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Originally Posted by Marsh.
Because SHOCK HORROR, it requires more than pushing a button.
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It doesn't. You have the thing on a delay (30 minutes if need be) and you silence any problematic stuff. If it was any more problematic than that why would so many other countries have the live coverage including multiple feeds in some cases. All you need is one or two people who understand the legal issues and one person who knows how to cut anything that needs to be cut out.
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Again, I don't need to know the cost or the viewers.
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Yes, you do. If you're going to make a convincing case.
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The fact it was axed due to low figures tells me that. Why else was it not reinstated? As Jeff Ford said they felt the money would be better spent elsewhere as the viewers just weren't interested in live feed anymore.
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Yes and he proved himself an idiot on that. Jeff Ford consistently showed himself to not understand the show and what was most important to it. He believed the money was better spent on the twitter updates and facebook. That tells you everything you need to know about the fool.
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You and a few others still being passionate about it doesn't change that fact.
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It's the only thing people have complained about since it moved to Channel 5. So it's not just a few of us.
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Yes and, unfortunately, not enough of them are interested when it comes to live feed on the website. Thus it was axed.
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The 24/7 coverage has never been tried on the website. It had 2 hours at 7 pm on Channel 5 against soaps and it had 2 hours at midnight. The fact is with a 24/7 feed anyone who visits the site would be watching it at some point during the day and in doing so getting more involved with the characters and the show. As Phil Edgar Jones stated "I wonder if we'd had the live feed in there, would more people have got connected and passionate about it."
It is also important from a trust point of view. As the exec producer of BB Canada correctly pointed out... The Live feeds keep the show honest. And if any version of Big Brother has lost the trust of the viewers it must be this one.