What will happen to TIBB after BB11?

[BIG-BRO-FAN]

What will happen to TiBB after BB11? I hope it isn't shut down and will be left open.

[Sam!]

It will be better I think. Offseason TiBB 24/7. Wahey.

[SiaSiaSia]

I think it will become a general television forum

[Lauren]

Slowly die, over years.
No new members to regenerate, old members will eventually start leaving. It will be over a period of time, but the new members are what keep the place rejuvinated - bearing in mind we were all new once.

[Nicky.]

Originally posted by Sam!
It will be better I think. Offseason TiBB 24/7. Wahey.

Whooo! :bigsmile:

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Is the URL gonna change to ya' reckon?

[Harry!]

A place for other reality TV and general TV gossip. With a facelift it could be turned into a major TV gossip website [Possible URL name change] and a place to reminise old BB's [I can imagine a few housemates still in the public eye doing things].

[bansheewails]

I think it should be turned into a self help group for TV addicts.

:whistle:

[Jayson]

I have always thought that it should be renamed "This Is Reality TV" or something, that would bring in new members.

[Sticks]

I have been a member of a number of defunct forums

Eye on Reality TV
Forum Junkes
C4 Message Forums
World Crossing
BBFans

Some are still there but dead

I do worry now about TiBB, especially as that is where I published my stories :sad:

[Braden]

i can't imagine what they would do to tibb :sad:

[BigSister]

it would still be popular maybe not as big but i know ill still be coming on

[Barbie]

Suppose just open it to mainstream TV talk, it will fade over a few years though i suppose =[[

[Lewis.]

I shall be coming on as long as there are still good members and a good amount of posts! I really do hope it doens't die :(

[Twilight]

Originally posted by Jayson
I have always thought that it should be renamed "This Is Reality TV" or something, that would bring in new members. Same well i hope so because i really don't want this site to die

[DrunkerThanMoses]

I hope it dosent close.... i like coming on here! :sad:

[andyman]

Only Big Brother UK will die, or maybe just a coma for few years.

Still BB worldwide and many other tv shows.. Being on the first page on google when doing a tv forum/tv chat/x factor/forum would help pull in new members to keep the site alive.

Plus ad revenue here will drop unless the site is known for other tv shows..

But C4 might have a new format show for 2011, if so then this site will cover it..

Tv shows and celeb chat/news should work fine, ds will be ok after bb11.

[Novo]

It must die a cruel death

[Locke.]

The URL will change to 'www.thisisfootball.com/forum', all parts of the forum other than Sport will be deleted and so will members that don't post in the sport section :xyxwave:

This information comes directly from Mark.

[Sticks]

Mark's statement

Originally posted by Mark
Thanks guys :thumbs:

Trust me, we do have plans to evolve TiBB into more than just Big Brother, but I'm sure you can appreciate the amount of work it's going to take to overhaul this site. James and I have been discussing some things lately, but the end goal is a lot of work for just 2 people, who lead lives outside of TiBB. :wavey:

In a perfect world we'd need a web designer, a graphic maker and someone who knows PHP/SQL, to help us achieve the goal of expanding this site. Time will tell :spin2:

Source (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=136390&page=2)

[Sticks]

Can anybody help Mark and James out?

[Patrick]

It will go on, and a new section will open up called BB12...and every year a new series will start on a Better channel than C4.

Is that so hard to understand?

[Sticks]

Originally posted by Pmccaff2009
Is that so hard to understand?

But the question supposes that nobody take BB on and it is no more in the UK :sad:

[arista]

Originally posted by Lauren
Slowly die, over years.
No new members to regenerate, old members will eventually start leaving. It will be over a period of time, but the new members are what keep the place rejuvinated - bearing in mind we were all new once.




Rubbish
Big Brother will move to Another Channel
This Forum is not like other Forums
it has a better Site manager.




Lauren - that Negative view
is like Sree cutting his wrists.



Sign Of The Times.

[arista]

Originally posted by Sticks
Can anybody help Mark and James out?


61million in our Nation
now .
So yes they will pick helpers.

[Mark]

Originally posted by Sticks
Can anybody help Mark and James out?

Thanks :thumbs:

We still do need some help, yeah :)

[arista]

Originally posted by Sticks
Originally posted by Pmccaff2009
Is that so hard to understand?

But the question supposes that nobody take BB on and it is no more in the UK :sad:


Then they move to Plan B.


But Endemol have got Others interested

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/aug/26/big-brother-cancellation-endemol

With even more Options
"Hincks suggested that the show's evolution would see it develop on the internet. "The most interesting thing about Big Brother is it's the only really convincing multiplatform idea and format in the UK," he said."

So I do not see it as Dead.

[Tom]

It'll just be a general forum that'll outlive Big Brother by about 2-3 years I guess, even if its picked up. No TV show will ever have the internet impact that BB did, so it will probably become less and less active until finally its gone.

[arista]

Originally posted by Tom
It'll just be a general forum that'll outlive Big Brother by about 2-3 years I guess, even if its picked up. No TV show will ever have the internet impact that BB did, so it will probably become less and less active until finally its gone.


No RAF Tom

New TV's with Internet in them
are being designed.


Much is to Change
like SkyHD 3-D
that will be Bliss.

[Beastie]

We will set up a campaign for bb12 :D

[Zac]

What Tom said. :thumbs:

[Beastie]

But please.. if Big Brother is bought on another channel.. I want it to be on a channel thats on freeview please :(

[arista]

Originally posted by bbfanatic
But please.. if Big Brother is bought on another channel.. I want it to be on a channel thats on freeview please :(


It may be,
or may not - but with Internet Feed as well
for those that will not take on Sky or Virgin.

[Sticks]

Who is to say that you will not have to pay access any website run by another company.

Anyway, this is off topic.

This thread is about this forum and what happens to it after the end of Big Brother on Channel 4.

[Marc]

I think the admins could possibly stop funding it

[Sticks]

Originally posted by Marcjswp
I think the admins could possibly stop funding it

I thought is was funded through the Google adds now :shocked:

[Billy]

It'll be gone soon after BB, i'd bet money on it

[Z]

It'll be gone soon after BB, i'd bet money on it

Unless the admins decided to get rid of it; I don't think it would die a death THAT quickly. I was registered on a forum based around a series of books that ended; the forum died about a year after the books ended, but it was a very small forum dedicated to a largely unknown book series. TiBB is dedicated to Big Brother, one of the biggest TV programs of this decade, I'd give it 2 years at least before it even began to "die", if you consider the large number of users who post on here during off season, there are enough people to keep this place going for years :).

[Sticks]

It looked like the hackers had their own ideas :sad:

[Tom4784]

I think the core members of tibb aren't huge fans of BB anymore anyway, if Tibb becomes a general TV forum then I can see it living for a few years at least. Whatever happens the admin have a year to prepare for it and if they need graphics designers and help I'm sure a fair few members would gladly contribute.

On the topic of BB living on past BB11....I wouldn't hold your breath. It's not impossible but I'd bet money on it not getting picked up.

[Tom]

I think the core members of tibb aren't huge fans of BB anymore anyway, if Tibb becomes a general TV forum then I can see it living for a few years at least. Whatever happens the admin have a year to prepare for it and if they need graphics designers and help I'm sure a fair few members would gladly contribute.

On the topic of BB living on past BB11....I wouldn't hold your breath. It's not impossible but I'd bet money on it not getting picked up.


But there will be a point when there fewer active members not replacing those who stop visiting the forum. Whether core members or not, all visiting members help with discussion and without that the core members have nothing to discuss. Eventually the core members will slowly stop coming on especially as it will just be them left on the forum in the end when they can speak elsewhere.

I think BB will be back one day but not for a good few years and probably long after TIBB is dead and buried. And by then we'll have all moved on. I give the forum 3 years maximum (from now) until it folds or becomes too expensive to run. Even with general TV it still won't be able to support the forum. BB is the only show that makes such an impact online.

[bronaaaa]

I don't want TiBB to die :bawling:

[supernoodles!]

I reckon it will be going a fair few years after BB ends but will be less popular,the majority of new members sign up because it is a big brother based forum,without big brother there simply wont be half the interest.The most regular users will probably start to 'leave' gradually.