Victoria Beckham eyes career in TV

NEW YORK (Reuters) - As English soccer star David Beckham prepares to move to a new team in Los Angeles, his wife, former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham, also is eyeing a new career -- in television.

A spokesman for the couple said Victoria Beckham, who rose to fame as Posh Spice in the pop group The Spice Girls but has since struggled to revive her singing career, was interested in appearing in a new TV show.

"Major U.S. networks are interested in a program idea developed by 19 Entertainment on Victoria but as of yet no announcement has been made," said the spokesman.

Reports that the 32-year-old singer and fashion designer was going to appear in a reality TV show based on her move to Los Angeles were dismissed.

The couple will move to the United States in August when Beckham begins a five-year contract with the Los Angeles Galaxy soccer team in a deal worth $250 million.

The Beckhams are among Britain's most talked-about celebrity pairs but are lesser known in the United States.

The company 19 Entertainment, which was founded by Simon Fuller in 1985, creates and produces television shows including American Idol in the United States and Pop Idol in Britain as well as managing artists.

Reuters/Nielsen