GB News sets launch date

GB Information will try to shake up the broadcasting landscape when the information community launches its Television channel in early June.

The information assistance, spearheaded by veteran broadcaster Andrew Neil, has announced ideas to go dwell on Sunday June 13.

In a tweet, the channel claimed it would launch at 8pm with a unique programme, ‘Welcome to GB News’. 

The 24-hour information channel plans to battle the BBC and Sky News by targeting audiences that have turn into disillusioned with traditional broadcasters’ protection. 

The channel, backed by the American broadcaster Discovery, has employed a raft of seasoned journalists, which include veteran ITV information anchor Alastair Stewart and previous BBC Information presenter Simon McCoy.

In recent days it has been  ramping up the publicity around its forthcoming launch, with social media films of its new London-dependent studios in Paddington.