ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½i
gives the vote to Fame Academy fans
Viewers of Fame Academy, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s new reality TV show, will be
able to catch all the latest news, tears and tantrums, successes
and failures, whenever and however they want it, as well as voting
to save their favourite students through a raft of interactive services
launching through ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½i.
For
Fame Academy addicts, there will be round-the-clock news updates,
highlights packages, profiles and pictures available across all
three digital interactive TV platforms, the internet, broadband,
SMS, WAP and PDA.
The
series produced by Initial (a part of Endemol UK) will provide the
ultimate musical training academy for 12 talented performers culminating
in the opportunity of a lifetime which will include a recording
contract with Mercury Records.
The
Friday night primetime entertainment show will be presented on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½
ONE by Cat Deeley and Patrick Kielty and programmes will also air
through ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Choice, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½i and CÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½.
Each
week, three students who have not made the grade are put on probation,
where they will have to sing for survival.
Viewers
hold the fate of one of the students in their hands and vote for
who they want to save. The remaining students choose to keep one
of the other two probationers.
Viewers
can vote live through their TV screen by pressing the red button
on the digital satellite and digital cable platforms during programmes,
and also via their mobile phone by sending in a text message with
the word VOTE + the student's name to shortcode 81123, as given
in the programme.
In
addition, digital satellite viewers can vote and watch live-link
action from inside the Academy outside of broadcast hours by pressing
red or accessing the Fame Academy service through the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½i-bar (Press
Text key for menu).
They
can also access exclusive video footage and really get to know the
students and teachers through personal profiles, catch up on bitesize
news bulletins, watch video highlights of unseen Academy antics,
and access a unique service where the viewer can watch ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ONE as
well as the live Fame Academy footage side by side at any time.
Digital
Terrestrial viewers can choose between two additional video streams
during live Fame Academy broadcasts - a live-link of what's happening
there and then and a continuously updated half hour highlights package.
There
is also a text service available (Press Text) outside of broadcast
hours for DTT and DSat viewers with exclusive student and teacher
diaries, plus Fame Academy secrets revealed.
On
Digital Cable, viewers can look up more information on the students
and teachers personal profiles and learn all about them through
their journals, diary columns and photo galleries.
There's
also the hottest news snippets, upcoming events and 24-hour viewer
voting.
The
website at
is the perfect partner if you just can't wait to find out the latest
news.
Keep
up to the minute with video news bulletins, plus on-demand video
clips of all the best Academy action.
Email
in questions to the students who will appear live online, chat to
other fans on the message board and check out a host of downloads,
facts and figures, games and polls to keep you entertained between
programmes.
And,
for aspiring popstars, there's a link to the Radio 1 OneMusic site
with hints, features and real-life stories on how to make it in
the music business.
For
fast internet broadband users, log on to video news updates every
day, exclusive weekday web interviews with the students and 'top
of the class' video clips. More information on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½i's broadband
services is available at .
And
if you want to catch news updates on the move, there is also a WAP
and PDA service offering news bulletins, student diaries and details
on how to cast your vote. More information on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½i's mobile services
is available at .
For
any kind of Fame Academy craving, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½i is there with the answer,
however and whenever you want it.
Notes
to Editors
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½i
is the name for the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s interactive services working across the
web, interactive TV and personal organisers.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½i
provides a single signpost and easier way of getting to the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s
great information, entertainment and education services, no matter
how you choose to access it.
The
Fame Academy opens its doors from 8.30pm on Friday October 4 on
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ONE.
The
Fame Academy students have been selected over the last couple of
months from over 10,000 hopefuls.
The
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½i website at
was produced by Endemol's Interactive Media Department, and news
and profile content from here has been reversioned for WAP and PDA.
Digital
interactive TV applications for digital satellite, terrestrial and
cable were built by ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ New Media and designed in conjunction with
VictoriaReal.
The
SMS voting application is managed and designed by Endemol (UK) Interactive
and Initial.
Text
messages sent in to the programme are charged at up to 12 pence
per message.
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