My money would be on SCA. They could outsource the regional news component to them?
Sky donāt exactly have cameras or news gathering sources in the cities SCA serves do they?
Some sort of tie up to carry Sky News on the SCA multiplex, Sky ā SCA radio journos work together on content to make bulletins for SCA seems possible
Fair enough, the article is pretty harmless. But Iām sure the actual program will be the usual predictable stuff with that lineup of guests.
How are they allowed to get away with such blatant hit piece masquerading as news. What a joke
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Thatās what Iām getting at.
Both Rudd and Turnbull were brave to have challenged Rupert so publicly. Rudd was always going to be enemy No. 1 after he started building the NBN as this provided the infrastructure for streaming services to challenge Foxtel.
Murdoch is the biggest bully on the planet and his attack dogs to do all the hard work. It would be stressful if Jones, Credlin and Murray were all frothing at the mouth about you. Itās a warning to everyone else to keep quiet. I am sure Scott and Anthony and watching and learning.
Dead set - I just stood up and closed the curtain in case a stray bullet came my way after typing this.
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canāt see Prime getting Sky News as it directly competes with Seven and Primeās news offerings. SCA most likely, as their TV broadcast area is in largely LNP territory (and also SCAās predecessors strongly and fiercely opposed aggregation in the late 80s)
also SCA will be without a breakfast TV show after losing the Nine affiliation, so Headline News will fill the void.
Potentially that could save a number of jobs too. Iām not sure how many jobs would be associated with Headline News but Iād imagine there would be a few and if there was no FTA partner and no Headline News show then there would be a few redundancies.
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Could potentially Sky News buy airtime on SCA Ten and associated Multichannels?
Like Headline News on SCA 10 Bold? An extra channel by stealth.
Sky News "After Dark"Programming could run in a block from 10.30pm on the main SCA 10 Channel.
What a terrifying proposition. 10 would be smart to write a clause into any agreement that says they canāt do this or otherwise replace their news/current affairs content with Skyās.
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Imagine replacing Stephen Colbert with Paul Murray. What a transition to go from 10ās younger skewing prime time programming to old has-been āback in my day I got smacked and I turned out okā programming. Headline News is just news so it fits in anywhere, but their opinion programming is in a league of its own.
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Iād be guessing thereās nothing stopping it but I canāt imagine theyād want to. The backlash would be pretty big - there would be obvious diehards who currently watch it but the media and people here would pick up on it and if thereās any other real programming on Ten replaced by it then that could alienate fans of the programming there. Breakfast programming would be fine though, like how WIN does it now - it would be a good alternative.
The other thing would be SC10 are paying 10 for all their content, they should use it and then have Sky pay for the extra channel content. Not sure who pays what with that deal but it would have to work out well in SC10ās favour assuming they went for it. They do have the upper hand, if Sky want the content broadcast on FTA theyāll have to stump up the cash.
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If Sky News did not employ Alan Jones or Paul Murray I would probably watch it quite a lot. Instead I watch CNN or BBC. If I need a laugh I will watch Fox News. Tucker Carsonās wig is enough to set me off. Itās so expensive but still so obvious
But with Sky I canāt stand watching middle aged and geriatric men frothing at the mouth over their imaginary enemies, including Malcolm Turnbull, Anastasia Palaszczuk or Joe Biden.
Alan and Paul have had no political success but they have this hatred and obsession with many people who have won at the polls. I was really hoping that Premier Palaszczuk would win the last Queensland election, only because it would stick it to Paul Murray about how politically impotent he is.
Jones and Murray appear to be quite awkward on television, but I am sure both would look more at home if they were yelling from a balcony somewhere in Austria.
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I hadnāt ever wondered what happened to Michael Costa.
I remember when Michael Kroger was the knowledgeable Liberal panel member on Nineās election coverage to counteract Laborās Graham Richardson. He was great. Unfortunately he is now a joke.
And so is this.
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Currently i think Andrew Bolt is the most awkward at the moment. His presenting skills is going backwards and looks tired on air compared to when he first started his show when it was Weekly on Channel 10 IMO. But nobody was as more awkward as Christopher Pyne and Richard Marles when they had their cringeworthy show on Friday Afternoons a couple of years back.
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I have no problems hearing right or left take on Sky. Obviously 90% right - but itās the age of the men.
I wish theyād find some fresh new under 35 talking heads with smart firey opinions on things
Alan and Andrew come off as grumpy old grandpas
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Caleb Bond? Daisy Cousens? As long as those opinions are right leading? Spare me.
How about me! Granted Iām a year over 35, but youād love to hear me go off my nut, wouldnāt you? 
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