Sky (disambiguation)
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The sky
is the area above the Earth as seen from the ground.
Sky or SKY may also refer to:
, including:
Sky
The sky is the part of the atmosphere or outer space visible from the surface of any astronomical object. It is difficult to define precisely for several reasons. During daylight, the sky of Earth has the appearance of a pale blue surface because the air scatters the sunlight. The sky is sometimes...
is the area above the Earth as seen from the ground.
Sky or SKY may also refer to:
- The atmosphereAtmosphereAn atmosphere is a layer of gases that may surround a material body of sufficient mass, and that is held in place by the gravity of the body. An atmosphere may be retained for a longer duration, if the gravity is high and the atmosphere's temperature is low...
- Outer spaceOuter spaceOuter space is the void that exists between celestial bodies, including the Earth. It is not completely empty, but consists of a hard vacuum containing a low density of particles: predominantly a plasma of hydrogen and helium, as well as electromagnetic radiation, magnetic fields, and neutrinos....
News Corporation
Sky and SKY are brand names for satellite television providers and channels, owned or partially owned by News CorporationNews 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...
, including:
- Sky, brand name of BSkyB, British Sky Broadcasting Group plc, a British satellite broadcasting company
- Sky AnytimeSky AnytimeSky Anytime is the brand-name of a range of services from BSkyB designed to compete with video on demand services currently offered by rival companies such as Virgin Media or Tiscali TV as well as Internet Television services such as ITV Player and Sky Go....
, a service of BSkyB - Sky BroadbandSky BroadbandSky Broadband is an internet service provider for Sky customers.As of March 2008 Sky claims to have reached 1.428 million customers, and unbundled 1,179 exchanges, covering 70% of the United Kingdom. In October 2007, Sky reached the 1 million mark in terms of customer numbers, and claim to be...
, a service of BSkyB - Sky MoviesSky MoviesSky Movies is the collective name for the premium subscription television movie channels operated by Sky Television, and later British Sky Broadcasting. It has around 5 million subscribers, via satellite, cable and IPTV in the UK and Ireland...
, a channel of BSkyB - Sky NewsSky NewsSky News is a 24-hour British and international satellite television news broadcaster with an emphasis on UK and international news stories.The service places emphasis on rolling news, including the latest breaking news. Sky News also hosts localised versions of the channel in Australia and in New...
, a channel of BSkyB - Sky SportsSky SportsSky Sports is the brand name for a group of sports-oriented television channels operated by the UK and Ireland's main satellite pay-TV company, British Sky Broadcasting. Sky Sports is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland...
, a channel of BSKyB - Sky (UK & Ireland), a service of BSkyB
- Sky1, a channel of BSkyB
- Sky2Sky2Sky2 is a British television channel originally launched on 2 December 2002 as Sky One Mix. Sky2 is now available on Sky, Virgin Media, Smallworld Cable and TalkTalk TV platforms in the UK. It is also available in the Republic of Ireland on the UPC Ireland platform.-Rebrand:Sky One Mix was...
, a channel of BSkyB - Sky+Sky+Sky+, or Sky Plus, is a personal video recorder service for Sky in the UK. Launched in September 2001, it allows the user to record, pause and instantly rewind live TV. The system performs these functions using an internal hard drive inside the Sky+ set top box...
, a product of BSkyB - Sky+ HD, a product of BSkyB
- Sky Anytime
- Sky News AustraliaSky News AustraliaSky News Australia is an Australian 24 hour cable and satellite news channel available in 2.5 million homes on Foxtel, Austar, Optus Television and Neighbourhood Cable subscription platforms....
, a Australian TV channel - SKY BrasilSKY BrasilSKY Brasil is a company that operates a subscription television service in Brazil. It produces TV content, and owns several TV channels. 7% of the equity is owned and operated by Globo the remainder is owned by DirecTV.-History:...
, a subscription television service in Brazil - Sky Deutschland, a German satellite broadcasting company
- Sky FilmSky FilmSky Film is a German set of movie channels owned by Sky Deutschland.The Sky Film package includes eleven Sky-branded channels:*Sky Cinema, the premium channel with 20 television premieres per month.*Sky Cinema +1, Sky Cinema with an hour delay....
, a channel of Sky Deutschland - Sky Sport (Germany)Sky Sport (Germany)Sky Sport is a German set of sports channels.Events broadcast on the channels include UEFA Champions League, DFB-Pokal , UEFA Cup, Premier League, Formula One, DEL, golf and professional wrestling like WWE and TNA...
, a channel of Sky Deutschland
- Sky Film
- Sky ItaliaSky ItaliaSky 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...
, an Italian satellite broadcasting company- Sky HD (Italy)Sky HD (Italy)Sky HD is the brand name of the HDTV service launched by Sky Italia on 20 April 2006 in Italy - during 2006 FIFA World Cup - to enable high definition channels on Sky Italia to be viewed...
, a channel of Sky Italia - Sky Sport (Italy), a channel of Sky Italia
- Sky TG24SKY TG24Sky TG24 is an Italian all-news channel, owned by Sky Italia, part of News Corporation.Launched on July 31, 2003, and provides round-the-clock of the news, with updates on every hour and half-hour...
, a channel of Sky Italia - Sky Uno, a channel of Sky Italia
- Sky HD (Italy)
- SKY MéxicoSKY MéxicoSKY México is a company that operates a subscription television service in the Mexico, Central America, Dominican Republic area. It produces TV content, and owns several TV channels...
, a subscription television service in Mexico, Central America, and Dominican Republic
Other TV and radio stations
- KSKY, 660 K-Sky, an AM radio station in Dallas, Texas
- KSQYKSQYKSQY is a radio station broadcasting a mainstream rock format. The station known as "K-SKY" is licensed to Deadwood, South Dakota and serves the Rapid City listening area...
, 95.1 K-Sky, a radio station broadcasting in Deadwood, South Dakota - Sky AngelSky AngelSky Angel U.S. LLC. describes itself as a "Christian-owned and operated multi-channel television service specializing in Christian and family-friendly TV and radio programming." It is one of the first niche-oriented television providers in the United States....
, a Christian TV and radio service - Sky Channel (Australia)Sky Channel (Australia)Sky Channel is an Australian broadcaster specialising in live thoroughbred, harness and greyhound racing. It is owned by Tabcorp Holdings. Sky Channel launched Australia's first ever satellite in 1985.- Channels :...
, an Australian racing broadcaster- Sky RacingSky RacingSky Racing is an Australian horse and greyhound racing television channel. It is carried by Foxtel, Austar, Optus TV and Neighbourhood Cable. It was formerly available on SelecTV from 16 April 2007 until the closure of its English service in late 2010....
- Sky Sports Radio Australia, or 2KY2KY2KY is a commercial radio station based in Sydney, broadcasting throughout New South Wales and Canberra on a network of over 140 narrowcast transmitters as well as the main 1017 AM frequency in Sydney. 2KY broadcasts live commentary of thoroughbred, harness and greyhound racing...
- Sky Racing
- Sky HD (South Korea)Sky HD (South Korea)Sky HD is a High Definition TV Service in South Korea. It is owned by Korea Broadcasting Corporation The channel has programs from the following HD networks:*Sky HD*Discovery HD*NHK HD*Voom HD...
, a service owned by Korea Broadcasting Corporation - Sky Media GroupSky Media GroupSky Media Group is an Estonian company that owns and operates three Estonian-language and two Russian-language radio stations in Estonia. The company launched its first radio station, SKY Radio in 1995. Three years later the company launched Estonia's most successful commercial radio station Sky...
, an Estonian media company- Sky PlusSky PlusSky Plus is a commercial radio station in Estonia. The radio station was launched in 1997 and is owned by Sky Media Group. Its sister station in Russian language is SKY Radio....
, a commercial radio station in Estonian - SKY RadioSKY RadioSky Radio is a Russian-language radio station in Estonia. Launched in 1995, Sky Radio is the oldest radio station owned by Sky Media Group. Its sister station in Estonian language is Sky Plus....
, a Russian language radio station in Estonia
- Sky Plus
- Sky Network TelevisionSKY Network TelevisionSky Network Television Limited , , is a New Zealand pay television service. On 30 June 2011, Sky had 829,421 subscribers, which comprises:*808,617 digital subscribers*20,840 other subscribers...
, a subscription television service in New Zealand- Sky News New ZealandSky News New ZealandSky News New Zealand is a simulcast of Sky News Australia however carries the NZ branding, and appears on SKY Television. The programming is nearly identical to Sky News Australia, except for a nightly bulletin, plus a twice weekly afternoon one, being produced in New Zealand.- History :In the late...
, a channel of Sky Network Television - Sky Sport (New Zealand)SKY Sport (New Zealand)Sky Sport is a group of sports-oriented television channels operated by New Zealand's satellite pay-TV company, Sky Network Television. Sky Sport 1 was launched in 1990...
, a channel of Sky Network Television
- Sky News New Zealand
- SKY PerfecTV!SKY PerfecTV!SKY PerfecTV! is a direct broadcast satellite service that provides satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services to households in Japan, owned by parent company SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation....
, a Japanese satellite broadcasting company - Sky TurkSky TurkSky Turk is a privately owned television channel in Turkey which is a part of the Çukurova Holding media group.A sound bomb was thrown at the channel's headquarters in Topkapı, İstanbul, on October 22, 2009, which was defused by the anti-bomb squad....
, a Turkish national news channel - SkyCableSkyCableSkyCable is a direct-to-home cable TV subscription service and the largest cable company in the Philippines. It is established by the Lopez and Central CATV group of companies, and one of ABS-CBN Corporation subsidiaries. In January 1990, SkyCable was founded and started its CATV operation on...
, a Philippine cable television provider - SkyrockSkyrockSkyrock.com is a social networking site offering its members a free web space where they can create a blog, add a profile, and exchange messages with other registered members...
, a national radio chain in France - Tata SkyTata SkyTATA Sky is a direct broadcast satellite television provider in India, using MPEG-2 digital compression technology, transmitting using INSAT 4A at 83.0°E....
, an Indian satellite broadcasting company - WSKY-FM, The Sky 97.3, a radio station licensed to Micanopy, Florida, United States
- WSKY-TVWSKY-TVWSKY-TV, which was launched in October 2001, is a full-power/full market television independent station serving the Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA television market and the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The station, which is part of the Hampton Roads market, broadcasts on digital channel 9...
, SKY 4 TV, a television station licensed to Manteo, North Carolina, United States owned by Sky Television LLC
Television series
- Sky (TV serial)Sky (TV serial)Sky is a mystically-oriented children's science fantasy television serial made for ITV by HTV in 1975 and broadcast in six parts.Looking something like a young, effete blond ubermensch, a morally ambiguous alien boy with weird solid blue eyes, the eponymous Sky , finds himself on Earth, where he...
, a 1975 British children's fantasy series - Sky (TV series)Sky (TV series)Sky is a Malaysian-made Mandarin drama series, produced by and currently aired on 8TV, which combines newly-discovered celebrities, particularly from the station's reality programmes Malaysian Idol, Project Superstar Malaysia and I Wanna Be A Model, namely Hoon Mei Sim, Johnson Wee, Gary Yap,...
, a 2007 Malaysian Chinese idol drama - "Sky" (The Sarah Jane Adventures)Sky (The Sarah Jane Adventures)Sky is a two-part story of The Sarah Jane Adventures which was broadcast on CBBC on 3 and 4 October 2011. It is the first story of the fifth and last series.-Part One:...
, a 2011 two-part story from the British science fiction television series
Television characters
- Sky MangelSky MangelSky Mangel is a fictional character from the Australian Network Ten soap opera Neighbours, played by Stephanie McIntosh. She made her first on-screen appearance on 1 February 1989, played by Miranda Fryer. McIntosh took over the role on 13 August 2003 when the character returned to the show...
, a character from the Australian television soap opera Neighbours - Sky SmithSky SmithSky Smith is a fictional character in the British children's science fiction television series The Sarah Jane Adventures, a spin-off of the long-running series Doctor Who, played by Sinead Michael. She appears as a regular in the show's final series, first appearing in Sky...
, a character from the British science fiction television series The Sarah Jane Adventures - Sky Tate, a character from the Power Rangers television series universe
Magazines
- The Sky (magazine), an amateur astronomy magazine published between 1935 and 1941
- SKY magazineSKY magazineSky Magazine was a UK magazine that started in the late 1980s and ceased publication in 2001. It was an entertainment magazine dealing mainly in celebrities featured in film, television and music. It should not be confused with the Sky magazine sent free to subscribers to British Sky Broadcasting...
, a UK entertainment magazine published between the late 1980s and June 2001 - Sky Kids magazineSky Kids magazineSky Kids magazine was a monthly magazine which came with the Sky Magazine. It was available exclusively to BSkyB customers with children, and was provided free upon request, where visitors to the Sky website could request the magazine for their children by entering their details and viewing card...
, a publication of BSkyB, included with Sky Magazine from 2004 to 2009 - Sky MagazineSky MagazineSky Magazine is the magazine distributed to subscribers of the BSkyB satellite service Sky Digital.- Availability :The magazine is available to subscribers of the Variety Pack or all packs of entertainment.- Content :...
, a publication of BSkyB
Bands
- Sky (band)Sky (band)Sky was a British instrumental group that specialised in fusing a variety of musical styles including light rock, progressive rock, classical and jazz. The group's best known members were classical guitarist John Williams, bass player Herbie Flowers Sky was a British instrumental group that...
, a British progressive rock band, fronted by John Williams - Sky (Canadian band)Sky (Canadian band)Sky was an R&B-influenced pop music group from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The duo originally consisted of James Renald and Antoine Sicotte. Both were songwriters, producers and multi-instrumentalists, who met in 1992 at a music engineering school in Montreal...
, a Montreal pop music duo - Sky (US band)Sky (US band)Sky was an American rock power trio active in the early 1970s, based out of Detroit, Michigan. It released two albums with RCA before breaking up in 1973. It's mostly known today as an early point in musician Doug Fieger's career, later the frontman of The Knack.-History:The group started out as...
, an American country rock band - Sky (US musician), an American new-age musician
Albums
- Sky (Sky album)Sky (Sky album)Sky is the debut album by British classical/progressive rock band Sky, released in 1979.-Side one:# "Westway" - 3:37# "Carillon" - 3:27# "La Danza" - 2:57# "Gymnopedie No...
, 1979 - Sky (Faye Wong album), 1994
- sky (Yui Horie album), 2003
- The Sky (album)The Sky (album)The Sky is the third in a trilogy of albums with music by Anita Kerr, words by Rod McKuen, and featuring the San Sebastian Strings. The first two albums in the trilogy were titled The Sea and The Earth.Appearing on the album cover are the words:...
, an album by Anita Kerr and Rod McKuen
People
- Sky SaxonSky SaxonSky "Sunlight" Saxon was an American rock and roll musician who was best known as the leader and singer of the 1960s Los Angeles psychedelic garage rock band The Seeds.-Biography:...
, American musician - Li Xiaofeng (professional gamer) (born 1985), nicknamed Sky, Chinese professional gamer
Science and technology
- SKY technique, or spectral karyotypeKaryotypeA karyotype is the number and appearance of chromosomes in the nucleus of an eukaryotic cell. The term is also used for the complete set of chromosomes in a species, or an individual organism.p28...
, a molecular cytogenetic technique for matching chromosomes to colours for visualisation - TheSky (astronomy software)TheSky (astronomy software)TheSky is an astronomy program designed to be used for various educational and observational purposes. It provides a large feature set including the following:...
Transportation
- Saturn SkySaturn SkyThe Saturn Sky was the only roadster from the Saturn marque of American automaker General Motors, and was initially released in the first quarter of 2006 as a 2007 model. It uses the Kappa automobile platform shared with the Pontiac Solstice and Opel GT...
, a two seat roadster manufactured by Saturn - SKY, IATA airport code for Griffing Sandusky AirportGriffing Sandusky AirportGriffing Sandusky Airport is a public use airport in Erie County, Ohio, United States. It is located adjacent to Sandusky Bay, three nautical miles southeast of the central business district of the city of Sandusky.- Facilities and aircraft :...
, Sandusky, Ohio - SKY, ICAO code for Skymark AirlinesSkymark Airlinesis a low-cost airline headquartered at Tokyo International Airport in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, operating scheduled passenger services within Japan...
Other uses
- Chicago SkyChicago SkyThe Chicago Sky is a professional basketball team based in Rosemont, Illinois, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2006 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Michael J. Alter and Margaret Stender...
, a WNBA team chartered in 2006 - Sky (hieroglyph)Sky (hieroglyph)The ancient Egyptian Sky hieroglyph, , is Gardiner sign listed no. N1, within the Gardiner signs for sky, earth, and water....
, of ancient Egypt - SKY (universities), a collective nickname for the three most prestigious universities in South Korea
- Sky Financial GroupSky Financial GroupSky Financial Group, Inc., was a diversified financial services holding company that operated in the Midwestern United States from 1998 until its 2007 acquisition by rival bank Huntington Bancshares...
or Sky Bank, former American financial services holding company