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Discovery-Backed GB News Channel to Launch in June Naman Ramachandran, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Discovery-backed channel GB News will launch June 13 in the U.K. with a special program “Welcome to GB News.” The channel will be available on Freeview channel 236, Sky HD, Virgin Media HD, YouView channel 236 and Freesat channel 216, besides mobile and online. More from Variety GB News is backed by Discovery and several other mostly non-British based financiers to the tune of £60 milli...

Steve Finn/Getty Images Critics are sharpening their pens ahead of the arrival of the biggest news channel launched in the UK since Rupert Murdoch’s Sky News began broadcasting in 1989.  The highly anticipated GB News has already attracted widespread speculation - and a fair amount of criticism too - even though no official launch date has been announced yet. But with the new channel expected to go on air at the end of this month, excitement is building.  What is GB News? The channel wil...

Andrew Neil will lead the evening line-up on GB News with a primetime news and interview programme, it has been announced. The new network, of which the veteran political interviewer is also chairman, has made a number of high-profile signings including ex-BBC presenter Simon McCoy, former executive editor for The Sun Dan Wootton, and ex-Sky broadcaster Colin Brazier. A morning show called The Great British Breakfast will feature a selection of hosts including former Sky Sports presenter Kirsty...

Neil has said the channel will 'champion robust, balanced debate and a range of perspectives on the issues that affect everyone in the UK'

GB News presenters: Full list of hosts signed up to Andrew Neil’s TV channel The i 5 days ago Alex Finnis © Provided by The i Andrew Neil will host his own flagship evening programme on GB News (Photo: PA) Andrew Neil’s new “anti-woke” news channel, GB News, is set to launch on 13 June. It is the first major news channel to launch in the UK in 30 years and in a statement, Neil said the channel would “champion robust, balanced debate and a range of perspectives on ...