Sky News at Ten is a long-running daily news show on Sky News

Sky News

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, airing between 10:00pm and 11:00pm (including Sportsline at 10:45pm). From Monday to Thursday, the show is presented by Anna Botting

Anna Botting

Anna Elizabeth Botting is a British news anchor with Sky News, a broadcasting network based in the United Kingdom. She currently presents Sky News at Ten, Sky News at Eleven and Sky Midnight News from Monday to Thursday...

 whilst Friday to Sunday Stephen Dixon fronts the programme.

History

The show was originally launched in 1999 following the move of ITV

ITV

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's News at Ten. At this time, the show used its own special version of the Sky News graphics and a unique mix of the Sky News Music.

Over the years, the show has been presented by many of Sky's presenters although between 2002 and October 2005, the show had no set presenters, with a group of five or six rotating the duties. These included Chris Roberts, Vivien Creegor

Vivien Creegor

Vivien Creegor is an English television newscaster. From 1989 until 2006, she was one of the principal news readers on Sky News.-Biography:...

, Stephen Dixon, Allan King, Emma Crosby

Emma Crosby

Emma Catherine Crosby , is a British television newsreader and journalist, currently presenting for 5 News.-Early life:...

, and Martin Popplewell

Martin Popplewell

Martin Popplewell is a British journalist and newsreader who currently works freelance for Sky News. He also regularly covers in the absence of other presenters.-Education:...

.

In May 2010, Sky News at Ten began to air in the United States

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 on the Fox Soccer Channel

Fox Soccer Channel

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 cable network

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 at 2am Eastern Time until the start of the European season in August, mainly because of the programme's comprehensive look at the sports of the day and to reduce conflicts with ESPN

ESPN

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 due to sister network Sky Sports News

Sky Sports News

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 usually airing at that time. The substitution of Sky News at Ten was purposeful, as Fox Soccer Channel was disallowed to use video imagery of the 2010 FIFA World Cup

2010 FIFA World Cup

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 because of ESPN holding exclusive English language rights to the tournament, which would have necessitated heavy redaction of Sky Sports News broadcasts to remove those clips.

Presenter history

Dates	Presenter One	Presenter Two	Weekend Presenter
1998	Bob Friend Bob Friend Robert Bartmess Friend is a former right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who pitched primarily for the Pittsburgh Pirates , joining the New York Yankees and New York Mets in his final season of...	Anna Botting Anna Botting Anna Elizabeth Botting is a British news anchor with Sky News, a broadcasting network based in the United Kingdom. She currently presents Sky News at Ten, Sky News at Eleven and Sky Midnight News from Monday to Thursday...
2001 - October 2005	Various Presenters
October 2005 - July 2006	Chris Roberts	Gillian Joseph Gillian Joseph Gillian Joseph is a British newscaster currently working for Sky News.-Journalism career:Joseph originally worked for the BBC in Manchester, as well as working as a radio reporter for Radio Merseyside. In 1998, she moved to London and presented Newsroom South East until it ended in 2001...
July 2006 - February 2007	Martin Stanford Martin Stanford Martin Stanford is a news anchor at Sky News who currently presents SkyNews.Com. Stanford had his own interactive show on the channel, Sky News with Martin Stanford from July 2006 to February 2007...	Gillian Joseph Gillian Joseph Gillian Joseph is a British newscaster currently working for Sky News.-Journalism career:Joseph originally worked for the BBC in Manchester, as well as working as a radio reporter for Radio Merseyside. In 1998, she moved to London and presented Newsroom South East until it ended in 2001...
February 2007 - present	Anna Botting Anna Botting Anna Elizabeth Botting is a British news anchor with Sky News, a broadcasting network based in the United Kingdom. She currently presents Sky News at Ten, Sky News at Eleven and Sky Midnight News from Monday to Thursday...		Stephen Dixon