Big Brother News

Channel 5 closes on 'Big Brother' deal

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 07:00:00 +0100

... understood to be close to agreeing a deal with Endemol to bring Big Brother back to television screens in the UK. ... final sign-off is expected within days. Big Brother only ended its 10-year association... show appears too good to miss. Details on how the Big Brother format will return to TV screens are... stint on Channel 4. Speculation is mounting that long-running Big Brother host Davina McCall will return ...ratings towards the end on Channel 4, Big Brother is still a sufficiently big name to potentially provide ...said: "Channel 5's ratings are not great and Big Brother will really help them deliver,...

McCall: 'I won't return to Big Brother'

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 07:00:00 +0100

Davina McCall has confirmed that she will not return to host Big Brother if the show relaunches on Channel 5. Reports today suggested that the broadcaster and production company Endemol were on the ... is and you are sad...I'm sorry," she wrote. "I truly believe that Big Brother has legs. It is an AMAZING program that I have LOVED and dedicated a huge and brilliant part of my life...it again. There are many reasons for this; I spent a year saying goodbye, which was very painful and scary! Big Brother had been my rock, day job and security blanket - what would I be without it? ...

Channel 5 flirts with 'Big Brother'

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 07:00:00 +0100

Channel 5 is close to securing U.K. rights to reality behemoth "Big Brother" following months of negotiation. It is believed ... Channel 4, whose 10-year relationship with "Big Brother" ended last September. Channel ... do a deal with a global brand like 'Big Brother' if we felt comfortable... magazine, will hope that he can revive "Big Brother's" fortunes by aggressively cross-promoting it. On Channel 4, "Big Brother" suffered from a decline in popularity from a peak in 2002, when 9.2 million viewers tuned..., only 4 million watched the final. Outside the U.K., "Big Brother" remains a banker show in many...

UK Big Brother Is Coming Back!

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 07:00:00 +0100

We guess it just couldn't stay off the air! The UK version of Big Brother , which ended its run on England's Channel 4 in September of 2010, will reportedly be brought back to life once again on Channel ... be reduced if it doesn't do as well as they expect it to! They've also allegedly bought the rights to Celebrity Big Brother . Inneresting! We'll be curious to see how much viewership it garners, given the length of its hiatus off the air! People get pretty into that show, so we imagine that they won't have even problems maintaining that five year contract! Thoughts??

Big Brother Barack

Wed, 09 Feb 2011 07:00:00 +0100

Are the totalitarianism-enforcing telescreens depicted in George Orwell’s classic novel Nineteen Eighty-Four coming to your living room soon? Those big screen televisions used by an omnipotent government to monitor private behavior in the novel aren’t quite coming to the nation, but the most overexposed (and underqualified) president in the history of the United States of America may soon be able to insert himself at will into even more of your downtime. Just in time for 2012 election season, President Obama‘s FCC announces it will be upgrading the Emergency Alert System with...

Creepy Big Brother Automated Bill Collecting Messages

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 07:00:00 +0100

Automated phone messages are just plain creepy--most particularly when you're past due on your Comcast bill. Instead of having live humans; the company has an automated message that sends tingles up your spine and makes you think that the next step is waterboard interrogation at an undisclosed CIA black site. I think the company is trying to creep you out into paying your bill on time. Here's the actual message I received. I think they keep repeating your name to psychologically break you down and to say, "We are watching you!" See Harmon Leon perform at the Automated phone messages are just ...

Willow Smith called Justin Bieber a 'Big Brother' in March Teen Vogue

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 07:00:00 +0100

... is nothing but a good friendship between the two. In a new interview of the Teen Vogue March Issue, Willow Smith talks about her big brothers best friend and it appears she is ready to rock. To tour with Justin Bieber has to be a big deal, even for someone as solid as Willow Smith. Dealing with the media, the fan crush...to have a crush on, but Willow clears up any idea that the tour is anything other than business. "Justin's like my big brother. I don't have a crush on him," she tells Teen Vogue. The tour, scheduled to hit the road in the weeks ahead ...

Bar Rafaeli enters Big Brother house in Israel

Sun, 06 Feb 2011 07:00:00 +0100

... Sports Illustrated covergirl and Leo’s main squeeze, . Though it is not a celebrity season, it was announced yesterday that the house will be turned into “Big Brother Hotel” for the next week as the tenants’ weekly assignment. It’s an exclusive hotel and all week long local celebs will ...will serve her, feed her and give her round the clock VIP care. There’s no doubt this is the high point in the Big Brother residents’ stay in the house, we just have to wonder what came over Bar and made her enter a house that...

Byram 'unsure' about Big Brother role

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 07:00:00 +0100

...Total Wipeout 's Amanda Byram has admitted that she would be worried about taking on Big Brother presenting duties if the show was to return on Channel 5. It was reported last month that talks between the broadcaster and the... like drinking from a poisoned chalice. "I look at Davina and she is just fantastic and encompasses everything that was Big Brother. No matter what happens there will always, always, always be comparisons made to Davina." She continued: "In a sense I've been through that before with The Big Breakfast , which was actually my big break so I could...

Motorola calls Apple Big Brother in Super Bowl ad

Thu, 03 Feb 2011 07:00:00 +0100

In a Xoom ad set to air during the Super Bowl, Motorola attempts to characterize Apple as being "one authority" and offering only "one way to work." The Super Bowl is a time for snorting aggression, untrammeled nastiness, and drum-thumping confidence. Perhaps this is why Motorola seems to have decided to air an ad for its new Xoom tablet that hisses and spits and rails at Apple. As portentous music freezes you into believing the world is about to end, Motorola warns you that there is currently only one authority, only one design, only one way to work.

Big Brother (Computer) is Watching You

Wed, 02 Feb 2011 07:00:00 +0100

The 1993 sci-fi action movie Demolition Man depicted a future without violence or disorder. They achieved this, in part, by using technology to automate penalties for rule-breaking. In one memorable scene, Sylvester Stallone's character discovers that every time he uses profanity, a nearby machine automatically issues a citation. When he needs paper, he casually leans toward the machine and lets loose a string of salty expletives until he's got a neat stack of tickets. The movie was mediocre, but the vision prescient. We are in fact headed for precisely such a society, where computers ...

Apple is Big Brother, Says Motorola in Xoom Commercial

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 07:00:00 +0100

... like a rendered cut-scene from a low-budget computer game dating back to the beginning of this century, its message couldn't be clearer - Apple is Big Brother and Motorola is about to break Cupertino's monopoly on coolness when the Xoom tablet comes out. It opens with an amusing scene showing .... The commercial then goes through a series familiar concepts taken from Apple's 1984 advert, clearly meant to portray Apple as Big Brother without ever mentioning it by name. "one way to work," the lines read before proclaiming that it's "time for more ...

Big Brother 12 Winner Is Crowned - VIDEO

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 07:00:00 +0100

...Brigade that have survived to the end of Big Brother 12 . Hayden, Enzo, and Lane are going to battle it out to make it into the final two and hope to win the jury’s votes. By the end of the 2 hour finale, ... trash talk from the jurors as well as the drama that will unfold when Britney is told that Big Brother 12 has been a pretty...night: Hayden will be crowned the winner of Big Brother 12 with Lane as his runner up. And Brendon will ask Rachel to marry him in front of the whole world. ... right direction, right? America’s Got Talent WINNER – Michael Grimm Rocks When A Man Loves A...

McCall 'backs Willis for Big Brother job'

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 07:00:00 +0100

� Rex Features Davina McCall has reportedly tipped Emma Willis to host Big Brother , should it relaunch on Channel 5. Over the weekend, it was claimed that talks between the broadcaster and the reality show's production company ... has apparently ruled out a return to the program. "Any channel that picks up Big Brother would be a very lucky channel," the Daily Star quotes McCall as saying. "But I think I've said goodbye." Instead, the 43-year-old backed Big Brother's Little Brother host Emma Willis to take the main job, stating that she "loves the program and is a ...

Is GHC's IT Dept. playing 'Big Brother?'

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 07:00:00 +0100

When freshman political science major Cody Thomas booted up his laptop, he was surprised to find that his GHC Connect account had been canceled by the Information Technology department. According to Thomas, he received an email stating that he had been in violation of the IT Acceptable Use Policy by running file sharing software on his laptop. "I just came to school one day and couldn't connect to the Internet," Thomas said that although he only uses his laptop for email and note taking at school, he does run file sharing software on his computer. "I do run uTorrent on my laptop and it is ...

Motorola Compares Apple To Big Brother In New Superbowl Ad

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 07:00:00 +0100

... ad. Now Motorola is invoking some of the same ideas to promote its Xoom tablet, but this time, Apple is Big Brother. Motorola’s new Superbowl Ad , &#... it will run during the Superbowl or is just a teaser or a trial balloon. Funny how often Apple is compared to Big Brother these days. Over the weekend, The New York Times invoked Microsoft in its heyday with its ... What exactly does Motorola do these days, anyway? Big brother watches you and knows everything about ... their competitors call Apple hardware a virus or call Apple big brother, but I don’t see the correlation.

Xoom ad zings Apple with Big Brother reference

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 07:00:00 +0100

Meet the new Big Brother, same as the old Big Brother. That's essentially the point of a video advertisement by Motorola Mobility for its new Xoom tablet. The mobile device manufacturer plans to air the one-minute commercial during next Sunday's Super Bowl. (You can watch the video below.) (Also see: The playful hook to the spot is Apple's legendary "1984" ad, which positioned the company and its Mac PC as a young, daring upstart challenging the drab, gray conformity of a computing world dominated by IBM and Microsoft. Now, the Xoom ad's text ...

'Big Brother' Channel 5 deal 'weeks away'

Sat, 29 Jan 2011 07:00:00 +0100

...weeks away. The publication claims that the agreement could tie Big Brother to the broadcaster for as long as five years, though.... Desmond is also believed to be interested in relaunching Celebrity Big Brother and extending the main program's run... 13-week mark. Desmond had identified Big Brother as an ideal format for the rebranded Channel 5 ...to Channel 4's three-year contract for the program in 2006. Big Brother concluded its 11th and final series... saw series two champion Brian Dowling win an Ultimate competition, aired 17 days later and ended with the message " Big Brother will get back to you."

Hello, Big Brother: Digital sensors are watching us

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 07:00:00 +0100

Intel's Paul Otellini unveils the prototype of an in-store digital billboard using facial recognition to memorize your face and customize ads for you. Surveillance cameras at airports, subways, banks and other public venues are not the only devices tracking you. Inexpensive, ever-watchful digital sensors are now ubiquitous. They are in laptop webcams, video-game motion sensors, smartphone cameras, utility meters, passports and employee ID cards. Step out your front door and you could be captured in a high-resolution photograph taken from the air or street by or Microsoft, as they update their...

Google CEO Eric Schmidt to Host a TV Show? Not Big Brother 2

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 07:00:00 +0100

... Today, another surprise, if true: Schmidt has been pursuing a career in television for over a year, according the the New York Post. But "The Big Brother Hour with Eric Schmidt" -per se - remains in the aspirational stage. The Post article states that Schmidt has been consulting with CNN's ... think Donald Trump, for instance. Then there is former Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates, now nicknamed the Benevolent Big Brother. Rather than hosting a TV show, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have used their clout to "help develop TV ...

'Big Brother' reality TV show winner imprisoned

Sun, 23 Jan 2011 07:00:00 +0100

... narcotic painkiller -- and that this was his second drug offense. Adam Jasinski, the winner of the CBS reality television show 'Big Brother' in its sixth season, was sentenced Friday in a Boston courtroom to four years... for failure to pay income tax on the $500,000 he won on the highly-rated reality show. District Court Judge William Young...willfully" failed to make such return on the $500,000 prize from 'Big Brother' which he received in 2008. Jim Kouri, CPP...also serves as political advisor for Emmy and Golden Globe winning actor Michael Moriarty. He's former chief at a ...