Channel 5 has “no plans” to bring live feed back to Big Brother or Celebrity Big Brother in 2012, it has been revealed.
Live feed, a key feature on Big Brother since its start on Channel 4 in 2000, did not survive the move to Channel 5 last year.
Despite complaints from many fans, bosses have always insisted that the live feed would not make a return.
Channel 5 controller Jeff Ford said last summer: “We could have done it if we wanted to. Channel 4 did do live streaming, but then they did less and less and less, then it became subscription so it hasn’t completely changed radically.
“There was a time when people sleeping or something major happening was the most interesting thing and you had to watch Big Brother['s live feed], but then we all moved on.”
Responding to queries from viewers, a representative from Channel 5 said: “There are currently no plans to bring back a live feed for this programme following the success of the use of social media platforms for the 2011 programme.”
