28 April 2016
France 24’s community of some 13.5 million Facebook subscribers will now be able to access “instant articles” in English, in French, and also – world premiere – in Arabic.
Thus, France 24 offers its growing Facebook audience a new browsing experience in three languages as well as fast, easy access to the news.
These new formats can be accessed on Facebook applications for iOS and Android. They are designed and optimized for consuming news on the move. As “instant articles” are actually hosted directly on Facebook, text and video content loads ten times faster.
In concrete terms, when Facebook users click on one of the articles identified by a lightning bolt icon, they remain in the Facebook environment and the France 24 article opens seamlessly in their application, with no load time.
This Facebook feature, first developed in English and French, is now available in Arabic, allowing France 24 to offer its 5 million Arabic-speaking Facebook subscribers more comfortable content consumption.
Watch the video ► http://f24.my/245rIyY
(Source: France 24 press release)
27 April 2016
Global Media Services Company Recognized With A Bronze Award
New Delhi, Delhi (April 25, 2016)—MediaGuru, a leading provider of digitization and media asset management services announced today that the company received a bronze Stevie® award for its Innovative Services in Audiovisual Digitization in the category “Excellence in Innovation in Technology Industries.” This recognition comes on the heels of MediaGuru’s recent recognition for outstanding contribution in digitization by SCTE.
The Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards are the only business awards program to recognize achievement in innovation in 22 nations of the Asia-Pacific region. More than 600 nominations from organizations across the Asia-Pacific region were considered this year in various categories. Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie Award winners were determined by the average scores of more than 50 executives around the world acting as jury.
With over a decade of experience in delivering media services globally, MediaGuru specializes in providing content digitization, media asset management and technology solutions to broadcasters and media organizations.
“This award reflects our commitment and dedication to develop innovative solutions and services for preserving and managing valuable content for enterprises and content owners. We are glad that the organizations around the world are recognizing the value of our digitization services, as we help them drive alternate revenue streams from their content,” said Sanjay Salil, Managing Director, MediaGuru.
Details about the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards and the list of other Stevie Award winners are available at http://Asia.Stevieawards.com.
27 April 2016
Watch This Disabled Boy’s World Change In Two Minutes a feature video produced by RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service has won the prestigious Webby People’s Voice Award.
The feature tells the story of a disabled teenager who relies on his friends to push him in his wheelchair everyday along the rugged path to school, and his elation when a local NGO surprises him with a four-wheel all-terrain vehicle he can operate himself to make the journey. Produced by Bishkek-based correspondent Ulanbek Egizbaev and repackaged by RFE/RL’s Current Time digital team for social media, it was viewed more than a million times globally in Russian, English, and the original Kyrgyz.
“We deeply value this recognition of the quality of RFE/RL reporting, and thank the many, many voters globally who felt the impact of this story just as powerfully as we did,” said RFE/RL Editor-in Chief Nenad Pejic.
Two other RFE/RL entries were selected as Official Honorees in the 2016 competition. Desperate Honeymoon, a documentary by Multimedia Producer Ray Furlong, follows Syrian newlyweds as they make the arduous trek across the Balkans in search of a better life in Europe. Honored in the Documentary: Individual Episode category, it won Silver and Bronze medals at the New York Festivals International Television and Film Awards earlier this month.
RFE/RL’s Pangea Digital team, which manages the company’s content management system, was recognized by The Webby Awards in the Mobile Sites & Apps: News category for RFE/RL’s new responsive design website.
The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet. Established in 1996, The Webby Awards received nearly 13,000 entries from over 70 countries worldwide this year, and were judged by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, an organization based in New York that presents the prize. The award will be presented at an awards ceremony in New York on May 16.
26 April 2016
RT took home the People’s Voice Award Webby – the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet – in an open online vote. Webby Awards online voters chose RT social media platforms over those of the BBC News, ABC News, NBC Nightly News and the New York Times.
RT won in the Social / News & Information category for its overall social media presence, as represented by a series of digital projects including platforms on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Soundcloud and Coub, as well as the RT Play Facebook portal, which offers a selection of infotainment videos with infographics elements.
“To be nominated in the first place means we’re doing things right. To win the People’s Voice award – and to win it by a landslide – means our online community is truly engaged,” says Kirill Karnovich-Valua, head of RT’s Online Projects. “And we thank every person who voted and brought us this victory! We will continue to focus on product quality, innovation and bringing our audiences the news and perspectives they would not otherwise get elsewhere.”
RT is the most watched news TV news network on YouTube, with 3.3 billion views across its channels. RT offers interactive media content accessible via its enhanced RT News mobile app, the RT Plugin community app incorporating an enhanced social network for viewers, and the Periscope live video streaming app. Additionally, RT is one of the first TV news outlets globally to have started news content production in the 360-degree, panoramic (VR) video format and the first among TV news channels to live-stream news on YouTube in this format as well.
“We have an incredibly talented social media team which gets the full credit for the victory,” commented Ivor Crotty, head of RT’s Social Media group. “Our team is multi-task-oriented, and social media is their environment: they are as comfortable with Twitter and YouTube as they are with 360 vids, GIFs, VR and many other trends and formats. Now we know that RT’s social media strategy is recognized at the very top, Webby level. So, hats off to the team.”
The Webby Awards, “the Internet’s highest honor,” according to The New York Times, annually recognizes the world’s best digital projects: websites, videos, mobile apps and social media campaigns. The jury includes 1,000+ professionals of the Web and media markets, including Twitter founder Biz Stone, Huffington Post co-founder and editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington, and actor and director Kevin Spacey. The list of winners over the years includes projects like YouTube, Google, BBC, CNN and Facebook. (Source: RT press release)
21 April 2016
The AIB has published the April edition of its industry briefings covering programming, distribution, people and more. You can read the full briefing here.
21 April 2016
France 24 has extended its distribution across the Netherlands by concluding two agreements with cable operators Ziggo and DELTA.
Thanks to a new agreement with Ziggo, France 24 French version is now available via the new application “TV Française”. The application is available for all subscribers equipped with the operator’s Horizon Box, which represents some 800.000 households of the total Ziggo park of 4 million and “TV Française” is intended to become available to all Horizon Go subscribers at a later date.
On DELTA, France 24 French language channel was launched on March 23rd as part of the optional Buitenlandpakket (“Foreign package”). Available on channel 525, France 24 is potentially available to Delta’s 135.000 households in the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands.
France 24 is also available 24/7 in the Netherlands on various platforms and notably on Canal Digitaal in English (channel n° 85), French (n° 239) and in Arabic (n°262).
For more real-time information on France 24’s distribution worldwide, go to ► http://f24.my/ijOOim
(Source: France 24 press release)
