Sky Sports News (SSN) is a 24-hour sports news channel in the United Kingdom. It is run by BSkyB whose sports channels include Sky Sports 1, 2, 3 and 4, as well as their HD channels.
Two hours of live feed (daily at 07:00 BST, weekdays at 17:00 BST) and one hour of delayed feed (daily at 23:00 BST) are picked up by Fox Soccer in the United States; both Fox Soccer Channel and Sky Sports are News Corporation companies. More hours of the channel are picked up in critical periods such as the end of transfer windows and coverage of qualifying draws for Euro tournaments.
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