10-02-2023, 05:32 PM
Before you lads fall out, you’re both correct! There’s nothing wrong with the title News, but it does open the channel up to criticism of its opinionated stance. I actually believe this has been a headache for the bosses from day one which led to frustrating pre launch interviews with the hosts attempting to explain the concept of opinionated programming on a ‘news channel’.
Normally when I read through this thread I see a lot of disagreement divided into the pro GB and anti GB camp but it’s been refreshing to see both sides agree that the station is in need of some improvement.
I’m not target audience and I don’t watch the channel much at all, but it would be nice to see another outlet shine and provide an alternative to the established channels. The reality is that it won’t happen under everyone’s favourite Australian boss. The moment it was announced Angelos was joining, I knew the whole operation was doomed. To put it bluntly - he’s a pound shop populist producer. His time at Sky News Australia was a disaster but he claimed it a success because he pulled the ratings from dashes to some semblance of an audience. His main failure is always a complete lack of strategy beyond shock and awe and a complete unwillingness to push the financiers further up the tree to spend some money. All the cash is spent on talent but nothing on set design, creative content and production teams.
Where next for GBNews? I think we all know the answer to this and that’s what’s prompting us to talk about it now. I hold firm on the belief that it will be off the air before the end of 2023. The shift in social strategy (which looks like much of the stories are being farmed out to PA and other agencies) and the news coverage about budget pressures suggests the money has finally dried up.
Normally when I read through this thread I see a lot of disagreement divided into the pro GB and anti GB camp but it’s been refreshing to see both sides agree that the station is in need of some improvement.
I’m not target audience and I don’t watch the channel much at all, but it would be nice to see another outlet shine and provide an alternative to the established channels. The reality is that it won’t happen under everyone’s favourite Australian boss. The moment it was announced Angelos was joining, I knew the whole operation was doomed. To put it bluntly - he’s a pound shop populist producer. His time at Sky News Australia was a disaster but he claimed it a success because he pulled the ratings from dashes to some semblance of an audience. His main failure is always a complete lack of strategy beyond shock and awe and a complete unwillingness to push the financiers further up the tree to spend some money. All the cash is spent on talent but nothing on set design, creative content and production teams.
Where next for GBNews? I think we all know the answer to this and that’s what’s prompting us to talk about it now. I hold firm on the belief that it will be off the air before the end of 2023. The shift in social strategy (which looks like much of the stories are being farmed out to PA and other agencies) and the news coverage about budget pressures suggests the money has finally dried up.