Latest News Updated: New home for Sky News channels on Foxtel

Saturday, May 26, 2018

New home for Sky News channels on Foxtel

It’s now easier to find the Sky News channels you love

From today, Sky News has an all new channel line-up, making it even easier for viewers to find and view their favourite news channel.

Sky News Live now broadcasts across dual channels 103 and 600 with prominent listings within the general entertainment and news and documentary channel groups. Sky News Live has the best team of award-winning journalists and commentators and unrivalled national affairs programming including SPEERS, AM Agenda and NewsDay. Plus, the top-rating evening line-up featuring Foxtel’s number one talk show Paul Murray LIVE, The Bolt Report, Credlin, Jones & Co, Heads Up and more.

Sky News Business, featuring Australia’s most experienced business analysts is now located at channel 601. Australia’s first and only 24-hour business channel covers the top stories in business and finance as they break from the nation’s best business finance experts including Ticky Fullerton, Nadine Blayney, Ingrid Willinge, James Daggar-Nickson, Helen Dalley, Leanne Jones and Leo Shanahan.

For sporting fans, FOX SPORTS News, Australia’s only 24/7 sports news channel is now available on channel 602, as well as sporting channel 500, making it even easier to flick between sports and news channels.

Sky News Weather still calls channel 603 home. Australia's only 24-hour weather channel features the country’s largest on-air meteorological team lead by Chief Meteorologist Tom Saunders and the Sky News Weather Active press RED functionality for detailed weather forecasts at the touch of a button.

Sky News Extra, formally A-PAC, now broadcasts on channel 604, the only channel devoted to LIVE coverage of parliament nationwide providing viewers with unfiltered access to Australian democracy in action and a platform for discussion and debate.

Sky News UK HD has launched as a standalone channel on 605, bringing world-class 24-hour news coverage from the UK and beyond to Australia with expert analysis and commentary delivered by the respected Sky News UK team.

Sky News UK and Sky News Extra are also available on Foxtel Now, joining Sky News Live and Sky News Business as part of the news offering on Foxtel’s streaming service. All Sky News channels are also available to watch on the go, via tablets and smartphones, with the Foxtel app.

As part of the Sky News enhancements, SkyNews.com.au now houses three digital video news streams Sky News Extra 1, Sky News Extra 2 and Sky News Extra 3, featuring highlights across the Sky News channels, including breaking news, media conferences, events and programming LIVE 24/7.

Sky News Live is now available as an audio stream with a new online radio platform further enhancing the Sky News digital offering.

Please visit Foxtel.com.au/ChannelChanges for more information.

The New Sky News channel number listing: