[happybbfan]

my family have gone out,the neibours have taken cover and i am beyond belief as yet.Confirmation about this would be good asap.Channel 5 RIP BIG BROTHER

[DigitalSid]

Just e-mailed the woman who wrote the article, she's not sure whether the youtube thing is a live feed, C5 wouldn't go into detail, but she said she's going to speak to YouTube and see what she can find out.

[Glenn.]

Have Channel 5 themselves confirmed this or has it just been taken from the article. There isn't any confirmation other than the article. DS is only reporting this because of the article. There's no solid ground to the story.

[happybbfan]

Originally Posted by Glenn

Have Channel 5 themselves confirmed this or has it just been taken from the article. There isn't any confirmation other than the article. DS is only reporting this because of the article. There's no solid ground to the story.

I agree but lets face it tho it doesnt look good.Silence is not golden.need C5 to confirm something

[Harry!]

''App's'' SELL OUT TO TEENS. NOT HARDCORE AUDIENCE.

[keithafc]

Good news. LF = OVERRATED.

[Stu]

Originally Posted by keithafc

Good news. LF = OVERRATED.

Regardless of your own personal opinion how on this or any other planet is it good news?

[keithafc]

Originally Posted by Stu

Regardless of your own personal opinion how on this or any other planet is it good news?

They can create story lines easier without people perhaps knowing the full story. Throw in some quality housemates, people who love an argument and it could be good. I don't want to know what they are eating or what time they go to take a piss.

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by keithafc

They can create story lines easier without people perhaps knowing the full story. Throw in some quality housemates, people who love an argument and it could be good. I don't want to know what they are eating or what time they go to take a piss.

This is the problem...

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Originally Posted by keithafc

They can create story lines easier without people perhaps knowing the full story. Throw in some quality housemates, people who love an argument and it could be good. I don't want to know what they are eating or what time they go to take a piss.

The concept of Big Brother is that they are being watched by us 24/7 which obviously now we are unable to therefor killing the whole uniqueness of the show.

Pretty much every other country have the live feed.

And we dont want to watch the producers "creating" a story its supposed to be REALITY tv so we want to know the full story. Perhaps you are happy with being spoon fed innacurate events and stories in the house but us hardcore fans want to judge the housemates for ourselves.

[bb12]

Bravo Speech daniel_lewis 5 Stars ;-)

[keithafc]

Originally Posted by daniel-lewis-1985

The concept of Big Brother is that they are being watched by us 24/7 which obviously now we are unable to therefor killing the whole uniqueness of the show.

Pretty much every other country have the live feed.

And we dont want to watch the producers "creating" a story its supposed to be REALITY tv so we want to know the full story. Perhaps you are happy with being spoon fed innacurate events and stories in the house but us hardcore fans want to judge the housemates for ourselves.

Its not reality tv is it though. Its characters thrown into a house and living with stangers for 24/7.

[keithafc]

roughly three and a half million people were watching Big Brother every night of the week at the end of it's run.

You talking about the last series? Well that is obvious. Everyone was told it was the end, more people tuned in. Give it a run of 2-3 years straight and the ratings will drop again. The LF doesn't make a great deal of difference to the quality of the TV show.

[Stu]

Originally Posted by keithafc

You talking about the last series? Well that is obvious. Everyone was told it was the end, more people tuned in. Give it a run of 2-3 years straight and the ratings will drop again. The LF doesn't make a great deal of difference to the quality of the TV show.

Without live feed it won't get a run of two to three years.

I'm well aware that it doesn't change the content or quality of the highlight shows but you are blatantly ignoring the multiple positive effects it has on the format. It's like you've just started mouthing off without reading a single post.

I feel for you if you think last years only rated well because people were told it was the last one. I seriously doubt all those extra people tuned in just because of that. And even if we go back a year 2.5 million is still an absurdly fantastic audience to a pit like Channel 5.

They could have a great run with it. But taking out a core show component and pissing off your loyal fanbase isin't the best way to start. It's a big loss for the product, will harm it's press coverage potential and it's being done for seemingly no good reason. Live feed is easy to put out. And best of all? If you think it's a bit shit you don't have to watch it.

[keithafc]

Originally Posted by Stu

Without live feed it won't get a run of two to three years.

I'm well aware that it doesn't change the content or quality of the highlight shows but you are blatantly ignoring the multiple positive effects it has on the format. It's like you've just started mouthing off without reading a single post.

I feel for you if you think last years only rated well because people were told it was the last one. I seriously doubt all those extra people tuned in just because of that. And even if we go back a year 2.5 million is still an absurdly fantastic audience to a pit like Channel 5.

They could have a great run with it. But taking out a core show component and pissing off your loyal fanbase isin't the best way to start. It's a big loss for the product, will harm it's press coverage potential and it's being done for seemingly no good reason. Live feed is easy to put out. And best of all? If you think it's a bit shit you don't have to watch it.

Ok, you are probably a bigger fan than me of the show in general and probably do know more about BBs history in general. But why downgrade the standards of the show of what it used to have and just accept ratings like that? If it isn't at a high level, why bother? It is like just being happy to have it, than not having it at all.

[Stu]

Originally Posted by keithafc

Ok, you are probably a bigger fan than me of the show in general and probably do know more about BBs history in general. But why downgrade the standards of the show of what it used to have and just accept ratings like that? If it isn't at a high level, why bother? It is like just being happy to have it, than not having it at all.

Who is downgrading the standards of the show? If the feed has no impact on highlight shows then the ratings have even less of an impact. 2008 and 2009 were two of the best summers ever in my opinion and the ratings were on a serious downward curve.

I don't understand terms like 'why accept ratings like that' and 'why bother'. It's not getting the supershow ratings it once garnered oh say half a decade ago but like I've explained they are still fantastic ratings network execs would sell their mothers down the river for.

By your logic it would have been pointless accepting the show after it's final creative and commercial peak in 2006 and yet here I am glad I stuck around. I want it to rate well but at the end of the day I just want to watch the damn thing.

[keithafc]

Originally Posted by Stu

Who is downgrading the standards of the show? If the feed has no impact on highlight shows then the ratings have even less of an impact. 2008 and 2009 were two of the best summers ever in my opinion and the ratings were on a serious downward curve.

I don't understand terms like 'why accept ratings like that' and 'why bother'. It's not getting the supershow ratings it once garnered oh say half a decade ago but like I've explained they are still fantastic ratings network execs would sell their mothers down the river for.

By your logic it would have been pointless accepting the show after it's final creative and commercial peak in 2006 and yet here I am glad I stuck around. I want it to rate well but at the end of the day I just want to watch the damn thing.

Iv actually heard people say it should of stopped then and taken a rest and then come back after a few years.

[Tony1111]

I'll watch it but I'm skeptic. I expect it to be obviously heavily editted.

[Rob]

Being a freeview watcher i did series 8,9,10 and the CBB's in between with out LF, i can do it again, roll on BB!

[o8kawasaki89]

Thats Crap! I wouldn't be surprise this because of editing & post productions reasons!

[AJ.]

Seriously won't watch a minute if there's no live feed!

I don't think they would be that stupid though surely there will be an online feed at the least.

[Josy]

This is bad news we need live feed!

[michael21]

Originally Posted by Josy

This is bad news we need live feed!

there will be live fees on channel5 channels

[DigitalSid]

Got a few e-mails back.

Jeff Ford says they haven't decided,
Peter Dyke says they have and will tell us soon,
Jessica Davies who wrote the NMA article says there will be a TV feed (I think she's assuming that because they usually do) but not an online feed.

[BigBroSite]

Originally Posted by DigitalSid

Got a few e-mails back.

Jeff Ford says they haven't decided,
Peter Dyke says they have and will tell us soon,
Jessica Davies who wrote the NMA article says there will be a TV feed (I think she's assuming that because they usually do) but not an online feed.

Hmm quite positive. I'm also getting word that it could only be the on-line feed that's been axed.

So we might get the TV feed afterall!