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  • Mantri Developers launches mobile app

    Mantri Developers launches mobile app

    MUMBAI: Mantri Developershave have launched a mobile app – Mantri Corp – that allows interested buyers one touch information access for all their projects. 

    Supported by GPS, Mantri Corp app aims to reach out to its customer base in India and abroad. The app is currently available on iPhone, iPad running iOS Version 6.0 and Android Phones and Android Tablets running Version 3.0 and above. The app will also be available on iOS devices running the latest iOS7 version launched by Apple.

    The app features Mantri Developers projects in Residential, Offices, Retail, Mantri Education, and Hospitality segment. Mantri Corporate App comes loaded with many features that include project gallery, details like specifications, floor plans, club house details, locations etc.

    In addition to this interested buyers can connect with Mantri Sales team using the Mobile App. Taking a step further the app also gives the user an opportunity to explore Mantri projects offline when Wi-Fi or 3G connection is not available. It also guides one to the route to any Mantri project from the current location.

    Snehal Mantri while releasing the app said, “In this fast paced world it is important to stay connected and have one stop solution at our finger tips. The Mantri Corp App is a sincere effort to bringing Mantri Developers closer to its stake holders and potential buyers and keeps them updated with all the information at every point of time according to their need. This is just the beginning; we will be adding many more features in the app in near future.”

    The App also has inbuilt notifications which will update the users on the Hot Offers, Events happening at Mantri Developers, Mantri Square, Mantri Junction etc. The higher version of the app will include new features where all existing Mantri home owners will be able to access their reward points ‘Mantri Insignia’ using the mobile App.

    Appface Technologies CEO Edvin Varghese added, “Smartphone apps will play an integrating role for Home Automation products going forward. We are happy to associate with a market leader like Mantri Developers which always offers cutting edge technology and convenience to its customers.”

    The Mantri Corp apps will be scaled up to offer Smart Home Services to all Mantri Customers. Features like “Security Management, Lighting Controls, A/C Control, Heater Control, Media Management” etc. will be offered on the app for the convenience of Mantri Home owners going forward. 

  • Nick launches its first global mobile app

    Nick launches its first global mobile app

    MUMBAI: Kids broadcaster Nickelodeon has launched its first worldwide mobile app Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Rooftop Run in more than 150 countries and eight languages.

    Available for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices, the app features 3D characters and environments based on the CG-animated series.

    This is a runner ninja combat game, where players run, jump and fight their way across the rooftops of New York in an attempt to save the city from the invading Kraang and ultimate destruction.

    The app will be translated into eight languages, English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish (Latin America) and Spanish (Spain).

  • Disney Junior expands digital offerings in the US

    Disney Junior expands digital offerings in the US

    MUMBAI: Disney Junior is boosting its presence on the digital front in the US. The Disney Junior Appisodes app for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch has been announced following the ‘Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Road Rally Appisode‘.

    Now the broadcaster has said that the Disney Junior Appisodes app is the first TV appisode app for kids that combine viewing and interaction with the TV characters and stories they love. It can be found now in the App Store at: appstore.com/disneyjuniorappisodes.

    Developed by Disney/ABC Television Group‘s Digital Media team, the new app offers true interactive viewing, allowing fans 2-7 to touch, tap, swipe, tilt, shake and talk their way through various fun-filled activities embedded into episodes of some of their favorite Disney Junior shows.

    The all-new “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse – Mickey and Donald Have a Farm Appisode” and the “Jake and the Never Land Pirates Appisode,” which features “Hide the Hideout” and “Captain Hook‘s Hooks,” are available for $4.99. A free download of the original “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Road Rally Appisode” is included. In the coming months, episodes of shows ‘Doc Mc Stuffins,‘‘Sofia the First‘and more ‘Jake and the Never Land Pirates‘will also be available for download as appisodes.

    Disney Channels Worldwide VP digital media Lauren DeVillier said, “The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse appisode has been successful because it‘s a natural extension of what kids are already doing in their daily lives. Over 70 per cent of households with kids have app-enabled devices in their homes. Touching, tapping and swiping are second nature to them.

    “We are allowing kids to move the narrative of their favourite show forward by interacting with the characters, giving them the opportunity to take an active role in the story. Being able to do that with one of their favorite TV shows is really exciting for them. And from a content perspective, it gives our shows a whole new life on another platform.”

  • CBS launches streaming app for iPad, iPhone

    CBS launches streaming app for iPad, iPhone

    MUMBAI: US broadcaster CBS has announced the launch of the new CBS App for iPhone and iPad users, offering full-episode streaming of CBS programming from primetime, daytime and late night.

    The new app further extends the reach of the shows‘ audience, providing more flexibility and opportunity for catch-up viewing and opens yet another monetisation window for the company‘s industry-leading content.
     
    The CBS App is available for immediate download from the App Store, and offers original and second-screen features for CBS‘ shows such as ‘NCIS‘, ‘The Good Wife‘, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation‘, ‘How I Met Your Mother‘ and ‘The Young And The Restless‘.

    Daytime and late night programming will be available within 24 hours after initial airing, while most primetime programmes will be available on the eighth day after broadcast.CBS also announced it would introduce similar full-episode streaming apps for all major mobile and tablet platforms later this year, including Android and Windows 8.

    CBS president, CEO Leslie Moonves, said “We have been methodically and strategically finding new ways to satiate the appetite for our content on new platforms, while tapping into the tremendous revenue provided by doing so. Our announcement today achieves both of these objectives, while protecting our very healthy current ecosystem. In addition, by making our shows available on all the leading mobile devices out there, we are confident we will bring a whole new set of viewers to the CBS Television Network and build upon our standing as the #1 network in the business.”

    CBS Interactive president Jim Lanzone said, “Our online viewers not only want to watch their favourite shows on multiple devices, they want deeper engagement with the programs they love. The new CBS app gives them the best of both worlds, letting people watch CBS shows on the best screen available for them, with a host of extra features that give them a richer viewing experience whenever and wherever they tune in.”

    The new CBS App will integrate the existing CBS Connect App experience by the start of the Fall TV season. At that time, the CBS App will offer integrated social feeds; live events that allow fans to engage directly with talent; and second-screen experiences synched to the broadcast with additional content for select shows like ‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation‘, ‘Criminal Minds‘ and ‘Hawaii Five-O‘.

    Buick is the official launch partner for the new CBS App, bringing users CBS programming with reduced commercial interruption for the first several weeks after launch.

  • Madhuri Dixit App now launches on iPad

    Madhuri Dixit App now launches on iPad

    MUMBAI: After launching her mobile apps on the iPhone and Android platforms, actress Madhuri Dixit has now launched her app, Madhuri Dixit HD, on the iPad. The high definition app is sleek and very user friendly and allows its users to get the latest updates on the actress.

    With this app her fans from across the globe can interact with her and can even access her latest pictures, videos and exclusive content on beauty, fashion and dance at their fingertips, all in hi-def.

    With Twitter & Facebook feeds embedded in the app, the charismatic actress who is active on the social media platforms hopes to connect with her fans more often.

    Talking about the iPad app, Madhuri Dixit says, ”It is hard staying in touch with all the fans today. The newest in my app line-up adds high definition to the repertoire while maintaining the same great features of the previous apps including integrated Twitter and Facebook. It’s a very small contribution from my side to acknowledge the love and adulation I receive from my fans and I can’t thank them enough.”

  • Times Internet launches Speaking Tree app for iPad

    Times Internet launches Speaking Tree app for iPad

    MUMBAI: Times Internet Limited (TIL) has launched spiritual networking website speakingtree.in as an application for iPads.

    The application hosts a plethora of useful spiritual information such as tips on meditation, spiritual blogs, forums, master discourses and, most importantly, it enables one on one conversation between spiritual seekers and masters.

    The Speaking Tree app is quick and easy to use even for users who are not technology savvy. Users can create and share their personal spiritual diary with friends and acquaintances and help spread words of wisdom.
     
    “The Speaking Tree iPad application enables one click access to spiritual conversations. We hope that it will revolutionize the accessibility of spiritual information on the web and help users gain answers to pertinent questions in today’s materialistic world,” said TIL VP Archana Vohra.

  • Tvinci to power MediaCorp’s OTT platform Toggle

    Tvinci to power MediaCorp’s OTT platform Toggle

    MUMBAI: Tvinci, the Israeli pay-OTT platform provider, has been selected by MediaCorp, Singapore‘s leading media company, to power its new cross-device lifestyle service, Toggle.

    The deployment is Tvinci‘s first in the Asia-Pacific market as it looks towards expansion in the region.

    Toggle will be available on PC, iPhone, iPad and connected TV, available to consumers as a subscription service or as a pay per view service, offering linear and video on-demand (VOD) content and access to a library of over 1000 hours of programming.

    "Consumers are increasingly using connected devices as both companion devices and second screens, so we made a strategic decision to make Toggle not only a direct way for them to watch MediaCorp content anytime, anywhere, but also a gateway to a new TV experience," said MediaCorp Convergent Media Division MD Philip Koh.

    Toggle provides rights protected content across iOS, Android and Windows devices using Tvinci‘s multi-DRM capabilities: supporting Microsoft PlayReady and Google‘s Widevine DRM simultaneously. Tvinci also allows Toggle users to rate, share and interact around TV shows, with Twitter and Facebook integrated from the backend level to the interface.

    "We are excited to have launched Toggle with MediaCorp as our first project in the pan-Asian region, and are looking forward to deploying our platform in other territories in 2013," Tvinci CEO Ofer Shayo.

  • PBS launches preschool second screen app for WordWorld

    PBS launches preschool second screen app for WordWorld

    MUMBAI: WordWorld, the three-time Emmy award-winning educational television series broadcast on the US PBS Kids, is launching a second screen integration for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch with a new early learning app: Fun with WordFriends, rapidtvnews.com reports.

    The new WordWorld app features interactive games that help young children learn to recognise letters and form words to provide the fundamental building blocks for learning to read.

    Utilising the same foundations established by the Department of Education-funded study which demonstrated that the WordWorld television programme improves children‘s literacy skills, the WordWorld: Fun with WordFriends app is the first in a series of interactive WordWorld learning tools for preschoolers.
    The app allows preschoolers to build words that come to life as the objects they represent.

    "Millions of parents worldwide know and trust WordWorld as an early learning platform for young children. Working with PBS, we‘re leveraging our award-winning content to develop fun and exciting early learning applications in the digital space," said WordWorld Director of Interactive Content Eric Kriegstein.

  • Now TV continues to extend reach with Roku launch

    Now TV continues to extend reach with Roku launch

    MUMBAI: Now TV, the internet TV service powered by UK pay TV service provider Sky, is now available on Roku streaming players.

    Now TV offers instant access to Sky Movies with no contract, set-up costs or installation. New customers can take advantage of a free 30 day trial of the service, plus also benefit from a three-month introductory offer of ?8.99 a month.

    Roku users will be able to find Now TV within the Roku Channel Store and once registered for Now TV online will be able to access the movies they choose instantly. Once they have connected their Roku box to their TV and home WiFi network, Now TV customers will be able to watch their favourite movies on their main TV, as well as continue to watch them out through their smartphone, tablet or laptop.

    Now TV is already available on PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, selected Android smartphones, and other connected devices.
    Now TV customers can enjoy blockbuster releases around six months after they have ended their run in cinemas. Each month, customers can enjoy access to up to 20 new premieres – at least 12 months before they become available on Netflix or LoveFilm Instant. Sky Movies is also offering exclusive access to the most successful movie franchise ever, with customers able to enjoy all the eight Harry Potter films on-demand throughout the Christmas holidays. Other top titles which customers can enjoy in the next few weeks include ‘In Time’, ‘Young Adult’, ‘Jack and Jill’ and ‘Contagion’.

    More Sky content will also be added to Now TV, with Sky Sports due to be introduced in the next few months. This will enable Now TV customers to enjoy live action from the Barclays Premier League, Uefa Champions League, England Test cricket, Heineken Cup rugby, ATP tennis, F1, Masters Golf and more. The introduction of Sky Sports will be followed on Now TV by must-see shows from Sky 1, Sky Atlantic, Sky Arts and Sky Living, including home-grown drama, original comedy and US shows.

    Roku streaming players are known for their low prices, ease of use and quality selection of entertainment. Now TV is available on compatible Roku LT and Roku 2 XS boxes. Both are available in the UK for suggested retail prices of ?49.99 and ?99.99 respectively.

    Both models feature more than 300 channels of streaming entertainment including on-demand films and programmes; live and on-demand sports from MLB.TV and Ultimate Fighting Championship organisation; music from Rdio; photos and videos from Facebook and Flickr; news and entertainment on WSJ Live from the Wall Street Journal; FoxNews.com and others from around the world – as well as casual games like Angry Birds.

    Now TV director Simon Creasey comments, “More and more consumers are demanding easy access to a greater choice of high-quality entertainment over internet-connected devices – and Now TV is here to meet that demand. Following today’s launch on Roku, our customers now have another way of streaming their favourite movies to their main TV screen, while at the same time can continue to enjoy access out and about via iPad and smartphones. At the same time as we’re rolling Now TV out to new platforms and devices, we’re also preparing to increase the range and choice of great Sky content that our customers can access.”

    Roku VP, GM Europe Clive Hudson said, “Now TV is a tremendous addition to the growing selection of entertainment available from Roku. Now TV is a really compelling content proposition for UK consumers who want to enjoy watching the latest movies from Sky, and with no long-term contract.”

  • Radiowalla.in launches seasonal channel “Christmas Café Radio”

    Radiowalla.in launches seasonal channel “Christmas Café Radio”

    NEW DELHI: The curated audio portal/platform, radiowalla.in, today announced the launch of its new winter seasonal channel called Christmas Café Radio.

    Christmas Café Radio is a 24/7 radio service available as a free to all, streaming on-line. The content is designed specifically around Christmas and New Year’s. The channel will exclusively play Christmas carols, along with covers and original Christmas albums from Top 40 artists, and will be interspersed with Christmas themed productions created by the talented radiowalla team.

    “Christmas is an uplifting time for everyone, no matter what their religion. This is a season that lifts my spirits and so we wanted to make a channel dedicated to this positive festive feeling and spread the joy and cheer” said Anil Srivatsa, CEO and co-founder, Radiowalla.
     
    “You can play the carols wherever you go, be it at a party, or at home, as long as you have an internet enabled device. Now you don’t need to spend time curating a list of carols, all you have to do is log in to radiowalla.in and press play!” said Harry Bhatia, co-founder of Radiowalla.

    The channel will be available online and via mobile for android, iphone/iPad, Symbian and java enabled phones.