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Broadband Content Bits: Sky Fashion Show, FreeSat Roulette, Gurgle For India

By Robert Andrews - Thu 24 Jul 2008 03:03 AM PST

-- Sky: BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) has commissioned an online-only weekly fashion video show for its Sky Style fashion portal, the site’s first dedicated web series. Wear It Well will come in 26 two-minute episodes will be promo’ed on Sky.com and the satcaster is hoping for syndication to third parties. It’s produced by MoMedia, in which Endemol holds a stake.

-- Roulette on FreeSat: Participation TV operator NetPlay TV, whose games are played simultaneously online and on its Sky digisat channel, has now got a channel on the new FreeSat platform. Live Roulette will run on channel 851 all day, every day, from today. Viewers watch the show on TV and place bets online or over the phone.

-- Gurgle: UK mother-and-baby social net Gurgle.com (if ever a brand owed its name to Google (NSDQ: GOOG), that’s it) is to expand in to the US and India. It will launch Gurgle.com and Gurgle.in with editorial teams in those countries. It’s also inked a syndication deal with MSN UK. A Gurgle book, comprising community submissions is due next spring.

Posted in: Companies, News Corp, BSkyB, Media, TV, VOD



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