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| February 5 2025 | Kay Burley announced her retirement during her Breakfast with Kay Burley broadcast, marking the 36th anniversary of the first Sky News broadcast and her first day with the network. |
| 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 detailing Israeli football fans' role in instigating violence, then removed and reuploaded an edited version, causing social media outrage. |
| July 19 2024 | Sky News was taken offline by the CrowdStrike incident, briefly making it unable to broadcast live. |
| 2023 | Sky News UK launched on Bell Fibe in Canada, after previously being on Videotron. |
| August 31 2023 | Colin Brazier's last show on LBC, deciding to completely give up journalism. |
| August 26 2023 | Kimberley Leonard left Sky News. |
| February 23 2023 | Dermot Murnaghan left Sky News after 16 years, with his final Tonight News broadcast on 28 February 2023. |
| February 9 2023 | David Rhodes was appointed Executive Chairman of the Sky News Group, with Jonathan Levy appointed Managing Director and Executive Editor, Sky News UK. |
| 2022 | Stephen Cole retired from broadcast television. |
| December 21 2022 | End of the audience measurement period, during which Sky News averaged 52,230 viewers in prime-time and 53,350 viewers all-day. |
| November 22 2022 | Beginning of a measurement period for Sky News audience figures, which ran from November 22, 2022 to December 21, 2022. |
| 2021 | Minor website updates were made to bring the online platform in line with the new Sky News on-screen branding, including font updates and new breaking news graphics. |
| November 2021 | The Daily Telegraph reported on Sky News' audience performance, noting that top shows like Trevor Phillips on Sunday averaged 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. |
| April 20 2020 | NBCUniversal sold its stake in Euronews, prioritizing the proposed NBC/Sky service. |
| April 20 2020 | NBCUniversal sold its stake in Euronews, prioritizing the proposed NBC/Sky service. However, the service was ultimately scrapped in August, resulting in 60 employee layoffs. |
| 2019 | Stephen Cole moved to CGTN. |
| 2019 | Faisal Islam joined BBC News. |
| November 1 2019 | Sky News Brexit-Free pop-up channel concluded its run of alternative news coverage. |
| October 16 2019 | Sky News launched Sky News Brexit-Free, a pop-up channel airing weekdays from 17:00 to 22:00, providing news coverage unrelated to Brexit due to viewer fatigue. |
| April 2019 | Comcast CEO Brian Roberts explored establishing a 'global' news channel as a joint venture between Sky News and NBC News. |
| 2018 | Sky News named Royal Television Society News Channel of the Year for the eleventh time. |
| October 2018 | The Rohingya Crisis programme also wins an International Emmy Award for News. |
| September 29 2018 | Comcast successfully acquired Sky plc in a £30 billion deal, which included full ownership of Sky News, completing the takeover after a competitive bidding process with 21st Century Fox. |
| September 22 2018 | Comcast was declared the winner of a blind auction, 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 for Sky, contingent on the divestiture of Sky News, and also cleared Comcast's counteroffer. |
| June 5 2018 | Culture Secretary Matt Hancock cleared Fox's proposed deal for Sky, contingent on the divestiture of Sky News. |
| May 13 2018 | Sky News wins a BAFTA Award for 'The Rohingya Crisis' coverage, with Special Correspondent Alex Crawford, cameraman Martin Smith, and producer Neville Lazarus reporting first-hand from Rakhine State, Myanmar. |
| April 3 2018 | Fox stated that Disney had expressed interest in acquiring Sky News in a separate transaction. |
| February 2018 | Comcast announced its intention to acquire Sky News as part of a larger acquisition of Sky plc, bringing the news channel under potential new ownership. |
| January 2018 | The Competition and Markets Authority issued a preliminary report recommending Sky News be insulated or divested to preserve editorial independence. |
| 2017 | Lorna Dunkley joined ABC News (Australia). |
| 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. |
| July 2017 | Sky News ended its long-standing resource-sharing partnership with CBS News in the United States, following the pending takeover of Sky by 21st Century Fox. |
| January 2017 | Sky moved its business operations to the News Building in central London. |
| 2016 | Jeremy Thompson retired. |
| December 2016 | Sky News parent company (Sky plc) divested its part-ownership of Sky News Australia, separating the two news channels. |
| December 9 2016 | 21st Century Fox announced an offer to acquire the remainder of Sky for £11.7 billion, raising concerns about potential media influence and editorial independence. |
| October 24 2016 | Sky News began broadcasting from a new 'glass box' studio at Sky Central in West London. |
| August 2016 | Sky News was criticized for allegedly paying €2,000 to Romanian individuals to stage a report about gun trafficking to terrorists in Syria, resulting in the arrest of the individuals who confessed to being paid by journalist Stuart Ramsay. |
| April 21 2016 | The first episode of The Pledge aired, featuring panellists Michelle Dewberry, Nick Ferrari, Rachel Johnson, Graeme Le Saux, and June Sarpong. |
| April 6 2016 | Sky News announced the launch of a new show called The Pledge, featuring a panel format with rotating panellists instead of a traditional presenter. |
| January 1 2015 | Sky News HD launched on Virgin Media, further expanding its broadcasting reach. |
| 2014 | Alex Crawford's coverage of the Ebola crisis wins a BAFTA Award in the News Category on 10 May 2015. |
| 2014 | Sky News journalist Colin Brazier controversially rifled through a Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 victim's possessions on live TV, receiving 110 Ofcom complaints. |
| 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 | Sky News crime correspondent Martin Brunt doorstepped Brenda Leyland over online McCann investigation comments, which preceded her subsequent suicide. |
| June 19 2013 | Sky News International was added to Apple TV for users in the UK, Ireland, and the United States, allowing free clip and live streaming access. |
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