14-03-2023, 01:05 AM
(14-03-2023, 12:52 AM)London Lite Wrote:(14-03-2023, 12:42 AM)chinamug Wrote: Neither rate well in real terms. IF GBNews was a real commercial broadcaster it would have closed ages ago with practically no viewers and ads selling for about 15 pounds a time (and I'm probably being generous there) The same of course could be said for Talk TV but as they have a bigger organisation behind them there might be some reason for the station to stay on the air.
The main difference between the two channels is that GBN is ideologically driven and TalkTV is about being revenue earning for News UK.
I agree with you about GBN but I don't know if TalkTV is even supposed to be revenue-earning. They've often run loss leaders in various areas of the Media for years if needs be. It could also just be a spoiler tactic until GB News owners get tired of their toy. Surely they have to show results when throwing away 30 million a year. I could understand people with a certain viewpoint losing that much money if results were achieved but it's had no real impact as such and it's viewership (for the amount of homes that can receive it) is downright embarrassing.
If you wanted to influence a nation or drive a national conversation in a different direction you could do a lot better and more with 30 million.