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Endemols lease at Dreamworld ends at the end of '09. If Nine buy the rights to BB off Endemol, that includes the Dreamworld lot. Otherwise, until the lease is up, it's Endemols business what happens on that land. Remember though, if Nine do take on BB, they only get use of the land and the buildings attached to it. All of the other assets - cameras, mics, computers, furnishings, studio equipment etc - they have to supply all that themselves, because what is currently there belongs to Channel 10. Basically, they'll have to start from scratch.
That said, who knows. Now that David Gyngell is back at Nine, he seems to be trying to bring back some of the youth demographic. He's already announced that The Block will be back later this year. That might not seem like much, but it's a big step away from the too-mature network that Eddie McGuire tried to slap on us. If they do pick it up though (my bet is Endemol will deny them, though), we're not going to hear about it until later in the year.
But I stand by my comments that BB will be back on Ten in 2010, once analogue has been switched off and Ten begins multi broadcasting over digital. There'll be a whole lotta room in that schedule.
That said, who knows. Now that David Gyngell is back at Nine, he seems to be trying to bring back some of the youth demographic. He's already announced that The Block will be back later this year. That might not seem like much, but it's a big step away from the too-mature network that Eddie McGuire tried to slap on us. If they do pick it up though (my bet is Endemol will deny them, though), we're not going to hear about it until later in the year.
But I stand by my comments that BB will be back on Ten in 2010, once analogue has been switched off and Ten begins multi broadcasting over digital. There'll be a whole lotta room in that schedule.