[iRyan]

Originally Posted by Samuel.

Yeah same. People make a big fuss about it, and I miss it too, but I don't imagine it has had much of an impact on viewing figures. It's mostly the casual viewers that have moved on from Big Brother, very few of which would have ever watched the live feed anyway.

It's probably not worth their while to go through the trouble. I don't think it's as easy as hitting a switch and hey presto.

Big Brother 10 and Big Brother 12 were the only series without a live feed.
They both also happened to be the two lowest rated series.
Coincidence or not? I don't think it is.

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Originally Posted by iRyan

Big Brother 10 and Big Brother 12 were the only series without a live feed.
They both also happened to be the two lowest rated series.
Coincidence or not? I don't think it is.

But BB10 did have a few hours a day and overnight lf no?

I would have killed for that this year.

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by iRyan

Big Brother 10 and Big Brother 12 were the only series without a live feed.
They both also happened to be the two lowest rated series.
Coincidence or not? I don't think it is.

How many more viewers did BB11 get? Because only 80,000 signed up for Live Feed last year, that's a very small chunk of the viewing figures

[mitch6690r]

Originally Posted by MTVN

How many more viewers did BB11 get? Because only 80,000 signed up for Live Feed last year, that's a very small chunk of the viewing figures

You're an idiot. The reason why having a live feed boosts viewing ratings is because it provides media outlets with news that they can publish, regarding the house happenings. This media attention acts as advertising, in a way, encouraging people to watch the daily show that night (or the next day) to see it all unfold.

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by mitch6690r

You're an idiot. The reason why having a live feed boosts viewing ratings is because it provides media outlets with news that they can publish, regarding the house happenings. This media attention acts as advertising, in a way, encouraging people to watch the daily show that night (or the next day) to see it all unfold.

Well the Star is the only national newspaper now that gives daily coverage of Big Brother, but besides, any media outlet - be it a paper, website etc. - could still publish news about what's happening in the house by the Facebook clips that were posted. For all the criticism of them, and yes I know they're no replacement for Live Feed, but they did always show us a few events of interest that would have otherwise gone unseen

[starry]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Well the Star is the only national newspaper now that gives daily coverage of Big Brother, but besides, any media outlet - be it a paper, website etc. - could still publish news about what's happening in the house by the Facebook clips that were posted. For all the criticism of them, and yes I know they're no replacement for Live Feed, but they did always show us a few events of interest that would have otherwise gone unseen

Newspapers, who cares about them? There's something called the internet and that is what Big Brother feeds upon and has for years. CH5's efforts on the internet and treatment of fans there was pathetic, an internet stream and decent up to the minute web coverage is essential for Big Brother. Compared to what CH4 did their efforts have been very cheap.