[Shasown]

Its quite simple Channel 4 run with it for a while then extended the original commission (contract), they are a commercial tv program so they decided looking to the future, it had just about run out of steam. so they decided not to recommission.

Idf another program offers Endemol uk sufficient funds they will continue to make it. However most of Endemols programs are big money makers for little production costs, BB is one of the more expensive to produce.

Now BB comes as a package, there is the daily humerous update (BBLB) theres the highlight show(recap of main points for the previous day) and there is some live feed. It all costs. Endemol like good money returns, a lot of the returns come in, in the form of sponsorship(dreams, Lucozade) some comes in the bidding for advertisement space just before during and just after the programs.

Because of the commitment in time to any station thinking of airing the program, they have to have a guarantee of return, at the moment BB technically is on a downer as opposed to the first few series where big money was guaranteed.

TV stations arent willing to gamble on it. Not unless some big money sponsor comes forwards and backs it.

Thats the facts in a nutshell, no amount of petitions either online or offline will bring it back, its simply down to money.