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Zoodango Exec Picked as Contestant for 6th Season of "The Apprentice"

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 7, 2006 - 4:12pm.
Seattle - Zoodango, a social networking site for professionals, announced on Thursday that CEO and founder James Sun will appear as a cast member on the sixth season of NBC's reality series, "The Apprentice."
tags: Video | Marketing | Social Networking | TV | Career | Contests | Reality Shows | Zoodango | The Apprentics |

Web Reality Show to Follow Start-up Company PayPerPost.com

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 4, 2006 - 3:26pm.
Orlando, Fla. - Rockstartup.com on Monday introduced its Web reality series that follows the development of a start-up Internet company, PayPerPost.com. The site will post eight-minute, documentary-style webisodes each week on the venture, which links advertisers with freelance bloggers who will hire themselves out to promote products and services via online social networks.
tags: Video | TV | Documentaries | IPTV | Webisodes | PayPerPost.com | Reality Shows | Rockstartup.com |

Danish Media: John De Mol Wants to Buy Back Endemol, Acquire SBS

Authored by Jay Baage on November 22, 2006 - 1:24pm.
John De Mol - TalpaThe Dutch Media Mogul John De Mol, who in 1994 founded the television production company Endemol, best known for the Big Brother format, wants to buy the company back from Spanish telecom giant Telefonica, to which he sold it a few years ago. He is also interested in an acquisition of Scandinavian Broadcasting System (SBS).
tags: Deals | Video | TV | Europe | Reality Shows | Endemol | Telefonica | SBS |

CBS Web Reality Series "Inturn" to Air on TV

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 26, 2006 - 1:23pm.
Los Angeles - CBS plans to air a series originally created exclusively for broadband on its television network, according to The Hollywood Reporter. A compilation of the 24 webisodes of "Inturn," a reality series where actors competed for a slot on CBS' "As the World Turns," will air in a one-hour episode on CBS on Nov. 24.
tags: TV | IPTV | Contests | CBS | Soap Operas | Webisodes | Reality Shows | Inturn |

Zap2it.com to Host "Project StarrLight" Reality Blog

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 12, 2006 - 12:35pm.
Los Angeles - Zap2it.com, a site produced by Tribune Media Services that offers entertainment news and TV and movie listings, on Thursday announced the launch of a "reality blog" that will chronicle actress and screenwriter Jenna Mattison's effort to turn her script about comic book character Brenda Starr into a TV movie. Los Angeles-based Zap2it.com said Mattison partnered with Constance Burge, creator of the TV series "Charmed," on the "Project StarrLight" blog.
tags: Internet | Video | Online Publishing | Blogs | TV | Reality Shows | Zap2it |

USA Network TV Series to Follow Young Pro Gamers

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 5, 2006 - 2:45pm.
New York - USA Network announced on Thursday that it will air a seven-part reality series beginning in November that will follow young pro video gamers. The partnership with Major League Gaming will follow teams on the pro gaming circuit's seven-city tournament tour. Initial sponsors of the program include Boost Mobile, Scion and Gamestop.
tags: Games | Video | TV | UGC | Reality Shows | USA Network | Pro Gamers |

DirecTV to Launch Original Series With MySpace Angle

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 25, 2006 - 1:30am.
El Segundo, Calif. - Satellite TV provider DirecTV announced on Monday that it plans to debut a new original series on Oct. 2, "Project MyWorld," that will follow three friends as they travel the world and meet people who have become their MySpace friends. One friend will search for the best independent band in each city visited, while another will search for "international love" and the third will seek out various adventures.
tags: Video | Social Networking | TV | MySpace | DirecTV | Reality Shows |

Fox Reality to Debut TV Reality Series with User-Generated Content

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 7, 2006 - 1:31pm.
Los Angeles - Fox Reality, a News Corp. network launched in May 2005, announced on Thursday an agreement with producer Mark Rowland's Indie TV ("Supernanny," "Brat Camp"), to develop a new live TV series that will feature user-generated content and audience participation. "Your Instant Reality" will be a weekly, two-hour live show where viewers can interactive with the host and other viewers through real-time polling, text messages and submissions of their own digital content. Viewers will be able to submit material, take part in challenges and vote on outcomes.
tags: Video | TV | Fox | News Corp. | UGC | Reality Shows | Fox Reality |

AOL Gets $20 Million in Sponsorships for Gold Rush Net Reality Series

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 16, 2006 - 5:59pm.
AOL Gold RushLos Angeles - AOL announced on Wednesday that it has signed five exclusive sponsors for its "Gold Rush" interactive online reality series joint project with Mark Burnett Productions ("Survivor," "The Apprentice").
tags: Games | Internet | Marketing | Sponsorships | AOL | Portals | Reality Shows | Gold Rush |

Coincidence? Or is AOL Really Just Digging for Publicity?

Authored by Robert Spears on August 16, 2006 - 2:08am.
AOL Gold RushWhile doing my usual rounds of aggregating top stories in digital media from around the web this morning, I was struck by the odd, but obvious, tie-in between these two stories: 1) AOL Prepares to Dig for Gold – Literally; and 2) Big Brands to Sponsor Mark Burnett & AOL’s New Gold Rush Reality Show. 
tags: Games | Internet | Video | Law | TV | AOL | Portals | Mark Burnett | Spam | Reality Shows |

MSN Launches "Fan Club: Reality Baseball" Interactive Online Series

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 11, 2006 - 3:35pm.
Schaumburg, Ill. - Microsoft's MSN on Tuesday debuted its "Fan Club: Reality Baseball" online interactive entertainment series.
tags: Games | Launches | Sports | Internet | Baseball | MSN | Internet Launches | Portals | Reality Shows |