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Old 23-08-2010, 07:11 PM #47
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Originally Posted by daniel-lewis-1985 View Post
It did not get cancelled because of ratings lol.

The contract was up in 2010 anyway.

Show me a statement from Channell 4 where it states the show was cancelled because of ratings
Surely, if viewing figures were in the 5m range, with sponsors queuing up to part with millions of pounds, advertisers willing to pay £1k/sec and voters numbering in the millions (as in BB5), C4 would NOT be cancelling BB .....

The cost :

http://entertainment.timesonline.co....cle6810455.ece

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Kevin Lygo, Channel 4’s director of television, used the channel’s autumn season launch to announce that he had decided not to renew a £60 million-a-year deal with Endemol, the programme’s production company, when it expires next year.

Amid an ongoing debate over the future of public service broadcasting, and renewed appeals by Channel 4 for help to fill a predicted £150 million funding gap, the move to dump Big Brother is being seen by many as a convenient political move to bolster the broadcaster’s public image.

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