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Originally Posted by daniel-lewis-1985
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
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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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