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7 unusual facts about Sky News


Heathrow Express

The monitors are mostly used for advertising and for news and weather updates produced by Sky News.

Irelande Douze Pointe

Sky News even interviewed the puppet Dustin the Turkey about the song.

Kandeh Yumkella

He has also appeared on several international broadcast networks, including CNN's Amanpour programme, BBC, Sky News and CNBC.

Marc Holtzman

As a frequent guest lecturer, Mr. Holtzman has advocated the process of continued market reforms and democratization before audiences including the World Economic Development Congress and Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and has appeared as a guest on CNN, ABC News, Sky News, the British Broadcasting Corporation’s BBC World and CNBC among others.

Mohammed El-leissy

He has appeared on Sky News, Sunrise, The Project on Network Ten, SBS’s Insight as well as a regular contributor to ABC’s News Breakfast.

Norman Cowans

Cowans has a daughter named Kimberley Lucy, is currently a regular commentator on Sky News and BBC News 24, and has his own sports promotions company.

Roar! Newspaper

Former editors, writers and photographers now work for national news outlets such as The Sun, The Daily Mail, Time Out Magazine, The Times and Sky.


3 News

3 News uses the international and domestic news sources of ITV News, Sky News, Channel 4 (UK), CBS News, Reuters, Seven News and Sky News New Zealand.

Abdel Bari Atwan

As editor of Al Quds Al Arabi, Abdel Bari Atwan has become a well-known Arab public figure, and is a regular guest on Dateline London on BBC World, Sky News, Al Jazeera English and CNN World, as well as on several Arabic-language networks.

Asha Tanna

She was made redundant from Five News in February 2009 but as of March 2009 she has been presenting on Sky News and Sky Sports News.

Bob Tomalski

He also appeared regularly on Sky News' weekly Technofile programme, reviewing gadgets for the viewers, alongside presenter Martin Stanford.

Colin Brazier

His time as a Sky News correspondent included him being the first non-American to broadcast live from Baghdad International Airport, a record which prompted the Daily Telegraph to write in a leader on 12 April entitled "Where was the BBC?": "The BBC refused to acknowledge…that American troops were in Baghdad, even though you had only to switch to Sky to see them there."

Dalton-in-Furness

Dalton is also the birthplace of award-winning artist Richard T. Slone and the town in which Sky News presenter Steve Dixon and Turner Prize winner Keith Tyson grew up and attended school.

Derek Laud

Laud makes regular appearances on radio and television, appearing regularly on Sky News, The Alan Titchmarsh Show and BBC Radio 5 Live.

DStv

The original video channel bouquet consisted of 17 channels: M-Net, MGM TV, TCM, TNT Sci-Fi Universal, SuperSport, ESPN, SelecTV, Travel Channel, KTV, Cartoon Network, BBC World News, CNN International, Sky News, Trinity Broadcasting Network, MTV, VH1 and TV5Monde.

Exit poll

This method was also successful in the 2007 Australian Federal Election, where the collaboration of Sky News, Channel 7 and Auspoll provided an almost exact 53 percent two party-preferred victory to Labor over the ruling Coalition.

Helen Boaden

A second and parallel investigation, launched by the BBC into possible management failings at the Corporation, called the Pollard Report after the lead investigator, Nick Pollard (a former senior executive at Sky News), criticised the BBC and several executive members, including Boaden, for continuing with plans to celebrate Savile's life, despite apparently having received advanced information that Savile was being investigated for multiple cases of sexual abuse.

Jason de la Peña

After the end of his cricketing career, de la Peña became a news presenter on Sky News, following previous stints at France 24 and Russia Today.

Jonathan Wheatley

He also had brief spells presenting for Carlton's London Today and Sky News and for the last eight and a half years has presented The World News for the BBC World Service.

Louise Botting

Her marriage to the writer and explorer Douglas Botting led to a career break as she gave birth to her two daughters, Kate and Anna Botting (now a newsreader with Sky News).

Nabila Ramdani

In the UK, Ramdani participates in flagship current affairs programmes, including the BBC's Woman's Hour, Today, You and Yours, PM, Newsnight, Dateline London, BBC Arabic's Sabaat Ayyam (Seven Days), The Sky News Press Preview, Boulton & Co, and Al Jazeera's Inside Story.

Nazenin Ansari

She is a regular panelist on BBC News’s Dateline London programme, and provides news analysis about Iran on BBC Radio 4, CNN International, Sky News and Al-Jazeera.

Nick Conrad

He has occasionally appeared on television chat shows including The Alan Titchmarsh Show and This Morning, and on more serious programmes such as Newsnight Review and programmes on Sky News channel.

Paul Kadak

While on Christmas Island, he reported live not only to Seven News, but many radio stations across Australia, Sky News London and CNN.

Ron Silver

In one of his last televised interviews, he told Sky News that Senator John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as his Vice-Presidential candidate in the 2008 Presidential Election had been a "deal breaker" for him.

Steff Gaulter

Gaulter joined Sky News as a weather forecaster in November 2002, particularly enjoying external broadcasts from the Cheltenham Festival, the FA Cup Final from Cardiff and from the Glastonbury Festival.

Steve Gaisford

After leaving Sky News Steve became a regular face on ITV presenting the ITV News at 5:30 and still anchors ITV London's London Tonight weekend news programmes and still works alongside former Sky colleague Barbara Serra on Al Jazeera English.

Swindon 105.5

Martin created a video diary, and was also interviewed live by leading Sky News anchor Jeremy Thompson.

The West Tonight

The branding was discontinued two years later but reintroduced in 2005 when Lisa Aziz rejoined ITV West from Sky News.

Tim Marshall

Timothy John 'Tim' Marshall (born 1959), is Foreign Affairs Editor for Sky News, the 24 hour television news service operated by Sky Television, part of British Sky Broadcasting.


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Amber Sherlock

Upon her return to Sydney, Sherlock went to work for Commonwealth Securities as a financial journalist, after which she took a position as a newsreader with Sky News Australia.

Brian Daly

Daly joined Sky News from Irish channel TV3, where he had worked since the channel's launch in 1998 and anchored the breakfast show Ireland AM.

Dominic Waghorn

He was formerly Sky News' Asia Correspondent, based in Beijing and Middle East Correspondent, based in Jerusalem.

In late 2006, Waghorn became Sky News’ Middle East Correspondent, based in Jerusalem.

Jacquie Beltrao

She also has a strong passion for tennis and has done many news reports on the sport for Sky News and Sky Sports News.

The family have a rescue dog, after she appeared on Sky News representing Dogs Trust.

Muso's Guide

In June 2009, days after Michael Jackson died, then Muso's Guide editor, Natalie Shaw, was invited onto Sky News to discuss the singer's musical legacy and impact.

Peter van Onselen

He also hosts Australian Agenda on Sunday mornings, a joint production between Sky News and The Australian newspaper, interviewing politicians such as Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, Tony Abbott, John Howard, Barry O'Farrell and Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim.

Turramurra High School

David Speers - Political Editor at Sky News Australia; attended Turramurra High School from 1989 to 1992.