06/03/07
BIG Brother and all TV shows with premium rate phone vote lines are under threat today after a flood of “rip-off” complaints.
ITV pulled the plug on all its paid-for reader polls and suspended digital channel Play.
Channel 4, which shows Big Brother, starring the likes of Danielle Lloyd, pictured, could follow suit soon.
ITV was left facing a multi-million-pound crisis after pulling the plug on all its money-spinning phone lines.
In a shock move, network bosses suspended vote lines, interactive quizzes and phone links connecte with its programmes from today, following a series of allegations that some dial-in contests were a rip-off.
And if other channels follow suit, it could mean the end of the road for hits like Big Brother and Strictly Come Dancing.
DailyStar
