📰 Media & Journalism Apr 20, 2026 · Charlotte Tobitt

Sky News moves into paid online content with planned launch of defence app

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Sky News moves into paid online content with planned launch of defence app
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Sky News is launching a paywalled app specifically for defence and security content.



The Sky News Defence app is part of the news provider’s plan announced in January 2025 to become a “premium video-first newsroom built for the digital future”, with less of a focus on live, breaking TV news, by 2030. Paid podcasts are also in the pipeline to launch in the summer.



Comcast committed to continue funding Sky News at the rate of around £100m a year and protect editorial indepe

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