[Jarrod]

Channel 5 has increased the price of Big Brother UK Facebook voting, it has emerged, with single votes going up from around 7p to 31p.

Since the system was launched last year, one vote has cost users one Facebook Credit, which is worth roughly 7p in GBP*. However, as of the new series, one vote will cost 5 Facebook Credits – which equates to roughly 31p*.

The price of discounted vote bundles has also been increased. A bundle of 50 votes has gone up from 40 Credits (£2.52*) to 225 Credits (£14.04, or 28p each*) – while the 100 vote bundle has gone up from 80 Credits (£5.06*) to 450 Credits (£28.08/28p each*).

The 12 vote bundle (10 Credits/63p*) has been replaced with 5 votes (25 Credits/£1.56*), and the 24 vote bundle (20 Credits/£1.26*) has been replaced by 10 votes (45 Credits/£2.81*).

The new charges bring Facebook voting more in line with telephone voting, with each premium rate call charged at 36p.

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