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Originally Posted by mathews220

I don't understand why all you idiots are jumping on the band wagon insisting this doesn't bode well for BB's future. I don't get it. At the end of the day, Endemol is a business, with Big Brother being their most popular and export, ITV wouldn't just cut it because they don't like it. Besides which, there is no information to suggest anything would happen to BB, Deal or No Deal or any other gameshow. It's ridiculous assumption based on no real evidence.

Where does it say Big Brother will be affected. It's simply a buy-out of a debt ridden company which would actually do nothing but good for the company (and even possibly Big Brother).

It's troubling news because it shows how much trouble the company is in and it's future is going to be a turbulent and unstable one. I believe the contract with Channel 5 is only for 2 years with an option of increasing it for 5, it's possible that new owners of Endemol will be far less inclined to increase that contract; it's a show that most in the mainstream media considered dead in the water and they might want to focus on other shows more, in recent years Deal or no Deal has proven more successful than BB.

And don't call people idiots.