[bananarama]

If any one is interested in trying to get rid of those E4 text messages I have discovered from another forum an official petition web site that has been organised.

I have signed. Hope some of you will too. bananarama.

http://www.petitiononline.com/bbe4tb/petition.html

[Mairi]

Thanks, Bananarama. I've just signed this. So far, there are only 43 signatures, though. We need a lot more than that!!

[Amy]

I've signed although i got a message up on there today did any one see it? It still annoys the hell out of me! come on people sign on the dotted line!

[peachy]

i've signed it, don't suppose it will do any good though. They are obviously going to make an absolute fortune from these stupid messages.

Don't send any!

[Amy]

Originally posted by peachy
i've signed it, don't suppose it will do any good though. They are obviously going to make an absolute fortune from these stupid messages.

Don't send any!

But mine said Hi to all here Last one though i want the ticker gone

[Mairi]

Originally posted by Amy
But mine said Hi to all here

Aaw, that was sweet of you, Amy. I'm sorry I missed it but thank you, anyway.

[bbceleb1]

Hi all
I just signed the petiton they have to go because there sooo annoying! and its difficult to get pictures!

[steve_o]

I've signed it, there's 68 sigs now.

[bananarama]

Thanks all. It's gone up to 77 now. It's only been up and running for an hour or so......Apparently. Last night after midnight was awful I just had to give up trying to find a time when they were not there and went to bed. Tried this morning at 7-30 and they were still there. Just switched on again and at first they had gone now they are back again along with dips in the sound.

If you know of any other BB forum links please pass on the petition link to them or any news groups you may know of.

I am beginning to think BB is over for me this year. I feel like doing a Sandy and going over the wall so to speak I have really really had enough of this rubbish coverage by E4.

For me following BB via the update shows only is not enough as you can't really see the into their souls with only a 24 minute showing each day (After adverts).

I am struggling to keep a sense of humour and stay on board but oh boy I am struggling.

[Maggie]

I've signed it too, but where money making is concerned, with BB, I don't see us having much success grrrrrrrrr

[sweetlittlesara]

The banner really doesnt bother me at all. You can ignore it and just look at the top part of the screen??

[steve_o]

Just why do they have to ruin it for people, they can't seem to get anything right. I think sadly to say that e4's run by a bunch of amateurs on work experience or something. I've got an image of some arrogant little git sitting on a swinging chair with his feet up on the desk enjoying the argro he's causing, because who ever designed that strap on the bottom of the screen taking up half a screen is a moron. If they don't at least try to make it smaller, we'll know what there little game is. ITV did it with celeb survivor but at least it was half decent with the money from the txts going to charity. I think anyway??

[steve_o]

P.S. If people didnt txt the thing as well they wouldn't have one, think on! Dont fall for the corporate greed.

[Princess Pink Pants]

Calm down people, at least you've got E4!

[Maggie]

Your right steve and it was at least a lot smaller on ITV, so easier to ignore

[bananarama]

Calm down people, at least you've got E4!

If you don't have E4 you are not missing anything this year. At the moment I have just been looking at the text messages combined with the chicken coop and when anything interesting is being talked about the sound goes. If E4 was the only sat channel I was interested in I would have cancell my subscription ASAP

[steve_o]

Originally posted by PPP

Calm down people, at least you've got E4!

Yea but we pay our licence fees blar blar blar Our subscription fees to sky for the channel blar blar blar they get revenue for advertising blar blar blar then they make more dosh from crap txt messages written by and spoken by 5 year olds. Sorry but it stinks

[dustmite]

I suppose this is where I have to admit I spend all my time when I watch e4, to watching the two streams via e4 Interactive. The size of the stream's don't bother me, and even better, the chances are if both of the feeds are in the same area if one sound-dips the other probably hasn't. I'm certainly not complaining, though these housemates, particularly Gos, seem to have an addiction to a particular four letter word beginning with 'F'. Sigh.

This all said, when I'm not watching via e4-interactive, the bar absolutly drives me stir crazy (not that I'm already crazy...). However I guess, at the end of the day, we do have to accept that BB costs x amount of money to stage each year and as Endermol, Channel Four Television Corporation and 4 Ventures Limited are companies, money making is going to be one of the priorities for them. If C4 and e4 decided to broadcast a show for non-profit reasons, or just to please the hard-core fans, it would prove an hurrendously expensive mistake. But I'm not showing pro-bar bias... we just happen to live in a capitalist world, and we have to admit that we're watching a commercial television network, so.

Sigh, I hate sounding pessimistic... but such is the world that we live in.

And as PPP does identify, at least we have e4, for those that can't access e4 interactive, or find the streams to small, at least you still get to see 2/3 more than those without e4. Sure, we subscribe to a package that means we pay extra money for e4, which entitles us to access e4, it doesn't mean that "we won't be subjected to adverts, or to gimmics, or anything else that means the television company makes (more) money". I wonder if anyone has the profits for BB 1, BB 2 and BB 3, compared with how much they spend in stageing, production costs, etc. I'd be quite facinated to read that... and also, I'd love to know just how much C4 pays Endermol.

Marky

[bananarama]

With or without text messages I think you will find that they are laghing all the way to the bank. The truth is they are milking it for as much as they can and not out of need to keep BB afloat so to speak. I have no sympathy for the TV companies greed for profit on this one.

In any capatilistic society there are always some who show the unacceptable face of it. Don't get me wrong I am not anti-capatilist or anything but greed at the expence of peoples enjoyment of media products needs to be challenged and not exused or accepted as inevitable.

[steve_o]

All I'm saying if they want to keep the messages fine, but why half the screen? that's what puzzles me, are the txt messages more important than the housemates, it seems so.

[Steph]

The text message bit is so offputting when you're trying to watch the live streaming.
A way round it would be to have the option to see them or not (like the news ticker... where you can press a button to either hide it or show it). That way they'd still be making money *roles eyes* but it wouldn't detract from the viewing of the live screening.

Have signed the petition .

Stephxxxxx:

[Stu xxx]

have signed it too x hope it will do some good there is 179 signitures now x

[avriljayne]

just had a look at the latest petitions and saw this one - hope it's genuine
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Hi there. I am a member of the production staff at big brother. I would like to inform you that a meeting has been called for wednesday to discuss the text banner. I agree with this petition statement.

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[rachb]

I don't know if its just me,but the banner looks much smaller

[LEE]

You're right Rach it does