08-03-2023, 12:53 AM
(08-03-2023, 12:30 AM)Stuart Wrote:(07-03-2023, 09:18 PM)Kojak Wrote: I believe it's always been Sky's way to invest in Sports and give News the cast-offs. Apparently the 2005 centre was originally planned for Sky Sports, until some News Corp execs visited Osterley and were appalled by the state of what were then Sky News' digs.I thought it was generally the opposite. SSN often ended up in whatever studio facility was previously used by Sky News.
You saying that reminded that that there was talk around the time of the 2005 move that SSN were to move in to Sky News' old building. I don't know if that happened, but there is a really interesting post on the old forum that talked about what I outlined:
globaltraffic24 Wrote:A few posters have compared Sky Sports with Sky News. I worked at Sky during the previous move and can confirm that the soon-to-be-demolished Sky News building was originally commissioned for Sky Sports. The only reason Sky News took ownership of it was because of an infamous site tour by some senior execs from the US. Upon seeing how appalling conditions were at the old Sky News studio, a top-level decision was made to give the new facilities to Sky News. It gives you some sense of where we are right now. Much of the investment and big thinking comes from those people not on the ground at Sky. The middle management based in Isleworth then tends to over-ride it and play safe by investing in the divisions that return big bucks - like Sky Sports.