ITV

Tag: UC News

  • UC News to promote ‘Tubelight’, partners SK Films

    MUMBAI: UC News, a part of Alibaba Mobile Business Group, with over 100 million monthly active users in India and Indonesia, has partnered with SK Films to promote the most awaited movie of the year – Tubelight.

    As the official ‘Trending Partner’ of the movie, UC News continues its strategy to offer diverse, exclusive, and comprehensive content by offering users exclusive behind the scene footage and a dedicated section on UC News featuring special footage, news, comments and videos related to the movie Tubelight.

    UC News also employed an innovative strategy of movie promotion by launching an engaging digital game on UC News and later promoting the movie at Times Square in New York. The game invited users to join Salman’s squad to find his brother by uploading their images on UC News and sharing with friends. The game registered over 2.3 million page views while over 1 million users participated in the game (in just five days) to help Salman find his brother. After receiving 1 million shares, the poster of the movie was featured at New York’s Times Square where the selected fans pictures were put together with Salman Khan and Sohail Khan’s poster.

    Alibaba Mobile Business Group head of international business department Young Li said, “The consumption of entertainment related content, especially Cinema is at its highest in India. As one of the leading digital news aggregator, we understand Indians’ love and passion for Bollywood. In our continued commitment towards bringing best content for the users, we are delighted to announce our collaboration with SK Films for Tubelight. The collaboration will enable millions of UC News users to have direct access to some of the best and exclusive content of the much awaited movie.”

    Salman Khan Films COO Amar Butala added, “At SKF we have always focused on bringing best of the content for the audiences. We are delighted to partner with UC News and are hopeful that with its reach we’ll be able to make our content accessible to millions of Hindi Cinema fans not just in India, but also across the world.”

    Salman Khan, in an interview with UC News, revealed details of his new co-star Matin Rey Tangu, who loves calling Salman as ‘Bibing Salman’. He said, “He is like one of the amazing kids I have ever met. He is superb and on a different level. He calls me Bibing Salman which means older brother. He’ll call everyone ‘Uncle’ but he’ll call me Brother.”

  • UC News: Scribes Padampati Sharma & Vivek Shukla hired for cricket commentary

    MUMBAI: UCWeb, an Alibaba Mobile Business Group company, has announced Padampati Sharma and Vivek Shukla as official commentators for its news platform, UC News. The veteran journalists will help UC News users with expert opinions, insights and sharp analysis of the final matches of the eighth edition of Global Cricket Championship being held in England and Wales on 14, 15, and 18 June 2017.

    Talking on the latest announcement, Alibaba Mobile Business Group’s UC News head Bruce Zuo said, “Indians love cricket and technology platforms like UC News are playing a crucial role in amplifying it and making it a shared phenomenon. We are committed to bring an enriching experience to our users and in line with the same announce Sharma and Shukla as official commentators on UC News. Both are known names of sports journalism and bring credibility and strong understanding on the cricket arena. We are hopeful that our millions of users will enjoy the experience.”

    Senior sports journalist and UC News We-Media blogger Shukla adds, “I feel honoured and appreciate We-Media for giving me an opportunity to bring ongoing Cricket tournament’s insights to the large base of cricket fans. I look forward to introducing a unique experience to the UC News users and help them stay updated on the key happenings on- ground.”

    “Writing and cricket have always been my biggest passions and with We-Media platform I get to relive it. The platform enables me to be an independent writer and alongside retain the sharp reporting attributes of a journalist. I am excited to be in this phase of life where I get to connect with millions of users on UC News who share the common interest in Cricket,” said senior sports journalist and UC News We-Media blogger Sharma.

    Sharma and Shukla have been the known faces of Hindi Journalism. Both of them have been in a part of active journalism for over three decades and were associated with key media including Dainik Jagran, Amar Ujala, The Times of India, etc.

  • Chetan Bhagat unveils new venture logo on UC News

    MUMBAI: India’s best-selling author Chetan Bhagat is now a producer. Bhagat unveiled the logo of his new production company, Chetan Bhagat Entertainment Pvt Ltd, exclusively on UC News, a news and content aggregation platform from Alibaba Mobile Business Group. In a letter to his fans, also shared exclusively on UC News, Bhagat traced his journey ‘From a little boy to a best-selling author to a Producer’. Bhagat wrote, “Today is a big moment in my life…None of this would have happened if it were not for you guys…You guys made me who I am, kept my izzat, and continue to support me.”

    Watch Here

    The fact that Chetan has chosen UC News for the logo unveiling comes as no surprise. Late last year, UCWeb worked with Chetan Bhagat for the lunch of his Bestseller ‘One Indian Girl’. Chetan’s bonus chapter on UC News attracted a readership of 5 lakh and helped add over 58 thousand fans to his account. Chetan has also been consistently writing exclusive blog posts on UC News and conducting Live Chat sessions with his fans.

    You can read Chetan Bhagat’s complete letter at http://bit.ly/UCPPH

  • Mobile content: Alibaba’s UCWeb to invest Rs 2 billion in India & Indonesia

    Mobile content: Alibaba’s UCWeb to invest Rs 2 billion in India & Indonesia

    MUMBAI: UCWeb, part of Alibaba Mobile Business Group, has announced its plans to invest Rs 2 billion over the next two years in India and Indonesia market. The funds will primarily be used to tap the huge potential of user-generated content in India via its news distribution and content platform, UC News.

    UC News, a major product of UCWeb Inc. is a big-data powered content distributor, serving as a one-stop source of trending and curated news content covering all popular categories that Indian users can consume on the go, with featured channels including news, cricket, technology, entertainment, movies, lifestyle, health, humor, etc. within five months of its launch, UC News became the top app under News Category on Google Play.

    Alibaba mobile business group president (overseas business) Jack Huang said, “As India enters the age of increased content consumption through its mobile devices, there is a huge potential for the growth of user-generated content in India similar to what has happened in China. There are more than 600 mn mobile users and 20 mn online content creators in China whereas India currently has 371 mn mobile users with miniscule contribution from self-publishing outlining a huge demand-supply gap. UCWeb has adopted a strategy of becoming a leading content distribution platform. As such, our flagship product UC Browser has also transformed itself from being the No.1 mobile browser in India, according to StatCounter.India is the most critical overseas market for UCWeb and this investment will help bring in the global mobile internet to an era of ‘GUF’ (Google, UCWeb, and Facebook).”

    Earlier this month, UC News announced a detailed monetary compensation plan in a bid to offer unique content on UC News and further consolidate its position as a content distribution platform. UC News will also help contributors gain traffic, revenue and followers with the help of Big Data technology and smart content distribution system.

    Alibaba mobile business group GM (overseas business) Kenny Ye said, “With growth in consumption of Information Feeds, non-conventional News Feeds – including blog posts, independent write ups, imagery feeds, video logs, short video content and more have become a huge hit. In the near future, we believe that more professionally trained content contributors will establish themselves as “We-Media”, a collective term for those who turn themselves into independent media brands. We also estimate that more and more digital content consumers will turn themselves into “prosumers” – consumers who also contribute to the content production, which will also contribute to the increase of digital content creators in India.”

    “Our aim is to make the UC We-media Program the No. 1 platform for content consumption, creation and services in India and Indonesia. We plan to add more than 30,000 self-publishers, bloggers and key opinion leaders to our platform in 2017, generating over 10,000 articles for UC News, every single day,” Jack added.

    “The We-media Platform supports with “Money, Service, and Traffic”, providing a well-operated mechanism to self-publishers, bloggers and KOLs in creating income and increasing their popularity. Our platform is to add value to every word they write with not just massive viewership, but also monetary profits, getting them “paid by millions”. For beginners and niche content writers, our program offers methodology for a deeper engagement, helping them draw advertisers and readers, Kenny said.

    UCWeb will add resources to aid quality enhancement of vertical content and news in regional and minority languages. Content in entertainment, sports and technology category will remain the biggest focus areas for 2017. In addition, UCWeb will also offer column operation service to quality self-publishers, bloggers and KOLs.

    UC News, available in three languages (Hindi, Indonesian and English), integrates trending content from social media and partners with traditional media, self-publishers and key opinion leaders for original content. According to a report released earlier this month by UC News analyzing key content preferences of Indian consumers on the mobile, over 87 per cent of UC News users are below-30 age bracket with almost 75 per cent users below 25 years of age. Men continue to be the dominant user group of UC News by almost six times versus women. Humor and Offbeat content in We-media Program are most popular amongst the audience reading in Hindi while Entertainment and Lifestyle scored with users reading in English. Total time spent consuming content on the mobile has seen a sharp uptick of 230 per cent in Q4 versus Q3. The total page views on UC News also rose over 290 per cent with content in Hindi seeing maximum traction. Indian users read in Hindi almost five times more than English on the mobile in 2016.

  • Mobile content: Alibaba’s UCWeb to invest Rs 2 billion in India & Indonesia

    Mobile content: Alibaba’s UCWeb to invest Rs 2 billion in India & Indonesia

    MUMBAI: UCWeb, part of Alibaba Mobile Business Group, has announced its plans to invest Rs 2 billion over the next two years in India and Indonesia market. The funds will primarily be used to tap the huge potential of user-generated content in India via its news distribution and content platform, UC News.

    UC News, a major product of UCWeb Inc. is a big-data powered content distributor, serving as a one-stop source of trending and curated news content covering all popular categories that Indian users can consume on the go, with featured channels including news, cricket, technology, entertainment, movies, lifestyle, health, humor, etc. within five months of its launch, UC News became the top app under News Category on Google Play.

    Alibaba mobile business group president (overseas business) Jack Huang said, “As India enters the age of increased content consumption through its mobile devices, there is a huge potential for the growth of user-generated content in India similar to what has happened in China. There are more than 600 mn mobile users and 20 mn online content creators in China whereas India currently has 371 mn mobile users with miniscule contribution from self-publishing outlining a huge demand-supply gap. UCWeb has adopted a strategy of becoming a leading content distribution platform. As such, our flagship product UC Browser has also transformed itself from being the No.1 mobile browser in India, according to StatCounter.India is the most critical overseas market for UCWeb and this investment will help bring in the global mobile internet to an era of ‘GUF’ (Google, UCWeb, and Facebook).”

    Earlier this month, UC News announced a detailed monetary compensation plan in a bid to offer unique content on UC News and further consolidate its position as a content distribution platform. UC News will also help contributors gain traffic, revenue and followers with the help of Big Data technology and smart content distribution system.

    Alibaba mobile business group GM (overseas business) Kenny Ye said, “With growth in consumption of Information Feeds, non-conventional News Feeds – including blog posts, independent write ups, imagery feeds, video logs, short video content and more have become a huge hit. In the near future, we believe that more professionally trained content contributors will establish themselves as “We-Media”, a collective term for those who turn themselves into independent media brands. We also estimate that more and more digital content consumers will turn themselves into “prosumers” – consumers who also contribute to the content production, which will also contribute to the increase of digital content creators in India.”

    “Our aim is to make the UC We-media Program the No. 1 platform for content consumption, creation and services in India and Indonesia. We plan to add more than 30,000 self-publishers, bloggers and key opinion leaders to our platform in 2017, generating over 10,000 articles for UC News, every single day,” Jack added.

    “The We-media Platform supports with “Money, Service, and Traffic”, providing a well-operated mechanism to self-publishers, bloggers and KOLs in creating income and increasing their popularity. Our platform is to add value to every word they write with not just massive viewership, but also monetary profits, getting them “paid by millions”. For beginners and niche content writers, our program offers methodology for a deeper engagement, helping them draw advertisers and readers, Kenny said.

    UCWeb will add resources to aid quality enhancement of vertical content and news in regional and minority languages. Content in entertainment, sports and technology category will remain the biggest focus areas for 2017. In addition, UCWeb will also offer column operation service to quality self-publishers, bloggers and KOLs.

    UC News, available in three languages (Hindi, Indonesian and English), integrates trending content from social media and partners with traditional media, self-publishers and key opinion leaders for original content. According to a report released earlier this month by UC News analyzing key content preferences of Indian consumers on the mobile, over 87 per cent of UC News users are below-30 age bracket with almost 75 per cent users below 25 years of age. Men continue to be the dominant user group of UC News by almost six times versus women. Humor and Offbeat content in We-media Program are most popular amongst the audience reading in Hindi while Entertainment and Lifestyle scored with users reading in English. Total time spent consuming content on the mobile has seen a sharp uptick of 230 per cent in Q4 versus Q3. The total page views on UC News also rose over 290 per cent with content in Hindi seeing maximum traction. Indian users read in Hindi almost five times more than English on the mobile in 2016.

  • Internet company UCWeb launches UC News, aimed at India

    Internet company UCWeb launches UC News, aimed at India

    NEW DELHI: Leading mobile internet company UCWeb Inc.has launched UC News App and an upgraded UC Browser. The UC News is an app launched by the company meant exclusively for India.

    Part of Alibaba Mobile Business Group, UC Web nnounced its strategy for 2016 in which UC News is powered by big data technology and is a one-stop source of trending and curated news content covering all popular categories that Indian users can consume on the go.

    It also announced that UC Browser India’s monthly active user base has reached 80 million and continues to grow rapidly. UC Browser is now revamped as a content aggregator and, according to StatCounter, the most used mobile browser in India with over 58% market share as of May 2016.

    UC Browser’s usage data shows 73% of its 80 million MAU are tagged as “News Feeds Consumers”. On an average, each UC Browser’s Indian user consumes 6 pieces of news/feeds per day.

    Kenny Ye, who is General Manager of UCWeb in the Alibaba Mobile Business Group said, “Digital content consumption is on the rise and the challenge is how we can customize, curate and present diverse content to users. Content providers face difficulties in distributing content of different formats, while consumers are swamped by an information overload. Our answer to these challenges is to position ourselves as a content aggregator. The newly launched UC News and upgraded UC Browser for India are two contemporary products embedded with the aim of content aggregation.” The revamped UC Browser also features UC Cricket, an in-app, all–in-one cricket content hub.

    UC News offers a platform that brings together both traditional and new media content creators in a single place, and introduces them to millions of Indian users who already enjoy a faster browsing experience on UC Bowser. UC News is an easy to use app, and features a unique and highly user-friendly interface. It is a one-stop source of trending and curated news content covering all the popular categories of news with 20+ featured channels including news, cricket, technology, entertainment, movies, lifestyle, health, humour, etc.

    UC News tracks and matches the trending keywords on Facebook and Twitter, and decides on the trending topics before recommending them to the user. UC News also allows users to customize content subscription, as they can choose any kind of content they wish to consume.

    To help make valuable opinions heard, UC News is planning to partner with self-publishers and key opinion leaders in the future for original content.

    UCWeb in India has grown on the strength of its technology and innovation. The data compression algorithms of UC Browser have helped millions of Indians gain access to the internet at faster speeds without premium pricing, thereby making UC Browser a window to the world for many first time mobile phone users. The latest round of service offerings is set to consolidate UCWeb’s leadership in India’s mobile internet market while helping drive internet accessibility and powering a connected and digital India.

  • Internet company UCWeb launches UC News, aimed at India

    Internet company UCWeb launches UC News, aimed at India

    NEW DELHI: Leading mobile internet company UCWeb Inc.has launched UC News App and an upgraded UC Browser. The UC News is an app launched by the company meant exclusively for India.

    Part of Alibaba Mobile Business Group, UC Web nnounced its strategy for 2016 in which UC News is powered by big data technology and is a one-stop source of trending and curated news content covering all popular categories that Indian users can consume on the go.

    It also announced that UC Browser India’s monthly active user base has reached 80 million and continues to grow rapidly. UC Browser is now revamped as a content aggregator and, according to StatCounter, the most used mobile browser in India with over 58% market share as of May 2016.

    UC Browser’s usage data shows 73% of its 80 million MAU are tagged as “News Feeds Consumers”. On an average, each UC Browser’s Indian user consumes 6 pieces of news/feeds per day.

    Kenny Ye, who is General Manager of UCWeb in the Alibaba Mobile Business Group said, “Digital content consumption is on the rise and the challenge is how we can customize, curate and present diverse content to users. Content providers face difficulties in distributing content of different formats, while consumers are swamped by an information overload. Our answer to these challenges is to position ourselves as a content aggregator. The newly launched UC News and upgraded UC Browser for India are two contemporary products embedded with the aim of content aggregation.” The revamped UC Browser also features UC Cricket, an in-app, all–in-one cricket content hub.

    UC News offers a platform that brings together both traditional and new media content creators in a single place, and introduces them to millions of Indian users who already enjoy a faster browsing experience on UC Bowser. UC News is an easy to use app, and features a unique and highly user-friendly interface. It is a one-stop source of trending and curated news content covering all the popular categories of news with 20+ featured channels including news, cricket, technology, entertainment, movies, lifestyle, health, humour, etc.

    UC News tracks and matches the trending keywords on Facebook and Twitter, and decides on the trending topics before recommending them to the user. UC News also allows users to customize content subscription, as they can choose any kind of content they wish to consume.

    To help make valuable opinions heard, UC News is planning to partner with self-publishers and key opinion leaders in the future for original content.

    UCWeb in India has grown on the strength of its technology and innovation. The data compression algorithms of UC Browser have helped millions of Indians gain access to the internet at faster speeds without premium pricing, thereby making UC Browser a window to the world for many first time mobile phone users. The latest round of service offerings is set to consolidate UCWeb’s leadership in India’s mobile internet market while helping drive internet accessibility and powering a connected and digital India.