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Broadcast Now has reported today that Big Brother will be targeting casual viewers and will be made more experimental for the new series. Executive producer Gavin Henderson said the show will adopt techniques from the emerging crop of reality TV shows to ensure the show feels current.
“Big Brother does what it does extremely well but it isn’t a TOWIE or a Made In Chelsea,” he said. “But the humour, the awareness of the manipulation that the viewers have of those shows, as well as their use of music are things we need to note.”
He added that reality TV audiences will no longer tolerate the combination of a long, wide shot coupled with a slow actuality sequence, for example.
“The combination of relying on actuality in real time and an analytical voiceover with date stamps made it quite a loyal watch and not the kind of thing a casual viewer would be invited to come to,” Henderson said.
“But by cutting it differently, adjusting the pace and adding more signposting gives people permission not to have to watch it for three months religiously. We will jump into scenes later, signpost more and use music beds where appropriate.”
Henderson added that BB will be given a “lightness of touch” not seen during its ten year run on Channel 4 to better reflect the demands of its new broadcaster.
Live Feed was also mentioned in the article. The website reported that there will not be any Live Feed for this year's series.
Mobile highlights There will be no 24 hour live online feed of the events in the Big Brother house this year and video highlight clips will be available via mobile instead. Henderson said the decision was taken because it “felt more appropriate” to allow people to interact and vote with the show using their phones. Endemol chief executive Tim Hincks added it remained a unique digital proposition for broadcasters. “Whereas before it was all about live streaming, now it’s about how viewers engage with it via social media,” Hincks said.
Please do not take this as a confirmation however it is looking unlikley that live feed will return.