GB News’ strong performance at the end of last year saw it consistently beating Sky News for the first time and pacing ahead of BBC during some peak periods. As it turns out that wasn’t an anomaly…
BARB figures collated today reveal GB outperformed Sky News again last month – averaging 66,129 live views during the 20-hour recording period in December. That’s compared to Sky’s 63,452. 4% higher…
GB, which is currently leading media on reporting of the rape gangs scandal with numerous exclusives, is also gaining on BBC News with a 21.6% improvement in viewership ratio from November to December – rising from 68.2% of BBC’s viewership to 83.3% within four weeks. Head of programming Ben Briscoe says “we are a community and our audience trusts us to tell stories accurately, openly and in a way that maintains free and respectful speech.” 2025 could be a big year for the rising channel…
Lucy Powell told Sky News that the Ed Miliband-Russell Brand interview happened in part because the ‘social media age’ had not begun by 2015:
“Look, I mean, he approached the Labour Party, he approached the campaign team, and we’re in very different times now. We weren’t in the social media age at the time – where you could maybe search things up and see allegations about somebody at the time. and as I say, if there was any suggestion at all, we were dealing with someone who was a known sexual predator at the time, then, of course, you know, no one would have done that. But as I say, he was a well known public figure. Lots of people from Hollywood to the BBC to many others gave this person a very, very powerful platform. And we didn’t know at the time, unfortunately. It was a different era.”
