Behind the Screen: BSkyB nixes phone quizzes

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The BBC and Five have already been slapped with hefty fines for keeping phone-in quizzes open after they had been won. anyone want to bet that CBS also does this with their phone quizzes/polls...

— Bacchus

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BSkyB nixes phone quizzes

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TV News: Scandalous phone games cloud U.K. TV -- BSkyB, Europe's leading pay box, decided against launching premium-rate phone quizzes on its channels because they "felt grubby," according to company topper James Murdoch. More...
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Bacchus#2
The BBC and Five have already been slapped with hefty fines for keeping phone-in quizzes open after they had been won
....anyone want to bet that CBS also does this with their phone quizzes/polls? I think it is a shame that people are charged to participate in ANY show. I wish there was a way to find out how much they raked in by keeping that money printing weasel around this summer on BB8?

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