Sky News Australia

Sky News Australia

Country	Australia
Ownership
Owner	BSkyB, PBL Media, Seven Media Group

Sky News Australia is an Australian 24 hour cable and satellite news channel available on Foxtel, Austar, Optus Television and Neighbourhood Cable subscription platforms. The channel is owned by Publishing and Broadcasting Limited, the Seven Media Group, and British Sky Broadcasting, each with a one third stake in the company.

Current Presenters

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Presenters on Sky News Australia

News Presenters

• Leigh Hatcher
• Sharon McKenzie
• Terry Willesee
• Celina Edmonds
• John Mangos
• Nicole Webb
• Jacinta Tynan
• John Gatfield
• Michael Willesee
• Susanne Latimore
• Vanessa Trezise

Sport Presenters

• Chris Roe
• Craig Norenbergs
• Paul Gregg
• James Bracey
• Luke Doherty

Business Presenters

• Helen Dalley
• Brooke Forster
• Richard Gonclaves
• Bridie Barry

Reporters

• Ashleigh Gillon
• Ahron Young
• Desley Coleman
• Terry Gallaway
• James Daggar-Nickson
• David Speers - Canberra Bureau
• Kieran Gilbert - Canberra Bureau

Program Presenters

• Georgia Hawkins
• Natalie Murray

Fill In News Presenters

• Garry Wilkinson
• Nina May
• Tracey Spicer

Former Presenters

• Juanita Phillips
• Christine Kinninmonth
• Pru Lwearne

Programming

Original Programming

• First Edition
• First Business
• Midday News Hour
• News Day
• News Night
• Market Day
• Sky Evening News
• Evening News
• Sky Business Report
• Health News Australia
• Sportsline Australia
• Agenda
• Sky News Sunday Business
• Question Time

Other Programming

• Sky News UK
• Today Tonight (Seven Network)
• A Current Affair (Nine Network)
• ABC World News (ABC)
• Nightline (ABC)
• CBS Evening News (CBS)
• New Zealand News Week
• Prime News

Other Services

Sky News Active

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Sky News Active

With the roll-out of Foxtel Digital and Austar Digital, Sky News Australia launched the Sky News Active interactive news service based on the Sky News UK service with the same name. The service offers a choice of eight news screens, some with original content not seen on the main channel they vary depending on the days news or events and include the latest news, business, sport, showbiz and weather in text. Other features include interactive polling and the latest news headlines via text.

Sky News Now

Sky News Now is a mobile service Sky News offers to Vodafone and 3 Mobile customers via the Foxtel by Mobile service. It offers video and text with the latest news, business, sport and weather as well as showbiz, environment and health news.

Sky News Alerts

Sky News Alerts is a SMS and MMS breaking news service available on all mobile phones inside Australia. Breaking news alerts are sent to a subscriber via SMS or MMS at a cost per message.

Podcasting

Sky News offers various programs via podcast including First Business, Market Day, Sky Business Report, Showbiz, Agenda, Sky News Eco Report, Australian News Week, Sky News Sunday Business and Prime News New Zealand.

See also

• Sky News
• Sky News New Zealand

External links

• Official site
• Sky News Channel on YouTube