August 2, 2004
Soap opera FanTESStic comes to UK
near near future reports that the interactive series, FanTESStic, produced by Endemol, with real actors created exclusively for MMS - initially launched by Spanish Telefónica Móviles - is coming to the UK.
Entertainment to mobile phones is going to come thick and fast in the next six to 12 months with the arrival of 3G,' said Peter Cowley, Endemol UK director of interactive media. 'We're testing the water to see how this content works in the market.'
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