Sky News has expanded its strategic partnership with Arc XP, the media platform built inside The Washington Post and run by publishers worldwide, to provide the technology underpinning its new app and website, targeted for launch by the end of 2027.

The agreement marks a significant step forward in Sky News 2030, the organisation's five-year transformation to become a premium, video-first news organisation built for the digital future, with a focus on innovation and better experiences for audiences.

As the UK's biggest commercial news publisher app*, Sky News is investing from a position of strength, with video views on its app more than doubling year on year. The new app and website will take that experience further, putting video at the heart of the offering, showcasing more original reporting and giving audiences more personalised ways to discover and follow the stories that matter to them.

The investment aims to make Sky News an even more compelling destination for its journalism, deepening engagement with existing users, strengthening direct audience relationships and creating new commercial opportunities, including premium and paid-for products.

David Rhodes, Sky News Executive Chairman, said: “Today's partnership will give audiences even more reasons to come directly to Sky News for a best-in-class, video-first experience.  It's a step change that will deliver more personalisation and better commercial outcomes—and deliver them by the end of next year.  We're so pleased to be on this journey together with the people at ArcXP and their partners across the news industry.”

Matt Monahan, Arc XP President, said: “More people now find news through AI summaries and search results instead of going to the newsroom that did the reporting. Arc XP helps newsrooms win those audiences back, keep them, and grow revenue. With Sky News, we’re building a video-led, personalised app and website that brings audiences straight to Sky’s journalism, with Ask Sky News answering their questions from Sky’s own reporting. At Arc XP and The Washington Post, we’re proud to help newsrooms like Sky’s get their critical journalism to more people.”

Working closely with Sky’s product and technology teams, Arc XP will provide its media platform, backed by AWS, to underpin the new platforms, including tools for mobile apps, video and personalisation. The technology will give Sky News greater flexibility to innovate, develop new products and support the next phase of its digital transformation.

The expanded agreement builds on the organisation’s existing work on Ask Sky News, an AI-powered conversational search experience that demonstrates how new technology can make trusted journalism more accessible and intuitive for audiences.

Sky News has generated nearly 4.5 billion social video views in 2026 to date, demonstrating its position as a major global news brand and the growing appetite for its journalism across digital platforms. This reach reflects the scale of Sky News' ambition as it continues to invest in the future of news.

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