Sky News and Global Tech Outage: Major Disruption Hits Television News

Britain's Sky News was off air on Friday due to a global tech outage that impacted operations across several countries, including Spanish airports, a Turkish airline, and Australian media and banks. The broadcaster's executive chairman, David Rhodes, issued an apology for the interruption.

On Friday, Britain's Sky News, one of the country's leading television news channels, experienced an unexpected interruption in service.

Broadcasting live TV was halted, prompting executive chairman David Rhodes to issue an apology to viewers for the interruption via the social media platform X.

This disruption was part of a larger global tech outage affecting operations in various sectors, including Spanish airports, Turkish airline services, and Australian media and banking institutions.

(With inputs from agencies.)