Flame Television News (branded as FTV News, or Flame News) is the news station of Flame TV. They have a 24-hour channel, that's also in HD. They also have updates on FTV1, and FTV2 with local news included. They were founded by Clyde1998 (t∣b∣c). They work, closely, with FTV Sports News. They are rivals with BBC News, ITV News and Sky News. They are planning a local news channel - FTV News Local. The other regions channels will be able to be watched online. In 2010, they had a HD-simulcast of FTV News, following the release of Sky News HD.