" title="Sky News Today">Sky News Today</a></i> introduces a three-presenter format and the following weekend, <i>Saturday Live</i> is launched.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2006</b> <ul><li>10 July – After less than a year on air, the final edition of <i><a href="/wiki/World_News_Tonight_(TV_series)" title="World News Tonight (TV series)">World News Tonight</a></i> is broadcast on Sky News. The programme is dropped due to a poor reception from viewers which had seen BBC News 24 overtake Sky News in the ratings. The evening programmes were replaced by rolling news and an interactive programme, <i><a href="/wiki/Sky_News_with_Martin_Stanford" title="Sky News with Martin Stanford">Sky News with Martin Stanford</a></i>, and the return to a two-presenter format on <i>Sky News Today</i>.</li> <li>3 November – The final edition of <a href="/wiki/Sky_News_Ireland" title="Sky News Ireland">Sky News Ireland</a> is broadcast. The programme had been intended to end at the end of the month but finished early following a staff walk-out following the announcement of the decision to end the programme.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The walkout was over the handling of the closure by their British Sky News managers in London.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2007</b> <ul><li>1 March – The <a href="/wiki/Sky_UK" title="Sky UK">Sky</a> Basics channels, including Sky News, stop broadcasting on <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Media" title="Virgin Media">Virgin Media</a> when the two companies cannot agree a new carriage deal.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1 October – Sky News introduces another new schedule, extending Kay Burley's <i>Lunchtime Live</i> programme and renaming it <i>Afternoon Live</i>. It also switches to a new format for much of the day, with a solo lead presenter and a summary newsreader. Sky News also puts more emphasis on interactive news with <a href="/wiki/Martin_Stanford" title="Martin Stanford">Martin Stanford</a>'s new <i><a href="/wiki/SkyNews.com" title="SkyNews.com">SkyNews.com</a></i> programme; an early evening financial news programme presented by <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Randall_(journalist)" title="Jeff Randall (journalist)">Jeff Randall</a>, was also introduced, initially on Mondays only.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2008</b> <ul><li>8 September – <a href="/wiki/Colin_Brazier" title="Colin Brazier">Colin Brazier</a> presents the first edition of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Live_Desk_(Sky)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Live Desk (Sky)">The Live Desk</a></i>, and Martin Stanford's <i>Sky.com News</i> became <i>SkyNews.com</i>, moving to 7 pm every weeknight.</li> <li>13 November – After more than 18 months, the Sky Basics channels, including Sky News, return to <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Media" title="Virgin Media">Virgin Media</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2009</b> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Randall_Live" title="Jeff Randall Live">Jeff Randall Live</a></i> is expanded from a weekly show to being on air four nights each week, Monday to Thursday.</li> <li>3 March – <a href="/wiki/Independent_Radio_News" title="Independent Radio News">Independent Radio News</a> switches its main supplier of news from <a href="/wiki/ITN" title="ITN">ITN</a> to Sky News Radio, expanding its customer client list by more than 280 stations and giving it a near-monopoly in UK commercial radio news provision. The first Sky News produced bulletin is broadcast at 2pm.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2010s">2010s</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_Sky_News&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2010s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>2010</b> <ul><li>6 May – <a href="/wiki/Sky_News" title="Sky News">Sky News HD</a> launches.</li> <li>21 May – Sky News confirms that it is to ditch weather presenters, apart from during breakfast programme <i><a href="/wiki/Sunrise_(British_TV_programme)" title="Sunrise (British TV programme)">Sky News Sunrise</a></i>, and replace them with headline bulletins read by the news presenter.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The move comes at the same time as Sky News slims down its sports reporting in favour of bulletins from <a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports_News" title="Sky Sports News">Sky Sports News</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>10 September – The final edition of <i><a href="/wiki/SkyNews.com" title="SkyNews.com">SkyNews.com</a></i> is broadcast.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>December – The final edition of <i><a href="/wiki/Sunday_Live_with_Adam_Boulton" title="Sunday Live with Adam Boulton">Sunday Live with Adam Boulton</a></i> is broadcast. It is replaced in the new year with a similar show presented by <a href="/wiki/Dermot_Murnaghan" title="Dermot Murnaghan">Dermot Murnaghan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NewShows_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NewShows-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Boulton moved to a new weekday show at 13:00 on Sky News.<sup id="cite_ref-NewShows_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NewShows-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2011</b> <ul><li>15 January – The final edition of <i>Saturday Live</i> is broadcast.</li> <li>17 January – The first edition of <i><a href="/wiki/Boulton_%26_Co" title="Boulton & Co">Boulton & Co</a></i> is broadcast.</li> <li>April – <i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_Five_(Sky_News_programme)" title="Live at Five (Sky News programme)">Live at Five</a></i> is dropped from the schedule following a change in branding policy, and the majority of Sky News output is rebranded as simply Sky News. The name had been in use since the channel's first day on air. Also disappearing from the schedule in 2011 is <i><a href="/wiki/The_Live_Desk_(Sky)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Live Desk (Sky)">The Live Desk</a></i>.</li> <li>December – Sky News produces the Queen's Christmas Day broadcast for the first time.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>December – Today is the final day in which Sky News provides <a href="/wiki/Channel_5_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Channel 5 (UK)">Channel 5</a> with its news coverage as the following day sees the contract return to <a href="/wiki/ITN" title="ITN">ITN</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2012</b> <ul><li>23 October – <a href="/wiki/UK_digital_transition" class="mw-redirect" title="UK digital transition">Digital switchover</a> is completed in the UK meaning that Sky News is now available in around 90% of UK homes.</li> <li>26 November – A 60-second bespoke news bulletin from <a href="/wiki/Sky_News" title="Sky News">Sky News</a> is launched on <a href="/wiki/Pick_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pick (TV channel)">Pick</a> and is broadcast nightly at 21:00.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2013</b> <ul><li>No events.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2014</b> <ul><li>27 March – The final edition of business news programme <i><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Randall_Live" title="Jeff Randall Live">Jeff Randall Live</a></i> is broadcast.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1 August – The final edition of weekday lunchtime programme <i><a href="/wiki/Boulton_%26_Co" title="Boulton & Co">Boulton & Co</a></i> is broadcast.</li> <li>1 September – Sky News launches a new flagship evening bulletin <i><a href="/wiki/Sky_News_Tonight" title="Sky News Tonight">Sky News Tonight</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2015</b> <ul><li>Following the <a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">2015 general election</a>, Sky News is rebranded, with a new top-of-the-hour sequence and on-screen graphics. The traditional opening voiceover, read by Bruce Hammal, is dropped after two decades in use.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2016</b> <ul><li>21 April – The first edition of discussion programme <i><a href="/wiki/The_Pledge_(British_TV_programme)" title="The Pledge (British TV programme)">The Pledge</a></i> is broadcast. It is broadcast each Thursday evening at 8pm.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>24 October – Sky News begins broadcasting from a new studio (Studio 21) at Sky Central, Sky's new headquarters in West London.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2017</b> <ul><li>8 January – <i><a href="/wiki/Sophy_Ridge_on_Sunday" title="Sophy Ridge on Sunday">Sophy Ridge on Sunday</a></i> launches.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also launching in 2017 is weekday show <i><a href="/wiki/All_Out_Politics" class="mw-redirect" title="All Out Politics">All Out Politics</a></i>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2018</b> <ul><li>24 September – The first edition of teatime programme <i><a href="/wiki/The_News_Hour_with_Mark_Austin" title="The News Hour with Mark Austin">The News Hour with Mark Austin</a></i> is broadcast.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2019</b> <ul><li>13 October – <i><a href="/wiki/Sunrise_(British_TV_programme)" title="Sunrise (British TV programme)">Sky News Sunrise</a></i> is broadcast for the final time. The programme, which launched with <a href="/wiki/Sky_News" title="Sky News">Sky News</a> first went on air more than 30 years ago, is broadcast. It is replaced the following day with two new shows – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Early_Rundown_(Sky_News)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Early Rundown (Sky News)">The Early Rundown</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Sky_News_@_Breakfast" class="mw-redirect" title="Sky News @ Breakfast">Sky News @ Breakfast</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-pressgazette19_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pressgazette19-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>16 October – 1 November – Sky News operates a pop-up channel called <b>Sky News Brexit-Free</b>. On air on weekdays from 17:00 to 22:00, it broadcasts news which isunrelated to <a href="/wiki/Brexit" title="Brexit">the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union</a>. Sky News head John Ryley cited viewer fatigue over the near-constant coverage of Brexit as justification for the channel.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2020s">2020s</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_Sky_News&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2020s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>2020</b> <ul><li>March – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Pledge_(British_TV_programme)" title="The Pledge (British TV programme)">The Pledge</a></i> is suspended due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>. The programme has not subsequently returned.</li> <li>23 September – The weekday editions of <i><a href="/wiki/Sky_News_@_Breakfast" class="mw-redirect" title="Sky News @ Breakfast">Sky News @ Breakfast</a></i> are renamed <i>Kay Burley</i>.</li> <li>10 December – <i><a href="/wiki/Sky_News_Breakfast" title="Sky News Breakfast">Sky News Breakfast</a></i> replaces <i>Kay Burley</i> after Burley stepped back from presenting the show for six months, as a result of breaching <a href="/wiki/The_Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Restrictions)_(All_Tiers)_(England)_Regulations_2020" class="mw-redirect" title="The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020">London's tier 2 coronavirus restrictions</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gu-2020-12-10_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gu-2020-12-10-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2021</b> <ul><li>7 April – Sky News launches a weekday climate news programme <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Daily_Climate_Show&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Daily Climate Show (page does not exist)">The Daily Climate Show</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>3 June – Sky News updates its top-of-the-hour sequence, soundtrack and on-screen graphics package. A Sky News source denies the move is related to the launch of <a href="/wiki/GB_News" title="GB News">GB News</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>7 June – The <i><a href="/wiki/Kay_Burley_(TV_programme)" title="Kay Burley (TV programme)">Kay Burley</a></i> branding reappears following Burley's return to the channel.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2022</b> <ul><li>No events.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2023</b> <ul><li>24 May – Sky News launches an audio-only feed, making it available on the <a href="/wiki/TuneIn" title="TuneIn">TuneIn</a> service.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>3 July – Sky News makes major changes to its weekday line-up. Sky News Today now airs from 10am until 4.30pm with Ian King Live renamed Business Live and broadcasting in two half-hour slots at 11.30am and 4.30pm.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>16 July – <a href="/wiki/Sophy_Ridge_on_Sunday" title="Sophy Ridge on Sunday">Sophy Ridge on Sunday</a> is broadcast for the final time.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>September – A new weeknight show <i><a href="/wiki/Politics_Hub" class="mw-redirect" title="Politics Hub">Politics Hub</a></i> launches, airing on weeknights at 7pm, and be presented by <a href="/wiki/Sophy_Ridge" title="Sophy Ridge">Sophy Ridge</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Phillips" title="Trevor Phillips">Trevor Phillips</a> will take over the Sunday morning show.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2 October – <i>UK Tonight with Sarah-Jane Mae</i> launches, broadcasting Mondays to Thursday, 8pm to 9pm.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2024</b> <ul><li>8 January – The weekday editions of <i><a href="/wiki/Sky_News_Breakfast" title="Sky News Breakfast">Sky News Breakfast</a></i> are refreshed. The programme starts at the earlier time of 6am, and new presents join the programme.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>22 January – <i>The World</i> launches. The hour-long international news programme airs Monday to Thursday at 9pm and is part of Sky News' evening sequence of individually branded, and focussed, hour-long programmes.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>21 June – Sky News stops broadcasting in standard definition on Virgin Media.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_Sky_News&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_BBC_News_Channel" title="Timeline of the BBC News Channel">Timeline of the BBC News Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_ITN" title="Timeline of ITN">Timeline of ITN</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_Sky_News&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The £199 dish that will launch a television revolution. by Richard Evans Media Editor. 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