[*mazedsalv**]

A poster on DS emailed him (Jeff Ford's replacement) what will happen, and he stated that there will be Live Feed on 5* every night. I hope that's true, but depends how long for. Probably only for an hour. If it was from 11pm until the morning, and then a couple of hours in the afternoon, it would be as close as we can go I guess!

At least it's a step in the right direction

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showt...1#post65241764

[Black Dagger]

If it's true, I'm happyish, going in the right direction, would I like more? Obviously.

[InOne]

Still not enough. All or nothing I say. The live feed they've given us so far feels manipulated and it's always when an 'event' is going on.

[*mazedsalv**]

Originally Posted by InOne

Still not enough. All or nothing I say. The live feed they've given us so far feels manipulated and it's always when an 'event' is going on.

Guess it's something. I would LOVE for them to do it online. I would buy that. They would get a lot of money for it.

[InOne]

Originally Posted by *mazedsalv**

Guess it's something. I would LOVE for them to do it online. I would buy that. They would get a lot of money for it.

Yeah the online one was good, I got quite addicted to it LOL made a terrible series better.

I just hate all we get is bits and bats of live feed and they make out it's a big deal. Like when Brian used to pull a stupid face and go "It's back", it should just be a part of BB.

[Patrick]

Originally Posted by InOne

Still not enough. All or nothing I say. The live feed they've given us so far feels manipulated and it's always when an 'event' is going on.

This. Especially with CBB11.

[Jack_]

If we get 8 hours overnight I will worship this man forever this is a step in the right direction

One hour would be alright, but teasing.

[Jack_]

Hang on though, I think we should take this with a pinch of salt for now because that poster has two posts and there's no screenshot of this email.

[*mazedsalv**]

Originally Posted by Jack_

Hang on though, I think we should take this with a pinch of salt for now because that poster has two posts and there's no screenshot of this email.

One thing to do; one of us should email Ben Frow and see what he replies. But ask politely I would say My email doesn't work at the moment

What is this dudes email?

[*mazedsalv**]

Originally Posted by Sawyer

What is this dudes email?

ben.frow@channel5.com

[BigBrotherfan4ever]

I suppose if true, it's a step in the right direction.

[emmetmcl]

Overnight feed would be great, but Id like to see a screenshot first.

[BigBrotherfan4ever]

Originally Posted by emmetmcl

Overnight feed would be great, but Id like to see a screenshot first.

Me too

[Patrick]

TBH guys I would urge you all to email him - I just did, unfortunately I didn't emphasize the importance of LONG Live Feed, as I didn't see this thread.

If anyone would like to see my email, here it is:

Spoiler:

Hello there,

I would just like to express my views to you on the upcoming series of Big Brother this Summer, firstly I'm personally delighted that you have replaced Jeff Ford as director of programming on Channel 5 - as a long term Big Brother fan, I felt that he didn't connect with the core fan base the show has and lead to very poor leadership and production when it came to overseeing the franchise as a whole since it's move to the channel in 2011.

I'm eager to express my interest to you, on behalf of thousands upon thousands of Big Brother fans across the country - to seriously consider taking the show back to it's roots. I understand wholeheartedly that you (along with the production team of Big Brother) need to ensure that shows stay modern and up to date - but stripping it of vital components such as, the live streaming, isn't the right way to go about achieving high viewing figures when it comes to television ratings.

There is nothing more disappointing for us fans, than to see our favourite show perform poorly in the ratings, and this could simply change with the re-installation of live streaming. (Whether that be through online feeds or a red button option)

Jeff Ford had previously made the statement numerous times that live feed for Big Brother was 'unnecessary' in these times, as fans are more interested in the 'social media' aspect of the show.
I can tell you from a fan's perspective, and a long standing member of several Big Brother fan groups from the show begun, this is not the case - people are more interested in watching the housemates, rather than reading what they are doing on Twitter or Facebook.

Statistics prove everything aswell. The 10th series of Big Brother on Channel 4, pulled in a series average of 2.5m viewers, which at the time was the lowest in the show's history.
Without a doubt, the one and only factor to the ratings falling in 2009, was because Channel 4 decided to axe the live streaming, by 2010 - they had realised their vital mistake, and reinstalled the live streaming, and by the end of that Summer, the 11th series of Big Brother averaged at 3.2m viewers, this is no coincidence.

If you want to create a successful Big Brother series, there are alot of different factors that must be addressed - however, the most important, is the live feed.

So I ask you, once again on behalf of all Big Brother fans - please reconsider the importance of a live streaming for the 14th series of Big Brother.

Thanks for your time, hopefully I hear back from you in due course.


- Patrick

Still though, the more people flood this guys inbox with messages like that - only speaking about 24hr Live Feed, the better. Because I don't want them thinking they can shut us up by giving us 45 minutes of live streaming a night, that's pathetic. Plus I hate 5*, the quality is just horrendous. ew.

I'm getting abit picky now But still.

[Petershaw1984]

Was just gunna post this. As said its a start and a step in the right direction. Hopefully woth emma at the helm we could go back to the glory days of davina esque live feed big brother

[lukee]

emailed

[DigitalSid]

Try not to spam guys, he's a busy man, if we annoy him, he'll be less inclined to listen. happybbfan on DS emailed him a few days ago and I emailed him this afternoon, there's more chance of a reply if you leave it at a slow, steady stream of requests than if we forum lobby. Send any further e-mails to channel 5, not Ben.

[JohnnyBB]

Originally Posted by DigitalSid

Try not to spam guys, he's a busy man, if we annoy him, he'll be less inclined to listen. happybbfan on DS emailed him a few days ago and I emailed him this afternoon, there's more chance of a reply if you leave it at a slow, steady stream of requests than if we forum lobby. Send any further e-mails to channel 5, not Ben.

sid the person who picked the phone up was a kid, somones takeing the piss.

[DigitalSid]

Originally Posted by JohnnyBB

sid the person who picked the phone up was a kid, somones takeing the piss.

I'm referring to the requests for Ben's email address since. TIBB has a habbit of not thinking these through and bombarding people till their fed up of hearing about it and in no mood to sympathise with us. Jeff Ford used to reply personally to our questions about it, people cottoned on here and within weeks we were all being forwarded to some C5 bod because of people here all jumping on the band wagon, we've given him our opinion, now let's wait and see what he says.

[oathbreaker]

Originally Posted by DigitalSid

Try not to spam guys, he's a busy man, if we annoy him, he'll be less inclined to listen. happybbfan on DS emailed him a few days ago and I emailed him this afternoon, there's more chance of a reply if you leave it at a slow, steady stream of requests than if we forum lobby. Send any further e-mails to channel 5, not Ben.

Agree totally.
only 1 email I sent off got the reply and wont trouble the guy again.
He does seem very nice and replied quickly.

I just wonder if the person who posted on DS had the same message about keeping quiet until they inform the press of the setup?

its the main reason I didn't publish his email on Twitter because he did ask not to publish the email or its content and I didn't want to piss him off.

[*mazedsalv**]

This was the email that the poster got...

There will be a live feed each night on 5*…


Ben Frow

Director of Programming


The Northern & Shell Building

Number 10 Lower Thames Street, London EC3R 6EN



www.five.tv

[JohnnyBB]

Originally Posted by *mazedsalv**

This was the email that the poster got...

M 07711055573

Has Anyone Rang His Mobile.

[Headie]

Originally Posted by JohnnyBB

Has Anyone Rang His Mobile.

[Glenn.]

Originally Posted by JohnnyBB

Has Anyone Rang His Mobile.