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On Saturday 10th May, KateModern, the UK's most successful show on the web, will film at Radio 1's Big Weekend. With real-time, live footage from the festival, behind the scenes action and cameo appearances, this promises to be one of the most original KateModern episodes to date. Not only will this exclusive episode feature one of the UK's hottest acts, Scouting For Girls, but the entire episode from Radio 1's Big Weekend will also feature Radio 1's very own DJ Nick Grimshaw and other special guest to be announced. The episode will be uploaded onto Bebo on the evening of Saturday 10th May.
KateModern series producer Kelly Brett said, "The Radio 1 episode will be one of our most exciting collaborations and features to date. KateModern and Bebo are certainly breaking the mould when it comes to entertainment, and to be working with another unique entertainment platform like BBC Radio 1 and an event as big as Radio 1's Big Weekend is a fantastic opportunity for us."
Produced by the creators of lonelygirl15, KateModern (http://katemodern.bebo.com) is one of the most successful shows not on TV. The forerunner of Snack TV, it is a new form of online entertainment that combines bite-size 1-4 minute show episodes with live interaction. The show, which was commissioned by Bebo in April 2007, received over 35 million views in its first season, and over 21 million views sine the start of season two. As with lonelygirl15, KateModern's sister show, the plot is filled with the mythology of the evil 'Order' and the creepy 'Hymn Of One' offering unlimited opportunity for viewer feedback and online conversation. Using Bebo's social networking tools, fans can catch up on KateModern as well as talk to the characters, cast and producers, solve plot puzzles and suggest future ideas for the show.
Bebo recently became the world's only global Social Media Network. This radical new vision for online media combines community, self-expression and entertainment to enable its users to consume, create, discover and share content through the Bebo website. Unlike its competitors, Bebo offers access to a line-up of high quality programmes and entertainment from professional broadcasters, independent producers and other rights owners and gives users a simple set of tools to curate their favourite online media content and communicate their tastes to everyone in their network. Founded in 2005 as an online community, Bebo has a membership of more than 42 million individuals worldwide and is geared towards an audience aged under 30, with the core of 16-24 year olds spending 2.14 billion minutes on the site per month.
LEADING ONLINE DRAMA TO FILM SPECIAL EPISODE AT RADIO 1'S BIG WEEKEND FEATURING SCOUTING FOR GIRLS, DJS AND MORE!
May 8, 2008
London, UK - Bebo and EQAL's leading online drama KateModern which averages 1.5 million views per week, will be filming a special episode in collaboration with BBC Radio 1 at Radio 1's Big Weekend, featuring Scouting For Girls.On Saturday 10th May, KateModern, the UK's most successful show on the web, will film at Radio 1's Big Weekend. With real-time, live footage from the festival, behind the scenes action and cameo appearances, this promises to be one of the most original KateModern episodes to date. Not only will this exclusive episode feature one of the UK's hottest acts, Scouting For Girls, but the entire episode from Radio 1's Big Weekend will also feature Radio 1's very own DJ Nick Grimshaw and other special guest to be announced. The episode will be uploaded onto Bebo on the evening of Saturday 10th May.
KateModern series producer Kelly Brett said, "The Radio 1 episode will be one of our most exciting collaborations and features to date. KateModern and Bebo are certainly breaking the mould when it comes to entertainment, and to be working with another unique entertainment platform like BBC Radio 1 and an event as big as Radio 1's Big Weekend is a fantastic opportunity for us."
Produced by the creators of lonelygirl15, KateModern (http://katemodern.bebo.com) is one of the most successful shows not on TV. The forerunner of Snack TV, it is a new form of online entertainment that combines bite-size 1-4 minute show episodes with live interaction. The show, which was commissioned by Bebo in April 2007, received over 35 million views in its first season, and over 21 million views sine the start of season two. As with lonelygirl15, KateModern's sister show, the plot is filled with the mythology of the evil 'Order' and the creepy 'Hymn Of One' offering unlimited opportunity for viewer feedback and online conversation. Using Bebo's social networking tools, fans can catch up on KateModern as well as talk to the characters, cast and producers, solve plot puzzles and suggest future ideas for the show.
Bebo recently became the world's only global Social Media Network. This radical new vision for online media combines community, self-expression and entertainment to enable its users to consume, create, discover and share content through the Bebo website. Unlike its competitors, Bebo offers access to a line-up of high quality programmes and entertainment from professional broadcasters, independent producers and other rights owners and gives users a simple set of tools to curate their favourite online media content and communicate their tastes to everyone in their network. Founded in 2005 as an online community, Bebo has a membership of more than 42 million individuals worldwide and is geared towards an audience aged under 30, with the core of 16-24 year olds spending 2.14 billion minutes on the site per month.
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