Big Game TV
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| Big Game TV | |
|---|---|
| Launched | 13 May 2005 |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Sky Digital | Channel 849 |
Big Game TV (stylised as BIG Game TV!) was a live phone-in quiz channel that was broadcast via Sky in 2005.[1] It released their first spin-off show, The Hallmark Channel Quiz on 6 March 2006, shown on The Hallmark Channel between 1-3pm. The show used only three of the presenters.
Big Game TV Productions branched out further when The Daily Quiz! went on air on 13 March 2006. This show aired on ITV Play and on Men & Motors seven days a week from 3.00pm-6.00pm and featured a selection of Big Game TV's presenters. ITV ended their involvement with Big Game TV due to the fraud allegations in May 2006.[2]
[edit] Controversy
Big Game TV was the subject of a City of London Police investigation brought by the BBC Radio 4 programme You and Yours in May 2006 over allegations that receptionists were told to ignore all incoming calls for long periods of time while 150-200 calls per minute were clocked up at 75p a time.[3] [4] The channel was later called before a parliamentary committee.[5]
The City of London Police later said there would be no charges brought against the channel, following its investigation.[6]
NTL subsequently removed the channel from their channel line-up on the 7th of June.[7] The channel closed down entirely after leaving Sky in early 2007, after some bad press for the call-tv industry.[8][9]
[edit] Presenters
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.digitalspy.com/tech/news/a21430/big-game-tv-joins-sky-lineup.html
- ^ BBC Report
- ^ BIG Game TV - The Fraud Squad Raids by the BBC for the BBC Radio 4 programme You and Yours, broadcast May 19, 2006, retrieved May 27, 2006.
- ^ http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/sitesearch.do?querystring=%22big+game+tv%22&p=tto&pf=all&bl=on
- ^ http://www.digitalspy.com/media/news/a40022/mps-quiz-broadcasters-over-gameshows.html
- ^ "TV quiz tricks exposed by whistleblower". This is Money. 2007-01-25. http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/campaigns/tvquizswindle/article.html?in_article_id=416805&in_page_id=509. Retrieved 2007-01-25.
- ^ ntl remove Big Game TV from channel line up by Cable Forum, created June 7, 2006, retrieved June 7, 2006.
- ^ http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/campaigns/tvquizswindle/article.html?in_article_id=416805&in_page_id=509 Example of bad press
- ^ http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Big_Game_TV End of broadcasting
