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Originally Posted by Harry!
Here is what I sent to channel 4.
Dear Channel 4.
I am a member of Big Brother forum www.thisisbigbrother.com and we are delighted that Live Feed is back for the last series of Big Brother.
We have heard that you are offering free passes for the first 1000 people who sign up to be able to use live feed on your website.
As we are a established Big Brother forum is there a chance that you could offer some members free passes as a tribute for all of our dedication to the program.
Members of ThisisBigBrother.com would be more then happy if some members would be able to have access to the live feed for free as we would appreciate channel 4 more and continue to watch your programs in the future.
It does not say at all that I/we 'Really do not want to pay'. And yes in the message I sent to channel 4 I did exaggerate some of what I had said. But there is alot of truth in that message I sent to channel 4. |
That's well put actually, and apologies if I was a bit short with you - a quick search through your posting history shows you've been as vocal about the live feed here as some people at Digital Spy.
I do think they would have been better off at least offering some of the 1000 free passes through various fansites and forums - in the US they give several websites around 10 passes each to give away, but on the other hand give away far fewer passes in total than C4 is offering. The £450 spent on the free passes today is quite insignificant when you look at the overall budget - but the £15,000 the 1000 free passes are worth is a pretty massive giveaway, although of course also a marketing strategy to try and get people to sign up early.