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You're wrong.
BB11 hasn't been 100% confirmed. It's written in the contract that they do BB11, but of course changes can happen like most contracts.
I hear from a very good source that Channel 4 had to extend this series by a week to compensate for the lack of live feed and Big Mouth, otherwise Endemol would not have allowed it.
So certain adaptations can occur.
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Angela Jain and Davina have both confirmed it. And if Endemol break the contract, they already have the money to pay back and would only have to give back so much of what C4 paid in correspondence to the series they haven't produced.
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It's not as simple as that. Endemol themselves are so concerned about the potential damage to the franchise that they may well end the contract by mutual agreement with C4.
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What, so they can pitch it to another broadcaster who probably won't take it, then essentially they're losing out? And if Sky do take it (as so many keep saying, its dead in the water just face it) it will go sub 1m and even Endemol would prefer it on Channel 4 even if the final peaks at 3m. Endemol probably know the show has no chance in the near future of being picked up by anyone, so they might as well have it milked for all its worth.
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You're missing the point entirely. Endemol would make a lot more money from BBUK if it aired on Sky, thanks to that broadcasters vastly superior money making potential, even if the show only got 1m viewers. Sky is the gold mine. Murdoch wants BB and would charge viewers through the nose for the live feed - which would be completely uncensored, and for which we'd pay.
Trust me, Endemol have had enough of Channel 4 messing with their show. Just wait a while and see how things develop this series 
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And do you have proof of this or is it just speculation? And how do you know they'll put a lot of effort into it and won't kill it before its started like Gladiators?
The thing about going to Sky is Sky renew shows year to year and aren't loyal to their shows. The series a show under performs is the year its gone. And even if it rates well sometimes they give their shows the boot anyway. So if it went to Sky now there would be a real danger it would only last one or two series'.
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I know someone who works for Endemol, who has given me lots of kosher info in the past. It's not just Sky who are interested - the BBC are too. That would be a major coup, but they have to be careful as they're publicly funded.
Whoever takes it (and someone will, for sure), they'd be hard pushed to make a bigger mess of it than C4 have this past three years.