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GB News app to be removed from EE TV

JordanTA — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 08:38:00 GMT

GB News will be removing its app from our TV boxes from today (21^st October).

Aerial mode

If you’re in aerial mode, you’ll still see the GB News channel in your guide on channel number 236.

Internet mode

If you’re in internet mode, you can watch GB News on YouTube, search GB News in the YouTube App.

Re: GB News app to be removed from EE TV

GaryB17 — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 11:56:46 GMT

What a strange decision that is, they keep telling us they are outperforming Sky/BBC/C4 news channels. I did watch for news updates and the odd show like Michelle Dewbury, as they do seem to report on stuff people care about which get ignored by Sky, I wont get started on BBC news.

I use internet mode on the EE box so doubtful I'll be using YT to watch as its will be riddled with adverts every few minutes.

Very strange.

Re: GB News app to be removed from EE TV

Chris_B — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 12:42:36 GMT

@GaryB17 It’ll be down to GB news not EE. If GB news want to pull support on the box then can as they are the service provider for that channel.

Re: GB News app to be removed from EE TV

zulu17 — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 22:46:09 GMT

It does seem that there were problems with the GB News app on Youview/EETV boxes as reported on this forum GB App Crashing thread where this statement was made in september 2025.

"The issue has been confirmed to be with the GB News app itself. YouView are working with them to fix it (as we don't have any direct relationship with them)"

So a month later the app is withdrawn - related or coincidence.

Anyway it is now history.

I would have thought a message about the withdrawal on the Youview/EETV boxes themselves would have been helpful to their users. Perhaps that is somethng EE could feedback.

Re: GB News app to be removed from EE TV

Nicky109 — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 06:02:04 GMT

Will you be bringing it back ?? You tube full of adds that cut into the program .. not happy !!

Re: GB News app to be removed from EE TV

DarrenDev — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 06:10:23 GMT

@Nicky109 It was GB News who chose to remove their app from the YouView platform - EE has never had any involvement in their presence. They can choose to come back to YouView any time they like.

Re: GB News app to be removed from EE TV

Taxi62 — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 06:48:18 GMT

EE its a disgrace to not have the best new channel on TV not sure when my contract ends but I will be looking to go with a rival as I watch this app all the time

Re: GB News app to be removed from EE TV

Chris_B — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 07:13:48 GMT

@Taxi62 That that up with GB news it’s their service that they pulled from the EE TV.

Have a read of THIS

Re: GB News app to be removed from EE TV

GaryB17 — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 08:22:32 GMT

@zulu17 - They seemed to have fixed the app about 2 months ago, it suddenly asked for a login to GBNews on my EEBox, after that it was perfect, no crashing or buffering. It is odd they didn't update anyone on this decision though, GB I mean not EE.

Oh well, they may reconsider when viewing figures suddenly drop, not sure how many subscribers EETV has in the UK but I imagine its second to Sky or Virgin so could be a big hit for GBNews.

Re: GB News app to be removed from EE TV

DarrenDev — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 14:01:22 GMT

GB News has never been on "EE TV" - they were on the shared YouView platform, and they chose to withdraw from it.

EE has never had any direct relationship with GB News, and it has never been part of the EE TV service.

See the announcement here: https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/TV/GB-News-app-to-be-removed-from-EE-TV/td-p/1576392

Re: GB News app to be removed from EE TV

Westie54 — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:07:29 GMT

Why had this been removed. Very inconvenient to have to go to through another App to find another one

Re: GB News app to be removed from EE TV

DarrenDev — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:13:06 GMT

You'd need to ask GB News that @Westie54 - it wasn't included in the notification EE received from YouView, as it's not any of our business.

Re: GB News app to be removed from EE TV

GaryB17 — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 18:59:17 GMT

@Westie54

I messaged gbnews today, their reply is below.

Thanks very much for getting in touch. We know changes like this can be inconvenient, and we want to help you stay connected with GB News.

From 21 October 2025, GB News is no longer available through the internet-only version of EE TV.

However, you can continue watching us on EE TV boxes if you have an aerial connected as the live channel is accessible via aerial on Freeview.

There are also many other ways you can keep watching GB News live or on catch up, including the GB News app on connected TVs, Sky, Virgin Media Freesat, Freeview, Freeview Play, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, Apple TV, YouTube, and more.

We really value your support and want to make sure you don’t miss out. If you’d like help setting up another way to watch, just let us know – we’re always here to help.

Thank you for being part of the GB News community,

The GB News Community Team

Re: GB News app to be removed from EE TV

JordanTA — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 10:10:53 GMT

Hi, they have also put out a statement.

https://www.gbnews.com/news/gb-news-how-to-watch-ee-tv-box

Re: GB News app to be removed from EE TV

pietro44 — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 08:44:06 GMT

why isnt gb news in the freeview guide on eetv ie on the internet. sinister. iwill of course be csncelling my contract when the present one ends

Re: GB News app to be removed from EE TV

pietro44 — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 08:46:50 GMT

why isnt gbnews in the freeview guide on internet ee?

Re: GB News app to be removed from EE TV

DarrenDev — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 08:50:12 GMT

@pietro44 there are many channels that aren't available in Internet mode - there's nothing sinister about it. It just means that either there isn't a high enough demand for it, or a commercial agreement could not be reached with the content owner. If GB News want to be available in internet mode on EE TV, they're more than welcome - but the fact that they withdrew their app suggests that they're probably not interested.

Re: GB News app to be removed from EE TV

DarrenDev — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:01:30 GMT

GB News is back - they reached an agreement with YouView to bring the app back, but with 7 days of catch up instead of 30.

Re: GB News app to be removed from EE TV

GaryB17 — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:24:02 GMT

It absolutely is, YT was doing my head in 🙂

Thanks @DarrenDev

Re: GB News app to be removed from EE TV

JordanTA — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 09:07:25 GMT

Yep, I was supposed to update this post ... I never forgot or anything. Cheers for the reminder.