61-558: THG may refer to: Businesses [ edit ] THG plc , an e-commerce company THG Sports , a former sports ticketing and corporate hospitality company Hanover Insurance , by NYSE symbol Other uses [ edit ] Tetrahydrogestrinone , an anabolic steroid The Humble Guys , a 1990s IBM PC cracking group Third-harmonic generation , in nonlinear optics Thangool Airport , by IATA code The Hunger Games , Young-Adult book series by Suzanne Collins Topics referred to by
122-553: A business review Global's chief executive announced that it would be withdrawing from the joint venture. The Sky News Radio feed is available free-to-air on the Astra 2A satellite at 28.2 East by tuning it manually: 12207.00 V, 27500, 2/3 (Label: SNR). On 5 February 2019, Sky News launched a pop-up channel called Sky News Raw. It aired with behind-the-scenes programming from 07:00 to 17:00 on channel 523 on Sky TV and online via Sky News' social media channels. The pop-up channel celebrated
183-626: A desire to prioritise the NBC/Sky service instead. The proposed service was scrapped in August 2020, resulting in layoffs of 60 employees. On 3 June 2021, Sky News updated its top-of-the-hour sequence, soundtrack, and on-screen graphics package. A Sky News source denied the move was related to the launch of GB News . On 9 February 2023, David Rhodes was appointed Executive Chairman of the Sky News Group in charge of all Sky's news operations. Jonathan Levy
244-539: A joint venture between Sky News and NBC News. In January 2020, it was stated that this new channel would also be carried on NBCUniversal's new U.S. streaming video platform Peacock . In April 2020, it was stated that the launch of the service, by then known as NBC Sky World News , would be delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic . On 20 April 2020, NBCUniversal sold its stake in Euronews to one of its existing shareholders, citing
305-508: A separate transaction, not dependent on the outcome of the Disney/Fox purchase. On 5 June 2018, Culture Secretary Matt Hancock cleared Fox's proposed deal, contingent on the divestiture of Sky News. It also cleared counteroffers for Sky that were being made in a bidding war by U.S. telecoms and media conglomerate Comcast . Comcast made a US$ 65 billion counter-offer to acquire the 21st Century Fox assets being sold to Disney. Fox rejected
366-400: A sister division to NBC News —a U.S.-based news operation owned by Comcast's U.S. media division NBCUniversal , its U.S. pay television news channel MSNBC , as well as Euronews —a pan-European news channel which NBCUniversal owned a stake in at the time of purchase. In April 2019, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts stated that the company was exploring the establishment of a "global" news channel as
427-484: A warehouse in Guernsey , allowing customers to avoid paying VAT on items priced below £18 . The creation of the iPhone in 2007 undermined this business model and The Hut Group began acquiring internet retailers and moving them into the group's existing systems and warehouses. The company purchased Zavvi in 2009, Lookfantastic in 2010 and Myprotein in 2011. The group focused on beauty and lifestyle products because of
488-469: Is localised to different territories, including localised pricing, promotions, content, marketing, influencers, customer service, couriers and payment options. It offers two subscription services through Lookfantastic and Glossybox which are designed to introduce consumers to new THG products. The division has its own product development and manufacturing facilities (THG Labs in the UK and Bentley Laboratories in
549-563: Is a bodybuilding supplement brand which has developed into a family of brands; Myvitamins, Myvegan, MyPRO and MP Activewear. Command and BeNu launched in 2021 targeting the nootropics and meal replacement markets respectively. THG also owns Exante, a weight loss brand formerly called IdealShape. Like the Beauty division, THG Nutrition is vertically integrated with its own localised web stores, product development and manufacturing facilities which also service third parties. THG's head office
610-468: Is a very important news service" Hansard October 1990 . The channel has never been run for a profit, and has considered using ITN to supplement the service. By March 1992, Sky News' parent company turned from loss to profit. Sky News was the UK's first 24-hour news channel, broadcast on Astra 1A . It had no local competition until November 1997, when BBC News launched a new 24-hour channel, BBC News 24, now known simply as BBC News . In September 1999,
671-609: Is also carried encrypted on a number of satellites for international reception, including Hot Bird , Nilesat , Amos 1, and Intelsat 10-02. It is also usually carried on cable systems in Europe, particularly in Northern Europe, especially in the Scandinavian countries. International viewers receive the same programming line-up of Sky News as the UK version. Brief news stories, entertainment news, worldwide weather forecast summaries, and
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#1733086224143732-411: Is at the purpose built ICON Technology Campus at Manchester Airport which opened in 2021. THG Studios, the group's content creation unit, is also based there as well as offices and an automated warehouse which uses technology from AutoStore, a Norwegian robot technology company. In 2020, THG exchanged contracts to build a new 1m sq ft global headquarters at Airport City Manchester to be called THQ. It
793-584: Is available on channel 604. From 2004 to 2006, Sky News Ireland broadcast two newscasts produced in Dublin. The newscasts were cancelled due to low viewership. Sky News in Ireland now carries the same programming as Sky News in the UK with local insertion of Irish-specific ads. Until 2017, Sky News had a resource-sharing agreement with CBS News in the United States to share footage and reporting. In July 2017, in
854-477: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages THG plc THG plc , formerly The Hut Group , is a British e-commerce retail company headquartered in Manchester , England. It sells own-brand and third-party cosmetics and dietary supplements online, and provides an end-to-end e-commerce service to third parties through its Ingenuity division. As of 2024,
915-547: Is distributed via an English-language radio news service, and through online channels. It is owned by Sky Group , a division of Comcast . In 2019, Sky News was named Royal Television Society News Channel of the Year, the 12th time it has held the award. The channel and its live streaming world news is available on its website, TV platforms, and online platforms such as YouTube and Apple TV , and various mobile devices and digital media players . A sister channel, Sky News Arabia ,
976-666: Is operated as a joint venture with the Abu Dhabi Media Investment Corporation. A channel called Sky News International, simulcasting the UK channel directly but without British advertisements, is available in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, South Asia, Asia Pacific, Australia, and the Americas. Narrated segments (which generally cover lighter issues unrelated to current news stories) are played in lieu of advertisements, and international weather forecasts also are given at
1037-567: The European Commission ruled against a Sky News complaint, which argued that the publicly funded BBC News 24 was unfair and illegal under EU law. The EC ruled that the television licence fee should be considered state aid (within the meaning of Article 87), but that the BBC's public service remit justified the channel. In March 2000, Sky News Active , a 24-hour interactive service providing headlines and other services which ranged from weather,
1098-422: The 11PM Sky World News Hour for a time in the early 1990s. Sky News is also available internationally on cable systems, on satellite, and in some hotels. While the UK feed is broadcast in 16:9, the international version remained broadcast in a 4:3 picture format until August 2010. Sky News broadcasts in Europe, Middle East, Africa. The international version is shown as free-to-air on Astra 1L at 19.2° east. It
1159-592: The HD, which were available on Sky Anytime. The loop continued until Sky News HD was launched on the evening of 6 May 2010, coinciding with the coverage of the 2010 general election results, hosted by Adam Boulton. On 26 July 2010, Sky News HD launched on the OSN Network, broadcasting to the Middle East and Africa. On 1 January 2015, Sky News HD launched on Virgin Media. Sky News Radio provides news bulletins to radio stations in
1220-658: The Israeli football fans for starting the violence, prompting outrage on social media. Sky News is free-to-air on the Astra 28.2°E satellites carrying Sky . It is also available on Freeview and analogue and digital cable. In 2007, BSkyB announced its intention to cease broadcasting Sky News – as well as other BSkyB channels – over Freeview, pending Ofcom approval. In the 1990s, short-form news updates were broadcast between programs on other Sky networks, including Sky One , Sky Movies and The Movie Channel . Sky One also simulcast
1281-813: The U.S. on the Peacock streaming service run by NBCUniversal, and simulcast on MSNBC and NBC News Now during breaking news events of major significance such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine , the death of Queen Elizabeth II , the Wagner Group rebellion , and the 2023 Israel–Hamas war . Sky News International and Sky News Ireland feeds are registered to broadcast within the European Union/EEA through ALIA in Luxembourg. In 2023 Sky News UK launched on Bell Fibe in Canada, it
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#17330862241431342-661: The USA) for both own-brands and third parties. The smaller Experience section also reports under the Beauty division. THG Experience consists of three event spaces (King Street Townhouse Hotel, Great John Street Hotel, and Hale Country Club & Spa) for hosting influencer and brand events. Ingenuity is a service targeted at consumer brand owners seeking to expand or transition from physical retail stores into direct-to-consumer e-commerce in one or more territories. As of 2023, Ingenuity customers include Coca-Cola Europacific , Nestlé , Kraft Heinz , Homebase and Matalan . Myprotein
1403-540: The United Kingdom and to other English-language radio stations around the world. In March 2007, BSkyB and Chrysalis Group announced plans to launch a dedicated Sky News Radio station on the proposed bid by Channel 4 's 4 Digital Group for the second digital audio broadcasting multiplex in the United Kingdom. However, two months later Chrysalis sold its radio stations to Global Radio , and in October 2007 following
1464-536: The United States. Viewers can watch clips or live streaming of the channel at no charge. On 24 July 2013, it was added to the Roku streaming player. Sky News International is available on news.sky.com to viewers around the world. On 30 September 2014, Sky News began live streaming the channel on YouTube. The free streaming service Pluto TV also offers a live feed of Sky News to American users on channel 135. Since its acquisition by Comcast, Sky News has been made available in
1525-507: The chattering classes there seemed to be little to grumble about. And as its slogan of 'We're there when you need us,' emphasised, it was always on. In the early days, the channel operated on a £40 million budget (plus £10 million share of overheads), which led Sam Chisholm , chief executive of the newly merged BSkyB, to suggest to Murdoch that the station be closed, but Murdoch was "pleased with its achievements ... there were overriding reasons of prestige and politics for keeping it ...
1586-453: The company operates 13 fulfilment centres, 9 production facilities and 32 data centres worldwide. The company was founded in Manchester in 2004 with a £500,000 investment by Matt Moulding and John Gallemore. The company sold CDs and DVDs online before creating white-label web stores for large physical retailers, including Asda , Argos Entertainment , Tesco and WHSmith . It operated
1647-536: The company's governance arrangements, Charles Allen replaced Moulding as chairman in March 2022, with Moulding remaining CEO. In July 2023, THG confirmed the sale of the OnDemand division to its existing leadership team, with financial backing from investment firm Gordon Brothers . The division included the webstores IWOOT , My Geek Box, Pop In A Box, Very Neko and Zavvi. ProBikeKit was sold separately to Frasers Group in
1708-492: The company's property deal with its CEO and co-founder, Matt Moulding. Moulding sold himself many of the company's property assets, which he then is reported to rent back to THG for £19m annually. In July 2023, it was reported that Moulding would sell the ICON campus, the site of THG's headquarters. Sky News Sky News is a British free-to-air television news channel, live stream news network and news organisation. Sky News
1769-532: The daytime show Sky News Today had the introduction of a three-presenter format. However, the relaunched schedule was unsuccessful, and from October 2005, the BBC News channel overtook Sky News in the ratings. In response to the schedule's unpopularity with viewers, July 2006 saw the removal of the evening programmes—which were replaced by rolling news and an interactive programme, Sky News with Martin Stanford , and
1830-506: The divestiture of certain assets (particularly the U.S. Fox network proper). Analysts felt that would ease regulatory tensions surrounding the Fox purchase of Sky, as Sky was to be included in the purchase, and Disney's scope of media ownership in the UK was not as wide. In January 2018, the Competition and Markets Authority issued a preliminary report recommending that Sky News be insulated from
1891-516: The end of each half-hour newswheel. Sponsored advertisements are still broadcast before and/or after the sports news and weather segments. Sky News Radio provides national and international news to commercial radio and community radio stations in the UK and other English-language stations around the world. Sky News also provides content to Yahoo! News . Sky News Australia was part-owned by Sky News parent Sky plc until December 2016. Sky News Australia and Sky News UK are presently unlinked, despite
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1952-641: The exception of All Out Politics , which comes from Sky's Westminster studio) - as of April 2019 it was only used from 11 am to 7 pm, and 9 pm to 12 am. The schedule was also changed. In January 2017, Sky moved its business operations into the News Building in central London. On 16 January 2018, Sky moved all its news operations over to Studio 21, "the glass box", and a new studio in Sky Studios . On 9 December 2016, Sky shareholder 21st Century Fox announced that it had made an offer to acquire
2013-519: The final hurdle of the Broadcasting Bill had still to be overcome and the case for the acceptability of Sky would collapse if suddenly there was no news channel." Former Home Secretary William Whitelaw said in the House of Lords in 1990 that Sky News had "a very high reputation ... I admire it, as do many other people, it will certainly waken up both the BBC and ITN and ensure that they compete with what
2074-431: The flotation, Moulding received one of the biggest payouts in UK corporate history of at least £830m in shares. However, by early October 2021, THG's share price had fallen by more than 60% since the start of the year. On 12 October 2021, the company held a capital markets day to unveil its sustainability strategy with investors. Afterwards, shares fell by 35%, wiping £1.8 billion off THG's value. Following criticism of
2135-450: The front pages of international newspapers are broadcast in lieu of UK commercials. The timepiece on the lower left side of the ticker is covered with a banner that says "skynews.com". Sky News is not available on Sky Deutschland , Sky plc's offering in Germany, but is available on Sky Italia . On 19 June 2013, Sky News International was added to Apple TV for users in the UK, Ireland, and
2196-440: The introduction of a new schedule designed around "appointment to view" programmes rather than continuous rolling news. James Rubin joined to present a new evening programme called World News Tonight , Julie Etchingham presented another new "hard-hitting" evening show called The Sky Report , Eamonn Holmes joined to present Sunrise , Kay Burley presented a new programme called Lunchtime Live from 12 to 2 pm, and
2257-481: The judge awarded a payment of just under £7.5 million to be made by The Hut Group to Cookson and the Trust in respect of all of the claims and counterclaims in the action and one third of the costs incurred by Cookson and the Trust. Cookson and the Trust appealed the court's decision to award The Hut Groups damages. The court of appeal dismissed the appeal on 22 March 2016. In January 2021, investors raised questions over
2318-734: The large margins and potential for international scaling. Investors included Terry Leahy , a former chief executive of Tesco, and Stuart Rose , the chairman of Ocado . In 2014, the company sold a 19.2% stake to KKR , while Balderton Capital , a technology investor, held an identical stake. BlackRock invested £138 million in February 2016, and Sofina announced an undisclosed equity stake in May 2016. In August 2017, Sky News reported that Old Mutual Global Investors had made their first private equity investment in The Hut Group. In 2017, The Hut Group
2379-562: The launch of the Sky News HD channel, Sky Arts broadcast Sky News coverage in HD of the Inauguration of Barack Obama . Jeremy Thompson fronted the coverage from Washington, D.C. Michael Jackson 's memorial service was also broadcast in HD, with Kay Burley presenting. Sky News moved operations to a chroma-key set in Studio B from 30 March 2010, so final preparations for HD could take place in
2440-426: The main newsroom. The first live broadcast of Sky News HD, on Sky Channel 517, was the channel's election debate, which was held on 22 April 2010. For the 10 days leading up to the debate, channel 517 displayed a countdown clock to launch. The debate was hosted in HD by Kay Burley and Adam Boulton . Following the end of the coverage for the evening, channel 517 moved to show a looping preview tape. The tape included
2501-410: The newsroom/studio, the introduction of a morning edition of The Live Desk and the extension of the financial news programme Jeff Randall Live to run for four nights each week, Monday to Thursday. From 6 am to midnight on 8 March 2010, Sky News was presented and produced exclusively by women to mark International Women's Day . This exercise was repeated in 2011 and 2012. In preparation for
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2562-499: The offer, in favour of a higher-valued offer from Disney. Comcast subsequently pursued a counter-offer for Sky only, resulting in the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers ordering that a blind auction be held between Comcast and Fox. On 22 September, Comcast was declared the winner of the auction, resulting in Fox agreeing to sell its controlling stake in Sky to the company. The sale made Sky News
2623-636: The profits of Myprotein prior to its acquisition by The Hut Group in 2011. Cookson counter sued for £12.7 million claiming a breach of warranty and fraudulent misrepresentation. The matter went to the High Court in London in October 2014 and, after a month-long trial, judgement was given by William Blair in November 2014 awarding Cookson an overall net result win of £6.5m in damages. At the costs hearing in December 2014,
2684-407: The remainder of Murdoch's assets, or divested, in order to preserve its editorial independence. The following month, Fox proposed a commitment to funding Sky News for 10 years, and the establishment of an independent editorial board. The commitments would have been inherited by Disney if it completed its purchase. On 3 April 2018, Fox stated that Disney had expressed interest in acquiring Sky News in
2745-703: The remainder of the company for £11.7 billion. The combination of Sky with Fox's other assets led to concerns that the Murdoch family would attain "material influence over news providers with a significant presence across all key platforms" and "increased influence over the UK news agenda and the political process". Concerns were also raised about recent sexual harassment allegations centred upon Fox's U.S. network Fox News , although Ofcom did deem 21st Century Fox to be "fit and proper" to hold broadcast licences. On 14 December 2017, The Walt Disney Company in turn announced its intent to acquire 21st Century Fox , following
2806-564: The return to a two-presenter format on Sky News Today . These changes came with the arrival of John Ryley, who is still the head of Sky News. On 1 October 2007, Sky introduced another new schedule, extending Kay Burley's Lunchtime Live programme and renaming it Afternoon Live . It also switched to a new format for much of the day, with a solo lead presenter and a summary newsreader. Sky News put more emphasis on interactive news with Martin Stanford 's new SkyNews.com programme; an early evening financial news programme presented by Jeff Randall ,
2867-517: The same format as the Nine O'Clock News on the BBC , which had recently been redesigned to give the impression of activity and immediacy by placing the newsreader against a backdrop of the working newsroom. Sky News, it was universally agreed as staff nodded in vigorous approval, had succeeded rather better at the same thing. The critics were mildly taken aback. Contrary to some of the horror scenarios bandied about by
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2989-838: The second quarter of 2023. The sales generated £4 million and THG announced that both would continue as clients of Ingenuity. Arrow Films was retained by THG and moved into the Ingenuity division. In June 2024, it was announced that THG had sold its Luxury division, including the designer clothing , accessories and homeware web stores, Allsole, Coggles , MyBag and The Hut, to Frasers Group. THG Beauty sells own-brand and third party cosmetics, including skincare, haircare, makeup and fragrances. It both owns brands (Ameliorate, Biossance, Christophe Robin, ESPA, Eyeko, Grow Gorgeous, Illamasqua, Mio and Perricone MD) and its own web stores (Beauty Expert, Cult Beauty , Dermstore , HQhair, Lookfantastic, Mankind, RY, SkinCareRx and SkinStore). Each web store
3050-474: The similar names and logos. On 8 June 1988, Rupert Murdoch announced in a speech to the British Academy of Film and Television Arts plans to start a new television news service. Sky News started broadcasting at 6 pm on 5 February 1989. Visually Sky News looked very neat, with slick and classy presentation and John O'Loan's original vocation as an architect showing in the studio set. Sky had gone for
3111-408: The start of high-definition broadcasting, Sky News moved to its second studio (Studio B) on the morning of 30 March 2010. Broadcasting from Studio B continued until 9 pm on 6 May, when it moved back to the main newsroom and launched Sky News HD in time for the 2010 general election results. Sky News received a graphics refresh and a new logo to coincide with the launch of the new HD channel – this
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#17330862241433172-520: The top story of the day, and showbiz on demand, was launched. Analogue broadcasting of the channel ceased on 30 June 2001. In March 2004, Sky News was announced to have won a five-year contract to supply news bulletins to Channel 5 , taking over from ITN in January 2005. On 24 October 2005, Sky News moved to new studios in Isleworth , Greater London, and underwent a major on-screen revamp. The new studio
3233-674: The wake of Sky's pending takeover by 21st Century Fox (which runs the competing and former de facto sister Fox News Channel in the U.S.), and NBC News acquiring a stake in Euronews , CBS ended the agreement and entered into a similar deal with the BBC. Beginning in early 2008, Sky News began using HD-capable cameras in the field. Some one-off programmes were made available in HD to Sky+ HD subscribers on Sky On Demand . The programmes included Technofile , Diana: The Final Word , Canoe Man: Rise and Fall of John Darwin , and Pathfinders: Into The Heart Of Afghanistan . On 20 January 2009, before
3294-507: Was also introduced, initially on Mondays only. Further changes were made to the Sky News schedule on 8 September 2008, with Colin Brazier presenting a new show from 1 – 2 pm, The Live Desk , and Martin Stanford's Sky.com News became SkyNews.com , moving to 7 pm every weeknight. More changes took place during the early part of 2009. These changes involved major changes to the layout of
3355-615: Was appointed Managing Director and Executive Editor, Sky News UK. On 19 July 2024, Sky News was taken offline by the 2024 CrowdStrike incident , briefly making it unable to broadcast live. On 9 November Sky News released a video report on the November 2024 Amsterdam attacks citing the fact that the violence was kickstarted by Israeli football fans chanting anti-Arab slurs and tearing down Palestinian flags from various properties. Shortly afterwards Sky News removed their coverage only to reupload an edited version seemingly removing culpability from
3416-568: Was due for completion in 2022 but work had not yet begun by October 2022. As of 2023, THG operates 13 fulfilment centres and 9 production facilities globally. THG Ingenuity Cloud Services also operates over 35 data centres worldwide. THG has pursued an acquisition strategy of mainly taking full ownership of e-commerce businesses in a variety of retail sectors and putting the websites onto its proprietary e-commerce platform, Ingenuity. In 2014, The Hut Group sued Oliver Cookson for £15 million, alleging that he and his off-shore trust had overstated
3477-466: Was integrated with the newsroom and boasted the biggest video wall in Britain; it was designed by New York architects Janson Design Group . New music was scored by Adelphoi Music and recorded with a full orchestra at Air Studios, Hampstead , and mastered at Metropolis Studios. New on-screen graphics were launched and the channel began broadcasting in widescreen ( 16:9 ) format. The 2005 relaunch also had
3538-616: Was previously on Videotron , Sky News Arabia , broadcasting in Arabic and headquartered in Abu Dhabi, UAE, launched in 2012. Sky plc owns 50% of the channel. Sky TG24 , Italy's version of Sky News, launched in 2003. Sky News Australia was one-third owned by Sky plc until December 2016, when it was acquired by News Corp Australia . It carries Sky News UK overnight and shares some of its presentational style. On Foxtel in Australia, Sky News UK
3599-464: Was rebranded, with a new top-of-the-hour sequence and on-screen graphics. The traditional opening voiceover, read by Bruce Hammal, was dropped after two decades in use. On 24 October 2016, Sky News began broadcasting from a new studio (Studio 21) at Sky Central, Sky's new headquarters in West London. The "glass box" studio was initially used for broadcasts from 6 am to 6.30 pm each weekday (with
3660-494: Was tried out during the soft launch for Sky News HD on 22 April; Sky News' distinctive orchestral theme music, in use since 2005, was also updated on 6 May 2010. The new title music, orchestrated by David Arnold , was recorded with a 60-piece Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Angel Recording Studios , London, and uses more than 132 audio channels for 18 seconds of sound. Following the 2015 general election , Sky News
3721-515: Was valued at more than £2.5 billion making it one of the most valuable private companies in the United Kingdom, and one of the UK's unicorn companies. On 16 September 2020, THG floated on the London Stock Exchange , the largest IPO on the LSE since 2013. The share price rose in value by 25% on the first day of trading, generating £920m for the company and £961m for the company's owners. After
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