Big Game TV (stylised as BIG Game TV!) was a live phone-in quiz channel that was broadcast via Sky Broadcasting in 2005.[1] It released a spin-off, The Hallmark Channel Quiz on 6 March 2006, which was shown on The Hallmark Channel. The show used only three of the presenters.
| Ownership | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Big Game TV Productions |
| History | |
| Launched | 13 May 2005 |
| Closed | 15 April 2007 |
Big Game TV Productions added The Daily Quiz! on 13 March 2006. This show aired on ITV Play and on Men & Motors seven days a week and featured a selection of Big Game TV's presenters. ITV ended their involvement with Big Game TV due to fraud allegations in May 2006.[2]
Controversy
editBig 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 charged 75p each.[3][4] The channel was later called before a parliamentary committee.[5]
NTL removed the channel from their channel line-up on 7 June.[6] The channel closed down entirely after leaving Sky in early 2007, after some bad press for the call-TV industry.[7]
Presenters
edit- Jim Brooman
- Georgina Burnett
- Matt Cuttle
- Natasha Powell
- Keith Price
- Tommy Sandhu
- Kat Shoob
Voiceover
edit- Mitch Johnson (announcer)
References
edit- ^ "Big Game TV joins Sky lineup - Tech News". Digital Spy. 26 May 2005. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
- ^ BBC Report
- ^ BIG Game TV - The Fraud Squad Raids by the BBC for the BBC Radio 4 programme You and Yours, broadcast 19 May 2006, retrieved 27 May 2006.
- ^ http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/sitesearch.do?querystring=%22big+game+tv%22&p=tto&pf=all&bl=on [permanent dead link]
- ^ "MPs quiz broadcasters over gameshows - Media News". Digital Spy. 27 November 2006. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
- ^ ntl remove Big Game TV from channel line up by Cable Forum, created 7 June 2006, retrieved 7 June 2006.
- ^ "Big Game TV". UKGameshows. Retrieved 22 May 2012.