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It does raise a point though, why is Big Brother in 4:3? With the majority of Channel 4 content heading into 16:9 I wonder why they want to keep BB 4:3, especially as this years series of the games was 16:9 and also used the same hidden camera tech as in Big Brother.
This page says "Channel 4 has championed widescreen broadcasting but Big Brother was produced and transmitted in the 4:3 ratio, largely due to the lack of 16:9 capable minicams. Webber notes that the format probably suited the subject matter better, making it more intimate".
This was related to Big Brother 2 but shows why 4:3 is the ratio it is transmitted in.
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It does raise a point though, why is Big Brother in 4:3? With the majority of Channel 4 content heading into 16:9 I wonder why they want to keep BB 4:3, especially as this years series of the games was 16:9 and also used the same hidden camera tech as in Big Brother.
This page says "Channel 4 has championed widescreen broadcasting but Big Brother was produced and transmitted in the 4:3 ratio, largely due to the lack of 16:9 capable minicams. Webber notes that the format probably suited the subject matter better, making it more intimate".
This was related to Big Brother 2 but shows why 4:3 is the ratio it is transmitted in.