Australian News Channel

Overview

Australian News Channel Pty Ltd

type	Subsidiary
industry	Media
founded	1995
founders	British Sky Broadcasting Seven West Media Publishing & Broadcasting Limited
hq location city	Sydney
hq location country	Australia
areas served	Australia New Zealand
key people	Paul Whittaker (CEO)
services	News broadcasting
assets	A$25 million
assets year	2015–16
net income	A$2.1 million
net income year	2015–16
parent	News Corp Australia
num employees	204
num employees year	2015–16
website	http://australiannewschannel.com.au/

Australian News Channel Pty Ltd is a subsidiary of News Corp Australia. It owns news broadcasting channel Sky News Australia, its sister channels Sky News Extra and Sky News Weather Channel, New Zealand News Channel (which operates Sky News New Zealand) as well as international streaming service Australia Channel.

History

Origins

Australian News Channel Pty Ltd (ANC), was founded in 1995 when Sky News Australia was launched. It was owned by British Sky Broadcasting, Seven West Media and Publishing & Broadcasting Limited.[1]

In 2013, ANC granted A$20 million in funding to Sky News Australia to be used over three years.[2]

Australian News Channel

History

Origins

Acquisition by News Corp

Assets

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