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| 2024 | Projected end of C-band analog channels on the Star One D2 satellite in Brazil, indicating a potential transition period for free-to-air broadcasting technology. |
| 2024 | Sky News was named Royal Television Society News Channel of the Year for the 17th time, marking its 7th consecutive win in the award. |
| November 9 2024 | Sky News released a video report on the Amsterdam riots, initially highlighting Israeli football fans' role in starting violence, but later removed and reuploaded an edited version, causing social media outrage. |
| July 19 2024 | Sky News was taken offline by the CrowdStrike incident, briefly unable to broadcast live. |
| 2023 | Sky News UK launched on Bell Fibe in Canada, after previously being available on Videotron. |
| March 17 2023 | A viral video claimed the channel was hijacked and played an unofficial animation, which was later revealed to be a hoax. |
| February 2023 | Sky News faced criticism over its reporting of the Nicola Bulley missing person case. |
| February 9 2023 | David Rhodes was appointed Executive Chairman of the Sky News Group, and Jonathan Levy was appointed Managing Director and Executive Editor of Sky News UK. |
| December 21 2022 | End of a measurement period showing Sky News had a prime-time audience average of 52,230 viewers (7pm-11pm) and an all-day average of 53,350 viewers. |
| November 22 2022 | Beginning of a measurement period for Sky News' audience ratings, which ran until 21 December 2022, showing an average prime-time audience of 52,230 viewers between 7pm and 11pm. |
| February 6 2022 | Cartoonito rebranded with the new 2021 logo and bumpers, synchronizing with its Turkish counterpart as part of a global brand reintroduction. |
| November 2021 | The Daily Telegraph reported on Sky News' top performing shows, noting that Trevor Phillips on Sunday averages around 160,000 viewers. |
| June 3 2021 | Sky News updated its top-of-the-hour sequence, soundtrack, and on-screen graphics package. |
| August 2020 | The proposed NBC Sky World News service was scrapped, resulting in 60 employee layoffs. |
| June 2020 | Croatia switched off its existing DVB-T MUXes and transitioned to distributing eleven national free-to-air channels via two OiV DVB-T2 (HEVC/H.265) MUXes. |
| May 17 2020 | Cartoonito block expanded its broadcast time, now running from 6:30 KSA to 10:30 KSA, and updated its logo. |
| April 20 2020 | NBCUniversal sold its stake in Euronews, prioritizing the potential NBC/Sky service. |
| November 1 2019 | Sky News Brexit-Free pop-up channel concluded its run, providing alternative news coverage during the Brexit period. |
| October 16 2019 | Sky News launched a pop-up channel called Sky News Brexit-Free, which aired on weekdays from 17:00 to 22:00, providing news coverage that excluded Brexit-related stories, as a response to viewer fatigue with Brexit news. |
| April 2019 | Comcast CEO Brian Roberts explored establishing a 'global' news channel as a joint venture between Sky News and NBC News. |
| March 24 2019 | Cartoonito block returned on Cartoon Network Arabic, featuring 4 shows including the returning Baby Looney Tunes and new additions Grizzy and the Lemmings, Pat the Dog, and Fireman Sam. |
| February 5 2019 | Sky News launched Sky News Raw, a pop-up channel celebrating its 30th anniversary, featuring behind-the-scenes programming from 07:00 to 17:00 on channel 523. |
| 2018 | Israel introduced a new set of free-to-air television channels, replacing the older broadcast networks. The new major channels included Channel 12, Channel 13, Kan 11, and Channel 20, alongside supporting channels like Kan Educational, Makan 33, and Knesset Channel. |
| 2018 | Sky News was named Royal Television Society News Channel of the Year for the eleventh time. |
| October 2018 | The Rohingya Crisis program also won an International Emmy Award for News. |
| September 22 2018 | Comcast was declared the winner of the auction for Sky, resulting in Fox agreeing to sell its controlling stake in Sky to the company. |
| June 5 2018 | Culture Secretary Matt Hancock cleared Fox's proposed deal, contingent on the divestiture of Sky News, and also cleared Comcast's counter-offer. |
| May 13 2018 | Sky News won a BAFTA Award in the News Category for 'The Rohingya Crisis', with Special Correspondent Alex Crawford, cameraman Martin Smith, and producer Neville Lazarus providing a first-hand report from Myanmar's Rakhine State. |
| January 2018 | The Competition and Markets Authority issued a preliminary report recommending Sky News be insulated from Murdoch's assets to preserve editorial independence. |
| January 16 2018 | Sky moved all its news operations to Studio 21 ('the glass box') and a new studio in Sky Studios. |
| December 14 2017 | The Walt Disney Company announced its intent to acquire 21st Century Fox, which was expected to ease regulatory tensions surrounding the Sky purchase. |
| October 4 2017 | The channel fully rebranded to the Dimensional branding. |
| July 2017 | CBS News ended its resource-sharing agreement with Sky News following Sky's pending takeover by 21st Century Fox, and simultaneously entered into a new partnership with the BBC. |
| January 2017 | Sky moved its business operations into the News Building in central London. |
| December 2016 | Sky News Australia was fully acquired by News Corp Australia, ending Sky plc's one-third ownership. |
| December 9 2016 | Sky shareholder 21st Century Fox announced an offer to acquire the remainder of the company for £11.7 billion, raising concerns about potential media influence. |
| October 24 2016 | Sky News began broadcasting from a new studio (Studio 21) at Sky Central in West London. |
| August 2016 | Sky News was criticized for allegedly paying €2,000 to a group of Romanians to pretend to be an eastern European gang selling guns to terrorists in Syria, resulting in the arrest of the participants by Romanian DIICOT. |
| December 2015 | Turner Broadcasting System entered an exclusivity deal with Qatar-based beIN Media Group, leading to Cartoon Network Africa being moved to the beIN Network service. |
| November 2015 | Kay Burley caused controversy by tweeting a photograph of a Golden Retriever with a comment about the Paris attacks. |
| May 2015 | Cartoon Network Arabic changed its website to a new design. |
| January 1 2015 | Sky News HD launched on Virgin Media, further expanding its high-definition broadcasting reach. |
| 2014 | Sky News journalist Colin Brazier controversially rifled through a Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 victim's possessions on live TV, leading to 110 Ofcom complaints. |
| 2014 | Alex Crawford covered the Ebola crisis, which won a BAFTA Award in the News Category on 10 May 2015. |
| November 2014 | Sky News sponsored the Young Person in Business category of the National Chamber Awards, with Oliver Bryssau of Origin Broadband winning the Young Person in Business award and Origin Broadband being named Business of the Year. |
| October 2014 | Crime correspondent Martin Brunt doorstepped Brenda Leyland over social media comments, which preceded her subsequent death. |
| October 5 2014 | The channel changed its aspect ratio from 4:3 to 16:9 and began using the Check it 3.0 branding. |
| September 30 2014 | Sky News began live streaming the channel on YouTube, expanding its global accessibility. |
| April 1 2014 | The initial Cartoonito block was phased out on Cartoon Network Arabic, with some shows discontinued. |
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