Pyrrhic ?

GB News has 'won' the battle to be the major loss-making window for right-wing commentators and right-wing eccentrics on linear TV in the UK. 

TalkTV has thrown in the linear channel towel, but it's still not clear how the operation will re-structure itself in the summer. One suspects it will try to maintain an 18-hour a day live presence, if only as a live YouTube stream of TalkRadio. But there'll be little point in paying Jeremy Kyle thousands to do an early breakfast; the Talk, with or without Sharon Osbourne, doesn't make much sense, and Vanessa ain't cutting it, so it's back to more of Iron Mike and his chums.  It may even be curtains for Richard Wallace, Head of Broadcasting for News UK; we note yesterday's announcement of 'stepping back' came from Scott Taunton, executive vice-president and president of broadcasting at News UK.  Rebekah Brooks now gets her 'go' at tv with the creation of News Studios, making video snippets for The Sun, The Times, Times Radio and TalkTV.