Big Brother 2003 on official YouTube channel (Live streamed Aug 15-17 + 22-24)

[sav0001]

Well there goes my plan to binge season 3 later this week and season 4 next week

Guessing they won't be uploading more seasons after this one then?

All of the other seasons are already digitised I don't see why they wouldn't upload them.

 

[BB12]

The wording on their Insta post makes me think they'll upload a weeks worth or at least several eps per night. Otherwise we'll be going well into November

 

[dasnico]

They said in the chat that S8 was cleared, so if they plan on livestreaming the rest of the seasons, it seems redundant to upload an ep a night.

Season 8 was "cleared"? What does that even mean? Are they going to omit seasons that had questionable content?

This blast from the past hype they started seems like it's gonna crash and burn... quickly, if this is the case.

 

[timmy]

Season 8 was "cleared"? What does that even mean?

Cleared by their legal team, I think.

 

[the Theorist]

This blast from the past hype they started seems like it's gonna crash and burn... quickly, if this is the case.

Absolutely. Not a complaint by any means, but I’m getting a little suspicious about the direction it seems to be headed. They’ve started to become a lot more vague, unclear and indistinct about what their intention is.

Don’t get me wrong, the marketing has been 100% genius. However, something is starting to feel off imo. The barrage of audition tapes… the drip feeding of seasons (which is definitely going to result in people losing interest, fast)… perhaps they’re focusing a little bit too much on the nostalgia now. Fan service can only go so far. I dunno.

 

[the Theorist]

But if you’re reading this, BB - pretty pretty please still work on trying to release CBB.

 

[zacz]

Yeah - I only got to watch up to the second nominations episode when it was live. It is going to take weeks to get back to that point if they continue this schedule of uploads.

 

[fng episode hunter]

I have day 41's uplate from 2003 if anyone's interested in seeing that. It's got behind the scenes footage as well pre going to air.

 

[dasnico]

I saw in a previous post that later seasons are digitised already. BB has confirmed 1-8 are all tapes and need converting.

 

[the Theorist]

I saw in a previous post that later seasons are digitised already. BB has confirmed 1-8 are all tapes and need converting.

View attachment 65893

Discussion about this here.

Seems a little…odd.

 

[fng episode hunter]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a7Y9-UN9V3wd-1_HR9ldHziKEezZb0Du/view?usp=sharing

This is Day 39's Uplate from the 2003 season. The year up late started. It includes behind the scenes material such as floor managers preparing the single camera backdrop before the show as well as mike briefing callers on what they might plan on saying during the ad breaks, before they actually go to air on the show. As far as I know this is the only complete up late ep ever discovered from the 2003 season...

 

[timmy]

Discussion about this here.

Seems a little…odd.

It completely contradicts what the official Youtube account said when I was watching the stream that S4 onwards was already digitised:

We don't know. There's even doubt they will upload S3 even after streaming it last and next weekend. I saw the official account saying they wouldn't be uploaded straight away, but according to @the Theorist they said they won't be uploading them at all. Official account said S4 onwards had already been digitised so I don't know if they'll bother with a marathon for them, let alone if they'll make them available on YT.

 

[the Theorist]

It completely contradicts what the official Youtube account said when I was watching the stream that S4 onwards was already digitised.

Exactly why I’m suspicious. They’ve also stopped replying - and deleting comments - to anyone who innocently questions them.

 

[the Theorist]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a7Y9-UN9V3wd-1_HR9ldHziKEezZb0Du/view?usp=sharing

This is Day 39's Uplate from the 2003 season. The year up late started. It includes behind the scenes material such as floor managers preparing the single camera backdrop before the show as well as mike briefing callers on what they might plan on saying during the ad breaks, before they actually go to air on the show. As far as I know this is the only complete up late ep ever discovered from the 2003 season...

Thanks! Amazingly I realised I already had this episode, just not in as high of a quality. I cross-checked with my collection and my version is only missing the BTS/floor manager stuff at the very beginning from yours, but the rest is the same.

I have 26 episodes from the 2003 Uplate season - all in LQ and most have the Mike Goldman portions edited out. Though, as far as I'm aware, my 2004-2007 Uplate sets are now complete (largely thanks to @BigKevin).

Does anyone know when the first ever Uplate episode went to air? The first I have is Day 9 from 2003, which is a complete episode and feels like it may be the first? Anyone know for sure?

 

[the Theorist]

Okay, found the earliest record of BBBA’s Uplate recap from 2003 by @Tim (Day 11, Wed 7 May) and he starts with: “I was at work till after midnight, so I missed the commencement of Up Late, but will fill you in on what I’ve seen tonight.”

The first full episode I own is from Day 9, which would have fallen on the evening of Mon 5 May, which also makes sense for them to have started Uplate in the week after the season started / all the HMs had entered.

So I must have the first ep? Happy to find a way to upload this for anyone else who wants it, given its significance…

 

[T.R.]

Okay, found the earliest record of BBBA’s Uplate recap from 2003 by @Tim (Day 11, Wed 7 May) and he starts with: “I was at work till after midnight, so I missed the commencement of Up Late, but will fill you in on what I’ve seen tonight.”

The first full episode I own is from Day 9, which would have fallen on the evening of Mon 5 May, which also makes sense for them to have started Uplate in the week after the season started / all the HMs had entered.

So I must have the first ep? Happy to find a way to upload this for anyone else who wants it, given its significance…

I found an old TV Guide that had Big Brother Uplate being listed for the first time on Monday, May 5, 2003. The first week of the show didn’t include this, so you’re right they waited until all the housemates were in before they started Uplate. Looks like you have the very first episode.

Hills Messenger (Port Adelaide, SA : 1984 - 2011) - 30 Apr 2003 - p20

MIDWEEK TELEVISION GUIDE;

trove.nla.gov.au

 

[timmy]

So I must have the first ep? Happy to find a way to upload this for anyone else who wants it, given its significance…

Please make it so! Pop it up on workupload.com or somewhere.

 

[the Theorist]

Absolutely. Not a complaint by any means, but I’m getting a little suspicious about the direction it seems to be headed. They’ve started to become a lot more vague, unclear and indistinct about what their intention is.

Don’t get me wrong, the marketing has been 100% genius. However, something is starting to feel off imo. The barrage of audition tapes… the drip feeding of seasons (which is definitely going to result in people losing interest, fast)… perhaps they’re focusing a little bit too much on the nostalgia now. Fan service can only go so far. I dunno.

More contradictory statements from BB (but backup for my argument above) in the current 2004 live chat: “we're not sure where they (replacement for damaged episodes) come from, we just get the error logs once the digitizing session is over”.

So it’s not done live, which was obvious and didn’t make much sense to begin with.

 

[the Theorist]

A minor TDLR for those that missed it in other threads, the reason the 2003 rewatch playlist isn’t being uploaded as quickly as previous seasons:

• confirmed that “higher ups came down on (the social team) for posting all of Season 2 in one night so now it's one episode a day (and) live catchup will be the only option to catch up moving forward”
• “they will all be uploaded eventually (but) hopefully live replay will be enough for people trying to watch along on the weekend, and then nobody will have a problem with slower (individual) uploads (of the season)
• “if there is an update it will be posted on social, for now the live replay will be going into a playlist with timestamps in the description for navigation. that is the best (the social team) can do”

They were very adamant that, at this stage, they’re not allowed to upload more than one individual episode a day. For whatever reason. It does seem very bizarre not to even compromise with a week’s worth every couple of days instead. But their hands are tied.

For now it sounds like they might be keeping the livestreams up in full for 2004, rather than individually, then putting those five 12-hour streams into their own playlist for a little while. 2003 will continue to be uploaded slowly for the time being.

 

[zacz]

Yeah it really is odd. I was holing they would keep the 2003 livestream up and I could watch that to catch up but then they removed that. If they keep the current upload schedule for the rest of the older seasons it will take years to upload everything.