Billboard magazine developing reality TV show

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Billboard magazine has teamed with music-services company Fluid Music to develop a reality competition series, marking the trade publication's first venture into reality television.

"Billboard Next" will combine a televised music competition and Web site specifically created to discover emerging artists across a range of music genres.

Aspiring artists will submit performance footage via the "Billboard Next" Web site to be judged and voted on by the public; those with the most votes will compete live on television. Details of the prize are being kept under wraps.

The project will be shopped to the TV networks. Billboard and the Hollywood Reporter are owned by the Nielsen Co.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter