No live feed via red button!!

[serensilver]

Heat world-------

no live feed via red button or 24/7 E4 !!!! :shocked: :sad: :bored:

Uh-oh, do we smell another complaints drama coming on? This morning we revealed that Channel 4 are ditching the red button from the forthcoming series of Celebrity Big Brother, meaning that, for the first time, viewers won’t be able to watch a live feed of the show. And now fans of BB are absolutely furious that they won’t get to see the action as it unfolds, and will instead have to rely on the daily highlights shows. Some devotees are even threatening to boycott the show unless the bods at Channel 4 change their minds. “You can feel the viewing figures dropping already with that news,” writes one fan. “They are bricking it and letting the PC brigade and the saddos who complain to OFCOM on a regular basis win.” Another adds, “They just lost another viewer, then. Way to go, C4 – alienate the hardcore fans” and “What an absolute load of rubbish. The live feed was the only way of knowing what actually goes on rather than the edited version they want you to see. Was getting excited about the upcoming series but all that has just gone out the window.” Oh dear. Now, we can see why BB have made this decision, as if any more dodgy Shilpa-type dramas unfold, they would have a lot more time to deal with their strategy without fans sniffing out a drama within seconds of the live feed cutting off, but it does seem a shame. What do you make of it – will you miss the live feed? And do you think BB are doing us a disservice by getting rid of it?

[BBkid]

It doesn't bother me because I never watch it but I can see why it would bother a lot of people.

[Fom]

In all fairness the only thing that made the Racism Row get as big as it did, was because BB didn't intervene quick enough, if something like that happened again it wouldn't be as big as everyone thinks it would. Its not BB's fault if people are racist or don't get a long, as long as they intervene at the right time nothing would be a problem. Its nothing to do with bloody live feed!

[Tom]

Noone watches the live feed, hence it has been axed. But theres still BB Live on E4 at night and an hour or so in the day.

[Magic]

Its a bit pointless; takes away the show core princibles imo.

[BigBrotherfan4ever]

Originally posted by Tom
Noone watches the live feed, hence it has been axed. But theres still BB Live on E4 at night and an hour or so in the day. Sorry Tom i disagree i know loads of people who watch LF, during the day & night, i certainly watch it during the day, but not so much latenight thats why im so angry at C4 for doing this

[BigBrotherfan4ever]

Originally posted by Magic
Its a bit pointless; takes away the show core princibles imo. Totally agree with you Magic

[andyman]

Maybe BB10 will have improved live feed. Its only celeb bb so no worries but if its like this with BB10 then it will be a huge oh dear... At this rate maybe BB should go to ch5! They could put live feed on fiver etc.... Maybe.

[Follz]

hey im new!
just turned on my tv this morning....no red button so used my 12005 channel...technical fault.....then i come on here and hear that there is NO LIVE FEED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!! THATS ************ Stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!
even davina watches the live feed...she said so after her talk with alex on her vid blogs................we need a bloody petition or something! im not wathching it if C4 doesnt get its heads screwed on......they have lost A LOT a viewers by doing this

[Follz]

well just got confirmation from an inside source that there will be no live feed for this years cbb becos "the viewers will get more out of watching the housemates doing silly tasks and better ones becos when there is no live feed we can do bigger and better tasks"
I DONT WANT NO ************ BIGGER AND BETTER TASKS...I WANT LIVE FEED...A**HOLES!
also another downer is that they are NOT, i repeat ARE NOT REUTRNING LIVE FEED FOR BB10 EITHER!!!:cloud::cloud:

[Jackie]

Originally posted by Tom
Noone watches the live feed, hence it has been axed. But theres still BB Live on E4 at night and an hour or so in the day.


I do:bigsmile:

[jonsep]

Originally posted by jackie46
Originally posted by Tom
Noone watches the live feed, hence it has been axed. But theres still BB Live on E4 at night and an hour or so in the day.


I do:bigsmile: me too:bigsmile::wavey:

[Jackie]

Originally posted by jonsep
Originally posted by jackie46
Originally posted by Tom
Noone watches the live feed, hence it has been axed. But theres still BB Live on E4 at night and an hour or so in the day.


I do:bigsmile: me too:bigsmile::wavey:


:xyxwave: No live feed just switched on E4 nothing:bawling:

[jonsep]

Originally posted by jackie46
Originally posted by jonsep
Originally posted by jackie46
Originally posted by Tom
Noone watches the live feed, hence it has been axed. But theres still BB Live on E4 at night and an hour or so in the day.


I do:bigsmile: me too:bigsmile::wavey:


:xyxwave: No live feed just switched on E4 nothing:bawling: Its on this afternoon for a few hours i think:sad:

[Jackie]

Originally posted by jonsep
Originally posted by jackie46
Originally posted by jonsep
Originally posted by jackie46
Originally posted by Tom
Noone watches the live feed, hence it has been axed. But theres still BB Live on E4 at night and an hour or so in the day.


I do:bigsmile: me too:bigsmile::wavey:


:xyxwave: No live feed just switched on E4 nothing:bawling: Its on this afternoon for a few hours i think:sad:

Thats no good I like watching them wake up looking a mess.:joker:

[Jackie]

:xyxwave:

[james_h]

grrrrrrr :mad: im soooo annoyed, i never thought id miss the live feed this much:sad:

[Follz]

im actually going to admit that im this sad.....i started crying....i was sooo angry! it was only a couple of tears but i cried!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i have never cried over TELLY! lol
felt a loser lol
but now im watching it and im okay lol
im still loving tina, ulrika, and michelle.
i just wish we could have it back to normal..i like seeimg them wake up and stuff.....its supposed to be reality 24/7...its lik what someone else said....im a celebrity but based in london..all we get are the edited highlights shows.....for three weeks!
and to top it all off it might be this way for the summer:bawling:

[kazmoo]

Originally posted by serensilver
Heat world-------

no live feed via red button or 24/7 E4 !!!! :shocked: :sad: :bored:

Uh-oh, do we smell another complaints drama coming on? This morning we revealed that Channel 4 are ditching the red button from the forthcoming series of Celebrity Big Brother, meaning that, for the first time, viewers won’t be able to watch a live feed of the show. And now fans of BB are absolutely furious that they won’t get to see the action as it unfolds, and will instead have to rely on the daily highlights shows. Some devotees are even threatening to boycott the show unless the bods at Channel 4 change their minds. “You can feel the viewing figures dropping already with that news,” writes one fan. “They are bricking it and letting the PC brigade and the saddos who complain to OFCOM on a regular basis win.” Another adds, “They just lost another viewer, then. Way to go, C4 – alienate the hardcore fans” and “What an absolute load of rubbish. The live feed was the only way of knowing what actually goes on rather than the edited version they want you to see. Was getting excited about the upcoming series but all that has just gone out the window.” Oh dear. Now, we can see why BB have made this decision, as if any more dodgy Shilpa-type dramas unfold, they would have a lot more time to deal with their strategy without fans sniffing out a drama within seconds of the live feed cutting off, but it does seem a shame. What do you make of it – will you miss the live feed? And do you think BB are doing us a disservice by getting rid of it? :mad: we all should stand together...I cant cope. I cant

[kazmoo]

This is bad, really bad...what is the point of not having BBC live streaming.....The time it on at night, they will all be in bed, I know they will. What the hell. Im mad,and sad, and confussed, And dont say people have no life watching big brother...because your on this site too.
I do have a life. A good one.
What a let down. Will normall big brother be on all the time....
There must be something we can do.

[WATERS]

Do you really need to watch them on live feed :/

[Jackie]

Originally posted by WATERS
Do you really need to watch them on live feed :/


Yes we could be watching them now instead of rubbish on TV.

[Stu]

Originally posted by Follz
I DONT WANT NO ************ BIGGER AND BETTER TASKS...I WANT LIVE FEED...A**HOLES!

You clearly have no understanding of how television works then.

[WATERS]

Originally posted by jackie46
Originally posted by WATERS
Do you really need to watch them on live feed :/


Yes we could be watching them now instead of rubbish on TV.

So you'd rather watch people in a house doing nothing then good shows.. half the time its got no noise aswell
We dont need to see there every move do we

[andyman]

We the BB fans should contact Channel 4 and tell them how we feel, channel 4 think we want small clips on the net insted of 24/7 live feed? Wtf?!? Did they listen to one person and acted upon that?
Shame on channel 4, they DON'T listen to the real fans of Big Brother :bored:

[Jackie]

Originally posted by WATERS
Originally posted by jackie46
Originally posted by WATERS
Do you really need to watch them on live feed :/


Yes we could be watching them now instead of rubbish on TV.

So you'd rather watch people in a house doing nothing then good shows.. half the time its got no noise aswell
We dont need to see there every move do we


Yes I would rather watch them now saturdays TV is rubbish.

[Stu]

Originally posted by andyman
We the BB fans should contact Channel 4 and tell them how we feel, channel 4 think we want small clips on the net insted of 24/7 live feed? Wtf?!? Did they listen to one person and acted upon that?
Shame on channel 4, they DON'T listen to the real fans of Big Brother :bored:
Their a business. Big Brother, in itself, is a business. Business stays afloat by appealing to the masses in their market. I hate to rain on the parade, but most of the 3 million plus Big Brother viewers dont care about the live feed being gone as the amount of live clips on E4 will probably serve to please them. Shocking, I know, not everybody sits around watching Big Brother all day.

Channel 4 is always going to cater to the masses because it just makes sense. Any protest or petition is very unlikely to work. When the trouble involved in keeping something going is more than the profit of people watching, your onto a loser.

[andyman]

24/7 live feed does not mean i will sit and watch them 24/7, it means i can pop in and out to view them as i wish at a time i want to, now that choice of viewing freedom has been taken away, real BB fans understand that.

As we know the real Big Brother died years ago soon as Channel 4 turned it into a ratings needy *****.

[kazmoo]

I am going to do something about this mess ...c4 needs to here from me.

[WATERS]

Originally posted by jackie46
Originally posted by WATERS
Originally posted by jackie46
Originally posted by WATERS
Do you really need to watch them on live feed :/


Yes we could be watching them now instead of rubbish on TV.

So you'd rather watch people in a house doing nothing then good shows.. half the time its got no noise aswell
We dont need to see there every move do we


Yes I would rather watch them now saturdays TV is rubbish.

Does'nt it bore you though ?
Anyway the match is on put ITV1 on :) its better then watching live feed

[kazmoo]

Originally posted by WATERS
Do you really need to watch them on live feed :/ when i get the need.

[Stu]

Originally posted by andyman
24/7 live feed does not mean i will sit and watch them 24/7, it means i can pop in and out to view them as i wish at a time i want to, now that choice of viewing freedom has been taken away, real BB fans understand that.

As we know the real Big Brother died years ago soon as Channel 4 turned it into a ratings needy *****.
Did I say you sit and watch Big Brother 24/7? No, I did not. My point still stands as the effort required to keep the stream up would probably outweigh the amount of people watching. Live streaming viewership has been going down for quiet awhile anyway.

Also, theirs no such thing as a 'real' Big Brother fan man for crying out loud. And if you think Big Brother was never about ratings, your dead wrong. Every prime time show on a major network is a ratings needy *****. That includes the first series, to a much lesser extent.

If the shows were not getting ratings, they would not be on the air. I doubt Channel 4 care much for the philosophies behind the social experiment facotor that has enriched our lives so much.

[Jackie]

Originally posted by WATERS
Originally posted by jackie46
Originally posted by WATERS
Originally posted by jackie46
Originally posted by WATERS
Do you really need to watch them on live feed :/


Yes we could be watching them now instead of rubbish on TV.

So you'd rather watch people in a house doing nothing then good shows.. half the time its got no noise aswell
We dont need to see there every move do we


Yes I would rather watch them now saturdays TV is rubbish.

Does'nt it bore you though ?
Anyway the match is on put ITV1 on :) its better then watching live feed




No it doesn't bore me I like to watch it because its not scripted.

[kazmoo]

Originally posted by andyman
24/7 live feed does not mean i will sit and watch them 24/7, it means i can pop in and out to view them as i wish at a time i want to, now that choice of viewing freedom has been taken away, real BB fans understand that.

As we know the real Big Brother died years ago soon as Channel 4 turned it into a ratings needy *****. well said:hello:

[andyman]

Originally posted by Stu
Originally posted by andyman
We the BB fans should contact Channel 4 and tell them how we feel, channel 4 think we want small clips on the net insted of 24/7 live feed? Wtf?!? Did they listen to one person and acted upon that?
Shame on channel 4, they DON'T listen to the real fans of Big Brother :bored:
Their a business. Big Brother, in itself, is a business. Business stays afloat by appealing to the masses in their market. I hate to rain on the parade, but most of the 3 million plus Big Brother viewers dont care about the live feed being gone as the amount of live clips on E4 will probably serve to please them. Shocking, I know, not everybody sits around watching Big Brother all day.

Channel 4 is always going to cater to the masses because it just makes sense. Any protest or petition is very unlikely to work. When the trouble involved in keeping something going is more than the profit of people watching, your onto a loser. Yes i know how the game works, don't mean i have to agree with it but thats how it is... But end of the day the loss of 24/7 live feed is not the end of the world, just loss of viewing freedom for the BB fans that we have came custom to over the years.

[Stu]

Originally posted by andyman
Originally posted by Stu
Originally posted by andyman
We the BB fans should contact Channel 4 and tell them how we feel, channel 4 think we want small clips on the net insted of 24/7 live feed? Wtf?!? Did they listen to one person and acted upon that?
Shame on channel 4, they DON'T listen to the real fans of Big Brother :bored:
Their a business. Big Brother, in itself, is a business. Business stays afloat by appealing to the masses in their market. I hate to rain on the parade, but most of the 3 million plus Big Brother viewers dont care about the live feed being gone as the amount of live clips on E4 will probably serve to please them. Shocking, I know, not everybody sits around watching Big Brother all day.

Channel 4 is always going to cater to the masses because it just makes sense. Any protest or petition is very unlikely to work. When the trouble involved in keeping something going is more than the profit of people watching, your onto a loser. Yes i know how the game works, don't mean i have to agree with it but thats how it is... But end of the day the loss of 24/7 live feed is not the end of the world, just loss of viewing freedom for the BB fans that we have came custom to over the years.
Trust me I dont agree with it either, but thats the messed up land of television for you. It is a definate loss of viewing freedom but your right, it is not the end of the world.

Some people think on here they can just march into Channel 4 towers and expect them to give a **** about what they have to say.

[andyman]

I'm sure ad revenue would pay for the 24/7 live feed anyway, live feed was never about ratings, many do want to watch a non scripted BB. It does feel Channel 4 have gone backwards insted of taking the format forwards, it's turning into some kind of itv show! But money is always a huge factor, even more so in todays world.

[Stu]

Originally posted by andyman
I'm sure ad revenue would pay for the 24/7 live feed anyway, live feed was never about ratings, many do want to watch a non scripted BB. It does feel Channel 4 have gone backwards insted of taking the format forwards, it's turning into some kind of itv show! But money is always a huge factor, even more so in todays world.
I dont think ad revenue was a source of income with the old live feeds, because they just shared the ad breaks of whatever E4 show was on anyway, did they not?

[andyman]

Originally posted by Stu
Originally posted by andyman
I'm sure ad revenue would pay for the 24/7 live feed anyway, live feed was never about ratings, many do want to watch a non scripted BB. It does feel Channel 4 have gone backwards insted of taking the format forwards, it's turning into some kind of itv show! But money is always a huge factor, even more so in todays world.
I dont think ad revenue was a source of income with the old live feeds, because they just shared the ad breaks of whatever E4 show was on anyway, did they not? Yeah the live feed went into the E4 ads, but i don't think the E4 multiscreen feed had any ads, ahhh happy days.
Channel 4 seem to strip more away from the viewers each year, maybe a sign of the times, even itv's i'm a celeb get me out of here had no live feed on itv2.

[Jackie]

I've just sent an e-mail to channel 4 complaining about the red button I'll await their reply:bigsmile:

[WATERS]

Yeah ha youl be waiting a while

[Jackie]

Originally posted by WATERS
Yeah ha youl be waiting a while


I'll send another one until they do reply:bigsmile:

[Stu]

Originally posted by jackie46
Originally posted by WATERS
Yeah ha youl be waiting a while


I'll send another one until they do reply:bigsmile:
Fight the power, sister.

[Jackie]

Originally posted by Stu
Originally posted by jackie46
Originally posted by WATERS
Yeah ha youl be waiting a while


I'll send another one until they do reply:bigsmile:
Fight the power, sister.


No harm in trying I suppose.

[Stu]

Originally posted by jackie46
Originally posted by Stu
Originally posted by jackie46
Originally posted by WATERS
Yeah ha youl be waiting a while


I'll send another one until they do reply:bigsmile:
Fight the power, sister.


No harm in trying I suppose.
Even with the knowledge before hand that it is not going to work?

Im all for hope but desperation is not a suitable replacement.