GB News promises fix as Freeview, Sky and Virgin viewers complain about 'rubbish' sound

GB News wants to know whether viewers can hear any enhancements in its audio quality today after “a number of improvements” were made to its sound overnight. Viewers have flooded social media with complaints about the sound quality of the new channel, which started broadcasting from 8pm on Sunday. The sound issues, which resulted in muffled audio from some presenters and echo-ing sets in other shows, weren’t restricted to a single telly platform as viewers on Sky Q, Freeview and Virgin Media voiced complaints. 

It’s clear that GB News is listening to its audience. Jumping on social media to update its viewers about its progress, it posted: “Our team has been working hard to get our audio right. We’ve made a number of improvements to the sound overnight – let us know if it’s made a difference in your home. We’re small, new and building as we go.”

Based on the response on Twitter to the latest update from GB News, it’s difficult to work out whether the latest changes made a huge difference to viewers. Some seemed to think the changes overnight had improved the quality of the sound on their telly – “Much improved today thanks,” one praised the GB News team – while others didn’t seem to think the worse offenders had been nixed – “I think its more in sync, though theres still issues with the mics and bad background noise occasionally sounding like a drill or plane,” one commented.