NBC News and Sky News to launch a worldwide network

There's an existing thread created back in April this year. Shouldn't this thread merged into the old one?

Mentioned this in another thread but if you say Sky News into your X1 voice remote it will take you to a page where it lists the current program and opens up an internet stream (as far as I know you can’t access it without the voice remote). I assume they are testing before putting it in the guide and the demand is probably so low in any given region it’s not worth wasting bandwidth where other channels could be placed. Yet they added Newsmax and i24 in HD.

Edit : You can search for it on X1 and it has past episodes of certain broadcasts OnDemand.

I have read the said article but it doesn’t seem 100 per cent clear (at least to me) so just wish to clarify- is the idea here for Sky and NBC to retain their existing domestic news channels but to pool their resources to make a additional channel for the international news market?

It does sound from the article London will be a key location for the channel, a thought that come to mind is could Sky’s previous news centre studio and facilities be renovated as a base for this channel or has this been sold off?

Can see them reducing Sky News down to the most basic of operations and moving their bigger names to the new channel if this goes ahead.

Comcast wouldn't be allowed to. They have agreed to maintain current investment levels in the channel for at least 10 years. This was included in their documentation submitted when purchasing Sky.

Is the world ready for Kay Burley?

I’m sure they could spin it as more investment if the 2 channels were linked.

I don’t think anywhere is ready for Kay, but I bet she’d jump at it given the Sky News links.

Not sure I see how this channel works.. at its simplest it’s presumably a repackaged stream of Sky, NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, and Euronews content. They could easily fill a channel schedule with that.

But that would be very disjointed.

If they want to create a serious global news channel, I’m not sure they have the news operation in place to support it.

Between them, how many correspondents do they have in South America, Indonesia, Middle East, North Africa... just to pick some at random. Not many, is the answer. Nothing like what the BBC or even CNN have.

If they’re planning on creating a UK-US centric “global” news channel then they’ll have no problem. But if they’re serious about creating a competitor to CNN, AJ, BBC.. that’s a huge investment and I’m not sure where the market would be for it to make commercial sense.

NBC’s boss keeps parroting the line that they’ve created the “biggest news organisation in the world”. They’re not even close, as far as I can see.

Presumably it’d also be the first non-state-funded global news channel to open for years. I guess that’s something.

What would be the point of taking them off air in the one place they are known?

Or why not make the do shifts on both channels. Its crazy that some of these people, only work on air 1 hr a day on their main channel. Say MSNBC for example they have their one show, but you never see them again for the rest of the day, most of day is spent working with their own production team and "creating their" show. Which results in a disjointed voice across the network. I have always hated this idea. I remember back in the day, say on CNN, you'd see the same anchor/presenter multiple times a day, as they did real news across the entire day into the night. Not this one show a day crap that persists today. (rant over) And no Im not advocating Kay Burley released on the planet multiple hours a day!

Because the new channel will be the priority. They won’t launch a new channel without throwing everything at it. Not necessarily saying there’d be a mass exodus, but some of their presenters and reporters are arguably a cut above others and would be a good fit.

I’m not sure an international variant will be the priority over a domestic service. If it was the case with BBC World News it would be fronted by Huw Edwards.