GB News - prelaunch

[L1]

https://twitter.com/AlStewartOBE/status/...9229568001
No-where that I work would tolerate a covid-secure environment like that - let alone tweet about it!

Yep, and a complete 2 fingers up to everyone else right now. I wonder if they will pull the bubble excuse.

Meanwhile, I wonder if the tasters are just promo-like clips or proper features put together?

[Les Bean]

Interesting column by Tom Newton Dunn suggesting that GB News wanted Alastair Campbell and Nigel Farage to front a Sunday Morning political show but Alastair turned it down.

https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/tom-n...37307.html

Nigel would be a great signing, I've always rated him as a broadcaster.

Weekends do seem to be a little light at the moment so maybe there is more announcements to come?

[eggsontoast]

[Yep, and a complete 2 fingers up to everyone else right now. I wonder if they will pull the bubble excuse.

Well they're all going back to their own homes, so not bubbled. No social distancing and no mitigation - so clearly not working to PHE workplace rules. It appears they don't have the H&S structures in place other established broadcasters do..

[London Lite]

Interesting column by Tom Newton Dunn suggesting that GB News wanted Alastair Campbell and Nigel Farage to front a Sunday Morning political show but Alastair turned it down.

https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/tom-n...37307.html

The article confirms that they've been using the Hilton Hotel in Paddington for rehearsals.

[Les Bean]

[Yep, and a complete 2 fingers up to everyone else right now. I wonder if they will pull the bubble excuse.

Well they're all going back to their own homes, so not bubbled. No social distancing and no mitigation - so clearly not working to PHE workplace rules. It appears they don't have the H&S structures in place other established broadcasters do..

Yet they could meet up in someones garden with another 25 people and that would be acceptable

[Craigwills]

[Yep, and a complete 2 fingers up to everyone else right now. I wonder if they will pull the bubble excuse.

Well they're all going back to their own homes, so not bubbled. No social distancing and no mitigation - so clearly not working to PHE workplace rules. It appears they don't have the H&S structures in place other established broadcasters do..

Yet they could meet up in someones garden with another 25 people and that would be acceptable

Garden being the key word there, ie. outdoors?

I must admit I find the lack of distancing between any of these presenters/reporters to be a questionable at best. It doesn’t seem to be the best fit with PHE guidelines on workplaces or general social distancing guidance.

[Les Bean]

Well they're all going back to their own homes, so not bubbled. No social distancing and no mitigation - so clearly not working to PHE workplace rules. It appears they don't have the H&S structures in place other established broadcasters do..

Yet they could meet up in someones garden with another 25 people and that would be acceptable

Garden being the key word there, ie. outdoors?

I must admit I find the lack of distancing between any of these presenters/reporters to be a questionable at best. It doesn’t seem to be the best fit with PHE guidelines on workplaces or general social distancing guidance.

Well if you want to pedantic, the 5 of them could quite happily go inside a pub and bunch up as close as they like :twisted:

[eggsontoast]

Yet they could meet up in someones garden with another 25 people and that would be acceptable

This is indoors, in a workplace - not a garden, and as a rehearsal it would seem likely a prolonged exposure (as if that matters if you're hugging your colleagues)
The reason I raise it is that most of us in the industry are still screened off, masked and socially distanced and our physical audiences have to obey the same rules - so this image flys very much in the face of industry and PHE practice.

[RR]

Interestingly enough, Sky Media is selling the ads:

https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/g...ch/1717225

[valley]

Interestingly enough, Sky Media is selling the ads:

https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/g...ch/1717225

Not surprising, really. They seem to be one of the more innovative firms in the world of advert sales.

[Tyler LastName]

GB News has just appeared on my Virgin EPG guide today. It’s just showing the “GB News is Coming” loop at the moment however.

[Markymark]

GB News has just appeared on my Virgin EPG guide today. It’s just showing the “GB News is Coming” loop at the moment however.

Same as Freeview then (at time of posting!)

[Johnnie]

Promos running on GB News right now..

[VMPhil]

Promos running on GB News right now..

It’s appeared on Freesat.

[Newsroom]

Apologies if I've missed this, but have GBN announced whether their service will be available on AppleTV, TVPlayer or Samsung+?