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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, September 07, 2011 - 11:31 am
Most businesses are motivated by profit. The only logical reason for blocking the feeds is they want to build suspense and expect more viewers as a result. Not saying they are correct in this assumption but I assume that is their assumption. The reason they don't block the feeds all season is they make money from the feeds and if they did that no one would buy them. It all comes down to money.
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Gurliegirl
Member
06-20-2006
| Wednesday, September 07, 2011 - 11:39 am
They don't really give any reasoning except that they don't know anyone to know who the new HOH is until after the show airs tonight.
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Rosem4243
Member
06-27-2005
| Wednesday, September 07, 2011 - 11:49 am
The reasoning is that less viewers watching the TV show means lower ratings and less ad revenue. I think it's pretty clear. I do believe if they had their preferences, they would have no live feed at all, but then it wouldn't be "Big Brother", it would be "Survivor-in-a-House"!
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Spear
Member
08-06-2001
| Wednesday, September 07, 2011 - 11:55 am
And why couldn't they do it [live eviction and F4 HOH comp] tonight? I assume it's because they needed today to do the last POV comp. Tomorrow, they have to do another live eviction and part 1 of the F3 HOH comp. The last POV comp tends to take time and wouldn't fit in a live show. It'd be difficult (and expensive) if they tried to do back-to-back live eviction shows with an overnight POV comp in between.
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Chiquita
Member
07-03-2005
| Wednesday, September 07, 2011 - 12:13 pm
At least with the fish tank we had 24/7 live feed fr.om inside the house,. And yes, I've had my username since the Season 1 pug invasion.
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Mamapors
Member
07-29-2004
| Wednesday, September 07, 2011 - 1:37 pm
Allison Grodner tweet just now: @agrodner22 allison grodner #CBSBigBrother Thank you for your patience with the internet block of the live feeds. All will be revealed tonight CBS 8p and Thurs 9p LIVE. She gives no time for feeds coming on and makes it sound like they will not come back on tonight 
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-16-2003
| Wednesday, September 07, 2011 - 1:55 pm
It's the same thing every year. The feeds are blocked. Not true, first time was BB6. I thought we all came to the conclusion this was really about giving the staff some holidays after Labour Day. Bet lots of the staff have kids going back to school
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, September 07, 2011 - 2:57 pm
Catbowl, it IS all about the money. And if everyone dropped their feeds the second the feeds were blocked, you might see something different happen next season. And if no one watched the show immediately after the feeds were blocked, ditto. But as Rose stated and Jimmer inferred, it's ad revenues that matter the most. That's where they get their money (and some of that money goes to pay the winners their prize money). It's totally all about the money. And nothing else.
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Zgoodgirl
Member
08-22-2003
| Wednesday, September 07, 2011 - 4:02 pm
Wow Mama, that tweet sounds like the feeds may not be back until tomorrow. I wouldn't be surprised but I would by highly agitated. I always say that I'd watch the TV show even if they didn't cut the feeds, but I know I'm lying. Me too! 
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Teacuppy
Member
06-10-2011
| Wednesday, September 07, 2011 - 4:06 pm
At the bottom of the live feeds it says they will be blocked 9/6 to 9/7. I think they will be back tonight
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Zgoodgirl
Member
08-22-2003
| Wednesday, September 07, 2011 - 4:09 pm
Oh, I'm always on BBLite. I never go on Real unless it's to snag my $10 of music, so I wouldn't have seen the message. Thanks Tea!
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Spunky
Member
10-07-2001
| Wednesday, September 07, 2011 - 6:39 pm
So if the feeds return after midnight we would know who won the Veto comp if it was the morph. I can't see why they couldn't resume LF after tonight's show, even for a couple of hours... bummer..
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Trayh
Member
01-23-2008
| Wednesday, September 07, 2011 - 6:48 pm
It says 9-6 AND 9-7 sorry, but don't figure we'll get feeds again until after show tomorrow.
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