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Make mornings lively with bindass’ ‘Beats’

MUMBAI: bindass channel is riding on huge waves of success with its fiction web series Girl in the City. Based on a girl named Meera Sehgal enacted by Mithila Palkar from Dehradhun, the show has been appreciated by many. It had also created ripples on the web in a short span of time with million plus views on social media platforms.

It is recently known that the channel has embarked a new show titled bindass Beats in collaboration with Frooti. Sources reveal that the deal between the sponsor and channel will be around Rs 25-28 lakhs.

Spreading dancing as a happy mantra, the one hour long show airs on the channel every Saturday at 9 am and every Sunday at 12 pm on bPlay. Both the platforms will have different music and packaging based on the theme of happy life, happy music.

In a move to increase viewers’ participation, the channel has also initiated an interesting activity. Viewers can make their own #‎MangoBango dance video and upload on Facebook and tag @Frooti and can get a chance to win exciting goodies.

June 23, 2016
Netflix unveils brand new icon; even as YouTube stutters

MUMBAI: Netflix bingers and observers have all been used to the Netflix logo appearing every where, even in icons online. Now the global streaming content leader has decided to do away with the whole name of the service in the icon and replaced with a bright N only.

It revealed this transition on its facebook and Twitter accounts. The icon features the N red letter flowing like a ribbon against a black background and stands more vertically instead of horizontally fitting inside an app icon box.

The player made it clear on its Twitter account that it’s not a new logo. “The N is an icon and a new creative element to live with our logo. The current Netflix logo is here to stay :)”, reads the tweet.

“We are introducing a new element into our branding with an N icon. The current Netflix logo will still remain, and the icon will start to be incorporated into our mobile apps along with other product integrations in the near future,” said a Netflix spokesperson.

The new icon will be seen on most places, including smartphone apps, social media and other product integrations making it lot easier to identify the Netflix app.

Back in 2014, Netflix had made the first change to its logo when it opted a flatter, more minimal design, switching from its DVD-era logo with a red background, and old-school typeface.

Even as Netflix introduced its new icon, online video guzzlers in certain countries and ares got a bit of a heart burn when leading streaming media site YouTube went down for a few minutes around 5 pm. Visitors were surprised to see a http 502 error, which mean the site was not available. The outage led to howls and funnies being posted on social media. Users wailed that they thought the end of the world was at hand, that they were frightened. A major howler was one which stated ” that a bunch of highly trained has been dispatched to deal with this situation.”

Nonetheless, close to a billion YouTubers the world over heaved a sigh of relief when it came back on again

June 22, 2016
Netflix unveils brand new icon; even as YouTube stutters

MUMBAI: Netflix bingers and observers have all been used to the Netflix logo appearing every where, even in icons online. Now the global streaming content leader has decided to do away with the whole name of the service in the icon and replaced with a bright N only.

It revealed this transition on its facebook and Twitter accounts. The icon features the N red letter flowing like a ribbon against a black background and stands more vertically instead of horizontally fitting inside an app icon box.

The player made it clear on its Twitter account that it’s not a new logo. “The N is an icon and a new creative element to live with our logo. The current Netflix logo is here to stay :)”, reads the tweet.

“We are introducing a new element into our branding with an N icon. The current Netflix logo will still remain, and the icon will start to be incorporated into our mobile apps along with other product integrations in the near future,” said a Netflix spokesperson.

The new icon will be seen on most places, including smartphone apps, social media and other product integrations making it lot easier to identify the Netflix app.

Back in 2014, Netflix had made the first change to its logo when it opted a flatter, more minimal design, switching from its DVD-era logo with a red background, and old-school typeface.

Even as Netflix introduced its new icon, online video guzzlers in certain countries and ares got a bit of a heart burn when leading streaming media site YouTube went down for a few minutes around 5 pm. Visitors were surprised to see a http 502 error, which mean the site was not available. The outage led to howls and funnies being posted on social media. Users wailed that they thought the end of the world was at hand, that they were frightened. A major howler was one which stated ” that a bunch of highly trained has been dispatched to deal with this situation.”

Nonetheless, close to a billion YouTubers the world over heaved a sigh of relief when it came back on again

June 22, 2016
Itel amongst Africa’s top 100 most admired brands

MUMBAI: In an announcement that emphasises the impact of the brand in the overseas market, itel, the hi-tech innovative brand for the masses, has been ranked 51stin the list of the ‘Most Admired Brands in Africa’ in 2015. The latest rankings by African Business, Africa’s biggest business magazine, saw itel move up 21 positions to be placed above other leading global brands such as Toshiba, Sharp, BlackBerry and Facebook.

Speaking on the announcement, Sudhir Kumar, CEO, itel Mobile India, said, “itel was established to make quality mobile connectivity solutions accessible to the aspiring consumer base across the world. Being named amongst the ‘Most Admired Brands in Africa’ highlights the difference we have made to the continent’s consumers by bridging the technological gap between the urban and rural geographies. We will be looking to build on that success and consolidate our presence in India by delivering best-in-class features at highly cost-effective prices. Our products have already received an impressive response from the country’s consumers, and we are confident that we will be able to drive the cause of Digital India through our state-of-the-art innovations and feature-driven products.”

The latest achievement underlines itel’s impact within the African region as an enabler that aims to empower every individual with value added and best-in-class mobility-based communication solutions. The brand, which has sold more than 70 million handsets worldwide since its inception, was previously ranked 72nd in the 2014 list of ‘Most Admired Brands in Africa’.

June 22, 2016
Itel amongst Africa’s top 100 most admired brands

MUMBAI: In an announcement that emphasises the impact of the brand in the overseas market, itel, the hi-tech innovative brand for the masses, has been ranked 51stin the list of the ‘Most Admired Brands in Africa’ in 2015. The latest rankings by African Business, Africa’s biggest business magazine, saw itel move up 21 positions to be placed above other leading global brands such as Toshiba, Sharp, BlackBerry and Facebook.

Speaking on the announcement, Sudhir Kumar, CEO, itel Mobile India, said, “itel was established to make quality mobile connectivity solutions accessible to the aspiring consumer base across the world. Being named amongst the ‘Most Admired Brands in Africa’ highlights the difference we have made to the continent’s consumers by bridging the technological gap between the urban and rural geographies. We will be looking to build on that success and consolidate our presence in India by delivering best-in-class features at highly cost-effective prices. Our products have already received an impressive response from the country’s consumers, and we are confident that we will be able to drive the cause of Digital India through our state-of-the-art innovations and feature-driven products.”

The latest achievement underlines itel’s impact within the African region as an enabler that aims to empower every individual with value added and best-in-class mobility-based communication solutions. The brand, which has sold more than 70 million handsets worldwide since its inception, was previously ranked 72nd in the 2014 list of ‘Most Admired Brands in Africa’.

June 22, 2016
Instagram crosses 500 million members

MUMBAI: Facebook announced yesterday at Cannes that its Instagram community has grown to more than 500 million (50 crore), of which more than 300 million use Instagram every single day. Facebook claimed that Instagram’s community continued to become even more global, with more than 80 percent living outside of the United States.

While thanking its community, an Instagram blog message said, “As you’ve captured and shared the moments happening around you, you’ve formed incredibly varied and diverse communities. Whether you’re an illustrator, a sneakerhead or an astronaut on the International Space Station, every photo and video you share helps bring people closer to friends and interests, broadens perspectives and inspires a sense of wonder. You’ve made Instagram a place where the everyday and the epic are always within reach.”

“Thank you for your creativity, your openness and your passion for sharing your worlds with one another. We can’t wait to see what you create next”.

Instagram was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, and launched in October 2010 as a free mobile app. Instagram is an online mobile photo-sharing, video-sharing, and social networking service that enables its users to take pictures and videos, and share them either publicly or privately on the app, as well as through a variety of other social networking platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Flickr. It was acquired by Facebook in April 2012 for approximately $1 billion in cash and stock.

June 22, 2016
Instagram crosses 500 million members

MUMBAI: Facebook announced yesterday at Cannes that its Instagram community has grown to more than 500 million (50 crore), of which more than 300 million use Instagram every single day. Facebook claimed that Instagram’s community continued to become even more global, with more than 80 percent living outside of the United States.

While thanking its community, an Instagram blog message said, “As you’ve captured and shared the moments happening around you, you’ve formed incredibly varied and diverse communities. Whether you’re an illustrator, a sneakerhead or an astronaut on the International Space Station, every photo and video you share helps bring people closer to friends and interests, broadens perspectives and inspires a sense of wonder. You’ve made Instagram a place where the everyday and the epic are always within reach.”

“Thank you for your creativity, your openness and your passion for sharing your worlds with one another. We can’t wait to see what you create next”.

Instagram was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, and launched in October 2010 as a free mobile app. Instagram is an online mobile photo-sharing, video-sharing, and social networking service that enables its users to take pictures and videos, and share them either publicly or privately on the app, as well as through a variety of other social networking platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Flickr. It was acquired by Facebook in April 2012 for approximately $1 billion in cash and stock.

June 22, 2016
Facebook announces four solutions for mobile advertisers at Cannes Lions

MUMBAI: Yesterday at the Cannes Lions, Facebook announced four new solutions that make it easier for advertisers to share their messages across mobile platforms. With more than 1.5 billion people accessing Facebook from mobile devices and more than 1 billion people using Facebook on mobile everyday, the Facebook family has more mobile engagement than any other platform.

Facebook’s announcements include:

The launch of a Creative Hub, where the creative community can learn and build on mobile. Facebook claims that this new, online interface will be a sandbox where agencies can play with different ad formats for online and mobile and experiment with what works best. Most ad creation happens on desktop but is experienced on mobile. The Creative Hub gives ad creators an easy way to preview their work in a dynamic mobile feed. They can also share these mock-ups with stakeholders through a preview URL. The Creative Hub will also provide inspiration with an easy-to-navigate repository of case studies and great content. The Creative Hub is now in testing and should be available to everyone in the next few months.

Introduction of an Audience Insights API in beta, to help businesses build better insights to fuel campaigns. Facebook says that it is currently working with the creative community on how to reach better insights through the Audience Insights API. As part of the beta program, Facebook has partnered with a small group of advertisers like Mondelez International and Anheuser-Busch InBev.

Updates to Canvas ads that make it easier for marketers to design, create, share and gain insights. Advertisers can now share their Canvases with stakeholders to simplify the review process. Coming toward the end of this month, Canvas will have a new feed unit to help entice people to engage. Plus, Canvas will be available for all Pages to use in a post (even when it’s not promoted as an ad). Also, marketers will be able to access detailed metrics such as dwell time per component and clicks per component to track Canvas performance.

Enhancements to Slideshow ads that make it easy for businesses to create videos from photos. Enhancements to Slideshow include audio and text overlay, an easy ‘video-to-slideshow’ creation tool, the ability to create slideshow from a mobile device and integration with Pages Photo Library and Shutterstock stock image library. This means small businesses without any production resources can create, edit and boost customised slideshows using existing photos from their Page or any of thousands of Facebook’s stock images. Facebook says that these tools are coming at the end of the month to all advertisers and can be used however they would use a video (across Facebook and Instagram).

Facebook also announced that there were now more than 500 million (50 crore) users on Instagram.

Also read:

Instagram crosses 500 million members

http://www.indiantelevision.com/iworld/social-media/instagram-crosses-500-million-members-160622

June 22, 2016
Facebook announces four solutions for mobile advertisers at Cannes Lions

MUMBAI: Yesterday at the Cannes Lions, Facebook announced four new solutions that make it easier for advertisers to share their messages across mobile platforms. With more than 1.5 billion people accessing Facebook from mobile devices and more than 1 billion people using Facebook on mobile everyday, the Facebook family has more mobile engagement than any other platform.

Facebook’s announcements include:

The launch of a Creative Hub, where the creative community can learn and build on mobile. Facebook claims that this new, online interface will be a sandbox where agencies can play with different ad formats for online and mobile and experiment with what works best. Most ad creation happens on desktop but is experienced on mobile. The Creative Hub gives ad creators an easy way to preview their work in a dynamic mobile feed. They can also share these mock-ups with stakeholders through a preview URL. The Creative Hub will also provide inspiration with an easy-to-navigate repository of case studies and great content. The Creative Hub is now in testing and should be available to everyone in the next few months.

Introduction of an Audience Insights API in beta, to help businesses build better insights to fuel campaigns. Facebook says that it is currently working with the creative community on how to reach better insights through the Audience Insights API. As part of the beta program, Facebook has partnered with a small group of advertisers like Mondelez International and Anheuser-Busch InBev.

Updates to Canvas ads that make it easier for marketers to design, create, share and gain insights. Advertisers can now share their Canvases with stakeholders to simplify the review process. Coming toward the end of this month, Canvas will have a new feed unit to help entice people to engage. Plus, Canvas will be available for all Pages to use in a post (even when it’s not promoted as an ad). Also, marketers will be able to access detailed metrics such as dwell time per component and clicks per component to track Canvas performance.

Enhancements to Slideshow ads that make it easy for businesses to create videos from photos. Enhancements to Slideshow include audio and text overlay, an easy ‘video-to-slideshow’ creation tool, the ability to create slideshow from a mobile device and integration with Pages Photo Library and Shutterstock stock image library. This means small businesses without any production resources can create, edit and boost customised slideshows using existing photos from their Page or any of thousands of Facebook’s stock images. Facebook says that these tools are coming at the end of the month to all advertisers and can be used however they would use a video (across Facebook and Instagram).

Facebook also announced that there were now more than 500 million (50 crore) users on Instagram.

Also read:

Instagram crosses 500 million members

http://www.indiantelevision.com/iworld/social-media/instagram-crosses-500-million-members-160622

June 22, 2016
BBC World News unveils plans to help global audiences

MUMBAI: As the United Kingdom looks towards the EU Referendum, the BBC has today unveiled its plans to help global audiences make sense of the vote.

From documentaries and debates to live streaming on social media, BBC World News and BBC.com/news will provide a multiplatform offer, which means people around the world can keep up with the latest on the campaign wherever they are.

The BBC’s international news service will be mobilising its team of experienced correspondents and presenters with live broadcasts from across Europe to explain key moments in the campaign and help people understand what the result could mean where they are, while also offering a wealth of content online at bbc.com/eureferendum (www.bbc.com/news/politics/eu_referendum)
Sharing content and analysis via Facebook, Snapchat, and Twitter will be at the heart of the coverage as Outside Source presenter Ros Atkins takes his innovative daily news show on the road. He will be presenting his TV programme from Paris, Manchester and Edinburgh as well as live steaming on the BBC News Facebook page. He will also be covering the BBC’s live, televised EU membership debate at London’s SSE Arena, Wembley on Tuesday June 21st. Ros will use social media to bring viewers key points as senior politicians and other key figures explore both sides of the argument, while BBC World News will broadcast the debate live.

On results day Ros will be joined by World News presenter and former BBC political correspondent Philippa Thomas in London’s Westminster as they cover the reaction to the referendum’s outcome in a special day of live broadcasts. Presenters David Eades and Karin Giannone will be bringing the view from Brussels, and Kasia Madera will be in Poland. BBC World News America anchor Katty Kay will be keeping American audiences up to speed, with a special London edition of her show while business correspondents Karishma Vaswani and Michelle Fleury will gauge the reaction of the financial markets and business communities around the world.

Alongside the service’s news reporting BBC World News will also be broadcasting special documentaries. These include an Our World special with Gabriel Gatehouse considering what has become of the European dream and an hour long film ‘The Truth About EU Migration’ (title TBC) presented by Mishal Husain taking an impartial look at the effects of migration from other European Union countries to the UK.

Unveiling the wealth of content, BBC World News digital and editorial director Richard Porter said, “This is a historic referendum for the British people, which we know is being watched closely around the world. It’s our responsibility to ensure audiences get the clearest explanation of the issues, with coverage they can trust. Audiences can expect the same quality of coverage whether they come to us on TV, on our website, our app or on social media – and we’ll reflect back what they’re saying to us, as well as what the politicians are saying to them. We’ll draw upon all the knowledge and experience of our expert correspondents to ensure audiences get the whole story.”

Key Content

• Our World: The European Dreamwith Gabriel Gatehouse-It’s more than 65 years since Europe set out on a journey that’s led to today’s complex union of 28 states. As the European Union struggles to stay united in the face of 21st century crises, for Our World Gabriel Gatehouse asks what’s happened to the European dream. Tx Friday June 10th 0930 GMT

• The Truth about EU Migration – Mishal Husain takes an impartial look at the effects of migration from other European Union countries to the UK. From the economy and jobs market, through education, housing, and the NHS, to security and national identity, this documentary explores the true impact of EU immigration on Britain.Tx date tbc

• EU Referendum: The Great Debate -As the campaign reaches its climax, BBC presenters David Dimbleby (Question Time) will be joined by Mishal Husain (Radio4 Today) and Emily Maitlis (This Week’s World), live at SSE Arena, Wembley in London for the BBC’s biggest ever campaign event as thousands of voters are invited to question representatives from the ‘leave’ and ‘remain’ camps
– TxJune 21st.

• Outside Source Specials / BBC World News live broadcasts

o Paris – June 9 and 10

o Belgium – June 14

o Manchester & The Netherlands – June 16

o Scotland – June 20

• Results Day – rolling coverage from Westminster and Brussels with in-depth analysis as the result becomes clear – June 24

June 8, 2016