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TalkTV
The News Building, London
TypeTelevision news channel
CountryUnited Kingdom
Broadcast areaUnited Kingdom
HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
Programming
Language(s)English
Ownership
OwnerNews UK
Key people
History
Launched25 April 2022[1]
FounderRupert Murdoch
Links
Websitetalk.tv
Availability
Terrestrial
Freeview
  • Channel 237
[2]

TalkTV is a forthcoming British television channel owned and operated by News UK. It is scheduled to launch on 25 April 2022.

The Channel will simulcast TalkRadio during off-peak hours, but will launch with three original programmes, The News Desk, Piers Morgan Uncensored, and The Talk.[3]

History

Background

Australian-born American media magnate Rupert Murdoch originally entered the British television news market in 1989 with the launch of Sky News,[4] which was later sold to Comcast in 2018[5]. In 1996, Murdoch entered the US and Australian television news markets with Fox News and Sky News Australia.[6][7][8]

Initial foundation as News UK TV

In December 2020, Ofcom granted a licence to News UK, to operate a new linear televsion channel under the name News UK TV.[9][10][11] By April 2021, it was thought that News UK TV would become a streaming-only service which would operate for a few hours a night.[12][13][14] Rebekah Brooks said to News UK staff that "it was not commercially viable to launch a traditional news channel on linear TV".[15]

David Rhodes, formerly of CBS News and Fox News, joined News UK with the aim of a launching their streaming video news service in 2020.[16] In an interview with the BBC Radio 4's The Media Show, Andrew Neil claimed that he was approached to join News UK's television output by Rhodes before he joined rival GB News.[17] In April 2021 it was announced that Rhodes was to leave News UK in June.[18] Scott Taunton replaced Rhodes as News UK's CEO of broadcasting.[19]

Pivot to TalkTV

By September 2021, plans for a service called News UK TV had been scrapped and talkRadio instead launched a video feed on smart/internet-connected TVs, with Mike Graham, Trisha Goddard, Julia Hartley-Brewer, Jeremy Kyle and Robert Rinder featuring as presenters on the service.[20][21] The preceding months had seen its right-of-centre rival, GB News, launch as a linear television channel.[22] The 'Talk' brand and family of radio stations had previously been acquired by News UK in 2016 as part of their purchase of Wireless Group.[23]

Later in September 2021, it was revealed that the "Talk" brand would be used for a linear television station launching in 2022.[24] This change of approach reportedly claimed after Murdoch was bemused by the channels on offer during the pandemic.[25] It was also announced that Piers Morgan would host a show on the channel.[26][27]

Broadcast

The channel will broadcast from studios within The News Building in Central London.[24] The linear channel will be available on Freesat (Channel 217) and Freeview, as well as on Sky and Virgin Media, from 25 April 2022.[28][1][29][24] It will also be available on-demand.[24][30]

When announcing Piers Morgan's programme, it was stated that it would also be carried by two other Murdoch-owned outlets, Fox Nation (a streaming service in the U.S. run as a companion to Fox News Channel), and Sky News Australia.[26]

Notable presenters

Staff

  • Kate McCann, Political Editor[32]
  • Isabel Oakeshott, International Editor

Programming

The Talk

The Talk is the proposed name of Sharon Osbourne's new 60 minute chat show for TalkTV, which happens to share its name with an American panel show which featured Osbourne until March 2021.

On March 10, 2021, Osbourne got into a heated debate with American comedian Sheryl Underwood on the American CBS programme over remarks that Morgan[33] had made on Good Morning Britain in regards to Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.[34] An investigation was launched by CBS which resulted in Osbourne leaving the show.[35][36] In March 2022, it was announced that Osbourne had joined TalkTV and that her panel show would be broadcast every weekday alongside Piers Morgan Uncensored.[37][38][39]

References

  1. ^ a b "TalkTV launches April 25". 28 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Talk TV". www.freeview.co.uk. Freeview. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  3. ^ Deen, Sarah (16 September 2021). "News UK to launch new TV channel in early 2022 with 'exceptional talent'". Metro. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  4. ^ Brown, Maggie (5 February 2009). "Sky TV's launch: 'a wing and a prayer'". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  5. ^ Browne, Spriha Srivastava,Alex Sherman,Ryan (2018-09-22). "Comcast outbids Fox in a $39 billion takeover of Sky". CNBC. Retrieved 2022-04-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "FOX News Channel announced 20 years ago". Fox News. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  7. ^ "About Sky News". Sky News Australia. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  8. ^ Mayhew, Freddy (25 September 2018). "Comcast stands by pledge to maintain funding for Sky News over ten years and create new editorial board with safeguards for independence". Press Gazette. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  9. ^ "News UK TV". Ofcom. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  10. ^ Waterson, Jim (1 December 2020). "Rupert Murdoch's News UK TV channel given approval to launch". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  11. ^ Sherwin, Adam (1 December 2020). "Rupert Murdoch's 'opinionated' News UK TV channel set to launch next year after Ofcom approval". inews.co.uk.
  12. ^ Cushion, Stephen (3 February 2021). "News UK TV and GB News: New channels stoke fears of more partisan journalism". The Conversation. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  13. ^ Tobbitt, Charlotte (5 February 2021). "News UK gives first hints on TV plans". Press Gazette.
  14. ^ Waterson, Jim (27 April 2021). "Rupert Murdoch scales back plan for News UK TV channel". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  15. ^ Coster, Helen (27 April 2021). "Murdoch's News Corp abandons plans for TV news channel in Britain". Reuters. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  16. ^ Smith, Ben (1 May 2020). "A Onetime Leader of Fox News Returns to the Murdoch Fold". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  17. ^ "The Media Show, Andrew Neil: A 50-year media career". BBC Radio 4. 12 March 2021.
  18. ^ "Exclusive: Murdoch pulls News UK television channel". The Spectator. 27 April 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  19. ^ Tobitt, Charlotte (27 April 2021). "David Rhodes to leave News UK TV streaming project". Press Gazette. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  20. ^ "talkRADIO releases TV show looking at extreme cancel culture". RadioToday. 13 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  21. ^ Mann, Colin (16 September 2021). "News UK to launch talkTV". Advanced Television. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  22. ^ "GB News: I became a minority of one, says Andrew Neil". BBC News. 17 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  23. ^ Mayhew, Freddy (26 September 2016). "Rupert Murdoch's News Corp completes Wireless Group takeover". Press Gazette. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  24. ^ a b c d "News UK to launch new channel, talkTV". News UK. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  25. ^ Gray, Alistair; Barker, Alex (2021-09-19). "Murdoch set up TV station because he 'wanted something to watch'". Financial Times. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  26. ^ a b "Piers Morgan to launch new show on Rupert Murdoch-owned network". BBC News. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  27. ^ Waterson, Jim (16 September 2021). "Piers Morgan hired to launch Rupert Murdoch TV station talkTV". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  28. ^ "Talk Tv: Launch Date Confirmed and Programming Details Revealed". 28 March 2022.
  29. ^ "'Piers Morgan Uncensored,' Sharon Osbourne's 'The Talk' to Lead Rupert Murdoch's TalkTV April Launch". 28 March 2022.
  30. ^ "Launch date announced for TalkTV and Piers Morgan's new global show". Independent.co.uk. 28 March 2022.
  31. ^ "TalkTV Poaches Isabel Oakeshott from GB News". 8 April 2022.
  32. ^ "Kate McCann named as Political Editor for TalkTV | News UK".
  33. ^ "Sharon Osbourne Reunites with Piers Morgan on U.K.'s Talk TV". 17 March 2022.
  34. ^ Rahman, Abid (March 14, 2021). "CBS' 'The Talk' Taking Short Hiatus Amid Investigation of Sharon Osbourne's Racism Comments". The Hollywood Report.
  35. ^ Ives, Mike (March 27, 2021). "Sharon Osbourne Leaves 'The Talk,' CBS Says". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  36. ^ Respers France, Lisa. "Sharon Osbourne is out of 'The Talk'". CNN. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  37. ^ "Sharon Osbourne Joins Talk Tv to Host 'The Talk'". 17 March 2022.
  38. ^ "Sharon Osbourne to Join Piers Morgan with Show on Rupert Murdoch's Talk TV". 17 March 2022.
  39. ^ "Sharon Osbourne and Piers Morgan announce new talk show after Osborne's ousting from 'The Talk'". Insider.com.

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