Culture

We are Europe’s leading pay-TV broadcaster. But some things should be open to everyone. We believe everyone should have access to high-quality journalism that holds power to account and helps people make sense of the way the world is changing. And we believe the arts should be open to everyone. So we share our original news and arts coverage and some live sporting events, free of charge, for everyone to enjoy.

The world has never needed fearless, independent journalism more. We invest to create thoughtful and rigorously-researched 24 hour news that shapes the agenda and helps millions of people to understand what’s changing in our world. In an era of disinformation and distrust, it matters. We broadcast Sky News from the UK and Sky TG24 from Italy, free-to-air and online, for people across the world to watch, free of charge. Sky News has been named ‘News Channel of the Year’ for six years straight, by the Royal Television Society.

From wars in Ukraine, to the Fentanyl labs of Mexico and the undercover civil war in Myanmar. Stuart Ramsay and his crew have travelled across the world to show us what is happening and give us the full story.

Sky Arts is the UK’s first and only TV channel dedicated to the arts. We broadcast Sky Arts free-to-air in the UK and Ireland, giving everyone access to the arts and regularly attracting prime time audiences. Our most popular show ‘Portrait Artist of the Year’ regularly has over 1 million people watching live.

Discover how Sky Arts brings inspiration and more creativity, for everyone.

Over 3 million people watched England triumph in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Final, broadcast on Sky and Channel 4. Recently, by partnering with public service broadcasters and live-streaming on our YouTube channels, we've enabled everyone to watch landmark events in boxing, Formula 1, netball and more.