[Jodie.]

[Nicky91]

this has me excited

[Jodie.]

[Rob!]

So Channel 5 don't really give two ****es about how BB19 does then.

[reece(:]

Originally Posted by Rob!

So Channel 5 don't really give two ****es about how BB19 does then.

Hopefully this means it’ll be good and back to basics

[Mystic Mock]

Big Brother needs to be taken in by Sky or Netflix as they'd be more willing to take BB back to basics I reckon.

[Morgan.]

I really don't understand if this is good or bad. What does 'in its current form' mean I'm confused

[Morgan.]

At first I thought switching to BBUSA style but the way it's worded makes me think they're axing it.

[Jodie.]

Originally Posted by reece(:

Hopefully this means it’ll be good and back to basics

Well I READ that this year was all about marketing the format to other broadcasters to make it more appealing. That sounds like to me for BB19 they will do anything possible to do what the fans want so it gets a lot of positivity

[LaLaLand]

This could be an amazing thing tbh.

[zakman440]

Really hoping Endemol pull it out the bag this summer, but less funding for the show when there are already cutbacks is definitely NOT the way forward. Have said it before, but it’s time for BB to find a new (digital) home - C5 just isn’t cutting the mustard anymore.

[Jodie.]

Didn’t Broadcast say that C5 were considering paying less for the show a few months ago? Now it’s true, I’m guessing the other things they’ve said are true (if it stays then civvy will be entirely axed or much shorter again) so I actually hope Endemol dont stay with C5

[BBDodge]

Good - the show will be back next year
Bad - it's still with a network that doesn't cherish it (they just can't find anything else to replace it)

[Greg!]

Sell ha to Netflix, C5 is trash

[zakman440]

Here’s the full Broadcast article for anyone who’s interested:

Reality show will not return in its current form, vows Frow

Big Brother will not return to Channel 5 “in its current form”, freeing up a pot of money to pump into the nations and regions, Ben Frow has declared.

Speaking at the inaugural Creative Cities Convention, the director of programmes said audiences should not expect to see the same version of the long-running reality format if it is to stay on C5 after 2018.

C5 has two series of the Initial format left to air this year under its current three-year contract with Endemol Shine, but the parties have yet to agree a future deal.

Frow and Endemol Shine UK chief executive Richard Johnston have been in long-running negotiations about the format’s future, understood to hinge on its £40m-a-year cost.

Frow confirmed that the broadcaster will “not be spending the same amount of money” on the format and said: “The ball is in Endemol Shine’s court”.

C5 currently airs three series of Big Brother a year - one civilian series and two celebrity ones - which occupy 110 primetime hours of its schedule.

One possible outcome is for C5 to commission a reduced order of the format – potentially scaling back the hours to air just the celebrity versions or a shortened run of the civilian series. In 2017, the two versions cumulatively occupied more than 100 of the channel’s key 9pm and 10pm slots.

The programmes chief said money that is freed up from a cheaper Big Brother will benefit regional indies as part of the broadcaster’s push to commission more hours outside of London.

In February, Frow invited indies to pitch successors to the reality show. The Viacom-owned channel anticipates ordering a range of original shows rather than a single like-for-like replacement and is understood to have upped its tariff as part of the potential commissioning surplus.

Any decisions regarding the future of the show will have to be made by late summer if C5 is to maintain its scheduling strategy of airing a celebrity version in January.

Big Brother has suffered a steady decline since it moved to C5 in 2011. January’s celebrity version entertained an average of 2 million (7.7%), down from 2.4 million (9%) the previous year and well below the high of 3.1 million (11.3%) recorded in 2015.

However, the format remains a lynchpin of C5’s schedule, accounting for 20 of the channel’s top 25 most-watched shows of 2017.

Its performance among younger viewers is just as crucial: almost a third of the latest run’s audience were aged 16-34, against an average of 17%, while the series captured more than three times the channel’s usual share of 25-34s.

Endemol is understood to have begun its own contingency planning in the event that C5 retires the series.

The producer is thought to have been approached by several OTT players about the potential for picking up the format, with Netflix known to be seeking its version of a reality show.

https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/chann...128622.article

[Greg!]

If they had any sense they'd axe summer CBB

[Jason.]

Axe it entirely.

[Jack_]

Well...dare I say it?

Originally Posted by Blurryface

I really don't understand if this is good or bad. What does 'in its current form' mean I'm confused

Basically C5 and Ben Frow are calling Endemol's bluff and saying 'we don't like it as it is, either change it or it's a no'

[Jason.]

Originally Posted by Jack_

Well...dare I say it? '

Start and I'm warning you now

[BBUK-Fan]

Just axe summer CBB to save money

[BBUK-Fan]

Ben Frow doesn’t want other channel’s programmes

[Barry.]

Netflix will make it into a USA style Big Brother.

[Greg!]

Originally Posted by Jack_

Well...dare I say it?



Basically C5 and Ben Frow are calling Endemol's bluff and saying 'we don't like it as it is, either change it or it's a no'

Don't think they're bothered about the format, they want it to change in a way that will save them money (for example axing the normal version)

[BBUK-Fan]

I don’t want Netflix to get it because it’ll end up being USA format

[BBUK-Fan]

I’d love BB19 to be a hit