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Sky Sports News Back On Air After 15-Minute Saturday Morning Outage

Sky attributed the interruption to a temporary graphics service failure.

Overview

  • Broadcast returned around 9:05 am after roughly 15 minutes off air.
  • During the outage, a holding screen appeared with the on-screen message: “We apologise for the temporary loss of our graphics service.”
  • The disruption occurred hours before a busy slate of Premier League fixtures including multiple 3pm kick-offs.
  • Many viewers who use the channel for live updates turned to X to report the issue and look for information.
  • Coverage characterized such interruptions as rare for the network, and no further technical explanation has been issued.