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Sky News Australia is a 24 hour Australian news channel. It is owned - one third each - by Publishing and Broadcasting Limited, the Seven Network, and BSkyB. The channel is available in Australia on the Foxtel, Optus Vision, and Austar cable / satalite pay tv services. It is available in the basic cable packages of the various operators in Australia.
The news service alternates between Australian news (on the hour), with British BSkyB, American ABC or CBS, and other bulletins on the half hour.
With the roll-out of Foxtel Digital, Sky News Australia launched the "News Active" interactive news service.