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IN BRIEF
MOBILE MONEY
DATA CENTER
InterMedia's Mobile Money
Data Center has added
survey data from Tanzania
providing an in-depth view of
household-level mobile
money use and household
financial activity in general.
The survey, conducted as
part of the Financial
Inclusion Tracker Surveys
Project (FITS), is based on
interviews with 3,000 heads
of household throughout
Tanzania in April-May 2012.
A similar survey conducted
in Uganda in early 2012 is
already available, and data
from Pakistan will be added
in early 2013.
WORLD LEADERS
ON TWITTER
Vice President and Prime
Minister of the UAE and
Ruler of Dubai HH Sheikh
Mohammed bin Rashid Al
Maktoum has been ranked
among the top 10 heads of
state who use Twitter for
citizen engagement,
according to a study by the
US Digital Policy Council.
HH has become a reliable
world news maker by
regularly sharing his
thoughts, future plans,
events and achievements
with 1.3m followers. US
President Obama is the
most watched world leader,
with 25m followers, followed
by Chavez of Venezuela,
with 3.5m.
SEE DIGI.TV
The 2nd SEE Digi.TV
Conference gathered over
90 delegates from South-
East European regulatory
authorities, TV and
electronic communications
industry, international
organisations, academia
and civil society in Ljubljana
in 2012. The event was
organised by APEK and
project partners included
Montenegro's Agency for
Electronic Media. The next
international conference will
take place in Hungary in
April 2013.
BBG on Google Currents
Channel NewsAsia
ambitious expansion
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Tomasz Nabakowski, CEO of
Warsaw-based TVN Agency, says
the company's “branded news”
formula has taken off in a big
way. TVN Agency produces video
news items on commission and
makes them available to the
media via the x-news online
distribution platform featuring
video, audio and photo content.
All "branded news" items can
be downloaded and published free
and contain elements of the clients'
corporate visual identity. Each
video can be embedded onto web
pages using the “x-link”
enhancement tool. TVN's recent
projects include a commission
from the Polish Football League
and coverage of the 2012 Paris
Motor Show (below), and the
Agency plans to include speedway,
volleyball, and basketball.
Branded
TVN news
The Broadcasting Board of
Governors (BBG) is using
Google’s Currents platform to
provide enhanced mobile access
to text, audio and video content
in more than 40 languages. This
will provide users abroad with a
richer mobile experience when
accessing content from Voice of
America, Radio Free Europe/
Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia,
Middle East Broadcasting
Networks or the Office of Cuba
Broadcasting.
Google Currents is a
magazine-like experience that
In January regional broadcaster
Channel NewsAsia embarked on
its most ambitious and aggressive
expansion to date since its
inception more than a decade
ago. The changes go across the
entire channel with increased
reporting capability, quality
productions, fresh on-air look,
and more regional marketing
initiatives. By increasing its
programming hours, the channel
is meeting its competitors head
on in the 24-hour news cycle.
Business news at prime time
has been more than doubled,
reporting from the key financial
hubs of Singapore, Mumbai, Hong
Kong and Shanghai. The new line-up
includes eight news programmes,
more documentaries and current
affairs programmes, with
additional reporting coming from
new dedicated bureaux in India
and Indochina. Beyond the news,
Channel NewsAsia is increasing
the depth of content about Asia.
This includes looking at Asian
success stories and exceptional
Asians who contribute to their
communities in extraordinary ways.
Channel NewsAsia is
available via the iPhone, iPad and
Android Apps. Its Android App
will have enhanced features
when relaunched later this year.
The channel is also streamed
“live” at
and
A
new strategic partnership with
YouTube will ensure even better
quality services for viewers.
Channel NewsAsia has also
extended its facilities by opening
a satellite studio in the heart of
Singapore’s newest financial
hub, at the Marina Bay Financial
Centre, in collaboration with
Singapore's DBS bank. Initiatives
planned for 2013 include
partnership for the CEO World
Forum in Ho Chi Minh City and
the Luminary Awards Forum in
Singapore.
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allows users to swipe through
content on mobile phones and
tablets. The Currents application
comes pre-installed on many
Google Android devices. The BBG
has long seen mobile as an
important platform in reaching
new audiences, particularly in
developing countries.
Numerous US international
broadcasting news shows and
features such as OMG! Meiyu
and Mandarin News Brief have
already proven popular in Apple’s
iTunes store. The Google
Currents app is available for both
Apple iOS and Google Android
supported devices. Users can
find the BBG editions in the
Apple App Store or Google Play
Store by searching for VOA, RFA,
RFE/RL, Marti and MBN
respectively.
