- SkyNews.Com
SkyNews.Com, formerley Sky.Com News, is a nightly television news programme broadcast from 7pm - 7.30pm weekdays on
Sky News in theUnited Kingdom . It is the first programme to be solely dedicated to Internet led news and is hosted byMartin Stanford .The programme was launched in October 2007, and focuses on the popular news stories on the Sky News website, as well as theInternet as a whole. In February 2008, Sky.com News won aRoyal Television Society award for its innovative approach to news and for letting "the public rather than the news editor set the agenda.” [cite web| |title=Sky News named RTS news channel of the year |url=http://www.skypressoffice.co.uk/SkyNews/Resources/showarticle.asp?id=2405] The programme is streamed live through the Sky News website, and whilst the television audience goes to a commercial break Martin gives the online audience additional content.On Monday September 8th, Sky.Com News became SkyNews.Com (in line with the recent web address change for Sky News) and moved to the 7pm slot each weekday, running until 7.30pm. The show previously run 7.30 - 8pm from
Tuesday toFriday .References
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