Well Well, who would have thought eh.......Bring back live feed and the fans will start watching again, a simple solution......

no surprise is it really

It doesn't take a genius to realise that without LF, people just are not interested and are angry. BB know this, they must read the forums and I am sure that Davina has had her say about the no LF issue.

Solution? Bring LF back.

Of course they have lost viewers, the show is no longer the same, they have destroyed the whole concept of BB.

It's almost like they have deliberately sabotaged the show with their blatant disregard for their viewers.

I really fail to understand why the producers can't get it through their thick skulls. The reason why BB WAS popular was because we could tune in at any time and watch.

I wonder if Ch4 might reconsider the live feed issue now it's hitting the press?

Have they mentioned voting figures, does anyone know? Voting must have drastically dropped along with viewers and if they're strapped for cash as they say, it must be hurting them.

Ch4 are fools if they expect people to vote for something that, without live feed, they can't witness for themselves.

It seems perverse how C4 has gone out of its' way to destroy a show that has pumped oodles of cash into its' coffers over the years.

has anyone seen the new CH4 advert for digital switch over, all CH4 shows are show except for BB

Its beyond belief.
We told them last year it would bomb without l/f but would they listen?

I don't think that the lack of LF is the only reason that BB is shedding viewers. Most of the people I know who used to watch regularly no longer do so but they didn't watch the live feed anyway. They don't watch anymore because they find the show boring.

I saw last night's show, but it's the first one I've bothered with in nearly a week.
Lack of LF has definitely put me off BB, because it's the only real way to see HMs as they are, rather than how the producers want them to seem.

The whole concept of the show is that the inmates can be watched 24/7..without LF this is impossible therefore the show we have is not BB

I've not watched it since Friday for various reasons, but the main one is that the housemates are all a bunch of muppets. Every last one of them.

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Originally posted by Demantoid:
I saw last night's show, but it's the first one I've bothered with in nearly a week.
Lack of LF has definitely put me off BB, because it's the only real way to see HMs as they are, rather than how the producers want them to seem.

I'm so surprised I mean the live feed we're getting is so full of excitment and life!

05.14: One of the housemates smacks their lips while another grunts. Someone sniffs, and the group continues to sleep. One of the housemates coughs. The snoring carries on.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/bigbrother/liveupdates/

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Originally posted by disley21:
I've not watched it since Friday for various reasons, but the main one is that the housemates are all a bunch of muppets. Every last one of them.

Surely not our Freddy

Without LF the programme has lost the whole of its meaning. How can we make any reasonable judgements based on the meagre edited HL's we get, or watching them sleep.

Ratings have been falling over the past 2 to 3 years - it’s been a steady decline. I don’t think the lack of LF is making any significant difference, if it was they wouldn’t hesitate to bring it back – reckon it just doesn’t have the same appeal it once did.
I always have a check of bookies odds at the outset and keep an eye on them as the series progresses; this year is the first I’ve seen bookies offer odds on the series being axed before the official end date.

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Originally posted by JasmineJ:
Ratings have been falling over the past 2 to 3 years - it’s been a steady decline. I don’t think the lack of LF is making any significant difference, if it was they wouldn’t hesitate to bring it back – reckon it just doesn’t have the same appeal it once did.
I always have a check of bookies odds at the outset and keep an eye on them as the series progresses; this year is the first I’ve seen bookies offer odds on the series being axed before the official end date.

i take it you never used any bb forums before this year then? with the lf they were in constant flow, now its bb stuff only during the hl show, the rest is fans / hate (how when you couldnt get to know?) and just general chit chat, thats the difference the lf makes and why its so badly missed.

ch4 know it makes a significant difference but some imbecile there (who needs sacking) keeps insisting that its not going to come back, one assumes its simply a matter of ego, his is more important that the show failing.

Don't know if its been mentioned but the pic of all the housemates further down the page is missing Saffia. Or am I going blind?

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Originally posted by Big Brothers Big Scam:

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Originally posted by JasmineJ:
Ratings have been falling over the past 2 to 3 years - it’s been a steady decline. I don’t think the lack of LF is making any significant difference, if it was they wouldn’t hesitate to bring it back – reckon it just doesn’t have the same appeal it once did.
I always have a check of bookies odds at the outset and keep an eye on them as the series progresses; this year is the first I’ve seen bookies offer odds on the series being axed before the official end date.

i take it you never used any bb forums before this year then? with the lf they were in constant flow, now its bb stuff only during the hl show, the rest is fans / hate (how when you couldnt get to know?) and just general chit chat, thats the difference the lf makes and why its so badly missed.

ch4 know it makes a significant difference but some imbecile there (who needs sacking) keeps insisting that its not going to come back, one assumes its simply a matter of ego, his is more important that the show failing.

Yes I did use the forums, there aren’t any dedicated C4 forums this year though – so the ‘flow’ was bound to be affected.

To put it into perspective, last year on the C4 forum we were averaging around 500 online on a (very) good night, that’s 0.01% of the 3.6 million viewers who watched BB9 on average - the forums have never been representative of anything.

C4 don't 'know' that it makes a significant difference; they haven’t canned it just to piss off the teensy amount of folk who were watching it. Clearly it wasn't cost effective for them to provide the service, in the same way it wasn't cost effective to cater for the 0.01% of viewers who used the forum.

I cant even get the LF on Justin Tv anymore

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Originally posted by JasmineJ:

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Originally posted by Big Brothers Big Scam:

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Originally posted by JasmineJ:
Ratings have been falling over the past 2 to 3 years - it’s been a steady decline. I don’t think the lack of LF is making any significant difference, if it was they wouldn’t hesitate to bring it back – reckon it just doesn’t have the same appeal it once did.
I always have a check of bookies odds at the outset and keep an eye on them as the series progresses; this year is the first I’ve seen bookies offer odds on the series being axed before the official end date.

i take it you never used any bb forums before this year then? with the lf they were in constant flow, now its bb stuff only during the hl show, the rest is fans / hate (how when you couldnt get to know?) and just general chit chat, thats the difference the lf makes and why its so badly missed.

ch4 know it makes a significant difference but some imbecile there (who needs sacking) keeps insisting that its not going to come back, one assumes its simply a matter of ego, his is more important that the show failing.

Yes I did use the forums, there aren’t any dedicated C4 forums this year though – so the ‘flow’ was bound to be affected.

To put it into perspective, last year on the C4 forum we were averaging around 500 online on a (very) good night, that’s 0.01% of the 3.6 million viewers who watched BB9 on average - the forums have never been representative of anything.

C4 don't 'know' that it makes a significant difference; they haven’t canned it just to piss off the teensy amount of folk who were watching it. Clearly it wasn't cost effective for them to provide the service, in the same way it wasn't cost effective to cater for the 0.01% of viewers who used the forum.

last year there were many times when the bbgf hit over 2000 and the ch4 forums werent the only ones, take a look at ds and you'll see a forum that was running last year and this so is a better way to judge, this year its dead compared to last year, and that IS the live feed difference.

even the papers have picked up on it along with some presenters and previous hm's surely they cant all be wrong, remember even endermol wanted it restored and i gues they too know what a difference it was making.

remember that they are still filming / editing the feed 24/7 and they still own the "secret" channel on sky so they are still paying for it, just not paying a transmission fee i'd bet the total cost of the live feed is far far less than the cost of the "guests" on the support shows and reading reports online suggests that most of these paid guests havent a clue about bb other than what they have been told to say.

thing is i dont watch celeb bb but i do watch BBand many of the kids this summer are not going to watch either as they wont get into it without lf

IHATETHEMALL.IHATETHEMALL.IHATETHEMALL.IHATETHEMALL.
I am known in my class for "watching too much big brother"
I almost gave my friends a heart attack when I told them I wasn't watching when they asked me who I wanted to go... I don't even know their names...
Last year was a hard year to follow with the likes of SexyRexy (*sniff* Best housemate EVER) but there isn't one redeeming housemate there... Its a right let down.
And... there aren't any hotties...

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Originally posted by momomossop:
IHATETHEMALL.IHATETHEMALL.IHATETHEMALL.IHATETHEMALL.
I am known in my class for "watching too much big brother"
I almost gave my friends a heart attack when I told them I wasn't watching when they asked me who I wanted to go... I don't even know their names...
Last year was a hard year to follow with the likes of SexyRexy (*sniff* Best housemate EVER) but there isn't one redeeming housemate there... Its a right let down.
And... there aren't any hotties...

But if you're not watching how do you know you hate them all.

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Originally posted by Hollygolightly:

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Originally posted by momomossop:
IHATETHEMALL.IHATETHEMALL.IHATETHEMALL.IHATETHEMALL.
I am known in my class for "watching too much big brother"
I almost gave my friends a heart attack when I told them I wasn't watching when they asked me who I wanted to go... I don't even know their names...
Last year was a hard year to follow with the likes of SexyRexy (*sniff* Best housemate EVER) but there isn't one redeeming housemate there... Its a right let down.
And... there aren't any hotties...

But if you're not watching how do you know you hate them all.

Okay, I've watched 3 episodes. And heard what my mum's said.

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Originally posted by momomossop:
IHATETHEMALL.IHATETHEMALL.IHATETHEMALL.IHATETHEMALL.
I am known in my class for "watching too much big brother"
I almost gave my friends a heart attack when I told them I wasn't watching when they asked me who I wanted to go... I don't even know their names...
Last year was a hard year to follow with the likes of SexyRexy (*sniff* Best housemate EVER) but there isn't one redeeming housemate there... Its a right let down.
And... there aren't any hotties...

what has the mall done to you?!

And there surprised at this?. Its cos theres no live feed thats why ratings are so bloody low

Its not just the loss of LF the whole BB concept is just outdated. it didn't help when Russell Brand left bbbm and Dermot O'Leary left BBLB to be replaced with George and (waste of space)Zezi the loss of two key presenters was the beginning of the end...

Solution: BRING BACK LIVE FEED.

Even a bit of live feed during the day and earlier in the evening would change things for me. I miss seeing what they're doing on a Sunday afternoon(the aerobics classes last year were fab ) , and used to watch them in the evening but now 1am is way too late for me to start watching.

I don't feel like I know this lot this year, they're one-dimensional and I'm losing interest rapidly. I'm sure the live feed has something to do with it.

No live feed so i havent watched highlight shows. Well done channel 4 for ruining BB.