13 Facts About GB News

GB News is a free-to-air television and radio news channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

GB News is owned by All Perspectives Ltd, which is a holding company, headquartered in London.

The CEO of GB News is Angelos Frangopoulos who formerly ran Sky News Australia.

GB News was founded by Andrew Cole and Mark Schneider, two executives associated with the chairman of Liberty Global, John C Malone.

GB News said that he had been in discussions to continue working on the BBC in a new format after the cancellation of his programme The Andrew Neil Show, but that these talks had "not come to fruition" and he had accepted the post of chairman of a new television news channel.

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On 6 January 2021, GB News reached its £60 million fundraising aim, which it said was oversubscribed.

GB News commenced broadcasting at 20:00 BST on 13 June 2021.

GB News is transmitted on digital terrestrial television in standard-definition and from the Astra 2F satellite in high-definition.

GB News said that it would aim to offer programming that would become "an appointment to view".

GB News has not explicitly indicated a political allegiance, and UK news broadcasters are required by Ofcom to maintain "due impartiality".

In May 2022, former GB News staff told the New Statesman that at times they were so desperate for guests, they had resorted to "booking their own parents".

GB News produces comedy shows such as a weekly topical comedy panel show titled Ministry of Offence, and a comedic newspaper review show Headliners.

GB News suspended the presenter, describing the event as an "unacceptable breach of our standards"; Harri later confirmed that he had permanently left the channel.