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Sky News to launch in US

Published Thursday, May 29 2003, 10:38 BST | By Neil Wilkes
Sky News could soon be seen on satellite TV across the US, according to this week's Broadcast.

The channel, which could launch as early as July, is said to be on the brink of securing a deal with DirecTV, America's largest satellite service with 11 million subscribers.

"Sky News is currently in discussions with various parties in the US about distribution deals," a Sky spokeswoman said, refusing to comment on the DirecTV deal.

The channel will just be a rebroadcast of the standard version, similar to the broadcast of FOX News in the UK. The magazine reports that the focus of the channel may shift with time, however, becoming more of an international news station to compete with the likes of BBC World.

Sky is also expected to pursue carriage of the channel on US cable networks.
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