Country | United Kingdom |
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Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
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Language(s) | English |
Ownership | |
Owner | All Perspectives Ltd. |
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History | |
Launched | 13 June 2021 |
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Links | |
Website | www |
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Terrestrial | |
Freeview | Channel 236 (SD) |
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gbnews.com | Live stream |
YouTube | Live stream |
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GB News is a British free-to-air, opinion-orientated[a] television and radio news channel. The channel is available on Freeview, Freesat, Sky, YouView, Virgin Media and via the internet on Samsung TV Plus, Rakuten TV and YouTube. An audio simulcast of the station is also available on DAB+ radio.
Announced in September 2020 and launched in June 2021 from studios at Paddington Basin, London, GB News became Britain's first television news start-up since the launch of Sky News in 1989.[2] It was set up with the aim of broadcasting "original news, opinion and debate", with a mix of news coverage and opinion-based content. Hosts of shows on the channel include Nigel Farage, Eamonn Holmes, Michael Portillo, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Mark Dolan and Camilla Tominey. Boris Johnson was announced as a presenter in October 2023, but as of August 2024[update] had not appeared.
GB News is jointly owned by hedge fund manager Sir Paul Marshall and investment firm Legatum, under the umbrella of a holding company, All Perspectives Ltd, which is headquartered in London. As of August 2022[update], All Perspectives Ltd was controlled by three significant shareholders, all of whom work for Christopher Chandler's Dubai-based investment firm Legatum.[3][4] The CEO of GB News is Angelos Frangopoulos,[5][6] who formerly ran Sky News Australia. Its first chairman was Andrew Neil, who left the BBC in 2020 to set up the channel and present a prime-time evening programme. He presented only nine shows and resigned from his roles at the channel on 13 September 2021,[7] three months after its official launch.
The channel is described as right-leaning on political issues.[8][9][10] It has faced criticism several times for providing a platform to far-right figures without adequately challenging their rhetoric.[11][12][13] The channel has been found to have breached Ofcom's standards on several occasions. As of 12 November 2023, it was the subject of fourteen investigations[14] into its compliance with Ofcom's due impartiality rules, including cases of potential breaches of the rule that apart from in exceptional circumstances, politicians should not act as newsreaders, reporters or interviewers.[15]
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