Big Brother is watching you...and you...and you....and you

For those of you who don't slum it down to the moshpits of UK TV content, there has been a small furore going on this week in Sleb Big Brother (Bigot Brother?), a UK "reality" TV show.

But, to me the interesting thing is not so much that there is a Big Brother full of sleb slappers, but that there are so few of these programs available - its just studio generated "user generated content" after all.

In the emerging democratic user generated content world, we can all just switch our webcams on and record everyday life in various other places of bad behaviour - miles of fun on the Monday morning rush hour train ticket booths, for example. Or the fascinating Saturday Night closing time at the Boozer. Or the Scoble Show when the batteries run out in mid shoot.....

Some of course argue that it has all gone too far

Actually, it hasn't gone nearly far enough - if the internet is anything to go by so far, there are going to be alt.video shows that will make all this hooha look like a Girl Guides outing - take this example on NewTeeVee for example. And the mainstream media tutting all the way to the videobank.

Now, I think the big opportunity going begging here on Reality TV is user generated advertising - why have oriental tattoos on your derriere when you can be Branded with a Real Brand! You could sell different parts of your personal real estate at different prices too....based on the exposure they get

And why slag off other contestants when you could slag off other competing products for cash?

And of course, as you viewers voyeur the sleb slappers, your online service provider is watching you - every search you make, every click you take, they'll be watching you.

I suspect this will be a part of the Future of TV. Goodbye BBC, hello CC.TV.

By the way, re recent discussions of the dangers of blogging as a PR tool, it is an object lesson to read Ms Jade Goody's own discussion group here......the Vox Populi!

Note - as of Sat midday it looks like some of the more, er - colourful - voxii of the populus have been removed from the Jade Goody website as she and her PR team shift into Penance Mode. Thus guaranteeing more career and ratings enhancing headlines....

O Tempora! O mores!