Yes, it also lauched online at the same time it went to DAB. Its also native to the Nova and Smooth player apps.
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They’ve really been pushing their subscriptions and the new app over the last 12 months. Mu guess is that’s plateaued so they’re going for awareness over subscriptions for now.
It was on iHeartRadio back during Covid
It moved to Nova around a year ago I think. Surprised they didn’t leverage their relationship with SCA and get on Listnr.
They recently launched Fox Sports News Radio, too.
What relationship with Listnr? Nova distributes all of Sky and News Corps podcasts, so makes sense Nova would host their live/streaming radio too.
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I see, didn’t know that. I was referring to their carriage deal with SCA for Sky News Regional.
Longtime Sky News Producer Terry Gallaway has died.
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Would have been one of the originals at Sky? Didn’t know he was still there, he used to do alot of revoicing of 9 and 7 stories back in the day.
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Started in 1997 and was pushed out near the start of 2021. If Terry had it his way he would have still been there this year.
Simon Love has announced he’s leaving Sky News
Laura Hayes has penned a tribute to Terry Gallaway for Mediaweek.
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Interesting. I wonder where he is off to? Back to 10?
Let’s hope not. He’s always got an agenda in his reporting.
Probably media for the Vic Libs
New deal between Sky and 10 now locked in.
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NETWORK 10 AND SKY NEWS ENTER MULTI-YEAR CONTENT DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
DEDICATED 24-HOUR NEWS CHANNEL SKY NEWS REGIONAL TO CONTINUE AIRING IN REGIONAL MARKETS ACROSS NSW, VIC AND QLD.
Sky News Australia and Network 10 today announced a new multi-year distribution agreement to continue to broadcast the free-to-air channel Sky News Regional in existing regional markets across New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland.
Keeping its home on Channel 56 in regional Victoria, southern New South Wales and Queensland and Channel 53 in northern New South Wales and the Gold Coast, Sky News Regional offers regional viewers 24/7 free-to-air access to live breaking news, leading opinion, business, sport and weather from the Sky News Australia and FOX SPORTS News teams.
Network 10 announced in December 2024 its acquisition of Southern Cross Austereo’s (SCA) television licences in Queensland, southern New South Wales and Victoria. The addition of the WIN Network’s northern New South Wales and Gold Coast television licence in May 2025 completes the distribution of Network 10 into critical and highly populated regional markets.
Following the acquisition of these regional licences, Network 10 will continue to deliver the Sky News Regional feed and, from today, the Network 10 sales team will commercially represent all advertising inventory for this regional free-to-air channel.
The channel began as Sky News on WIN in September 2018 before relaunching as Sky News Regional in August 2021. During this time, the channel has become a popular and growing news destination for regional Australians delivering record year-on-year ratings growth with average audiences up +23%.
In 2024 alone more than 3 million unique regional viewers turned to Sky News Regional for credible and reliable coverage, insights, and analysis.
Paul Whittaker, Sky News Australia Chief Executive said: “Sky News Regional was established to deliver an essential news service for regional Australians and since launching has consistently grown its audience, with more people than ever now relying on our live news coverage and opinion programming that speaks to the issues they care about.
“Through this multi-year agreement with Network 10 we’re pleased to provide our loyal regional free-to-air viewers ongoing access to our unrivalled mix of live breaking news, insightful opinion, documentaries, sport, business and weather updates.”
Beverley McGarvey, President Network 10, Head of Streaming and Regional Lead Paramount Australia, said: “We’re pleased to have reached a new agreement with Sky News Australia that maintains the existing selection of channels for regional audiences.
“This deal also leverages the expertise of our unified national sales team, broadens our advertising inventory and national market offering, giving our clients and partners unparalleled access to key regional audiences.
“We’ve achieved another significant milestone of Network 10’s commercial strategy, which is aligned to our acquisition of major regional TV licences.”
Under the new agreement Sky News Regional will continue to feature regular high-profile contributions through live crosses, interviews and in-studio appearances from Australia’s leading political and business leaders, providing regional viewers access to our nation’s change makers.
The dedicated three-hour live breakfast program, Sky News Breakfast hosted by Jaynie Seal continues weekdays at 6.00am, presenting domestic and international news updates, plus interviews with key newsmakers from local, regional and international markets, as well as sport and weather updates.
From 10:00am, award-winning political and business journalists Kieran Gilbert, Andrew Clennell, Laura Jayes, Tom Connell, Ross Greenwood and Ashleigh Gillon set the day’s agenda and provide context and understanding of the news stories making headlines.
Then, a primetime line-up featuring Chris Kenny, Peta Credlin, Andrew Bolt and Sharri Markson deliver their opinion and analysis on the day’s most topical issues live Monday to Thursday from 5.00-9.00pm.
Now in its fifteenth year Paul Murray Live airs Sunday-Thursday at 9.00pm with the straight-talking Paul Murray. His popular Paul Murray Live Our Town series continues travelling around the nation celebrating regional Australia with the next episode on 27 July to be broadcast live from Mount Gambier in South Australia.
Sources: Linear – OzTAM Regional Panel, Ave Aud (000s), 1min Cume Reach. Note – Ratings only include the 4 markets Sky News Regional ratings are captured – QLD, NNSW, SNNW, VIC. All times in AEST
To Network 10: When we said you need to make deals with other companies, this is NOT what we were talking about in terms of deals!!!
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Chris Uhlmann unveils upcoming Sky News special event ‘The War Cabinet’, exploring whether Australia is ready for war
Award-winning journalist Chris Uhlmann will be hosting the upcoming Sky News special event ‘The War Cabinet’, which will explore whether Australia is ready for war.
Sky News will premiere an exclusive one-hour special event, The War Cabinet, presented by award-winning journalist and Sky News Political Contributor Chris Uhlmann on Monday, August 11 at 7.30pm AEST.
The War Cabinet will be available to view for SkyNews.com.au subscribers. Join SkyNews.com.au to watch the exclusive special event on August 11.
Sky News presenter Cheng Lei has spoken with Ant Middleton about her ordeal in the Chinese prison system on his Nova podcast Head Game. Delves into more of her mental state and positive mindset behind bars than what I’ve seen before.
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