(Carried on from the TalkTV thread)
It’ll be very interesting to see what happens to Sky News after 2028 (which is when the agreement you mentioned comes to an end). The big boss there recently said on a BBC podcast that he thinks it will stay because it’s subsidised by other parts of Sky and NBC. They are actually (slowly!) starting to make more of an effort now with presentation, and they’ve launched multiple new shows. Can’t see Sky News being wound down just yet…
I tend to think it will become more of a world news channel, a bit like what happened to BBC’s news channel. Comcast were planning one pre-pandemic (NBC Sky World News) but we all know what happened there… I think that is what Sky News will ultimately morph into (maybe with some UK-specific opt-outs?).
There are a lot of people in British TV who believe that anything remotely visually engaging is ‘flashy’ and therefore too American. Sadly many of these people have significant influence. The trick is to just not listen to them… but far too many people do. There’s a reason Sky made such an impact when it first launched (and indeed for many years afterwards) and that’s because it was run by Australians. None of this “no fun please, we’re British” nonsense!