Sky News adds beautiful looking new primetime news show, Sky News Tonight, anchored by Adam Boulton and Sarah Hewson.

Sky News (DStv 402) on MultiChoice's DStv satellite pay-TV platform today added a brand-new primetime news show, Sky News Tonight, with simply beautiful looking graphics and which will from 1 September broadcast between 20:00 and 22:00 with Adam Boulton and Sarah Hewson as the anchors.

Besides Sky News, CNN International (DStv 401) and eNCA (DStv 403) also made big changes today, with CNN International changing its on-air graphics to reflect that of CNN in America, and eNCA also changing its on air-graphics, logo and look.

Sky News Tonight on Sky News has a distinct blue look with beautiful, clean and clear translucent graphics.

Sky News Tonight promises to bring "the best of Sky News' journalism with interviews with major guests, studio debate, analysis and a pioneering social media cross-over".

The social media component was instantly felt but didn't overpower the show, making it possible for viewers to interact with the show.

Sky News' social affairs editor Afua Hirsch will now bring a brand new, forensic analysis of the day's major national and international news using new technology, data journalism and cutting-edge digital media tools.

"Sky News Tonight will not only showcase the best of  the channel’s journalism but also offer a platform to delve further into the stories of the day incorporating digital components to better illustrate and explain," says John Ryley, the head of Sky News.

"This will be a high production show determined by a serious news agenda".

Adam Boulton ending his position as political editor at Sky News after 25 years; will present new evening show from winter.

Adam Boulton (55) is ending his position as political editor at Sky News (DStv 402) after 25 years and will present a new evening show on the British 24-hour TV news channel from around May 2014 from Sky News' Westminster studio.

Sky News doesn't have an immediate replacement and will appoint a new political editor later in the year.

According to Sky News Adam Boulton's new show will feature hard hitting interviews, insightful analysis and interactive elements.

Adam Boulton joined Sky News when the channel started in 1989. He will now take on the new title of editor-at-large at Sky News and will continue to present for big political events.

"In my career I have been extremely lucky to have presented flagship breakfast, Sunday, and most recently on Boulton & Co, lunchtime shows. The opportunity to take on an evening programme was an offer I couldn’t duck," says Adam Boulton in a press statement.

"I am also enormously proud of the part I have played in building up Sky New'’ political operation and I am delighted I will remain a part of that in my new role."

"Adam Boulton is a giant in political journalism and I am thrilled he has agreed to anchor a new evening programme for us," says John Ryley, the head of Sky News.

"He was the first television journalist to treat politics as a live, dynamic, ever changing story. The arrival of Adam challenged the status quo, starting the Sky News Westminster operation from scratch and building it into the power-house that it is today," says John Ryley.

Programming note: Europe in Crisis live debate on Sky News tonight at 22:00 with Adam Boulton from Brussels.

Sky News (DStv 402) has announced a Europe in Crisis Debate that will take place on the 24 hour British news channel tonight starting at 22:00 (South African time).

The Europe in Crisis Debate will take place live from Brussels anchored by Sky News' political editor Adam Boulton from the European parliament and will look at the financial crisis gripping the euro zone at the moment.

Panelists will include Guy Verhofstadt (former prime minister of Belgium from 1999 to 2008), Sharon Bowles (chairperson of the European parliament's economic and monetary affairs committee), Martin Callanan (head of the Conservative MEP grouping), Pervenche Berès (chairperson of the employment and social affairs committee and the author of the report into the financial crisis of 2008).

By satellite video link from Dublin there will be Michael Martin (former foreign minister now leader of the main opposition), from Rome Raffaele Fanetti (senator with Silvio Berlusconi's party), from Greece Louka Katselli (former national economy minister of Greece as well as a former World Bank economist and Yale professor), from Washington Jose Maria Anzar (the former Spanish prime minister) and from Brussels Nigel Farage (MEP, UKIP leader) and Hans-Gert Pöttering (former president of the European Parliament and longest serving member of the European parliament).