In my opinion, the reach of these these kinds of consumer brand partnerships is a little overstated around these parts. If you're a producer and you need video from some far flung place, you'll go through your own network's wire (ABC, CBS, FOX, BBC, etc.) and other wire services that are a little more behind the scenes (AP, AFP, ITN, CNN) if you have access to them. If you're a producer for an ABC affiliate in the US, 90% of the video on the international tab on NewsOne is going to come from the AP. The rest comes from whatever small amount of international stuff ABC produces itself, and then the remainder from random primary sources or other networks. A BBC newsfeed editor might see some amazing video of, say, protests in downtown Los Angeles and call up ABC to say "hey, can you send that video over to us?" But I don't think their arrangement is much more than that. Or at least, not a crucial, day-to-day dependence on each other aside from perhaps some major international stories of significance in both the US and UK.
Out of any of them, Sky and Fox are probably the closest. They actually are (or at least were) owned by the same company, Sky reporters show up on Fox every now and then, and there's a fair amount of Sky content that shows up on Fox NewsEdge (though it's still far from being the majority). But even then, it's not exclusive. Sky video can show up elsewhere too.
As for CNN, they have tried in more recent years to make themselves a more self-sufficient wire service without the AP and only limited access to Reuters. Most international stuff on CNN NewSource will be from CNN. CNN also has a ton of access to all kinds of networks around the world, but they'll usually just take the full feed with all the graphics instead of trying to get the raw video.
Last edited by Charles on 10 November 2016 9:08am