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  • Topline Consulting Group Celebrates Two Years of creating Brand Impact with Integrated Marketing Solutions

    Topline Consulting Group Celebrates Two Years of creating Brand Impact with Integrated Marketing Solutions

    Topline Consulting Group, an Industry Observer and Marketing Innovator, celebrates the success of 2 years of its India operations. Topline marks its 2nd Anniversary with a robust client line-up and highly skilled Team strength. Among the various marketing solutions offered by the consultancy are multi-market and multi-strategy marketing services for brands to quickly grasp market opportunities.

    An innovator in Marketing Communications, Topline Consulting Group is powered by a fast growing solid team that provides strategic business solutions to clients. The expansion has been facilitated by several new accounts across e-commerce, smartphones, lifestyle, consumer durables and Ed-Tech, further diversifying the agency’s portfolio.

    Topline Consulting Group sets itself apart from the peers by playing the role of an industry observer to develop products as per the trending and futuristic marketing scope. In the span of 2 years the integrated marketing firm has enabled prestigious brands such as Symphony Limited, OPPO, Cars24, Vista rooms, TECNO smartphones, TanTan, TECNO Spot Community, Miniso, California Burrito and various others with strategic marketing needs. After a thoughtful study of Indian marketing essentials, the firm has drawn out four levels of full scale capabilities. These are –

    A Think Tank Consultancy
    As a partner of business growth to the clients, Topline provides comprehensive solutions coupled with marketing technology and standardized tools towards brand product launch and market entry, product sales and lead generation from directed audience.

    Brand Communications Advisory
    Insight driven strategic content marketing to generate user loyalty, generate brand influence among others to provide high-quality marketing results delivery.

    Dedicated Vertical Solutions’ Enabler
    Based on futuristic technologies, Topline has pioneered in introducing products such as live broadcast, Multi-Channel Network (MCN), Moment Marketing, User Generated content marketing and others.

    Customized Tech Platform
    To create impact on brands with focused business needs, Topline has created an expansive line-up of unique services such as, “TopSocial for Influencer Marketing", "Think Culture Foundation for Social Innovation" and “TopView for Academic Initiations”.

    Topline is among the first innovators in India to create the verticals of “Sensory Marketing” and "Direct to Consumer PR" to start serving clients for specific and targeted business services.

    On the Topline advantage with the Digital, Ms. Yan Han, Chairperson International Business, Topline Consulting Group, says, “Technological advancements have been changing the way people consume content and disrupting the traditional ways. This demands a change in roles where Topline’s USP of an enabler steps in. With the advent of the data-driven era of marketing, our strategies are backed by data and not mere intuition. For better productivity, Topline aims to unify sales and marketing and eliminate the middle channels.”

    Citing the strength of Topline as its resources, Udit Joshi, Head of Development and Operations, says, “Topline lays a lot of emphasis on acquiring talent with the right mindset and capabilities who understand client’s business goals. Marketing is evolving at an accelerated speed and requires multi-skilled talent. Our affiliation with the Premier Academic Institutions gives us access to a rich and enhanced talent pool in the Marketing, Communication and Design fraternity. Our team is our strength and with them our vision and mission to become a global organisation strengthens even more.”

    Setting its strategy for the next year, Topline Consulting Group aims to consolidate its firm commitment to Indian market by seeking a 10X growth in clients and resources. Topline is already serving the South East Asian market with targeted marketing products and services from its Gurgaon Headquarter.

  • dentsu X ranked India’s #No1 Media Agency for Growth 3rd time in a row : RECMA

    dentsu X ranked India’s #No1 Media Agency for Growth 3rd time in a row : RECMA

    RECMA, the Independent research firm that evaluates media agencies, has ranked dentsu X India No.1 in the ‘new business and client portfolio growth’ category. This is the third consecutive year when dentsu X India, the integrated media specialist from the house of Dentsu Aegis Network (DAN), has grabbed the No.1 spot on the list. For the record, RECMA, now in its 20th edition, is the only company to publish a wide range of media agency notation reports on a global scale. The study is based on four parameters – Qualitative Scores & Benchmark, Vitality Analysis, Structure Analysis and Activity Volume.

    With its rapid pace, dentsu X India has recorded a stellar growth of 35% in 2019 as compared to 2018. In fact, dentsu X India was the only market agency to grow more than 30% in APAC in 2019. The agency has been extensively active in 2020 and has been captured in all global regions as per RECMA’s latest analyses.

    Speaking on the occasion, Divya Karani, Chief Executive Officer, dentsu X India commented, “The increasing number of discerning marketers, recognizing the difference dX delivers in this accelerated changing and challenging market, is a huge validation of our design. It is simple. We know where you want to go, and we do so with ambition, agility, and flexibility. Again, and again and then again. The recognition of our trajectory by RECMA, now for the third consecutive year, is very pleasing.”

    RECMA has also ranked dentsu X Global as the world’s fastest growing media agency for the second consecutive year. Here, dentsu X Global has been ranked #1 in terms of year-on-year growth globally at 18.4%.

    “To receive the title of the world’s fastest growing agency for two consecutive years speaks volumes for not just our work that delivers transformative experiences for our clients, but also the passion of our teams across the world,” said Mike Nakamura, Global President, dentsu X. “This recognition sets the foundation for the ambitious future we have ahead of us and shows that our focus on Experience beyond Exposure is resonating with clients who are looking for an agency that not just delivers results, but also differentiation.”

    “Clients are increasingly recognising that a simple exposure isn’t enough to make a difference. Media can do so much more than expose; it can engage, entertain and ultimately add value,” added Sanjay Nazerali, Global MD, dentsu X. “We’re delighted that many of those clients have put their faith in us.” It is pertinent to note here that the 20th edition of RECMA’s Overall Activity Research is a wider coverage compared to its previous editions. It has also covered 75 countries and analysed over 1200 agencies.

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  • Rashid Khan joins Sourav Ganguly and Shane Watson to make his fantasy team on My11Circle

    Rashid Khan joins Sourav Ganguly and Shane Watson to make his fantasy team on My11Circle

    NEW DELHI: My11Circle, the fantasy sports platform of leading online gaming company Games24x7 has partnered with popular Afghanistan cricketer Rashid Khan. The champion cricketer will be making his fantasy teams for My11Circle's flagship "Beat The Expert" contest. The prolific leg-spinner joins former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly and legendary Australian all-rounder, Shane Watson, on the platform.

    Taking the fantasy gameplay experience to the next level, in 2019 My11Circle introduced the "Beat the Expert" contest — the only fantasy sports contest that allows a player to make a team and play directly with legendary cricketers. Riding upon this product innovation, My11Circle has grown in leaps and bounds to become one of India's top fantasy sports platforms in just one year since its inception in 2019. Fantasy players from all over India have enjoyed testing their skills against Saurav Ganguly and Shane Watson.

    During the three-match England- Ireland ODI series starting July 30, My11Circle's latest Expert Rashid Khan will be making his team for every match. Players from all over India can compete with his team for more fun and for winning higher rewards on the fantasy platform. 

    Speaking on the partnership, cricket sensation Rashid Khan said, "I am excited to partner with My11Circle and make my fantasy team on the platform to play with cricket fans. It is a truly innovative, first-of-its-kind fantasy sports platform that allows fans to play directly with cricketers, and I am looking forward to this experience."

    My11Circle VP Saroj Panigrahi said, "My11Circle is already a popular destination for fantasy cricket in India, commonly referred to as the platform where you 'Play With Champions'. We are delighted to associate with champion cricketer Rashid Khan for our "Beat The Expert" contest. India's sports enthusiasts have shown immense love for the past contests as they tested their skills against legendary cricketers Sourav Ganguly and Shane Watson's fantasy teams. We hope new players visit www.my11circle.com and discover the awesome game playing experience."

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  • Network18 launches 16 new Amazon Alexa Skills with Live News Experience

    Network18 launches 16 new Amazon Alexa Skills with Live News Experience

    Network18, India’s leading news network announces the launch of  16 new Alexa Skills across 12 languages for users of Amazon Echo and Alexa built-in devices. As part of the launch, users will get access to live news from Network18’s top channels- CNN-News18 and News18 India, along with their regional TV channels in Hindi, Gujarati, Bangla, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Assamese, Punjabi, Odia and Urdu.

    These skills will provide a seamless experience to users who want to stay updated with live news by using simple voice commands. Users can just say, “Alexa, Play CNN-News18”, “Alexa, Play News18 Tamil” or “Alexa, Play News18 Kannada” to listen to the latest news in the language of their choice. These new skills will be available in audio and video formats for both screen devices like Echo Show range and FTV as well as all other Echo and Alexa built-in devices. 

    Commenting on the development, Mitul Sangani, COO – General News, Network18 Digital said, “We, have always believed in creating content based on deep consumer insights that resonate with the audience. This is the time for us to leverage the repertoire of content and expertise we have built over the years. As the leading destination for regional language news, the onus lies on us to reach out to existing and new audiences on devices that are fast becoming the go-to medium of content consumption. Such launches expand our footprint amongst audiences and showcases that the brand is at the forefront of digital innovation. We are happy that the launch of these 16 new Alexa skills will provide a seamless experience to our audience who want to stay in touch with live news by just using their voice.” 

    Dilip R.S., Country Manager, Alexa Skills and Voice Services, Amazon India said, “We are excited to see Network18 launch 16 new Alexa skills. Asking for information via voice is more intuitive than typing and reading through the articles. With the News18 Skills, users will be able to get 24×7 live news updates in the language of their choice. We are sure users will enjoy the convenience of using simple voice commands to ask Alexa for live news and stay updated about important and relevant news in their favourite languages.” 

    Network18 is India’s largest TV network with the broadest spectrum of text & video content across 15 languages and 20 TV channels. Online 24×7, News18 is powered by not just journalists but also Network18's team of over 1,000 news professionals.

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  • Live action rendition of The Lion King all set to roar on Indian Television!

    Live action rendition of The Lion King all set to roar on Indian Television!

    MUMBAI:  Jon Favreau’s The Lion King is the live action reimagining of the Walt Disney animated classic. The modern retelling of the epic musical includes extremely realistic VFX, soundtrack and a star studded cast that comprises James Earl Jones and Donald Glover as the iconic father and son duo – Mufasa and Simba.

    Focusing more on Simba’s childhood than the original film and incorporating various new character developmental elements for beloved characters of Nala, Shenzi, Banzai, Ed, Scar, Zazu, Timon, Poomba and Rafiki, the film breathes new life into the 25-year long legacy of the franchise.

    However, despite being a new take on the 1994 version, the film balances out its nostalgia with veteran actor James Earl Jones and legendary composer Hans Zimmer returning to capture the magic of the first film.

    Talking about working on this film, director Jon Favreau stated “The upside of working on something like this is exciting because people already have an emotional understanding of what that story is and they have a connection in this material and the music already exists and is wonderful so to me there is a pros and cons to each but for The Lion King it felt if I could deliver that would be a lot of people who would be very appreciative because they love the story and I think that they are very concerned that any time this title is remade and then with Disney doing “Live action” adaptations of their classic animations that it would be handled right and with care.”

    Watch one of the most awe-inspiring Live-action saga – The Lion King, for the first time on Television in English, on Star Movies on 26 July 2020 at 12 PM and 9 PM.

  • ABP Network Partners with RHA India to serve 30 Million Meals

    ABP Network Partners with RHA India to serve 30 Million Meals

    Intent on combatting the ongoing hunger crisis, ABP Network has partnered with Robin Hood Army (RHA) – a volunteer-based, zero-funds organisation – for their national campaign #Mission30M. This initiative seeks to serve 30 million meals to people most affected by hunger-related issues across rural and urban areas.

    The Global Hunger Index 2019 ranks India as suffering from a “level of hunger that is serious”[i]. COVID-19 has aggravated this situation. A new report published by Oxfam estimated that 122 million more people could be pushed into starvation this year because of the pandemic’s economic fallout[ii]. Given the gravity of the situation, ABP Network has associated with RHA in helping hungry people across geographies.

    #Mission30M is the largest food relief campaign organized by civil society. Through this, Robin Hood Army is bringing together corporates, media houses and volunteers across 200 cities in 10 countries. All volunteers will be following government, health and safety guidelines, along with social distancing norms, to ensure safe and secure deliveries. RHA is a voluntary-based, zero-funds organisation that works to get surplus food from restaurants and the community to serve less fortunate people.

    ABP Network is helping RHA promote this initiative via the strength and reach of its national and regional channels – ABP News, ABP Majha, ABP Ananda, ABP Asmita, ABP Sajha and ABP Ganga – and its digital platform ABP Live, encouraging and inspiring people all across the country to join the common cause. ABP anchors are also using their social media handles to extend support and increase the initiative’s reach.

    Speaking on the occasion, Avinash Pandey, CEO – ABP Network said: “Due to the varied ramifications of COVID-19, hunger has tightened its grip worldwide. These times remind us that nothing is more meaningful than serving society. As a responsible network, we cherish our duty towards society and stand committed to dedicating ourselves in the nation’s service in every way. We are supporting this initiative to spread compassion during this challenging period. I hope more individuals and institutions join our cause.”

    Previously, ABP Network had collaborated with RHA for Senior Patrol – a movement that helped provide essentials to the most senior and susceptible members of society amid the COVID-19 crisis; The Mega-Christmas Food Drive of 2019; and the special Khaibar Pass Food Festival initiative, which involved distributing extra food from the festival to those in need. Through such significant initiatives, RHA has emerged as a powerful agent of change in Indian society.

  • News18 India salutes the martyrs of Kargil war with Vijay Diwas Adhiveshan

    News18 India salutes the martyrs of Kargil war with Vijay Diwas Adhiveshan

    Commemorating 21 years of the India’s victory in the Kargil war, News18 India is organising Vijay Diwas Adhiveshan. The virtual summit will pay homage to the brave-hearts who sacrificed their life in the war. This special edition of News18 India’s flagship property – Adhiveshan will host discussions and debates with renowned army veterans, political leaders, bureaucrats, sport stars and celebrities.

    The virtual conclave will be graced by former Chiefs of Armed Forces – Gen V.P Malik & Gen Bikram Singh who will share their experiences and untold stories from the war. Another session will have personnel from ITBP and Delhi police pay a musical tribute to the martyrs of the war. There will also be exclusive sessions with Gen V.K. Singh, Former Army Chief & MoS (Road Transport & Highways), highlighting the current defence strategies and preparedness of the country in the phase of any external threats including the recent standoff with china.

    The conclave will feature an intense debate on the approach adopted by the opposition parties while confronting the government on various issues with top newsmakers and political leaders such as Sambit Patra, Gaurav Bhatia, Pawan Khera and Gaurav Vallabh. Prominent athletes and celebrities such as Yogeshwar Dutt, Vijendra Singh, Tiger Shroff and Anupam Kher will add a different dimension to the show.

    This edition of News18 India Adhiveshan will also touch upon key topical issues through a special session with Ram Madhav, National General Secretary of BJP on the construction of Ram Mandir as well as a session with Sanjay Jha & Aditi Singh on Congress leadership's reluctance to give greater prominence to the party’s younger leaders.

    The virtual summit will have the channel’s team of leading anchors including Kishore Ajwani, Amish Devgan, Prateek Trivedi and Neha Pant leading the various discussions. Vijay Diwas Adhiveshan will not only pay tribute to the brave soldiers, but will also highlight the learnings from the Kargil war that will hold the country in good stead in the future.

    Tune into Vijay Diwas Adhiveshan on July 25th, 3 pm onwards only on News18 India.

  • Firework rope in former 9GAG, Taboola, Tout, Evolve Media senior management to power innovations on the open web

    Firework rope in former 9GAG, Taboola, Tout, Evolve Media senior management to power innovations on the open web

    Silicon Valley based short video platform Firework have roped in 9GAG’s Senior Vice President and GM Russel Schneider as the Head of Digital Strategy. Former head of Taboola News in the US, Anand Vijayanand, Bill Jennings, former Chief Digital Officer at Patientpoint in New York and Former Global COO of Evolve Media, Jason Holland have joined Firework’s leadership team in Redwood City, California. In addition to that, former Chief Revenue Officer of Tout, David Parsons has also joined Firework as its Head of Strategy and Business Development.

    While Jason Holland will lead as the President of Global Business for Firework, Anand Vijayanand will spearhead the mobile division of Firework. Bill Jennings has been appointed as the President of Firework Network. David Parsons on the other hand, will be responsible for business strategy in the brands global expansion.

    With more than 100 years of cumulative experience among them, this team has been entrusted with Firework’s open web initiatives globally. 
    At Evolve Media, Jason was pivotal in leading expansion into emerging markets and managing global business and strategy. At 9GAG, Russel Schneider developed a new blueprint to help brands integrate with social communities, MEME culture, and social creators. With over 15 years in leading digital businesses, Russel has partnered with Netflix, Paramount Pictures, EA Games, Dunkin' Donuts, Tencent Games and many more that made 9GAG one of world’s most followed entertainment brands.

    Anand Vijayanand, an Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu and Stanford Graduate was the VP and GM at Celltick in Silicon Valley before joining Taboola, heading their News division. Anand’s decades of experience in growth and business strategy and his experience with OEMs will drive Firework’s mobile application and product evolution and key partnerships.

    Deborah Vue, Global Head of Business and People Operation at Firework Headquarters in Redwood City, California said “Anand, Bill, Jason, Russel and David will be part of the leadership team at Firework. Our rapid growth and expansion around the globe are a validation of the compelling product that the team have put together and the journey that lies ahead of us. The experience that this team brings is diverse and rich and will add to the speed and agility with which Firework will build value in people’s digital journey”

    Jason Holland, President of Global Business at Firework said, “Firework is the world’s fastest growing short video platform and we are only getting started. I anticipate an extremely exciting journey at Firework, driving growth and strategy globally to enter the next stage of internet’s evolution. Firework is well poised be a game changer and it will be a delight to work with such inspired teams across the globe”

    Firework’s progress in the short video space on the open web have been rapid with their commitment to innovation and radical approach to offer business solutions for publisher partners. Firework has emerged as the largest short video operator on the open web, that is poised to transform social media, empower creators and create a shift in the way internet operates.

    This dream team will develop a fruitful journey for publishers, creators, brands to derive optimal value from the unrestrictive nature of the open web.

  • Fork Media Group  launches ContextAds across India, GCC and SEA regions

    Fork Media Group launches ContextAds across India, GCC and SEA regions

    NEW DELHI:  Media tech entity – Fork Media Group announced the launch of ContextAds – a programmatic platform to enable marketers adopt a holistic approach towards digital advertising. Having delivered over 1000+ brand campaigns through the managed service route, the programmatic platform of ContextAds is an advancement to the digital advertising offering of Fork Media Group.  ContextAds enables brands to take a well-informed ad decision through its AI/ML backed platforms while helping marketers establish a stronger brand connect. Through this platform, brands get granular details like sentiments, entities, content categories, user intent and hence they don’t have to rely on just a bunch of keywords and categories to make ad decisions. 

    ContextAds is an SSP with a data management platform backed by one of its kind combinations of context and audience data married with crucial factors like content quality, brand safety, and viewability. The platform gives marketeers access to over 100+ publications across India, GCC & SEA regions. Through ContextAds, marketeers can process the image. article text, headline categorization to not only deliver context but also deliver other extremely relevant parameters such as brand safety including dynamically striking off nudity, violence, negative social trend through entity extraction. This enables brands to target audience / context or both for a particular category that marries itself seamless to their product's attributes.

    In addition to helping marketeers, Fork Media Group is also helping publishers to improve the yield optimisation of advertising space inventory on websites to minimise wasted space and maximise views. Talking about the new launch, Fork Media Group founder and group CEO-Sammar Verma says,” The platform was built with a view to solve the problem of declining yield on display for publishers. We have always viewed the conventional display formats to be broken and hence, we identified context as a key missing link in the whole chain. Through this platform, we aim to bring back the incremental value on inventory through context. Historically, context has existed in the market primarily through key-word targeting and, in our view, that approach is highly inaccurate so technologically we have taken this light years ahead with AI & ML. We have now added layers of audience to our context data and programmatic capabilities to further enhance context delivery and monetization respectively.”

    Adding his thoughts on the relevance building aspect offered by the platform, Fork Media CTO Nikhil Sheth says, “Our proprietary ContextAds technology scans content and images across millions of pages, helping you to target contextually relevant pages. Our page screening technology also ensures that your brand is never advertised on pages with any inappropriate content. Along with this, our audience targeting helps you to target right audience based on their interest and behaviour. By combining power of page context, content safety and right audience, we make sure that your reach right audience all the time.”

    Talking about leveraging a tech-forward approach, Context Ads Product Head-Santosh Khandekar says, “With ContextAds, we are aiming to revolutionize the ad-decision model while delivering a controlled and scalable media buying experience through the Private Marketplace (PMP). Our proprietary technology managed to combine the Audience with Context to get a conclusive understanding of the user's past activities and present content consumption, helping brands deliver personalized brand awareness through innovative ads.”

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  • BIG Ganga ends July on a jubilant note, takes entertainment up a notch with its new offering – Kehu Aapan Ba

    BIG Ganga ends July on a jubilant note, takes entertainment up a notch with its new offering – Kehu Aapan Ba

    NEW DELHI: Entertaining the masses with its diverse content, Big Ganga, ZEE Entertainment Enterprise Limited’s Bhojpuri General Entertainment Channel brings to its viewers yet another interesting offering. Catering to the rising appetite for immersive content amongst their Bhojpuri-speaking audience, the channel is all set to launch one of the most popular shows of ZEE TV – Woh Apna Sa. Personalizing the show as per the needs of its audience, the channel will be renaming it as “Kehu Aapan Ba” while dubbing the show in Bhojpuri. Starting from 27 July, the show will be telecast every Monday to Saturday at 6 pm. 

    Offering viewers the best of both worlds in the form of drama and romance, the high octane show, based in Mumbai, is filled with layers of twists and turns which will make viewers glued to their seats throughout. It’s the story of Aditya who is in a troubled marriage with his wife Nisha with whom he has two daughters. Nisha, on the other hand, is nothing but selfish, evil and self centered who can go to any extent for her benefit including putting her daughters in danger. Since, this side of Nisha is a well-guarded secret, Aditya’s family thinks highly of Nisha leaving him with no choice but to stay with her. The turmoil in Aditya’s life ends when the protaganist Jhanvi enters and changes his life for good as they both disclose Nisha’s true colours. But the problems doesn’t stop here for Aditya and Jhanvi as they have to tackle many challenges, the biggest one being Nisha. The romantic drama, that featured talented actors, Disha Parmar, Sudeep Sahir and Riddhi Dogra, was a huge hit and aims to repeat the same success in the Bhojpuri-speaking market as well. 

    Speaking about the offering, ZEE Entertainment Enterprises Ltd Cluster Head East -Samrat Ghosh, said, “We have always worked towards providing the best of entertainment to our audience and we are glad that we are keeping our promise. The demand of Bhojpuri content has constantly been increasing where people are in the lookout for local, relatable content in their native language. BIG Ganga, being the pioneer in the Bhojpuri entertainment industry, understands the pulse of its viewers and brings content to their doorsteps after understanding their demands and preferences. Making sure our audience get the same quality of content as HSM viewers, a lot of research is involved in deciding on the syndicated content that is further tweaked according to the overall presentation and language that our audience would prefer. With the channel having a strong foothold in the region, curating such a popular show in a language that connects with our viewers also provides a great platform for advertisers and stakeholders alike, to reach out to the audience.”  

    BIG Ganga and ZEE Biskope Business Head- Amarpreet Singh Saini said, “With prime time being a prominent family-viewing time slot, we strive to curate family-oriented shows that can be watched and enjoyed by the entire household. Our prime time offerings are specially made keeping this in mind and by adding a new show to our bouquet will provide them a heavy dose of entertainment as well as strengthen our prime time band as well. Through Kehu Aapan Ba, we aim to end the month on a memorable note and give audience an interesting show to look forward to.”

    BIG Ganga’s shows enthrall and entertain audiences with its unique content, thereby making this platform apt for the whole family. The channel has been enhancing and enriching regional pride through its new offerings. These new Bhojpuri shows are sure to entertain audiences with its unique content and placement, thereby making the channel an apt prime time viewing choice for the entire family. With more shows in the pipeline, the channel is all set to redefine entertainment and original content for its regional audience.

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