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  • Stay in tune with your friends with Line, Katrina

    Stay in tune with your friends with Line, Katrina

    MUMBAI: Star power surely works! And thus Line Corporation, that operates Line, a free call and messaging app, launched a new TV commercial recently that features actor Katrina Kaif, who is trying to woo users with stickers.

    Yes, the company has come up with two ads of 40 seconds and 20 seconds that have been created by Hakuhodo Percept, Delhi to present to the audience the sticker language.

    This time, Katrina is seen in a coquettish mood where she is trying to spark a playful conversation with a French man using Line messaging application. The ad campaign captures the quintessence of displaying emotions, defying the barriers of language and hitting off a romantic encounter using exciting new series of stickers on the app.

    The story begins with an attractive French man trying to woo Katrina to spend a romantic night in town, but language becomes a barrier and he leaves Katrina puzzled. The story develops as Katrina switches to stickers on LINE and drops cues to the French guy who then uses his charm to impress her with his witty selection.

    The ad features visually alluring effects on screen while Katrina and the French man continue sharing stickers with each other. The commercial highlights the new way of sharing emotions through personalised stickers to spark off conversations between users on Line. The TVC unfolds with a vibrant background score that lingers on.

  • Hakuhodo Percept creates TVC to launch Lines new brand ambassador Katrina Kaif

    Hakuhodo Percept creates TVC to launch Lines new brand ambassador Katrina Kaif

    MUMBAI: Hakuhodo Percept has created a TVC featuring Katrina Kaif- the new brand ambassador for social messaging app ‘Line’. The TVC showcases Katrina talking to a host of people over the phone with a catchy soundtrack which says ‘Wish one, wish all – Line free call’.

     

    Released this festive season, the TVC reiterates its ‘free calls’ proposition. The list of people she calls from her phone book includes her best friend, neighbour, aunt, school teacher, gym instructor, the director she wants to work with, and more. The film ends with a super that reads, “These festivals, wish all – Line free calls.”

     

    Hakuhodo Percept managing director Taro Muto said, “During the festive season, wishing your loved ones is a very important part of the celebrations. Line with its free call service lets people wish one and all. They no longer have to think whom to wish and whom not to.”

     

    “The idea was to drive home a simple proposition that you can wish all your loved ones with ‘Line’ free call, but do it in a way that people remember and register it. So we decided to literally show the phonebook of our country’s biggest actress in a way that’s never been done before. This festive season, the ad will make the world repeat – Wish one and all, with Line free call,” Hakuhodo Percept executive creative director Sabuj Sen Gupta.

     

    Line Corporation executive, chief strategy and marketing officer Jun Masuda on Katrina’s appointment said, “Katrina is a youth icon and we wanted a person with that kind of an image. Katrina is perfect for this role.”

  • LINE, a free calling & messenger app launches brand and marketing campaign

    LINE, a free calling & messenger app launches brand and marketing campaign

    NEW DELHI: LINE Corporation has launched a brand marketing campaign through a series of TV commercials targeted at the Indian youth to promote its new mobile messenger service in India capable of various types of communication with free call, voice chat and sticker chat.

     

    LINE, headquartered in Shibuya-ward Tokyo and headed by Akira Morikawa as CEO, says its popular global messenger application is available on both smartphones and PCs across multiple carriers and operating systems including iOS, Android, Nokia Asha, Windows phone, BlackBerry, Windows and Mac. LINE messenger app comes packed with new features and functionality for a truly connected experience.

     

    LINE has launched its first TV campaign in India on 30 June with two very interesting advertisements highlighting the ‘group voice chat’ and ‘sticker’ features. The primary thought behind the ads was to target the Indian youth, by associating the key app features to their day-to-day activities.

     

    Born and headquartered in Japan on 23 June 2011, LINE has already achieved over 180 million registered users across 230 countries. LINE has already become popular messenger app in Asia with Japan having more than 45 million users, Taiwan and Thailand holding more than 15 million users respectively and 10 million users in Indonesia. LINE’s popularity is going beyond Asia with Spain now claiming more than 10 million users and South American countries such as Mexico and Argentine also witnessing significant registrations.

     

    Going forward, with its fast paced growth in overseas markets and expanding user base, LINE will further add new features and improve the usability of its service, with the aim to become the most preferred communication platform for consumers globally. LINE will also launch fun stickers that will suit the Indian sensibilities in the near future.

     

    One of the main reasons why LINE is growing so rapidly compared to other major messenger apps is its stickers function. It is extremely well-received by users as they can send large-sized character pictures with the tap of a finger, thereby providing a simple, casual and exciting way to express their emotions. The sticker characters, include LINE’s original characters and a variety of famous characters such as Disney, Hello Kitty and Ironman, are especially loved among the Asian youth, sparking LINE’s growth in many regions.

     

    Elaborating on the India launch LINE Corporation CEO Akira Morikawa said, “LINE has grown at a tremendous speed to reach more than 180 million in only 23 months after its launch. Today, it delivers five billion calls and messages across the world on its network per day. In fact, LINE is amongst a few services globally which has received an enthusiastic response by young generation in many countries in such a short period”.

     

    “After witnessing solid growth in Asia, Europe and US, making inroad into the Indian market was a part of our overall strategy. With its huge youth population, increasing mobile and internet penetration, lowering bandwidth costs, India makes a hotbed for LINE messenger application which will change the way people communicate in the country,” he added.