Post by odm on Dec 29, 2006 3:49:52 GMT
This was on Digital Spy. I just HAD to post it for you to discuss... 
Endemol designs new reality TV show
Thursday, December 28 2006, 12:10 GMT
By Matt Houghton
Endemol, the company behind Big Brother, is in the process of designing a new reality TV programme that will allow viewers to become directly involved.
The new concept show, named iLand, will involve abandoning a contestant on a desert island with only a laptop fitted with broadband internet.
They must then use the laptop to build their own community.
The audience will vote for people to join the contestant or leave. They will be reliant upon the community back home to help them solve puzzles and complete tasks.
The UK director of Endemol, Peter Cowley, told The Mirror, "You might recruit a carpenter because you need to build a house or a policeman because the island needs policing but you can also evict them."
iLand has been conceived as a broadband reality format using communication tools such as email and instant messaging, but it could be extended to TV and mobile if the right sponsors are attracted.
Mr. Cowley said "The sheer scale of it would require it to be both a commission in the US and the UK.
"We certainly see this as a potentially global proposition."
Endemol designs new reality TV show
Thursday, December 28 2006, 12:10 GMT
By Matt Houghton
Endemol, the company behind Big Brother, is in the process of designing a new reality TV programme that will allow viewers to become directly involved.
The new concept show, named iLand, will involve abandoning a contestant on a desert island with only a laptop fitted with broadband internet.
They must then use the laptop to build their own community.
The audience will vote for people to join the contestant or leave. They will be reliant upon the community back home to help them solve puzzles and complete tasks.
The UK director of Endemol, Peter Cowley, told The Mirror, "You might recruit a carpenter because you need to build a house or a policeman because the island needs policing but you can also evict them."
iLand has been conceived as a broadband reality format using communication tools such as email and instant messaging, but it could be extended to TV and mobile if the right sponsors are attracted.
Mr. Cowley said "The sheer scale of it would require it to be both a commission in the US and the UK.
"We certainly see this as a potentially global proposition."
They will have to pay me to watch it, they make so much money out of this sort of thing, you get so involved that you forget how much money you are spending on your phone bill. 
There's too much reality stuff on TV now they have to join the line somewhere. Endemol will be taking over channel 4 next. 