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This is very good news, indeed. That means it may be very well be America's BB the next to go. I'm tired of having BB on airwave for too long enough now.
Big Brother (UK) Cancelled - Series 11 will be its last
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No, but it might stop people going on about a Big Brother state all the time, when they have no fucking clue what it actually means...
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You already know what my reply was....
I don't understand why Americans are obsessed with reality shows likes of Big Brother. It has becoming very annoying somewhat.
I know it has its fans, but I won't miss it in the slightest.
ive been discussing this on Digital Spy, and it seems to me, that BigBrother does not need a bradned TV channel like five or Living.
now its been passed on by the major channels I dont see any individual channel having a bigger brand than BigBrother itself, jsut setting up a TV channel on Sky called "BigBrother" might well work, 20hours of live stream, and 4 hours of things like highlights, eviction interview & BigBrothersLittleBrother, meanwhile you increase things like "text in" to control smaller elements of the house, and if the press do still continue publicity of the BigBrother house, you might just do ok.
now its been passed on by the major channels I dont see any individual channel having a bigger brand than BigBrother itself, jsut setting up a TV channel on Sky called "BigBrother" might well work, 20hours of live stream, and 4 hours of things like highlights, eviction interview & BigBrothersLittleBrother, meanwhile you increase things like "text in" to control smaller elements of the house, and if the press do still continue publicity of the BigBrother house, you might just do ok.
Endermol would need a lot of money, a broadcasting licence, a slot on Sky/Freesat/Freeview EPGs (one or all), a slot on one of the transponders to actually broadcast
I know tons of rubbish channels manage it so it can't be that hard/expensive, but as a production company they're used to others paying them to make it, not putting it upfront themselves.
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What? Is that possible? This is even more scarier than I can remember.
It's more or less been done in the past, by having a 20 hour live Big Brother on interactive streams then cutting away for the live shows, etc. But that was on Channel 4's satellite streams, it not at Endamol's cost.
Although I watch BB, it's become less of a social study and more of a real-life soap opera, putting people in the house who would most likely clash and even people who are mentally unstable.
Maybe with BB going, C4 can use the money to purchase the broadcasting rights for more sci-fi shows. I can recall the days when I would tune in to C4 to watch Stargate, for example. Now that BBC has given up most sci-fi shows to satellie channels, it could be a good opportunity.
Maybe with BB going, C4 can use the money to purchase the broadcasting rights for more sci-fi shows. I can recall the days when I would tune in to C4 to watch Stargate, for example. Now that BBC has given up most sci-fi shows to satellie channels, it could be a good opportunity.
in TV terms its the cheapest way to launch a TV channel, the only problem is what do you do with it the other 9 months?
without terrestrial TV / freeview coverage no Sky channel has anything to offer BigBrother / Endemol it might as well go it alone, on a branded TV channel, there can be no clearer message than "BigBrother will be the BigBrother Channel"
truth be told, I dont have any figures in front of me, just a vague idea, I feel is at least worth Endemol having a look at.
if Endemol seek to attract some publicity for this series, do an "all stars" format, with former Big Brother contestants.
I wouldn't be so sure. If Channel 4 were ponying up £50m a year for it they'd need to be doing some serious numbers to be making anything like that on their own channel.
Sure, but they'd be getting money for it. Where as if they started their own channel they'd have to spend money to get it started, plus get enough advertising revenue to make it worthwhile, and if you look at the ratings on even the more popular digital channels you're only talking 1/10 of what Channel 4 was getting, if you look at small channels then you're talking 1/50 or less, so I can't see it being worth the cost to start up a part time channel.
the BigBrother channel would make money outside of advertising, text votes on the bottom of the screen, to decide things in the house, the normal eviction phone vote, that kind of thing, and if product placement had been allowed they could have done that as well.
selling to another TV channel is the best way to quickly raise cash, but its not the only way.
selling to another TV channel is the best way to quickly raise cash, but its not the only way.
