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Google, Fuller in IPTV venture
Spice Girls svengali Simon Fuller is reportedly in secret talks with internet giant Google about launching an internet TV service to rival the major UK broadcast networks.
Fuller, founder of 19 Entertainment, has apparently been having talks with Google for over a year about the launch of the service, which could "revolutionise the way entertainment and music are distributed," according to The Observer newspaper.
It is likely that the partnership will involve creating original content competing directly with major TV networks in the UK. Neither 19 nor Google were available to comment today.
Google has long been planning to ramp up its internet TV services, having launched its pay-per-view Google Video TV and film service last year. Now owning YouTube, the internet giant has been building up an array of deals with content producers and broadcasters over the past year, such as ITN, CBS and Sony BMG.
Earlier this month it emerged that Google's ad revenues had overtaken that of Britain's biggest commercial broadcaster, ITV1.
12 Nov 2007
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