Talk (streaming service)

[7] At launch, the station featured presenters Paul Ross, Julia Hartley-Brewer, Sam Delaney, Jon Holmes, Jonny Gould, and Iain Lee across its weekday schedule.

[12] In January 2018, Talkradio underwent a revamp to the weekday and weekend schedule in a bid to boost ratings and make the station more news-focused.

[17][18] In the 2010s, the Murdoch family began to sell a number of assets, including 21st Century Fox and Sky plc, the companies that owned those news channels at the time.

[19] In January 2018, the Competition and Markets Authority issued a preliminary report recommending that Sky News be insulated from the remainder of Murdoch's assets, or divested, in order to preserve its editorial independence.

[34] 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.

[37] The 'Talk' brand[a] and family of radio stations had previously been acquired by News UK in September 2016 as part of their purchase of Wireless Group.

[44][45][46] Several serving and former MPs and MEPs are currently employed as presenters on the channel including some who recently held positions within the previous Johnson cabinet.

[51] Morgan was among a number of conservative hosts to move television talk shows to online formats.

[52] In March 2024, it was announced that TalkTV's linear TV channel would close in summer 2024 and that operations would become online only.

[53] Between 1 May and 7 May the broadcast channel was gradually removed from Virgin Media, Sky, Freesat and DVB-T Freeview.

[61] In 2024 the channel decided in the face of poor viewer ratings to become available on the Internet only from [northern hemisphere] summer 2024.

[62] On 24 April 2024 the channels reverted to their previous branding a few days before the closure of TalkTV on broadcast television.

[69][70] By June 2023, TalkTV had a total identified monthly audience (including sharing and streaming) of 2,135,000, with 14 minutes average daily viewing according to BARB.

[74] A broadcast of Dorries' programme on 24 March received 52 complaints to Ofcom while discussing Commons Select Committee of Privileges investigation into Boris Johnson's involvement in the partygate scandal.

[77] That same month, The Guardian reported that TalkTV "offered tens of thousands of pounds" in order to secure an interview with the parents who alleged that Huw Edwards had paid more than £35,000 to receive sexually explicit pictures from their child.

[78] Edwards had previously been suspended by the BBC, but London's Metropolitan Police noted that they had "no information to indicate that a criminal offence has been committed".

The talkRADIO logo (2016–2022)
TalkRadio's original logo (2016–2022)
TalkTV marks Rupert Murdoch's return to British television news after being forced to sell Sky News to preserve its editorial independence from his companies
Piers Morgan's former show on the channel attracted high-profile guests, such as the booted out UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak , pictured here filming a show for the channel