GB News: a thread so you never have to watch it
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cupid_stunt
Where's the bloody sun?
Interesting take, but do you seriously think the main backers, particularly the Saudis and Discovery, are actually paying much, if any taxes in the UK anyway?
cupid_stunt
Where's the bloody sun?
Sadly, that's last week's news, and several brands that paused their advertising last week have now lifted that pause.Ha
Brands pull ads from GB News TV channel over content concerns
Ikea, Grolsch and Kopparberg have suspended adverts due to station’s perceived conflict with their valueswww.theguardian.com
The main point is, these brands never actually selected & booked airtime on GBNews, they just ended-up on there, because 'Sky Media' placed them on GBN without their knowledge.
But, this has already been discussed at length on this thread.
bimble
floofy
Oh. Yes I haven’t read the thread. Am not that interested tbh. This channel can’t do much new harm can it, in a country where daily Mail & telegraph are so popular.
agricola
a genuine importer of owls
I think they are just getting their ducks in a row ahead of time - even if the climate doesn't fall over or the economy tank (because of Brexit, the pandemic, their competence or all three) before the next election they're still going to have been in charge for fifteen years at that point. The papers are slowly circling the drain and this is the only option they have left (or at least the only option that generates jobs for them).
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
It seems perfectly in character to me tbh. He was a shit at the Sunday Times and he's been a shit since - his brief foray into pretending he was some sort of journalist, proving it to himself by very occasionally shooting a Tory fish in a barrel (and the rest of the time being a shit) didn't work out for him given that even that was too much for them, so back to being a shit full time.
bimble
floofy
Who is the They in this ?
agricola
a genuine importer of owls
the gaggle of media tories
AN was actually a force for good at the ST and has earned his spurs as a great reporter ever since.
Loose meat
Well-Known Member
More from Hitler TV (!!!) and its right-wing apologists >>>>
He was but it was hidden behind the BBC veneer. Now he's thrown that aside and revealed himself
a station whose MO is to sneer at the working class through divide and rule identity politics isn't made ok because it gave airtime to RLB
cupid_stunt
Where's the bloody sun?
Some viewing figures for last week -
The Andrew Neil Show on Monday was viewed by 154,000/0.9%, and it certainly seems it's his show that is bumping up the average figures both at peak time, and across the day.
Now it's worth noting that these figures are the average for the launch week, and they had some big drops after Monday, e.g. Andrew Neil on Tuesday was down to just 72,000 (0.4%), although probably bounced back a bit on Wednesday, because of the Sunak interview.
Sadly 'Broadcast Now' doesn't give much information on how different programmes performed across the week, but this gem below is likely to be reflected across schedule.
Two-thirds of the audience disappeared in just 5-days.
So, the averages next week should be down by a fair bit, compared to these.
www.broadcastnow.co.uk
ETA - Just spotted the 'Top 50 Non-PSB programmes - 14 - 20 June' figures at the foot of that article, and Sky News does have a couple of programmes that beats even Neil's flagship show, such as:
The Andrew Neil Show on Monday was viewed by 154,000/0.9%, and it certainly seems it's his show that is bumping up the average figures both at peak time, and across the day.
Now it's worth noting that these figures are the average for the launch week, and they had some big drops after Monday, e.g. Andrew Neil on Tuesday was down to just 72,000 (0.4%), although probably bounced back a bit on Wednesday, because of the Sunak interview.
Sadly 'Broadcast Now' doesn't give much information on how different programmes performed across the week, but this gem below is likely to be reflected across schedule.
Two-thirds of the audience disappeared in just 5-days.
So, the averages next week should be down by a fair bit, compared to these.
GB News keeps advantage over rival Sky
First full week places debuting channel ahead of Sky News but well behind BBC
www.broadcastnow.co.uk
ETA - Just spotted the 'Top 50 Non-PSB programmes - 14 - 20 June' figures at the foot of that article, and Sky News does have a couple of programmes that beats even Neil's flagship show, such as:
| THE DAILY CLIMATE SHOW..... | Mon | 18.30 | 308,300 | 1.98% | Sky News |
| NEWS HOUR - MARK AUSTIN | Mon | 17.00 | 235,700 | 2.00% | Sky News |
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Raheem
Well-Known Member
It's good that they're giving at least a bit of airtime to an anti-Grenfell fire perspective.
Loose meat
Well-Known Member
One of the presenters lives in a block with cladding and reasonably rants about it most days - still affecting 100,000s
Storm Fox
Trying the find the next noun to verb
I wonder that besides people from their non-target audience getting bored at laughing at the mistakes and not watching anymore, and their target demographic is not that interested in the news at all, they can get all their news from their mate Dave on the facebooks who is telling it like it is.
Why watch any news when you just know a bunch of lefties are going to ban [Whatever] , plus GBN needs to keep some sense of balance, to try and keep OFCOM sweet. If the went full Fox News they would sanctioned.
Why watch any news when you just know a bunch of lefties are going to ban [Whatever] , plus GBN needs to keep some sense of balance, to try and keep OFCOM sweet. If the went full Fox News they would sanctioned.
Loose meat
Well-Known Member
very few mistakes half way through week 2. When they happen presenters get annoyed on air - pressure on production staff now.
cupid_stunt
Where's the bloody sun?
The mistakes in the first week were just funny, ironing out those problems are not going to help them much, it's the contents, or rather lack of contents, that is their main problem, the novelty of opinionated twats mouthing off will soon die off.
I forecast some sort of re-launch in the next few weeks.
Loose meat
Well-Known Member
Hitler TV update: posh Remainer makes her case to ... checks notes .... Hitler >>
cupid_stunt
Where's the bloody sun?
Oh, I can help out there, 'Live from a shoe shop'.
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
Now are the anti-podiatrist but pro-hebetrist?
This seems like a particularly thankless task you've taken on.
Loose meat
Well-Known Member
It's still novel - imagine people on tv news not pretending to have home counties accents, and not shaping every sentence to make sure you won't be cancelled by their peers.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
What you on about?
What point do you think you're making?
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
TBH, I don't think he knows either.
Ax^
Silly Rabbit
some daft ballocks about owning the libs
since trump demise it's been slim picking for these types
not sure if GB news has the same effect no matter how many times you mention Hitler
cupid_stunt
Where's the bloody sun?
I used to enjoy McCoy on the BBC. so I thought I would dip in and give him & Phillips another go, oh dear.
They came out of the ads just after 4 pm, and neither of their mics were turned-up, then went to one of their reporters on the ground, that you could hardly hear initially, just gone to one in Scotland, and he's far louder than the studio, and the same with their London reporter, FFS, sorting out sound levels is such basic stuff, yet 10 days in, and it's still all over the bloody place.
They came out of the ads just after 4 pm, and neither of their mics were turned-up, then went to one of their reporters on the ground, that you could hardly hear initially, just gone to one in Scotland, and he's far louder than the studio, and the same with their London reporter, FFS, sorting out sound levels is such basic stuff, yet 10 days in, and it's still all over the bloody place.
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