Sky TG24 is an Italian

Italy

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 all-news channel

News broadcasting

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, owned by Sky Italia

Sky Italia

Sky Italia S.r.l. is an Italian digital satellite television platform owned by News Corporation launched on 1 August 2003, when the former platforms TELE+ and Stream TV merged together...

, part of News Corporation

News Corporation

News Corporation or News Corp. is an American multinational media conglomerate. It is the world's second-largest media conglomerate as of 2011 in terms of revenue, and the world's third largest in entertainment as of 2009, although the BBC remains the world's largest broadcaster...

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Launched on July 31, 2003, and provides round-the-clock of the news, with updates on every hour and half-hour. The interactive version of SKY TG24, called Sky TG24 Active, was launched in January 2005.

Overview

Part of its programming is available on the television channel cielo

Cielo (TV channel)

Cielo is an Italian television channel broadcast by News Corporation aimed to a young audiences, and available on digital terrestrial and satellite television through Sky Italia...

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In the United States

United States

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, SKY TG24 was available via satellite on DirecTV

DirecTV

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, launching in December 2004. On December 7, 2008, SKY TG24 was removed due to low subscriber levels. It is currently available on cable via RCN

RCN Corporation

RCN Corporation, founded in 1993 and based in Herndon, Virginia, is the first American facilities-based competitive provider of bundled telephone, cable television and high-speed internet service delivered over its own fiber-optic local network to consumers in the Boston, New York, Eastern...

 in the following areas: Boston

Boston

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, Chicago

Chicago

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, New York City

New York City

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, Philadelphia & Washington D.C..

A local Canadianized version of Sky TG24 airs in Canada. It is owned by Telelatino Network Inc.

Telelatino

Telelatino, also referred to as TLN, is a Canadian Category A Specialty channel broadcasting general interest programming from Canada and around the world, primarily in Italian and Spanish...

. Most of its content are a simulcast from the Italian channel with Canadian content

Canadian content

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 added as well.

Logos

2003–2010	2010–present

External links

• Sky TG24 on sky.it
  Sky Italia
  Sky Italia S.r.l. is an Italian digital satellite television platform owned by News Corporation launched on 1 August 2003, when the former platforms TELE+ and Stream TV merged together...