"Empire" - live quiz show

more: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i26138003c343f1a12bd0f11dc05df7c8

excerpt: "Empire" is a live quiz show that would allow hundreds of thousands of viewers to play simultaneously via cell phone, land line or the Internet. Unlike other reality series, where viewer participation is mostly limited to voting, "Empire" will have players "projected" into the studio of the show. Participants will be presented through their Internet profile or live video through Fluorescent's proprietary participation technology Phoenix, which bridges broadcast TV, online, mobile and telephony. (Phoenix has been used on a number of shows, including GSN's "QuizNation" and PlayMania.")

"We are creating a gigantic social gaming contest across the nation, set within the venue of a live TV studio," Fluorescent managing director Carolyn Maze said. "Technologically and creatively, this show is pushing boundaries; it's a new category of game show."

Davies is executive producing "Empire" with Fluorescent. Sony Pictures TV will distribute the format under its deal with Davies' Embassy Row.