Watch BBC News instead (Sky News)

Member Name: stuff10

Product:	Sky News
Date:	02/06/09 (12 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Quickly know what's happening, news in 15 minutes is a good idea

Disadvantages: Not as good as BBC News, weather forecasts are poor

Sky News is a 24 hour news channel available to all Sky subscribers and also broadcast on Freeview.

The channel delivers the latest news headlines as well as having dedicated programmes about business, finance and other areas of the news. During their dedicated news shows, Sky promise to give you the news in 15 minutes, every 15 minutes - this is a great way to quickly catch-up on the day's events when you've just got in from work. There's also a very handy news ticker that scrolls along the bottom of the screen, giving you the latest headlines.

Like BBC News, viewers can go interactive to get the news they're interested in, whether it be the latest headlines, sport or the weather forecast. Although it has to be said that Sky's weather service isn't a patch on the BBC's.

In my opinion Sky News isn't quite as good as BBC News as it seems to dramatise things even more than the BBC do. There also seems to be more of a focus on entertainment news (z-list celebrities and reality TV shows) than on the actual news.

Summary: Good for finding out what's going on in the world, but not as good as BBC News