What channel is GB News on?
GB NEWS has been billed as the UK's biggest broadcast venture in decades.
The upstart, chaired by Andrew Neil, launched on June 13, 2021 with a welcome programme.
What channel is GB News on?
The channel is available on Freeview as channel 236 and Freesat on 216.
The GB News Sky channel is 515.
It is also Virgin Media channel 626.
When did GB News launch?
GB News went live on Sunday June 13, 2021 at 8pm - with a few technical difficulties.
The highly-anticipated network promised to provide a mix of "news, opinion and debate in the UK" and it kicked off with a programme titled Welcome To GB News.
Sunday night's offering featured appearances from Nigel Farage and Sir Alan Sugar, but both were cut off by faulty connections.
Chief executive officer Angelos Frangopoulos said: “GB News is a digital start-up designed to bring greater plurality of voices to UK media so we’re passionate about delivering our programmes on every platform we can, including live DAB digital radio.”
He added: “It’s a considerable challenge to expand into radio so quickly but this opportunity is too great to miss. It means we can serve more people by giving them the choice to tune in to us anywhere, any time.
“It was a highly competitive selection process so we’re really delighted.
“We look forward to partnering again with Arqiva, who already take care of our terrestrial and satellite television signals as well as our fibre connectivity.”
GB News will air on Freeview channel 236 and will be broadcast across Sky, Virgin Media, YouView and Freesat, alongside a dedicated on-demand streaming service.
What is GB news?
GB news is a British news channel.
The channel plans to air 6,500 hours of television a year once it finds its feet.
GB news is chaired by journalism veteran Andrew Neil.
Neil has compared the new channel to American news broadcasters.
He said: “It will be based more like MSNBC in America, which is on the left, and Fox [News], which is on the right.
“They don’t do rolling news. They do news when it breaks, but they don’t do continuous rolling news."
He added: “They segment the day into individual programmes, news-based programmes, built around very strong presenters, or anchors as they call them in the United States, and that is what we will do too.
“[It will have] Anchors with a bit of edge, a bit of attitude, bit of personality – and people will make an appointment to view them. That’s the plan.”
The channel's Director of News and Programmes John McAndrew has said that GB News will be “free, fair, impartial” and “Ofcom regulated”.
But it has been widely reported that the channel will be right-wing.
Colin Brazier, the former Sky News presenter, told the he joined GB News because "the mainstream broadcasters were getting out of touch with a large portion of the viewership".
"I think people will be surprised to find that it is not as shrill as they are expecting," he added. "It is going to be more thoughtful and positive, and it will not be po-faced.
"Sometimes watching the existing news offerings can feel like being in the audience for an extended sociology lecture - and I don't think this will."
Who has joined GB news?
Andrew Neil
Andrew Neil himself is going to host a daily news show in the evenings.
The renowned broadcaster stepped down from his role at the BBC after 25 years back in September 2020.
Alastair Stewart
Alastair Stewart has joined GB News after he was forced to quit ITV News after 40 years in 2020.
GB News confirmed the former ITV News veteran would be joining the channel to host a weekend news and current affairs programme,
The channel has signed up a series of right-leaning commentators.
- Michelle Dewberry, Apprentice winner and a former Brexit party candidate has been signed up to head up a prime time show.
- The Sun's own former executive editor and columnist Dan Wootton has also announced he will be joining the channel.
- Member of the European Parliament for the Brexit Party, Alexandra Phillips, is also another part of the channel's on-air team.
Tom Harwood, senior reporter for Guido Fawkes, has been announced as the channel's political correspondent.
Commentator and "anti-woke" campaigner Inaya Folarin Iman, most known for her critique of the Black Lives Matter movement, has been signed up to the channel.
Simon McCoy is also set to join GB News after spending almost 18 years with the BBC.
Former Sky News presenter Colin Brazier has also joined the team.
How do I get GB news?
GB News will be available to watch on all major UK platforms including Freeview, Sky, YouView, Virgin Media and Freesat.
The channel signed a contract with TV transmitter network Arqiva to reach 96% of UK households.
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CEO Frangopoulos said the deal would give GB News the reach to “reach to rival that of the major public service broadcasters”.
GB News has said it will also provide streaming, video-on-demand and audio services but are yet to announce further details.