- The company said they were unable to broadcast live due to a technical issue
- Microsoft’s global system freeze has grounded flights, hospitals and banks
Sky Sports News has crashed after a massive global technical failure involving Microsoft systems.
The malfunction has caused chaos worldwide, grounding planes and taking hospitals, trains, banks, stock markets and TV channels offline.
Because Windows is one of the most widely used operating systems in the world, the outage affects virtually every sector of the global economy.
Sky News is also affected by the outage, with the main news and sports channels currently unavailable.
Presenter Matt Kabir Floyd saw the humour in it, tweeting: ‘Sky Sports News has also been hit by the global situation with Microsoft…nothing is really working…not sure when or if we’ll be on…thankfully I woke up at 3.30am.’
Presenters Hayley McQueen and Matt Kabir Floyd gave a behind-the-scenes look at this morning’s power outage
Sports reporter Hayley McQueen also posted the following on social media: ‘Here at @SkySportsNews we are offline. Apologies if the only thing you are watching is us, which is last night’s news.
‘Our live sports coverage will continue today on @SkySportsGolf and @SkyCricket.’
The company then wrote on X: ‘Due to a global technical issue, Sky Sports News is currently unable to broadcast live.
‘For the latest sports news, results and promotions, visit the Sky Sports app or website.’
Sky News has been taken off air as the TV channel appears to be experiencing ongoing technical issues