[Beetlejuice]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Not to mention the feed for the housemates in a secret room does not require all of the filtering/monitoring/costs that a public feed would require. They don't just click a button and that's it forever.

Internet feed would require less regulation. And how bloody hard can it be to get a couple of people who know what they're doing to push a button when need be?

Live feed does not get enough viewers to justify the cost.

You keep saying this but (1) you have no idea how many viewers it gets (something that would be impossible to measure with the 24/7 feed anyway) and (2) you have no idea what the cost actually is. Another problem (3) is that there is the cost of not having it and the lack of immediacy and interest hardcore fans now feel as a result which ultimately damages the viability of the product as a whole.

BB14 had higher viewers but still nowhere near a justifiable rating for the live feed to be cost efficient or anywhere near the reason for an increase in ratings.

This is pure speculation on your part as you have no idea how much it costs nor can any of us know exactly what the reason for the ratings increase was. Furthermore, there are ways of cutting costs with other things to pay for the feed, and if need be you could have a subscription charge. Only this time, unlike with BB11, create a website and fill it with features that actually justify any charge.

The ratings increase wasn't significant in anyway, it's tiny.

It's significant by the standards of Channel 5.

That's the last thing I'll say now as we're going in circles.

We are, but it's clear that the vast majority of the complaints on forums, fan sites and on twitter are to do with the live feed the lack of which harms the show considerably regardless of how many viewing figures it gets at any particular time. A great website with that at the heart of it would help the show, it would get more people visiting the site, and it would earn them the good will of those who continue to watch but who had been ready to give up on it. Which I'm sure they will if next year carries on the same as before (if there even is a next year)