Fame Academy, UK’s fame show (yeah, that’s a lame description, I know), will sell contestants’ tracks costing viewers 99p each…these are available to download from a range of online music retailers – Dotmusic, Freeserve, HMV, MSN and MTV.
The blatantly commercial move, which will line the pockets of producers Endemol and record giant Polydor, will reignite the row over the commercial exploitation of BBC programmes.
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