I just got an e-mail this morning asking me to explain the 24x7 Video that you can get via Real and their "Superpass"  - I started to type out a reply and thought - I should just make a post about it for others to read as well.  So here goes.

First off - I am not a technical support person - so please please don't start writing me with questions on how to do certain things.  If you have the feeds here are two options.  First off here is the phone number for PAID members customer support - including technical support:  1-866-474-2650.  You could also wander over to the TVClubhouse Technical discussion area to read what others have to say about the feeds. 

Ok, now that we have that out of the way - here are some 'simple' questions and answers.  I will also include screen shots of the live feeds on page two if I still have your attention.

How often are the feeds 'live' ?

The feeds are live almost all of the time with a few exceptions.

• When the TV show is on live on Thursday.  CBS runs a 'fish cam' for the entire period of the live show (7-8pm Eastern). 
• Rehersals time for the TV show - a few hours leading up to the show is sometimes filled with fish.
• Nomination ceremony - this might take an hour on Fridays
• Power of Veto Competition - Saturdays - time varies depending on the competition.
• POV Ceremony - maybe 30 minutes on Mondays

Other reasons the feeds may be of the fish:

• Houseguests singing - broadcasting over the internet is just like radio - REAL/CBS would have to pay royalties so they stop the live feeds and tell the housguests the shut up.  Singing is not allowed in the BB house.
• Houseguests telling personal information about others outside the house.  Many of the Houseguest's friends had to sign releases saying they would not sue CBS for things said by their friends/family while in the house.  But sometimes a houseguest mentions someone by name that didn't sign a release - so to cover their butts from lawsuits REAL/CBS goes to fish.
• When the production staff talks to the houseguests.  Sometimes a live person speaks directly to the houseguests (via speakers) and CBS/REAL does not want that to be heard over the feeds so we get a shot of the fishcam and the bubbles sound.
• Morning wake-up call.  The houseguest usually get one or two songs played in the morning so we have to suffer the fishcam during thee periods.

There are 4 main 'feeds' that you can choose from and one 'quad cam' that shows all four feeds combined.  Most of the time there are really just two feeds.  By that I mean two things to choose from.  For example 2 feeds may be of people in the HoH Room and the other two may be of people in the back yard.  The camera angles are usually slightly different - two camera's may be close ups of individuals and the other two long shots of the entire group.  There are times where so much is going on that all four camera shots are of different areas of the house.  As an example - as I was writing this Cameras 1 & 2 were of the kitchen/dining room area, Camera 3 was showing the Gold Bedroom and Camera 4 was showing the work-out room.

There are camreas in the 'toilet' area but they are not usually shown on the live feeds.  There are certainly times where you can hear certain things over a houseguest's mic though.  The shower area has not been shown "close up" and the houseguests usually make a point to hang towels in such a way that they cannot be seen undressed.

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