Sky News gone from Qantas lounges in favour of ABC

[sudoer]

Qantas ditches Sky News from airport lounges as ABC takes flight on 90th birthday | Weekly Beast

Passengers will see two bespoke bulletins a day from the national broadcaster. Plus: Aunty’s stars party at Ultimo

theguardian.com

(The many past threads discussing Sky in lounges seem to be locked so I thought it worth creating a new thread.)

 

[jakeseven7]

And they just signed a deal with the Australian for e-newspapers that is actually quite good, I can't find the link right now though, was announced a day or so ago

 

[dylarr]

ABC will also produce the bulletins that are played on board as well.

 

[justinbrett]

Qantas ditches Sky News from airport lounges as ABC takes flight on 90th birthday | Weekly Beast

Passengers will see two bespoke bulletins a day from the national broadcaster. Plus: Aunty’s stars party at Ultimo

theguardian.com

(The many past threads discussing Sky in lounges seem to be locked so I thought it worth creating a new thread.)

Meh. The criticisms of Sky News generally relate to prime time (post 6pm) - at other times its quite centrist (lets not forget the long time Political Editor is now the host of ABC's insiders).

It comes down to a matter of resourcing, and from what I understand, Sky has more resources vs ABC24 so has better domestic news coverage for breaking news.

But also, frankly I've got better things to do when I'm in the lounge than watch the news.

 

[get me outta here]

I would like to see the subtitles turned on so that you actually have some hope of seeing what they are actually saying.

 

[Scarlett]

Biggly

 

[Daver6]

ABC will also produce the bulletins that are played on board as well.

I reckon on 9/10 flights when you try to view the inflight news it isn't available. Hopefully this changes.

 

[RichardMEL]

good change

 

[serfty]

Maybe QFF are copying VA - as their lounges reopened this year there was nothing on the monitors but in early March I saw they had ABC news 24.

It must be cheaper.

 

[Jousams]

when flying is outlawed to all but the elite because of global warming Qantas might regret this decision…

 

[Lynda2475]

ABC news 24
It must be cheaper

Of course its a Free To Air CHannel so no cost

 

[sudoer]

It must be cheaper.

It would be substantial. The Sky access fee (via Foxtel) for certain industries is $2k per 10 screens per premise, monthly.

Sky may have done a volume deal to get their content into the lounges but I would imagine Qantas still pays something for it.

 

[RooFlyer]

So you'll now get less in the Business Lounge than you can get on your phone (without paying)? Sounds like an enhancement to me.

 

[TheInsider]

It would be substantial. The Sky access fee (via Foxtel) for certain industries is $2k per 10 screens per premise, monthly.

Sky may have done a volume deal to get their content into the lounges but I would imagine Qantas still pays something for it.

I honestly would've though SkyNews would've paid Qantas for the service.

 

[drron]

Personally I think the news on Sky is much better than any ABC news program. I thought David Speers was one of the best news readers and Keiran Gilbert has turned out to be very good as well. much more news and less opinion than the ABC.

 

[justinbrett]

Personally I think the news on Sky is much better than any ABC news program. I thought David Speers was one of the best news readers and Keiran Gilbert has turned out to be very good as well. much more news and less opinion than the ABC.

And the Sky News election debate was hands down the best of the three. The other two were terrible.

 

[Hvr]

Of course its a Free To Air CHannel so no cost

I wonder if it is free to air in a commercial premises.

 

[ferntree]

The real story here is that even Qantas can manage to get things right sometimes (even if only by accident).

 

[SydneySwan]

The real story here is that even Qantas can manage to get things right sometimes (even if only by accident).

To mangle a quote attributed to Churchill about Americans

”Qantas can always be counted upon to do the right thing ….. after they have exhausted all other possibilities.”

 

[Vic]

Personally I think the news on Sky is much better than any ABC news program. I thought David Speers was one of the best news readers and Keiran Gilbert has turned out to be very good as well. much more news and less opinion than the ABC.

ABC news readers also only read the news and don't give opinion. Surely you're not seriously trying to compare opinion editorial shows with news reading. At least be honest and compare opinion shows with opinion shows.