The Australian shaking up British broadcasting

In the eyes of his critics, Angelos Frangopoulos is less of a journalist and more of an importer. The man who built Sky News Australia and turned it into a right-wing megaphone is on a mission to do the same in the United Kingdom, they claim. And it doesn’t stop there: apparently the ultimate goal is the ‘Foxification’ of Britain’s broadcast media.

Backers with deep pockets love the concept, ploughing more than £60 million into the venture by telecommunications moguls Andrew Cole and Mark Schneider. US media giant Discovery was the first on board, followed by hedge fund manager Sir Paul Marshall and Dubai-based investment group Legatum. “People have found other ways to get their breaking news – that changed many, many years ago,” Frangopoulos says. “The old ‘news on the hour every hour’ format has been totally disrupted by digital media.”

Frangopoulos says GB News will easily adhere to the rules: “The impartiality rules here in the UK are a lot more overt and a lot more watched than what they are in Australia. The regulations are very strict and that is something we will embrace at GB News. But we are really confident that the impartiality rules actually are there to encourage debate and discussion.”

“Sky News Australia is an incredibly successful media business and under [Frangopoulos’ successor and former editor of“But GB News will not be a Sky News Australia and it will not be a Fox News. It will be GB News, because the UK is a different market and we have a very different dynamic here.

BevanShields Wow it’s hard for the SMH left wing megaphone to believe there are different points of view

BevanShields Who turned the ABC into a left wing megaphone?

BevanShields Let this bloke off the leash and the poms will have a virus of hate on the loose. His pitch is further exploiting the great divide between different people. What a noble impulse and his only motivation is money! A selfless, humanitarian a seeker of truth and harmony!

BevanShields Perhaps you have missed all the Labor personnel and other lefties with regular programme bookings. It is more balanced than a set of scales.

BevanShields What rubbish!

BevanShields quality j’ism

BevanShields Does he need to?

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