[Omah]

Originally Posted by mathews220

Can you please attempt to speak in full sentences or not at all.

Surely you mean "Will" ?

[Kizzy]

Come on omar...leave the guy be, we have arista speaking in haikus and big text to get their point across...It can get very annoying.

[Jack_]

From the other thread:

I'm sorry but it's not even a debate about whether it's 'worth it' or not, it's a fundamental, basic element of the format of Big Brother. If every country, even the poorest, has 24/7 live feed available for their Big Brother, there is absolutely no excuses why we can't have it here. It's just embarrassing and a total mockery of the premise of the show.

It doesn't differentiate itself from other similar reality TV shows anymore, it can so easily be compared to the likes of TOWIE, Made In Chelsea, I'm A Celebrity etc, when just a few years ago it was the daddy of all reality TV. Now, as some people say (including myself) - it's just another TV show.

There are no cons to having live feed, it's all advantages. There is no possible way you can properly get to know a bunch of housemates with 48 minutes of condensed footage a night. There's no way you can get as 'into' the show as you could before, as much as I still watched last year I could quite easily have missed a few and not been bothered. Like I said, it was just another TV show that I watch.

C5 have taken the format and shat all over it. You cannot justify not providing a 24/7 live feed service, even on a paid subscription when many are willing to fork out for it. It is essential, that is what Big Brother is and always has been - being able to watch them 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Without that, it is not Big Brother. And they can create just about any storyline and narrative they wish, and none of us would have a ****ing clue.

[Omah]

Originally Posted by kizzy

Come on omar...leave the guy be, we have arista speaking in haikus and big text to get their point across...It can get very annoying.

kizzy ..... as the adorable Twiggy once said : "Please get my name right" .....

[Jake.]

I have personally never bothered with live feed, so it doesn't affect me. However, that said, it is a fundamental part of the show and most clearly want it. Hopefully CH5 get there act together.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Omah

kizzy ..... as the adorable Twiggy once said : "Please get my name right" .....

Oops...sorry fella, omah

[Scotty07]

Yes live feed is very important. Hate having to wait a day to see some new footage and even then I know it's a day old and I already know what's happened, so frustrating. With live feed you're really getting to know every housemate properly and really know for sure who you like and who you don't, it was like living with them only being invisible. Even if not much was happening, always the possiblity of something happening seconds later, even if it's just something funny that a housemate said or did.

When those great moments happened unexpectedly too like big arguments, it was wonderful because they'd sometimes go on for hours and I'd already be looking foward to watching it again on tomorrow's highlights show and seeing how they were going to edit it into fifty plus minutes. For me the highlights was always just an added bonus and now it's all we have, what they feel like showing us or nothing.

[iRyan]

Originally Posted by Jack_

From the other thread:

I'm sorry but it's not even a debate about whether it's 'worth it' or not, it's a fundamental, basic element of the format of Big Brother. If every country, even the poorest, has 24/7 live feed available for their Big Brother, there is absolutely no excuses why we can't have it here. It's just embarrassing and a total mockery of the premise of the show.

It doesn't differentiate itself from other similar reality TV shows anymore, it can so easily be compared to the likes of TOWIE, Made In Chelsea, I'm A Celebrity etc, when just a few years ago it was the daddy of all reality TV. Now, as some people say (including myself) - it's just another TV show.

There are no cons to having live feed, it's all advantages. There is no possible way you can properly get to know a bunch of housemates with 48 minutes of condensed footage a night. There's no way you can get as 'into' the show as you could before, as much as I still watched last year I could quite easily have missed a few and not been bothered. Like I said, it was just another TV show that I watch.

C5 have taken the format and shat all over it. You cannot justify not providing a 24/7 live feed service, even on a paid subscription when many are willing to fork out for it. It is essential, that is what Big Brother is and always has been - being able to watch them 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Without that, it is not Big Brother. And they can create just about any storyline and narrative they wish, and none of us would have a ****ing clue.

I agree.

I mean, i've watched every series of BBUK without a live feed except for BB11 (and tbh it was quite boring and CONSTANTLY censored) and been perfectly fine - but I totally understand why it upsets people there is no live feed now. If there were no live feed for BBUS, I definitely would stop watching. It IS pretty ridiculous that BBUK is the only Big Brother in the entire world without a live feed. However, I do have a feeling it's due to ratings. I mean didn't they say they got rid of the live feed in BB10 because of BB9's ratings or something?

But still, I don't understand why they can't at least do a night-time feed like they did for BB10.

[joeysteele]

I rarely watched live feed anyway, didn't have the time but I take the point that in only edited highlights, we see what they want us to see and some housemates can be edited favourably and others not so, some hardly get seen at all without the live feed.

The majority,a good one too of BB fans,past and present, all prefer it with live feed and so I would come down on the side that it is important and it should be a part of BB again.
I do also believe, BB series on Channel 5 would be a great deal more successful with live feed definately.