Fox News International 2001 – Present

Fox News Channel – Rupert Murdoch’s entrance into the US cable news market, after the success of Sky News. Unlike Sky News, Fox News was facing competition in the form of both CNN and the simultaneously launched MSNBC. Fox decided to position itself as the upstart, with a pronounced editorial voice – a “fair and balanced alternative to the more “liberal slant of the news media (CNN). FNC remains controversial in the US. Depending on who you ask, the channel is seen as either a fresh alternative to CNN or a propaganda machine for the conservative Republican party. It is also a stunning success in any measure – within a few years of its launch FNC rose to #1 amongst all of the cable news networks in the US. It is one of the few US cable networks to be simulcast to the UK with minimal changes – only the ad breaks are replaced.