Polar political opposites Peta Credlin and Kristina Keneally are joining forces
Credlin is about to team up with Kristina Keneally, former Premier of New South Wales, to co-anchor a weekly prime time public affairs program on Sky News.
Premiering on Wednesday November 16 at 8pm, Credlin & Keneally will dissect the power plays, political machinations and policy substance from their own distinct points of view.
Sounds shit.
Usual format, different hosts.
Really hope thatâs something News Corp/Seven deals with when/if their takeover bid is accepted. Itâs fine having political analysis shows featuring ex-politicians/âinsidersâ but having several shows with the same formula just gets repetitive
Annoying that weekend agenda is presented from Melbourne with Canberra backdrop. They shouldnât pretend. If Jim Middleton is based in Melbourne just have that background. Theyâre trying to pass it off as if heâs in Canberra.
Is Jim Middleton still with Sky News?
Who would subject themselves to watching this shit?
Rhetorical question, we know the answer is âhardly anyoneâ. Household pets, coma patients, people in airport lounges and Christopher Pyne.
URGH! Iâm a politics junkie - but really⌠come up with something different!!
These 2 x presenter shows with 15 mins opinion, 1 interview, and then 30 minute panel⌠borrrrrrrrring! Mix it up a bit Sky.
Noting wrong with the personalities you have chosen - just make it less tacky and repetitive.
Where is the Sky News of old with a few non-political shows mixed in?
What is the update with the Seven/News deal?
âNineâs 33 per cent stake in ANC could be sold as soon as this weekâ, according to the AFR, to Seven and/or News though the article isnât clear.
I disagree. Bolt and Jones especially are quite telling choices.
With News Corp seemingly destined to get even more control over the network in the not too distant future, I think weâre looking at the slow creation of a Fox News-lite, minus any sizable demographic which will watch them.
The Australian is today reporting that Seven are likely to sell their stake in ANC to News.
The interesting thing about the article is the suggestion that if Seven and Nine do sell their ANC stakes to News Corp, they would both still supply content to Sky News or whatever itâs rebranded to through a separate arrangement
Likely just file vision.
Sky has basically moved to 100% original content and talking heads.
I watched bout half hour of newsday with Helen the other day and I was actually quite suprised. A majority of it was all Sky News reporters. Many live crosses and news that wasnt politics. Really felt like I wasnt wasnt Sky. Just a shame Helen is so annoying.
If Seven, Nine and Sky plc UKL all sell out to News Corp Australia - as all the article seem to indicate - I suspect we will see the Sky brand fade away.
For one, Sky UK will no longer be a owner, and may require a license fee to use their brand.
But mostly - now being 100% owned by News Corp (the way Fox Sports is 100% owned by News Corp) the Sky brand does not really make sense in a world of FOX/FOXTEL
FOXTEL
FOXTEL Play
FOXTEL Go
FOXTEL Movies
FOXTEL Arts
FOX8
Fox Sports 1, 2, 3, 4
Fox Sports News
Fox Footy
Fox NRL
Sky?
I think we would see a rebrand to FOXTEL News or FOX News - and the channel beefed up by News Corp to become âmust watchâ the way they have with Fox Sports.
Just image - News Corp with it deeps pockets poached Lisa and Karl and launched a new breakfast show.
If they do to news in Australia what they do with Sports - made it basically must have - FOXTEL creates two power must have channels to help as a point of difference against Stan & Netflix. FOX Sports and FOXTEL News
Itâs very easy to monopolise sport, not so much news.
While I could see Sky being rebranded under the Fox umbrella, I canât see it ever building to a point where it competes with FTA in any meaningful way.
I agree - I think the goal would be to monetize it - drive subscriptions of Foxtel. The way Fox Sports does. I would imagine New Corp will also bundle Sky News with itâs News Limited newspaper paywalls - For example - subscribe to the Herald Sun / Dailuy Telegraph / The Australian etc - get Sky News (or FOXTEL News) streamed free.
New story in the Oz today says Seven, Nine and Sky UK are all selling for about $7m each for a total sale of about $20m to News Corp.
News Corp will now be 100% owner of Sky News.
That is a great outcome.
As News Corp is the 100% owner of Fox Sports and look at the quality and investment there.
Story says Seven wanted out when they were not willing to invest the amount of funds that News Corp wanted to invest to beef up Sky News and drive further and investment and growth.
That bodes well for the future of Sky News as it means News Corp are keen to invest,
I suspect we will see Sky News added for free streaming when you subscribe to any News Corp newspaper digital edition, as you currently get Fox Sports News for free.
Iâm liking the playfulness of Peter Van Onselen breakfast news this morning. Itâs like theyâve been given some slack to play around with the traditional news format by adding comment and more banter between host, newsreader and sports guy. Feels almost like early Sunrise before the polish kicked in. This is exacty what Ten should just do - forget about expensive promos and sets and just let a group of talented presenters muck around for a year or so to get a formula just right. Then promote.