Veteran British broadcaster Andrew Neil said on Friday he is leaving the BBC and set to spearhead the launch of a new 24-hour television news channel in the UK.
The respected political interviewer said the channel, to be named GB News, would hit the airwaves in early 2021 and offer "new perspectives to the news" in Britain.
"GB News is the most exciting thing to happen in British television news for more than 20 years," he said, adding it was "aimed at the vast number of British people who feel underserved and unheard by their media".
"We will champion robust, balanced debate and a range of perspectives on the issues that affect everyone in the UK, not just those living in the London area."
Neil added in a series of tweets that he would be presenting a new nightly prime-time show on the channel.
The Spectator magazine, published by Press Holdings Media Group which Neil also heads, reported GB News will employ around 100 journalists and be "the most important television launch in Britain for a generation".
The Spectator's editor Fraser Nelson said in a column that the channel would take on Britain's current 24-hour news stations, BBC News and Sky News, which were "so similar in...
