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Mobile Streams plc 16 May 2007 Mobile Streams hired to mobilise 'The Apprentice' (London, UK) 16 May 2007 FremantleMedia Enterprises, the commercial division of FremantleMedia, one of the largest international creators and producers of programme brands in the world, and Mobile Streams, the global mobile media specialist, have teamed up to deliver exclusive content from the hit talkbackTHAMES-created TV show, 'The Apprentice' to all mobile phone network operators in the UK. Over the 12-week run, Mobile Streams' Vuesia platform will encode behind-the-scenes and preview clips from the TV show, as well as the iconic ' You're Fired' moment, into a range of formats and facilitate the weekly delivery into three UK network operators - 3, Orange and O2 - following a commercial deal inked by FremantleMedia Enterprises. Content will also be made available on both Vodafone and T-Mobile in deals brokered by Mobile Streams, ensuring continued key deck placement within a dedicated WAP site on Vodafone and promotional banners throughout T-Mobile's T-Zones. Commenting, Martyn McGoun, EVP Europe: 'FremantleMedia has produced some the most exciting shows in recent times including The X Factor and the upcoming Britain's Got Talent. We are absolutely delighted to be working with FremantleMedia Enterprises on The Apprentice project. With its need for high quality production and multi-channel distribution on tight deadlines we are showcasing Vuesia's capabilities perfectly.' Robert Marsh, Vice President, Interactive and Telephony, UK of FremantleMedia Enterprises' licensing team added: 'This is the first time that we have licensed The Apprentice to all UK operators. We have found Mobile Streams to be a valuable partner to enable us to encode and deliver our content to all operators, as well as providing ready access to Vodafone and T-Mobile customers through their direct relationship.' The second series of The Apprentice, which is produced in the UK by talkbackTHAMES, the production company owned by FremantleMedia, was the highest rated programme of 2006 for BBC2. The show continued to grow its audience week on week throughout the 12 episode series and the final episode attracted an audience of 5.9 million viewers. The series was such a success that the broadcaster migrated the third series to BBC1. www.bbc.co.uk/apprentice About Mobile Streams Mobile Streams is a leading provider of music, comedy, sport and entertainment content to handsets and other wireless devices, whose mobile expertise and distribution platform, 'Vuesia,' is used globally by some of the world's largest media groups and mobile phone networks including Vodafone, and 3 in the UK, America Movil, Movistar & TIM in Latin America, Fido & Rogers in Canada and Dobson in the US. 'Vuesia' is Mobile Streams' full service enterprise mobile media management solution. 'Vuesia' facilitates content ingestion, management, delivery, billing and reporting. The Company creates, licenses and delivers quality content to Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) and consumers in the form of ringtones, graphics, video clips and other products. It has developed relationships with both content owners and MNOs which enable it to act as an intermediary, providing an end-to-end service encompassing a broad range of elements from content licensing to content production, account management and channel management. Mobile Streams has subsidiaries in Germany, the US, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Sydney and Singapore and has approximately 100 employees. For more information please go to www.mobilestreams.com. About FremantleMedia Enterprises FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) is the commercial arm of FremantleMedia and comprises of Fremantle International Distribution (FID), FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide (FLW) and Fremantle Home Entertainment (FHE). FID has a network of international sales offices and licenses over 19,000 hours of programmes to 150 countries worldwide. FID's programming comes from in-house UK producer, talkbackTHAMES and from an increasing number of independent producers in the UK and internationally. Recent international successes include US ratings-toppers The Apprentice: Donald Trump and The Apprentice: Martha Stewart, hugely successful fashion reality series, Project Runway starring Heidi Klum, exquisite Brook Lapping production Catherine the Great and the music event special, Britney Spears: In the Zone. FLW is the licensing division of FremantleMedia and exploits the company's many strong brands including the award winning international format, Idols and the cult children's classics, Rainbow and DangerMouse, across multiple off-screen platforms including merchandising campaigns, interactive and wireless support and music publishing. FHE is the home entertainment arm of FremantleMedia. FremantleMedia is one of the largest international creators and producers of programme brands in the world, with leading prime time entertainment, drama, serial drama and factual entertainment programming produced in over 25 territories. International drama programmes include Germany's top rated serial drama, Gute Zeiten, Schlechte Zeiten (Good Times Bad Times), the UK's most successful police drama, The Bill, and Australia's top serial drama, Neighbours. The company's entertainment and factual entertainment hits range from the award winning international format, Idols, broadcast as the prime time show, American Idol, on FOX in the US, to the grime-busting format, How Clean is Your House? and factual entertainment series starring celebrity chef, Jamie Oliver, Jamie's Kitchen, as well as long-running gameshows like The Price Is Right. FremantleMedia is the production business of the RTL Group, Europe's largest television and radio broadcast company. www.fremantlemedia.com Contacts: For Mobile Streams: Nadine Brokmann +49 511 509 909 24 nadineb@mobilestreams.com FremantleMedia Enterprises Lynne-Mei Lee +44 20 7691 6782 lynne-mei.lee@fremantlemedia.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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