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  • Find Freedom in Friendship with Sony YAY!’s Project Dosti!

    Find Freedom in Friendship with Sony YAY!’s Project Dosti!

    MUMBAI: Friend, best buddies, interdependence, liberation, freedom – from friendship rises freedom. For a child, a friend is someone who gives them complete freedom to be themselves, someone they can count on. In a way, Friendship enables Freedom, just as Freedom enables people to become true friends. Tying friendship with the values that independence stands for and emphasizing the importance of finding freedom in friendship, this August, Sony YAY! introduces ‘Project Dosti’. The Ultimate Destination of Happiness launched a larger than life initiative that encouraged and empowered children from various divides to come to one platform with an aim of cultivating the true meaning of friendship while inspiring them to look beyond…

    Children are the happiest around friends, and bringing in the idea of finding a friend in anyone, free of differences, Project Dosti integrated Friendship’s and Independence Day, uniting their young audience by friendship and celebrating a day free of inequality/disparity.

    Hosted in Delhi on August 7, the channel gathered children from Hope Foundation and BCC Model School for a fun-filled session of games and gupshup. Encouraging unity, and with an aim of bringing out a special camaraderie amongst the children that encourages them to work towards the same objective, together, the channel naturally picked an all-time favourite – Tug of War. Unity and team spirit were seen all the way making for a fun day out in Delhi.  In Kolkata, children supported by the Leo Club of Calcutta Park Avenue and students of Birla High School got together to participate in the same game, living out the highs of team sport on August 9.

    Adding another layer of fun, Sony YAY!’s signature toons Honey and Bunny added oodles of dhamaal to the day. Bunny, with his naughtiness and shenanigans, played fun pranks with the children while Honey awed them with his silly innocence – both making the kids love them like never before. Each encouraged different sides of the team, pushing the kids to do their best! Showcasing the friendship that Honey and Bunny share, and getting kids to experience a bond like theirs is what Project Dosti stands for.

    Project Dosti combines the universal pull of friends and freedom to drive home unity amongst all. Celebrating children’s refreshing innocence, Sony YAY! hopes to set new reasons for friendship and happiness with this activity.

  • 9XO launches dating app ‘Hook’; connects people over music

    9XO launches dating app ‘Hook’; connects people over music

    MUMBAI: 9XO, the international music channel to discover great music, announces the launch of Hook, the music based friendship/dating app.  Hook will be launched across Android (Google Playstore) on 18 January 2016 and soon on iOS (Apple iTunes).

     

    Along with the Hook app, 9XO will also launch a show starting 18 January 2016 at 5 pm. The 30 minute band will showcase the playlist of 10 hit songs which will also be display on the app. The show will feature a fresh playlist 7 days a week at 5 pm. Viewers will be able to hook their song and instantly get matched with someone who also ‘hooked’ the same song. They will see their matches on air (via name and image) and be able to chat with their matches on the app. This is a unique on air, mobile innovation on Indian television screens allowing viewers to connect with each other.

     

    Hook connects people over music. The user gets notified the instant a match is found with the same song choice. This selected playlist will be refreshed everyday to allow viewers to Hook with someone everyday and on new songs!

     

    Speaking about the latest innovation by the channel, 9XO Programming Head Clyde D’Souza said, “9XO and Hook would bridge the space between TV and Mobile. Our viewers are already discovering great music on their mobiles and building relationships via their mobile. Hook brings the power of connecting via music in your hands. The joy of finding music via Hook and connecting with someone instantly across India is something our viewers will find very exciting!”

     

    Hook gets synced with the Facebook account of the user enabling them to log on and start connecting with other users. Once the match is made the user gets notified of the Hook and can start chatting with the matched person.

     

    The Hook app will be promoted across Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. The app will also be promoted on ground through College festivals across Mumbai and Delhi.

  • Rupert Murdoch clashes with Tony Blair over Wendi Deng

    Rupert Murdoch clashes with Tony Blair over Wendi Deng

    MUMBAI: Media baron Rupert Murdoch and his ex-wife Wendi Deng may have called it quits, but there seems to be lots brewing between the two even now. Several media reports are hinting towards a rift between Murdoch and Tony Blair. The reason being stated is the former premier’s friendship with Wendi.

     

    Though Blair had always stated that his relationship with Deng is platonic, it is learnt that Murdoch has refused to speak to him since filing for divorce from Deng in June.
    According to reports, the breakdown of the friendship between the two men is being attributed to the claims that both Blair and Deng met on several occasions without Murdoch’s knowledge.

     

    It was in June that Blair had to come out in open to clear the air which linked him to Murdoch’s divorce. At the time, his spokesman had told the Hollywood Reporter: ‘If you are asking if they are having an affair, the answer is no.’

     

    An acquaintance of Murdoch was quoted: ‘Rupert Murdoch will have nothing more to do with Tony Blair. Not ever.’ Several media reports were seen quoting Murdoch’s friends.  In a report published in The Mail, another friend of Murdoch said: ‘If you think that Rupert made a decision to end his marriage and a long-term friendship without just cause, you are sorely mistaken.’

     

    However The Mail also quoted a close friend of Blair saying: “The ridiculous stories about Wendi and Tony’ were not true.” Blair’s friends insist that the relationship between Blair and Deng was innocent and that they never met alone.

     

    While the duo had formed a strong friendship, with Blair becoming god- father to the Murdochs’ daughter Grace in 2010, this rift surely comes as a shock to many.