What with this ....and the "presenting like a drama" debacle....... I officially give up .

Have you seen BB USA? They make it unbelievably corny with the way they edit it. Dramatic Music (during an argument) slow motion walking away (after an arguement), cheery music during the 'fun times' etc.

Well done Channel 5. 

Not much point in watching - seems to suggest that 'interacting via phones' will produce more revenue than a one off payment for live streaming 

 .... so I am going to spend months watching rubbish!

Nooooo!   I haven't seen it. But that sounds SO unbelievably awful!

It's supposed to be REALITY TV!

Not if you don't watch it 

I might make my own 'Big Brother TV Show' and call it 'Rawky's Rampant Room' and it will have all the Live Feed you could want.

Exactly!! 

I would like to be that strong willed Rawky.... but I am weak

Imagine it like this:

Oh god! It's worse than I thought!

I'm not going to be able to watch then. I've attempted watching TOWIE...... it doesn't work for me at all, because I know it's manipulated I can't take one word of it seriously and I can't see any point to engaging with it. The so called "humour" is not enough compensation for it being unreal.

What a shame. I had quite high hopes when I saw the pictures of the house.

GET RACHEL OUT!! 

worra lorra shoite.  

Ah well.. probs won't get hooked then, which might not be a bad thing.    

I never watched Towie, but I did love Made In Chelsea, but this totally defeats the whole idea of Big Brother surely?  

Mince

Ditto

Yes! And sneaky Shelly! 

Tell us what channel you're gonna be on Rawks!

Is anyone on the Digital Spy forums? Might be an idea to see who's attending the Live Launch and for them to organise a big group of them to chant "Bring Back Live Feed" or "Channel 5, you suck!"

No LF = pointless.

well that's it for me then ..I watch TOWIE and Made In Chelsea and that's enough  scripted reality TV for me. .am not watching TOWIBB as well .

BORING.. BB is a gonna....  C5 could have resurrected it in its original form. .they choose copy cat TV the lazy buggers.. pah.. :disap:

mind you Jedward being in it was the first put off, this just finishes it. .am not one for watching video clips. .I find that boring if it's anything more than a quick info clip for something or other not a whole bleeding show and it's not what my PC is for. . my telly is for watching Telly things that's why is has a biggish screen, unlike my PC .

Haha, check out this Big Brother websites response Apparently they were going to do a lot of reporting for Channel 5 as well.

http://www.bigbrotherxtra.co.uk/

Ohhhh, where do I sign up for that live feed

*goes away to think about suitable tasks involving gold ties*

That sounds cack...

Sounds like they are going to need scriptwriters this year

DO IT!

(& fgs let my daughter be a housemate - up until the point where I phone you up to yank her out of there! )

A List of Channel 5's Reality Shows (and how long they lasted)

The Mole -   2 seasons

The Farm -  2 seasons

Make Me A Supermodel -  2 seasons

Back to Reality -  1 season

Touch the Track - 1 season

Jailbreak - 1 season

...yeah.

"Changes will also be made to the show’s editing, with staff adopting new techniques to ‘extend the appeal’ of Big Brother beyond its hardcore fanbase."

If they are not careful they will be regretting unvaluing the hardcore fanbase..     at least it has a hardcore fanbase...    though if this is going to be as bad as it sounds, it won't have one for long

  I'm fuming!!

What is the point of it?  How can they call it reality tv when you get the odd video clip to watch.

And I bet you have to pay for that

Best I don't spout anymore, I could very well get the ban stick.

 Creative Director    

 He could be Scottish too  

Jedward going in more or less finished it for me, but I think the final nail has been driven in now.....

"This year, we have decided to focus on the nightly highlights show and on directly engaging with the show's viewers through social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter and specially created iPhone, iPad and Android apps.

"The aim is to reflect the habits of our audience today and we believe that prioritising social media is the way to get people involved in the show."

^ This means that they are excluding me, as I don't have an iPhone, iPad, Facebook or Android device.

I might watch the launch out of curiosity, but all my hopes for this Big Brother are pretty much dashed now.

I'm secretly glad actually.  Live Streaming always keeps me up 'til 3 or 4 in the morning.  I could do without that.

Oh joy of joys!

Are they completely mad? !!!!!!!

Ditto Katerina.

So, they're quite happy to have sliced off the largest chunk of their potential audience in favour of this so called 'casual viewer' who's not likely to watch/connect to much of the programme.

They really are too stupid for words.

Well I have two words....LEAD BALLOON!

They talk about 'scripted reality'

What a load of "*!*&!!%^$&*'

 I'm fighting the feeling -I'm focusing on believing the glass is half full until the dregs are emptied 

 am disgusted there is no live feed, BB as we know it is no more, I will probably watch but no way will | vote and that is where c5 will come unstuck as rarely does the casual viewer vote, they are aiming at the young trendy youth and totally ignoring the loyal fan base, heck even the sponsor is for acne cream, thanks for nothing ch 5 

I didn't realise there was no live coverage what so ever. I mean ffs even when C4 cut the 24/7 live feed, they at least still had a few hours of live coverage on a night. Channel 5 are having none! meaning they can edit the highlights shows to manipulate viewers however much they want.

They've totally ruined the concept of the show. They could have an hour of friggin rehearsals every day and we'd be none the wiser. It's a joke, they've ruined it.