Does anyone know if the red button will be available during BB?

Channel 4 dropped the red button a while ago.....

do we kn ow how much live coverage will be on e4?

Thursday 18th May/Friday 19th May

22.45 - 06.00: Big Brother Live
06.00 - 15.10: Big Brother Live
18.00 - 19.00: Big Brother Live
19.30 - 20.00: BBLB
22.00 - 22.30: BBBM

Shame they didn't stick an hour on between 8-9pm instead of more Friends repeats.

Has it been officially confirmed that there will definitely be NO red button?

yes, CH4 got rid of the red button before CBB.....

they only ever have the red button for bb as far as i know but could be wrong

Calling the service "the emperor's new clothes", Channel 4 has dropped its 'red button' interactive television service in order to focus on developing better content for the web. Teh British TV station's chief exec told the Guardian:

"We've dropped our red button service. At a time of lots of different possible technologies and options, our view is that red button technology is a clunky and inefficient use of capacity," Mr Duncan said.

"It's not much loved or used by audiences, it's too expensive, and it has been rather overtaken by the opportunities offered by the internet and broadband.
The red button service does not help Channel 4 fulfil its public service remit and it doesn't offer a way to make money"

http://www.psfk.com/2006/01/channel_4_drops.html
Last edited by baileyboo : 05-05-2006 at 19:39

there was a year round red button service though which diddnt do much for C4, remember? - you could press red and it just took you to a 2 year old bb game a friends quiz and something else, oh and programme news which was slowly updated. So this could be the interactive service they are talking about. If C4 wanted, they could easily continue the red button for BB.

I am sorry if this is old, but I hope that E4 carry the main coverage and not just online streaming.... nothing better than watching in bed as party goodies are given out!

I would guess its the same as CBB.....live on E4 from around midnight, through to mid afternoon.....

or 24hr streaming online with subscription....

I signed up for online streaming for CBB, I am just hoping that E4 coverage will be better for this BB, its not the same watching it on the pc

there is something about CH4 doing a u-turn on scrapping the red button on this page...but you have to be a subscriber to read it.....

http://www.newmediazero.com/Search/A...mitSearch.y=10

That's my problem. I don't mind paying as overall its not that expensive (if you compare it to other forms of entertainment over a thirteen week period like going to the cinema every night for 13 weeks, or going out for a drink with mates every night for 13 weeks), however its the whole watching it on the PC that I have a problem with. It just isn't as comfortable, and Mr C and I fight over the bandwidth.

Oooh that looks quite promising from what we can read - wonder if anyone subscirbes and can translate for us.