Sky TV down as thousands of viewers report outages across the UK

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"Thousands of people were reporting issues with the network just before 7am on Saturday, when the problems peaked, according to Downdetector. The issues appeared to begin just before 3am, before peaking a few hours later, with hundreds still reporting issues throughout the morning on Saturday. The online platform shows 8 per cent of viewers have faced a total blackout."

The Independent covers topics including reproductive rights, climate change and Big Tech and pursues investigations into political finance and documentaries about American women's reproductive rights. The outlet emphasizes parsing facts from messaging and sends reporters to both sides of stories, funded by reader donations to avoid paywalls. Sky TV experienced nationwide outages across the UK beginning just before 3am and peaking before 7am, with thousands of viewers reporting issues and some streaming affected. Downdetector recorded peak reports and indicated 8 per cent of viewers faced a total blackout. Affected areas included Manchester, Glasgow, Birmingham, Liverpool, Bristol, Leeds, London, Southampton and Derby.

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