Emap Launches Multi-Media Chart Show
A new multi-media interactive Smash Hits chart show is being launched by Emap Performance, as the future of the existing Pepsi Network Chart hangs in the balance.
The new chart show is set to be broadcast across Emap Performance’s Kiss stations and its Big City network of stations in the North, as well as on Smash Hits TV. The weekly chart will also be featured in Emap’s new youth-celebrity title Sneak. Emap is planning to syndicate the show to other stations, as the future of the network chart is uncertain after Pepsi withdrew its sponsorship from the show.
The interactive element of the chart will be provided by inviting listeners and viewers to decide which track makes it to number one out of the top five. Voting will take place during the show by premium rate SMS and phone lines and a live graph on the web and television show will inform music fans how the voting is going. Voters will also be updated on the result by text.
Emap is yet to secure any big name sponsors for the new project, but believes the use of a combination of platforms will “produce the most representative and up to date chart in the UK.”
Emap: 01733 568 900 www.emap.co.uk
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