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106-650: Defunct GB News is a British free-to-air , opinion-oriented 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

212-451: A House of Lords committee, Neil described his departure to peers, saying 'What I didn’t want it [GB News] to become – I could see it was happening, which is why I left almost immediately – was an outlet for bizarre conspiracy theories or anti-vaxxers or, basically, the nutty end of politics', further describing what he saw as a drift towards the style of the US network Fox News, telling peers such

318-529: A "minority of one" on the channel's board, due to disputes over its approach to journalism. Neil was replaced as a presenter by Colin Brazier in what The Telegraph described as a "fight back by swinging to the right". Neil had been on a contract worth £4 million and included stress among the reasons for departing GB News. In November 2021, Neil called his decision to lead the channel the "single biggest mistake" of his career. In April 2024, whilst appearing before

424-581: A French church, asserted that the Christian church "has its useful idiots". Alan Rusbridger , former editor of The Guardian , said these "hateful 'likes' make him unfit to be a media mogul". Ark Schools defended him in a statement after he was criticised by local Labour MP Sam Tarry . A spokesperson for Marshall responded that "This sample [of tweets] does not represent his views". Every tweet and almost 300 likes were subsequently removed from his Twitter account. Premier Christianity magazine quoted

530-411: A March 2021 episode of BBC Radio 4's The Media Show , Neil stated that his nightly news programme would contain segments such as "Wokewatch" and "Mediawatch". The channel's breakfast show, The Great British Breakfast , initially had three co-anchors, in a similar style to Fox News' Fox & Friends , but the format changed to two co-anchors from the second week of broadcasting. Free Speech Nation ,

636-558: A Monday to Thursday breakfast show, Breakfast with Eamonn and Isabel . Stephen Dixon and Anne Diamond would present this show Friday to Sunday. In January 2022, the channel announced it would play " God Save the Queen " at the start of live programming every day. Camilla Tominey , Michael Portillo and Andrew Pierce were announced as new presenters in August 2022. Also, after the merger of AT&T 's WarnerMedia and Discovery Inc. ,

742-402: A black urban audience. In 1985, a new service called TV4 was introduced, carrying sports and entertainment programming, using the channel shared by TV2 and TV3, which ended transmissions at 9:30 pm. In 1992, TV2, TV3 and TV4 were combined into a new service called CCV (Contemporary Community Values). A third channel was introduced known as TSS, or Topsport Surplus, Topsport being the brand name for

848-475: A break from presenting on the channel on 24 June, less than two weeks after its launch. It was reported by The Guardian in July that John McAndrew, director of news and programmes, formerly of Sky News and Euronews, had stood down from his role. Senior executive producer Gill Penlington, formerly of CNN , ITV and Sky News, also left the channel in early July. On 17 July it was announced that Nigel Farage, already

954-439: A combination of the two. In Croatia eleven national channels are free-to-air: HRT 1 , HRT 2 , HRT 3 , HRT 4 ( HRT being national broadcaster), Nova TV , Doma TV , RTL , RTL2 , RTL Kockica , CMC and SPTV . There are around 21 local or regional channels. Before June 2020, they used to be transmitted via three OiV (state-owned public broadcasting company) DVB-T and one DVB-T2 ( HEVC/H.265 ) MUXes . As of June 2020,

1060-688: A contributing presenter, would host Farage , a prime-time evening show, from 19 July. Later that month, Mark Dolan joined the channel. The following month, Talkradio 's Patrick Christys joined to present To the Point on weekday mornings alongside Mercy Muroki. The programme replaced Brazier & Muroki . On 10 August, the channel announced four political programmes to launch within weeks; The Briefing: AM with Tom Harwood , The Briefing: Lunchtime with Gloria De Piero , The Briefing: PM with Darren McCaffrey , and The Briefing: PMQs . The following month, political journalist Isabel Oakeshott joined to host

1166-708: A crisis. They are not good at responding to a new paradigm until the rules of the new paradigm are plugged into them by a human." Marshall is married to Sabina de Balkany, a French national, who owns an antique shop on the King's Road in Chelsea. Marshall is father of former Mumford & Sons band member Winston Marshall and musician Giovanna Marshall. He describes himself as a "committed Church of England Christian". The Church Times describes him as "a key figure in Conservative Christian circles in

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1272-517: A current affairs show hosted by Andrew Doyle , airs once a week. Comparisons in programming, format and political leanings have also been made between GB News and Sky News Australia , itself formerly led by GB News CEO Angelos Frangopoulos. 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 has also produced comedy shows such as

1378-442: A disagreement: "he's [Morgan] got his own idea of what he is worth and we [GB News] have a slightly different idea of what he's worth". Later staff announced as joining the channel prior to its launch were Liam Halligan , Andrew Doyle , Rosie Wright, Simon McCoy , Kirsty Gallacher , Alastair Stewart , Neil Oliver , Gloria De Piero , Mercy Muroki , and Isabel Webster . For the period ending 31 May 2021 All Perspectives Ltd made

1484-442: A drift would be 'bad for Britain' and describing the channels production values looking 'as if it were coming from the nuclear bunker of the president of North Korea'. In October, following the launch announcement of rival TalkTV , GB News introduced half-hourly news bulletins and Sunday Express editor Mick Booker joined as editorial director. In late 2021, it was announced that Eamonn Holmes and Isabel Webster would present

1590-484: A free-to-air set-top box. In Korea, KBS , MBC (the two main public broadcasters), SBS (privately owned, but available for free to viewers), and EBS (including both TV and radio ) are the free-to-air broadcasting stations. They dominate more than 80% of advertisement profits, according to the recent survey from the agency. Due to the recent government's decision, digital television service for all free-to-air networks would be scheduled before 2012, followed by

1696-510: A friend who said that Marshall is "very repentant". In September 2024 he became the proprietor of The Spectator magazine, spending £100 million on the purchase. According to the Sunday Times Giving List in 2020, Marshall donated £106.8 million to charitable causes in 2019. In the 2023 iteration of the Sunday Times Giving List , Marshall was listed as the fourth-highest donor, donating 8.36% of his wealth. Marshall

1802-548: A hard right disinformation fake news conspiracy agenda. I have worked too long and hard to build up a journalistic reputation to consider going down that route." While acknowledging the channel to have an explicit right-wing political leaning, BBC media editor Amol Rajan also stated that "the validity of [the Fox News] comparison is limited". GB News has not explicitly indicated a political allegiance, and UK news broadcasters are required by Ofcom to maintain "due impartiality". In

1908-547: A keynote address at its first conference in October–November 2023. In February 2024 the advocacy group Hope not Hate called attention to an anonymous Twitter account linked to Marshall. The group found that the account had liked tweets suggesting "mass expulsions" of immigrants and implying possible unrest "once the Muslims get to 15–20%". One of the account's own tweets, referring to an interfaith ceremony conducted in

2014-475: A local low-power repeater. In 1986, the SABC's monopoly was challenged by the launch of a subscription-based service known as M-Net, backed by a consortium of newspaper publishers on 1 October. However, as part of its licensing restrictions, it could not broadcast news programmes, which were still the preserve of the SABC, although M-Net started broadcasting a current affairs programme called Carte Blanche in 1988. As

2120-540: A loss of £2.7 million. GB News commenced broadcasting at 20:00 BST on 13 June 2021. Neil launched the channel by saying "We are proud to be British – the clue is in the name", and after the opening night was said to be "jubilant" that his programme had "out-rated Sky News and BBC News Channel combined". On 20 June, Nigel Farage and Dehenna Davison joined GB News as contributors to host the Sunday morning political discussion programme The Political Correction . Neil took

2226-460: A multitude of programming channels in many languages, spanning many new channels, so they can get National support, which ultimately leads to carriage by cable systems, to additionally support the high costs of broadcasting signals in this way. Nevertheless, free-to-air satellite TV is a viable addition to home video systems, not only for the reception of specialized content but also for use in locations where terrestrial ATSC over-the-air reception

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2332-575: A national 24-hour radio station, GB News Radio, on the Digital One digital radio multiplex. The radio station is an audio simulcast of the televised channel, rather than a separate production, and started test transmissions in December 2021. Eamonn Holmes and Isabel Webster were the first to be heard on the simulcast when their television breakfast show started on 4 January 2022. RAJAR publishes quarterly statistics on radio audiences; GB News had

2438-476: A nearly 1 minute average daily viewing according to BARB . In October 2023, GB News was banned from the Welsh Senedd 's internal TV system, with a spokesperson for the presiding officer claiming the channel was "deliberately offensive, demeaning to public debate and contrary to our parliament's values". Following the launch of its television channel, in July 2021, GB News announced its intention to launch

2544-465: A new platform for scaling promising social ventures to help tackle global challenges." Marshall has written widely about education. In 2012, he edited a book on improving the education system called The Tail: how England's schools fail one child in five – and what can be done . Contributors included Labour MP Frank Field , Professor Chris Husbands of the Institute of Education and Stephen Machin of

2650-430: A number of local channels were available but since have closed, such as Cue TV were also available. Local stations such as CTV and Face TV (previously Triangle TV) were free-to-air analogue PAL transmissions prior to CTV migrating to the free-to-air digital DVB-T service and Face TV's terrestrial free-to-air service shutoff from December 2013. A digital terrestrial version of Freeview was launched in 2008, which, unlike

2756-458: A public service broadcast multiplex and a commercial multiplex, both DVB-T2. The informal term "council telly" is sometimes used for free-to-air television in the UK, evoking a basic service accessible to all. There are a number of competing systems in use. Early adopters used C-band dishes several feet in diameter to receive analog microwave broadcasts, and later digital microwave broadcasts using

2862-637: A regular presenter in 2023. In July 2023, an investigation was launched by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards regarding Lee Anderson and a promotional video created for his GB News show. In August 2023, Byline Times revealed that GB News had "settled an employment claim for a five-figure sum in which sexual harassment was alleged against its chief executive Angelos Frangopoulos – and shut down serious racism and bullying allegations raised by two other journalists with further pay-outs and gagging agreements". In October 2023, it

2968-598: A trustee of ARK. In April 2015, it was announced that Marshall would donate £30 million to the London School of Economics to establish The Marshall Institute for Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship, alongside Sir Thomas Hughes-Hallett . Marshall and Hughes-Hallett had previously collaborated on the Philanthropy Review, where they identified a lack of comprehensive research into the efficacy of private contributions to public welfare. Their vision

3074-498: A very long time, and it's one of the reasons I left Channel 4 News 'cause I thought it was left-wing biased, and I think Ofcom, which is one of the weakest institutions on the planet, should get a grip on you lot. It's absurd that you have Tory MP, after Tory MP, after Tory MP, two leaders of the Brexit Party [as hosts], and hardly any Labour MPs – you are a right-wing channel and the rules in this country are very clear." Crick

3180-707: A weekly audience of 317,000 for a listening share of 0.2% for June 2023. By the end of the third quarter of 2023 that figure had risen to 398,000. Figures for the final quarter of 2023, published on 1 February 2024, showed an average weekly audience of 430,000. Neil stated in January 2021 that the channel would be "a fresh approach to news in Britain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland". The channel plans to air 6,500 hours of "original news, opinion and debate" per year and it has hired 120 journalists. Neil has said that

3286-458: A weekly show. Neil was expected to have rejoined GB News in early September, but multiple news sources reported that his return had been postponed, with some speculating that this postponement might become indefinite. On 13 September he announced he was stepping down as chairman and would no longer be presenting on the channel. Later that month, on the BBC's Question Time , he said that he had become

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3392-529: A weekly topical comedy panel show titled Ministry of Offence , and a comedic newspaper review show Headliners . In July 2023, presenter Dan Wootton used his GB News show to publicly deny any wrongdoing regarding allegations made in the press about his conduct. During a 6-minute monologue Wootton explained that he had made "errors of judgment in the past" but that "criminal allegations being made against me are simply untrue". Zoe Williams , columnist on The Guardian newspaper, has suggested that commercial success

3498-505: Is also a founding trustee of the charity Every Child a Chance. In April 2024, he stood down as chair and trustee of Ark Schools to focus on "other philanthropic and business commitments" after being accused of liking and sharing far-right extremist social media posts and conspiracy theories. However, Ark Schools said he had "indicated earlier in the year his intention to step down from the Ark Schools Board". He has remained

3604-483: Is also available live on the GB News application for mobile devices on iOS and Android . Red Bee Media has provided playout services for GB News since the channel's launch. In March 2023, GB News changed its top-level domain from .uk to .com with the intention of attracting foreign readers. In August 2023, GB News had a total identified monthly audience (including sharing and streaming) of 2,786,000, with

3710-575: Is free-to-air, but the more conventional broadcast systems in use mean that SiriusXM style in-car reception is not possible. Cable and satellite distribution allow many more channels to carry sports, movies and specialist channels which are not broadcast as FTA. The viewing figures for these channels are generally much lower than the FTA channels. Various European countries broadcast a large number of channels via free-to-air terrestrial , generally as an analog PAL / SECAM transmission, digital DVB-T / T2 or

3816-690: Is incomplete and additional channels are desired. Australia has five major free-to-air networks: the two public broadcasting networks - ABC and SBS , and three commercial networks - Seven Network , Nine Network , and Network 10 . Traditionally each network had only a single channel in a geographic area, but with the advent of digital television each network started broadcasting several SD multichannels, such as 7two , 9Gem , 10 Bold , and SBS Food , as well as at least one HD channel. There are also free-to-air community television channels in some major cities. Viewers in remote parts of Australia are able to access many Australian free-to-air channels using

3922-566: Is no concept of paying for a TV license. The acronym used for DVB-T in Spain is TDT ( Digital terrestrial television in Spain  [ es ] ). In the UK, the five main free-to-air television networks are BBC One , BBC Two , ITV , Channel 4 and Channel 5 . Around 108 free-to-air television channels and 30 free-to-air radio channels are available terrestrially via the Freeview DVB-T service. Seven HD channels are also broadcast via

4028-412: Is occupied by pay-TV operators Shaw Direct and Bell Satellite TV , although larger C-band dishes can pick up some content. FTA signals may be scattered across multiple satellites, requiring a motor or multiple LNBs to receive everything. This differs from Europe, where FTA signals are commonly concentrated on a few specific satellites. Another difference between North American FTA and FTA in most of

4134-453: Is of little relevance to the channel, with backers of the parent company prepared to cover its losses—£42m for the year ending in May 2023—and effectively make large donations to politicians for presenting programs aligned with their views. Free-to-air FTA also refers to channels and broadcasters providing content for which no subscription is expected, even though they may be delivered to

4240-663: Is transmitted on digital terrestrial television in standard-definition and in high-definition on a satellite. It originally used the Astra 2F satellite providing coverage of mostly the British Isles only but switched to Astra 2G in November 2023 making reception in all of Europe possible. The transmissions are available on the Freeview , YouView , Freesat (Channel 216 HD), Sky and Virgin Media platforms. The channel

4346-584: The Financial Times , The Guardian and City A.M. predicted that it would be similar to Fox News. In The New York Times , Neil was quoted as saying, "In terms of formatting and style, I think MSNBC and Fox are the two templates we're following". He also told the Evening Standard that Fox News was "an easy, inaccurate shorthand for what we are trying to do. In terms of format, we are like Fox, but we won't be like Fox in that they come from

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4452-533: The Financial Times , he said: "Most people in Britain do not want to become part of a very large country called Europe. They want to be part of a country called Britain." In July 2016, Marshall donated £3,250 to Michael Gove 's Conservative Party leadership campaign. In 2017, Marshall gave funding to the political news website UnHerd . In 2019, Marshall gave £500,000 to the Conservative Party. In 2020–21 Marshall invested £10 million into

4558-540: The Sunday Times Rich List in 2020, he had an estimated net worth of £630 million. In 2024, he topped The Sunday Times Giving List , having donated £145.1 million over 12 months to various charities. Marshall was a member and donor of the Liberal Democrats , and in 2004 co-edited the influential Orange Book alongside a number of prominent Liberal Democrat politicians. In 2015 he left

4664-583: The 1-1-2 (112) emergency service provided by mobile phone operators and manufacturers. On the other side, free-to-view (FTV) is generally available without subscription , but it is digitally encoded and may be restricted geographically. Free-to-air is often used for international broadcasting , making it something of a video equivalent to shortwave radio . Most FTA retailers list free-to-air channel guides and content available in North America for free-to-air use. Although commonly described as free,

4770-635: The European Union membership referendum in 2016. He gave a donation of £100,000 to the Leave campaign. Writing for BrexitCentral in April 2017 on the UK exiting the European Union, Marshall wrote: "This is a huge opportunity for the UK. Our ambition is that the UK should be a champion of free trade, open and outward looking to the world and built on strong institutions." In an interview with

4876-521: The INSAT-4B and GSAT-15 satellite covering India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and parts of Afghanistan, and Myanmar. In India, the channels are marketed as DD Direct Plus / DD Free Dish by Doordarshan , India's national broadcaster and other Indian private broadcaster ABS Free Dish from the ABS2 satellite. One can receive free-to-air regional TV channels using a small DTH antenna and

4982-588: The Paddington Basin area of the city. Later, the channel also began to broadcast from a studio on Albert Embankment with views towards Westminster and the Houses of Parliament. In 2023, GB News confirmed that it was expanding to another location in Westminster. The channel began broadcasting from the new location on 28 August 2023 and later broadcast entire programmes from the new complex, located in

5088-528: The SDP–Liberal Alliance in Fulham in 1987. He has made appearances on current affairs programmes such as BBC Radio 4's Any Questions? . In 2004, Marshall co-edited The Orange Book with David Laws . Chapters were written by various upcoming Liberal Democrat politicians including Nick Clegg , Chris Huhne , Vince Cable , Ed Davey and Susan Kramer (neither Clegg, Huhne nor Kramer were MPs at

5194-670: The 3.7-4.2  GHz band. Today, although large C-band dishes can still receive some content, the 11.7-12.2 GHz K u band is also used. Ku-band signals can be received using smaller dishes, often as small as under a meter (3 feet, 3 inches) in diameter, allowing FTA satellite to be picked up from smaller spaces such as apartment balconies (note, however, that these dishes are not quite as small as those commonly used for commercial services such as Dish Network , DirecTV , Bell ExpressVu , Shaw Direct , etc. Dishes intended for those services may not deliver an adequate signal on Ku-band). The European-developed DVB-S and DVB-S2 standards are

5300-515: The BBC in 2020 to join the channel, became its first chairman and presented a primetime evening programme. He left in September 2021, two weeks after the official launch, having presented only nine episodes. The channel is described as right-leaning on political issues. It has been found to have breached Ofcom 's standards on several occasions. As of 12 November 2023, it was the subject of 14 investigations into its compliance with Ofcom's due impartiality rules, including cases of potential breaches of

5406-541: The Big Society (with Sam Tomlin, 2011). In 2020 he published 10½ Lessons from Experience: Perspectives on Fund Management , a personal reflection on lessons learned from a career in fund management. The Times described the book as "a bit of a gem" and a Bloomberg review welcomed its examination of cognitive bias, the use of data and systematic strategies by successful fund managers. Marshall wrote, "Machines have not won yet. Machines typically do not fare well in

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5512-484: The Conservative party, increased his stake, and Michael Spencer sold his. In 2023, former Channel 4 journalist Michael Crick – who regularly featured on Jacob Rees-Mogg's programme on GB News – spoke to Neil Oliver on his show, discussing freedom of speech . During his appearance, he said that Ofcom should regulate the channel for being politically biased, saying: "I've been fighting bias in television for

5618-582: The DVB-S2 Optus VAST service. New Zealand has a number of FTA broadcasters such as Television New Zealand 's TVNZ 1 and TVNZ 2 , as well as Discovery New Zealand 's Three and Bravo , Sky Network Television 's Sky Open and the government subsidised the Whakaata Māori and Te Reo channels. Four channels, TVNZ 1, TVNZ 2, Three, Bravo are also broadcast timeshifted by +1 hour on Freeview and Sky platforms. A broadcast of parliament and

5724-604: The DVB-T MUXes were switched off and all eleven national channels are now distributed via two OiV DVB-T2 (HEVC/H.265) MUXes. In Denmark, six channels are as of 2020 free-to-air, distributed via 18 main transmitter sites and 30 smaller, auxiliary transmitters. The six channels ( DR1 , DR2 , DR Ramasjang , Folketinget , TV2 Regionerne, and sign language/local programme) come in one DVB-T2 multiplex . In France, there are 26 national television channels (MPEG-4 HD video) and 41 local television channels broadcast free-to-air via

5830-546: The London School of Economics. He is also co-author of Aiming Higher: a better future for England's schools with Jennifer Moses (2006), and author of Tackling Educational Inequality (with Sumi Rabindrakumar and Lucy Wilkins, 2007). Marshall's other publications include: The Market Failures Review (Editor – 1999), Britain After Blair (co-editor with Julian Astle, David Laws, Alasdair Murray) and Football and

5936-534: The PAL system for colour television, being only the second terrestrial television service in sub-Saharan Africa to launch with a colour-only service, Zanzibar in Tanzania having introduced the first such service in 1973. (Tanzania itself did not establish a television service until the early 1990s, similarly concerned about the expense and perceived threat to cultural norms.) The Government, advised by SABC technicians, took

6042-769: The Philippines and then South Africa for his father's job with Unilever, Marshall boarded at Merchant Taylors' School , in England. He boarded in the Manor of the Rose while at the school. From there he went to St John's College, Oxford , to read history and modern languages, and subsequently took an MBA from INSEAD business school in Fontainebleau, France. He is the co-founder and chairman of Marshall Wace LLP, one of Europe's largest hedge fund groups. Marshall Wace

6148-801: The SABC was finally allowed to introduce a television service. Initially, the proposal was for two television channels, one in English and Afrikaans, aimed at white audiences, and another, known as TV Bantu, aimed at black viewers. However, when television was finally introduced, there was only one channel with airtime divided evenly between English and Afrikaans, alternating between the two languages. Test transmissions in Johannesburg began on 5 May 1975, followed in July by ones in Cape Town and Durban. Nationwide services finally commenced on 5 January 1976. In common with most of Western Europe, South Africa used

6254-555: The SABC's sport coverage, but this was replaced by NNTV (National Network TV), an educational, non-commercial channel, in 1994. The main channel, now called TV1, was divided evenly between English and Afrikaans, as before. It also became available in Walvis Bay , an enclave of South Africa in Namibia, which was itself then under South African administration, with a live feed of the channel broadcast via Intelsat being retransmitted on

6360-513: The TNT DVB-T2 service. In Germany there are various free-to-air DVB-T services available, the number of which varies by region. Das Erste , ZDF , ZDFneo , ZDFinfo , 3sat , Arte , KiKA and Phoenix are available throughout the country, in addition to at least one region-dependent channel which is provided by the regional ARD member. Additionally, ARD's EinsFestival , EinsPlus and tagesschau24 are variously available in some parts of

6466-748: The analogue and free-to-air satellite options, supports high-definition broadcasts for TVNZ 1, TVNZ 2, Three and Bravo. While, airing the timeshifted channels also. In Brazil the main FTA satellite is the Star One D2, it holds approximately C-band analog channels (1985-2024), including all major networks like TV Globo (feed nacional digital HDTV ), SBT (feed nacional digital HDTV ), Record (feed nacional digital HDTV ), RedeTV! , Band (feed nacional digital HDTV ), Cultura , Futura (feed nacional digital HDTV ), TV Verdes Mares (feed nacional digital HDTV ), Canal Gov, Canal Libras and others, 36 C-band and KU-band digital HDTV channels. In Chile

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6572-532: The cancellation of the weekday show To the Point , in November 2022, Bev Turner began hosting her own GB News show Bev Turner Today . She had already been a stand-in presenter on the channel. In January 2023, GB News announced that the Conservative MP for North East Somerset and former Brexit Opportunities Minister Jacob Rees-Mogg would join the channel as a presenter. ACOBA were notified of Rees-Mogg's appointment and made clear that his role with

6678-588: The channel had employed over 200 journalists. The recruitment drive began on 25 January 2021. The first presenters and journalists announced in the recruitment drive were Dan Wootton , Colin Brazier , Darren McCaffrey, Tom Harwood , Michelle Dewberry , Inaya Folarin Iman , and Alex Phillips . Following Piers Morgan 's departure from Good Morning Britain on 9 March, Neil expressed interest in Morgan joining GB News instead. Neil later said that talks were affected by

6784-457: The channel is subject to a number of conditions. A fifth Conservative MP, Lee Anderson , was announced to be joining the channel's hosting lineup in March. Ofcom have found the channel to have breached its standards on more than one occasion regarding misinformation. During GB News' first year on air, their financial year ending May 2022, the company made a loss of £30.7 million. Stewart retired as

6890-452: The channel would not provide rolling news , but would, in similarity with some US networks like MSNBC and Fox News , divide each day into "individual programmes, news-based programmes, built around very strong presenters". He said that it would aim to offer programming that would become "an appointment to view". CEO Angelos Frangopoulos added that it will be a "mix" of news coverage and opinion where it will be taking "a very different view on

6996-446: The channel. In the days following the death of Queen Elizabeth II , all regular programming was stopped and no advertisements were shown on the channel, with Alastair Stewart , Dan Wootton , Nigel Farage , Mark Longhurst and Patrick Christys presenting most of the coverage of the death of the Queen and Charles III 's accession to the throne. In September 2022, novelist and former Head of Daytime at ITV and Channel 4 Helen Warner

7102-569: The company's losses were six times greater than revenue. In April 2024, the company started its first major redundancy exercise, with 40 roles to be removed. Nigel Farage , who has his own show on the channel, stood as leader of Reform UK in the 2024 United Kingdom general election and was elected as the Member of Parliament for Clacton . The channel's office headquarters are at Riverbank House in London, and it has studios at The Point building in

7208-528: The cost of free-to-air services is met through various means: Up until 2012, Israel had several free-to-air channels. The major ones rating-wise were Channel 2 , Channel 10 , and Channel 1 . The other ones were Educational , Channel 33 , and Knesset 99 . Since 2018, Israel has several new free-to-air channels that replace their older counterparts. The major ones rating-wise: are Channel 12 , Channel 13 , Kan 11 , and Channel 20 . The others are Kan Educational , Makan 33 , and Knesset Channel . In 1971,

7314-573: The country, and various commercial channels are available in metropolitan areas. In the Republic of Ireland, there are nine television channels and 11 radio channels broadcast free-to-air via the DVB-T Saorview service. Analog PAL versions of some of the channels were also broadcast until October 24, 2012, when all analogue television broadcasting was shut down. All of Malta's national and political party channels are available free-to-air. The national channels TVM and TVM2 , Parliament TV and

7420-996: The end of analog television broadcasting. European countries have a tradition of most television services being free-to-air. Germany, in particular, receives in excess of 100 digital satellite TV channels free-to-air. Approximately half of the television channels on SES Astra 's 19.2° east and 28.2° east satellite positions, and Eutelsat 's Hot Bird (13° east) are free-to-air. A number of European channels which one might expect to be broadcast free-to-air - including many countries' national terrestrial broadcasters - do not do so via satellite for copyright reasons. (Rights to purchase programs for free-to-air broadcast, especially via satellite, are often higher in price than for encrypted broadcast.) The lack of FTA among public broadcasters are prevalent in countries whose broadcasters tend to use subtitles for foreign language programmes; although Spain's two public domestic channels, La Una and La Dos, are also encrypted despite dubbed foreign programmes being

7526-468: The former Sky News Westminster studio at the QE2 Centre. GB News employs around 120 journalists, comedians and presenters. Several serving Members of Parliament are currently employed as presenters on the channel, including some who recently held positions within the previous Johnson and Truss cabinets . Ofcom's rules state that MPs can be presenters but cannot be utilised as newsreaders. GB News

7632-711: The fund management arm of S. G. Warburg & Co. Marshall served as Lead-Non-Executive Director at the Department for Education with responsibility for the Union from 2013 to 2016. He is a member of the Hedge Fund Standards Board . Marshall had a longstanding involvement with Britain's Liberal Democrats party. He was a research assistant to Charles Kennedy , former leader of the Liberal Democrats in 1985 and stood for Parliament for

7738-420: The launch of Sky News in 1989. 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 . GB News is jointly owned by hedge fund manager Sir Paul Marshall and investment firm Legatum , under

7844-487: The main FTA satellite is the Hispasat 74W-1, it holds approximately 10 KU-band digital HDTV channels including all major networks like La Red, Telecanal, TVN Regional, TVN2 Regional, Canal 24HRS, CHV, CHV2, CDTV, TV Senado, La Red Feed, Telecanal Feed and TVN Feed. Paul Marshall (investor) Sir Paul Roderick Clucas Marshall (born 2 August 1959) is a British hedge fund manager and philanthropist. According to

7950-402: The most commonly used broadcast methods, with analog transmissions almost completely discontinued as of mid-2014. The most common North American sources for free-to-air DVB satellite television are: Most of these signals are carried by US satellites. There is little or no free Canadian DVB-S content available to users of medium-size dishes, as much of the available Ku-band satellite bandwidth

8056-459: The national public broadcaster, ORF , offers a special free-to-air channel which airs selected programming without (i.e. those without copyright issues) via satellite all over Europe. As Germany and Austria speak the same language and use the same satellite, Austrian viewers are able to receive about 120 free German-speaking channels from both countries. In general, all satellite radio in Europe

8162-516: The norm in Spain. However, these channels usually provide a scheme to offer free, but encrypted, viewing with free-to-view broadcasts. Certain programming on Italy's RAI , and the majority of Dutch channels are covered by such schemes (although in the case of RAI some programming is transmitted without encryption where there are no copyright issues). In Austria , the main national networks broadcast free-to-view via satellite; however, all regional and some smaller channels are transmitted free-to-air, and

8268-530: The party due to his support for Brexit , and subsequently donated to the Brexit campaign and the Conservative Party . His ownership of UnHerd and GB News led the New Statesman to name him as the seventeenth most powerful right-wing political figure in the UK in 2023. The Financial Times described him as "an enthusiastic combatant in the UK's own version of America's culture wars ". He

8374-447: The political news and opinion channel GB News . Following the resignation of Andrew Neil in September 2021, Marshall temporarily replaced him as chairman, before being succeeded by Alan McCormick in April 2022. In 2022–23, he invested a further £41 million to stem the company's £42 million loss in that year. Working with Jordan Peterson and Baroness Stroud , Marshall helped create Alliance for Responsible Citizenship , giving

8480-624: The political party channels NET and ONE, all are broadcast via the free-to-air DVB-T service. Even HD versions of these channels are available free-to-air. The only scrambled channel in Malta is ITV Teleshopping. In the Netherlands, three national public television channels ( NPO 1 , NPO 2 and NPO 3 ) and seven national public radio channels broadcast free-to-air via the DVB-T Digitenne service. The television and radio channels of

8586-404: The post of chairman of a new television news channel. On the same day, he was announced as the presenter of a prime-time evening programme on the channel, due to launch early the next year. In a statement, Neil said that the channel would "champion robust, balanced debate and a range of perspectives on the issues that affect everyone in the UK, not just those living in the London area", and GB News

8692-612: The regional public broadcasters are also free-to-air via the DVB-T service. In Spain, there are around 25 national and 40 regional channels, as well as many local channels and radio stations. All television channels are in HD, with at least one UHD channel ( La 1 ). The state broadcaster, Televisión Española , is publicly-funded and does not show commercials. The two major competing networks, Atresmedia and Mediaset , are privately-owned and show commercials. All broadcasts are free-to-air, and there

8798-480: The regulatory environment" that is controlled by Ofcom . Instead of providing rolling news, the channel would be a mix of news, analysis, opinion and debate. Five months before the channel launched, BBC News media editor Amol Rajan said GB News would be the first in the United Kingdom to be set up with an explicit political orientation. Other forecasters also said the channel would be right-leaning , and

8904-573: The rest of the world is that in North America , very few of the available signals are actually intended for home viewers or other end-users. Instead, they are generally intended for reception by local television stations, cable system headends, or other commercial users. While it is generally thought to be legal for home viewers to view such transmissions as long as they are not encrypted, this means that there are several unique challenges to viewing FTA signals, challenges not present in other areas of

9010-563: The role. As of August 2024 Johnson had not appeared at the studios, and the station was unable to confirm that he would take up the position. In November 2023, it was revealed that ownership of shares in the channel had been handed out to a number of people including some of the network's presenters such as Nigel Farage, Arlene Foster , Eamonn Holmes, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Neil Oliver, Camilla Tominey and Dan Wootton. Laurence Fox had also been given shares, though they were cancelled upon his leaving. Michael Farmer, Baron Farmer , former treasurer of

9116-449: The rule that apart from in exceptional circumstances, politicians should not act as newsreaders, reporters or interviewers. GB News responded by expressing concern over Ofcom’s decision, arguing that the ruling was based on changes to how impartiality is determined. A spokesperson for GB News stated that the network would address the issue with the regulator, emphasising the importance of free speech and media plurality. All Perspectives Ltd

9222-429: The shares that Discovery had initially acquired in the channel's early days were put up for sale by new media group Warner Bros. Discovery . Discovery's 25% stake was sold for £8 million, valuing the company at £32 million, almost half of what it was valued at in 2021. In early September 2022, in a shakeup of the channel's afternoon programming, it was announced that presenters Colin Brazier and Alex Phillips had left

9328-405: The situation in which I find myself, I don't stand by censorship." In a later discussion, he characterised the situation as "a discussion about censorship being censored". Crick later described GB News as a "right-wing propaganda channel". In the financial year to May 2023, the company's losses grew by 38% to £42.4 million, bringing the total deficit to £76m since its launch. In that financial year

9434-684: The state-controlled broadcaster, the SABC was accused of bias towards the apartheid regime, giving only limited coverage to opposition politicians. In Hong Kong, the largest and most dominant television channel, Television Broadcasts Limited , was the first free-to-air commercial television channel when it commenced broadcasting on 19 November 1967. It may also well be among the oldest and first stations to broadcast over-the-air in East and Southeast Asia. ViuTV and RTHK TV started broadcasting in 2016. Around 600 FTA television channels and 180 radio channels are broadcast from ku-band and c-band transponders on

9540-419: The term Orange Bookers to describe those sympathetic to its outlook continue to be frequently referenced to describe a strand of thought within the Liberal Democrats. Between 2002 and 2015, Marshall donated £200,000 to the Liberal Democrats. He left the party in 2015 over its policies on the European Union and its support of continuing British membership. Marshall was a public supporter of Brexit during

9646-439: The time). Laws, describing the pair's ambition in publishing The Orange Book , wrote "We were proud of the liberal philosophical heritage of our party. But we both felt that this philosophical grounding was in danger of being neglected in favour of no more than 'a philosophy of good intentions, bobbing about unanchored in the muddled middle of British politics'" The book attracted initial controversy when launched, but both it and

9752-408: The umbrella of a holding company , All Perspectives Ltd, which is headquartered in London. As of August 2022, All Perspectives Ltd was controlled by three significant shareholders, all of whom work for Christopher Chandler 's Dubai-based investment firm Legatum. The CEO of GB News is Angelos Frangopoulos, who formerly ran Sky News Australia . The journalist and broadcaster Andrew Neil , who left

9858-572: The view that colour television would have to be available so as to avoid a costly migration from black-and-white broadcasting technology. Initially, the TV service was funded entirely through a licence fee as in the UK, charged at R36. However, advertising began on 1 January 1978. On 1 January 1982, two services were introduced, TV2 broadcasting in Zulu and Xhosa and TV3 broadcasting in Sotho and Tswana, aimed at

9964-466: The viewer/listener by another carrier for which a subscription is required, e.g., cable television , the Internet , or satellite . These carriers may be mandated (or OPT) in some geographies to deliver FTA channels even if a premium subscription is not present (providing the necessary equipment is still available), especially where FTA channels are expected to be used for emergency broadcasts, similar to

10070-452: The world. Among these are: The largest groups of end-users for Ku-band free-to-air signals were initially the ethnic-language communities, as often free ethnic-language programming would be sponsored by Multilingual American Communities and their broadcasters. Depending on language and origin of the individual signals, North American ethnic-language TV is a mix of pay-TV , free-to-air and DBS operations. Today, many American broadcasters send

10176-464: Was knighted in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to education and philanthropy. Paul Roderick Clucas Marshall was born on 2 August 1959 in Ealing , London, England, the son of Alan Marshall, managing director, Philippine Refining Company (later Unilever Philippines ), and Mary Sylvia Clucas, daughter of T. S. Hanlin. His sister is the journalist Penny Marshall . When his parents moved to

10282-467: Was abruptly removed from the programme and studio following his remarks, as the channel went to an advert break . When the show went back on air, Oliver said that he was "very disappointed about the sequence of events that just unfolded. The last thing I want to see during a conversation between grown-ups about censorship is that conversation being brought abruptly to a close by others. I feel that that conversation should have gone on to its conclusion. That's

10388-510: Was addressing a perceived gap in the market for "the vast number of British people who feel underserved and unheard by their media". In December 2020, Paul Marshall , a hedge-fund manager, was in talks to invest £10 million into GB News. On 6 January 2021, GB News reached its £60 million fundraising aim, which it said was oversubscribed. The majority of the £60 million came from the Dubai-based investment firm Legatum , Marshall, who said he

10494-479: Was announced that Andrew Neil , who had presented live political programmes on the BBC for 25 years, would leave the corporation after leading its coverage of the 2020 United States presidential election . He 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

10600-399: Was announced that Conservative politician Boris Johnson , a former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom , would be joining GB News in a presenting role. Fellow upcoming GB News presenter John Cleese commented on Johnson's appointment noting that "I can hardly believe that GB News will give this proven serial liar his own programme". However, Johnson is believed to have cold feet about taking

10706-452: Was appointed Head of Television at GB News. Warner left the channel four months later, in January 2023. In October 2022, it was announced that actor and comedian John Cleese would be presenting his own show on GB News in 2023. In 2022 Conservative member of the House of Lords , Helena Morrissey, Baroness Morrissey , became a director of GB News's parent company, All Perspectives. Following

10812-454: Was founded as the holding company of GB News in September 2019, and was granted a licence to broadcast by Ofcom in January 2020. GB News was founded by Andrew Cole and Mark Schneider, two executives associated with the chairman of Liberty Global , John C. Malone . By August 2022, Cole and Schneider had resigned as directors after their holdings in the company were purchased by backers Sir Paul Marshall and Legatum . On 25 September 2020, it

10918-577: Was founded in 1997 by Marshall and Ian Wace . At the time, Marshall Wace was one of the first hedge funds in London. The company started with $ 50 million, half of which was from George Soros . Funds managed by Marshall Wace have won multiple investment awards and the company has become one of the world's leading managers of equity long/short strategies. Marshall Wace manages $ 50 billion and has recently opened an office in China. Prior to founding Marshall Wace, Marshall worked for Mercury Asset Management ,

11024-614: Was investing in a personal capacity, and American multinational Discovery, Inc. ; after the merger of Discovery with WarnerMedia (owners of CNN ) to form Warner Bros. Discovery , the company's stake in All Perspectives was bought out by the other backers in August 2022 as part of an additional capital injection of £60 million. Prior to its launch, GB News said it would recruit 140 staff, including 120 journalists, and would also launch "streaming, video-on-demand and audio services". Since then, CEO Angelos Frangopoulos reported that

11130-751: Was the founder, and chairs the board of trustees of the independent research institute the Education Policy Institute (EPI). For over a decade he was also chairman of the EPI's previous incarnation, think tank CentreForum. He is a founder trustee of children's charity ARK , and former chairman of Ark Schools, which is one of Britain's leading providers of academies and has also played a pioneering role in developing new programmes for inner city education. Other initiatives spun out of ARK include Future Leaders, Teaching Leaders, Maths Mastery, English Mastery, Science Mastery, Frontline and Now Teach. He

11236-541: Was to create a "world-class centre of teaching" to fill that gap by advancing research into enhancing philanthropic impact, studying how charities can be more effective, and nurturing the next generation of philanthropic experts. In 2017, The Marshall Institute launched the world's first MSc in Social Business and Entrepreneurship. In 2021, Marshall donated an additional £50 million to The Marshall Institute to establish The Marshall Impact Accelerator to "provide

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