Overview

• The agreement gives U.S. rights to Sky News live broadcasts, TV packages and online journalism, covering all British and foreign output.
• The arrangement begins Oct. 1 under a multi-year term, with financial and many operational details not disclosed.
• Editorial boundaries bar MSNBC from commissioning Sky coverage, and Sky will not carry MSNBC programming.
• MSNBC will be able to tap Sky’s network of 11 international bureaus and more than 500 journalists, including correspondents for breaking events.
• The move follows MSNBC’s planned separation from NBC News into Versant, with Ian Sherwood named director of international newsgathering as the network anticipates reduced access to NBC’s global resources.