Monthly Archives: March 2021

PR Newswire

Blume Global unveils dynamic map of the supply chain world

Leave a comment

With Blume Maps, shippers plan, track and adjust end-to-end supply chain shipments 

PLEASANTON, Calif., March 30, 2021 — Blume Global, a leader in digital supply chain solutions, today officially announced Blume Maps, a digital twin of the world’s supply chain powered by patented technology that generates accurate lead times and ETAs. 

With Blume Maps, planning a freight shipment’s route and changing course during the journey if problems arise is as natural as using a navigation app during a family road trip. 

Shippers and 3PLs rely on Blume Maps to generate accurate lead times, real-time shipment location and ETAs for over-the-road (LTL, FTL and parcel), ocean, air and rail freight. The solution also provides alternative modes, carriers and routes when shipments are behind schedule.

Blume Maps feeds Blume’s lead time and dynamic ETA engine from an ever-growing database of over 1.5 million global locations, ocean voyages, train journeys, flights and over-the-road moves (first and last mile) curated over decades. 

Blume Maps allows customers to: 

Plan: Plot routes using variable lead times, cost implications and intelligent historical data, monitoring changes as the scheduled ship date approaches. Use intelligent schedules and locations, and situational information to estimate transit times. 

Track: With end-to-end visibility and continuously updated ETAs, ensure orders are traveling on time and receive notifications when orders may be late or early. 

Adjust: When shipments are late, view recommended alternate modes, carriers, service levels and routes to bring shipments back on track. 

"International shipping remains fragmented and complex, and challenges ranging from the current Suez Canal blockage to ever-increasing, disruptive weather events show there is a need for unimpeachable worldwide supply chain execution and visibility," said Pervinder Johar, CEO of Blume Global. "Blume Maps eliminates supply chain blind spots throughout the world, no matter the mode."

Learn more at www.blumemaps.com. 

About Blume Global 

From the world’s largest global retailers, manufacturers and consumer products companies to the smallest owner-operator drayage trucking companies, success depends on end-to-end visibility and orchestration of global supply chain networks. With its AI-enabled, data-driven digital operating platform and solutions for supply chain orchestration, real-time visibility and logistics execution, asset management, optimization and financial audit & settlement, Blume Global leverages more than 25 years of data insights, its globally connected network, and advanced technologies to help enterprises be more agile and responsive, improve service delivery and reduce costs

Media Contact:

Jackie D’Andrea
InkHouse (for Blume Global)
781-820-5476
blume@inkhouse.com

Logo – https://techent.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/blume-global-unveils-dynamic-map-of-the-supply-chain-world.jpg

Related Links :

http://www.rez1.com

Editorial, News, Podcast

[Podcast] Tech & Tonic S02 Episode 6 – Disney+ is Coming! Is it Going to Be Worth it?

Video Leave a comment

Disney+ is coming to Malaysia! Finally, we can watch all the series legally. Here is the question though, is it worth subscribing to? Especially with all the services we have already subscribed to. Should we fork out extra money for more contents that we might not even watch?

This is we are talking about though, they are one of the largest entertainment companies in the world, if not the largest. They are going to have more compelling shows in their catalogue. Is this going to be the case of iflix vs. Netflix again though? Who will emerge the victor in the long run? We don’t know yet. Still we discuss about it and more in Tech & Tonic Podcast Season 2 Episode 6.

PR Newswire

Dada Group’s JDDJ Celebrates Sixth Anniversary with Key Retail and Brand Partners Awards Ceremony Held Online

Leave a comment

SHANGHAI, March 29, 2021 — Dada Group (Nasdaq: DADA) ("Dada"), China’s leading local on-demand delivery and retail platform, today announces that JDDJ ("JD Daojia"), the on-demand retail platform of Dada, holds its second "Retail and Brand Partners Awards Ceremony" online and jointly recommends the "2020 Retail Digitalization Innovation Cases" together with China Chain Store Association (CCFA), to celebrate JDDJ’s 6th anniversary.

JDDJ’s second "Retail and Brand Partners Awards Ceremony" recognized 45 leading retail and brand partners for their tremendous contributions to improve service and win the recognition of customers on the platform. The three major awards include "Best Strategic Partner for Categories of the Year", "Most Growing Partner of the Year" and "Best Marketing Partner of the Year".

Among them, JDDJ named Walmart, Yonghui Supermarket, CR Vanguard, Pagoda, Neptune Drugstore and other 11 merchants as "Best Strategic Partner for Categories of the Year", which recognized for their long-term collaborative partnerships and achievements in omni-channel expansion, technology innovation and brand marketing, jointly promoting the development of digital transformation of the retail industry in China.

Beijing Hualian Supermarket, Zhongbai Supermarket, 30 Fresh, Jianshengyuan Drugstore, Lenovo Laiku, Watson’s and other 12 merchants were awarded "Most Growing Partner of the Year" by JDDJ. The platform partners with retailers in all categories, including supermarkets, pharmaceuticals, beauty and electronics stores.

Meanwhile, JDDJ also recognized Mengniu, Yili, Yihai Kerry, Mars Wrigley, Nestle and other 6 brand owners as "Best Marketing Partner of the Year". In the past year, JDDJ and these brand partners worked together to create many omni-channel marketing campaigns, bringing consumers closer, digital marketing more accurate and efficient, and jointly building a new ecology of omni-channel marketing on the platform.

"In the era of micro-e commerce, the booming on-demand retail has become the biggest opportunity and digital transformation is the focus of the retail industry in China. In the past year, digitalization, omni-channel and all-category strategies have become the key words, and JDDJ has created many excellent practice cases together with retail partners," said Philip Kuai, Founder, Chairman & CEO of Dada Group. "We would like to express our most sincere gratitude to all our ‘new friends’ and ‘old partners’. Thank you for your support, help and trust as always. JDDJ will never compete with retailers and brands, but continues to empower them to create a win-win situation together with everyone."

"Digital transformation has become a major trend in China’s retail industry, during which a number of pioneering retail enterprises and leading digital empowerment platforms like JDDJ spring up," said Jianzhen Peng, Secretary General of CCFA. "Together with JDDJ, we have systematically recommended the representative, applicable and worthy cases of retail digital transformation on the platform in 2020. We hope these cases can serve as a business development reference for more retail partners."

This year’s JDDJ 415 Anniversary Shopping Festival will be launched from April 8 to 18. During the period, JDDJ partners with leading supermarket chains in China, including Walmart, Yonghui Supermarket, CR Vanguard, BBG Supermarket, Aeon, Jiajiayue, Lotus and famous brands, such as Yili, Mengniu, P&G, Unilever, Yihai Kerry, Mars Wrigley, PepsiCo, Nestle, as well as over 100,000 merchant stores on the platform to create an "One-hour Shopping Carnival". This provides consumers in nearly 1,400 counties and cities in China with "one-hour delivery" services for all categories of products, such as supermarket groceries, fresh meat and eggs, daily necessities, mobile phones and electronics, beauty and clothing.

In order to ensure the safe and timely delivery of consumers’ orders during the festival, Dada Now, the local on-demand delivery platform of Dada Group, has played a key role as the intra-city logistics infrastructure. Before the promotional season, Dada Now has analyzed and anticipated the delivery demand in advance, optimized the efficiency of delivery capacity and improved the stability of its smart logistics system.

About Dada Group

Dada Group is a leading platform of local on-demand retail and delivery in China. It operates JDDJ, one of China’s largest local on-demand retail platforms for retailers and brand owners, and Dada Now, a leading local on-demand delivery platform open to merchants and individual senders across various industries and product categories. The Company’s two platforms are inter-connected and mutually beneficial. The Dada Now platform enables improved delivery experience for participants on the JDDJ platform through its readily accessible fulfillment solutions and strong on-demand delivery infrastructure. Meanwhile, the vast volume of on-demand delivery orders from the JDDJ platform increases order volume and density for the Dada Now platform. In June 2020, Dada Group began trading on the Nasdaq Global Market, under the ticker symbol "DADA."

Related Links :

http://imdada.cn

PR Newswire

HUAWEI Video Celebrates One Year of Streaming with Anniversary Campaign and Launch of New Content

Leave a comment

HONG KONG, March 25, 2021 — HUAWEI Video, the video-on-demand (VOD) streaming platform by Huawei, is looking to celebrate its first-year anniversary with its fans in Hong Kong. In conjunction with its anniversary, the streaming platform today announced the launch of its limited-time ‘HUAWEI Video Turns 1’ contest, where users in Hong Kong can compete to win Huawei’s latest products and free subscription to its service.

HUAWEI Video, the video-on-demand (VOD) streaming platform by Huawei, is looking to celebrate its first-year anniversary with its fans in Hong Kong. In conjunction with its anniversary, the streaming platform today announced the launch of its limited-time ‘HUAWEI Video Turns 1’ contest, where users in Hong Kong can compete to win Huawei’s latest products and free subscription to its service.
HUAWEI Video, the video-on-demand (VOD) streaming platform by Huawei, is looking to celebrate its first-year anniversary with its fans in Hong Kong. In conjunction with its anniversary, the streaming platform today announced the launch of its limited-time ‘HUAWEI Video Turns 1’ contest, where users in Hong Kong can compete to win Huawei’s latest products and free subscription to its service.

Since launching its all-in-one video streaming app on March 2020, HUAWEI Video has become one of the fastest-growing video streaming services in Asia Pacific. The app, which comes pre-installed on HUAWEI devices, offers an extensive library of video content for its users — ranging from child-friendly content, to dramas, movies, documentaries, as well as concerts. Currently available across six markets in the Asia Pacific region, including Hong Kong (China), Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand, the platform is also set to launch in Indonesia later this year.

"The growth of HUAWEI Video in the past year shows that there is a huge demand for streaming content in Asia and we are committed to delivering quality content through our curation and new partnerships," said the Director of Huawei Asia Pacific Consumer Cloud Service, Shane Shan.

HUAWEI Video Announces Exciting New Content and Deals

Ahead of its one-year anniversary, the streaming platform has announced the addition of exciting simulcast content such as the hit Chinese reality series Sisters Season 2 from MangoTV, and TVB Drama Beauty and The Boss. The app also features popular content such as Royal Nirvana from Huashi Wangju, A Quest to Heal from Mediacorp as well as Gold Rush from Discovery.

In conjunction with the celebration, HUAWEI Video is also launching the ‘HUAWEI Video Turns 1’ contest exclusively to all HUAWEI Video users in Hong Kong, starting from now to 4 April 2021. Users in Hong Kong can complete different tasks in the activity centre and accumulate points to stand chance to win HUAWEI prizes on a first-come, first-served basis.

For more information on the contest, please visit: https://bit.ly/3cfZPNv

Android, Lifestyle, Mobile, News

Touch ‘n Go eWallet is Now More Than Just Payment with GO+

Leave a comment

If you checked your Touch ‘n Go eWallet app these past few days, you would have noticed a new feature, or a new icon. You might have come across ‘GO+’. I know I have, and a few of our friends have asked us what it was before today’s official launch of Touch ‘n Go’s GO+. Now that it is officially launched, we can properly explain what GO+ is.

Welcome to GO+, your gateway to small time investments and mainstream financial services. Essentially, you are investing with Principal, an asset management platform anchored by CIMB. In turn, GO+ is anchored by Principal, in alliance with CIMB, specifically their e-Cash Fund platform.

GO+ will take advantage of Principal’s asset management platform to sort of make investments to grow your financial assets via Touch ‘n Go’s eWallet platform. By putting as little as RM10 into the platform will supposedly guarantee a growth rate of 1.43% per annum. While that may not seem like much, it is more than putting your money into your bank’s savings account or current accounts.

The growth is not credited over a year long period too. You get returns on a daily basis and the returns are credited to your GO+ account every day. That also means the growth is an immediately visible one. Principal also promises no risks to the platform, so you can be rest assured that you will only be seeing growth.

What makes GO+ even better for users is that because it is integrated with Touch ‘n Go eWallet app, you can transfer the funds from GO+ into Touch ‘n Go eWallet accounts immediately at any given time, and vice versa. It does not stop there though; you can transfer credits from GO+ to any of your registered bank accounts immediately too. You can even use your GO+ account to pay for things via Touch ‘n Go eWallet app. That also means with GO+, you are more flexible than anything else you can currently find on the Malaysian market.

To get yourself on GO+ now, you can look into your Touch ‘N Go eWallet app and immediately register and upgrade your account to a GO+ account. You can start investing with GO+ with as little as RM10. For now, the service is only available to Malaysian citizens above 18 years of age. The Touch ‘n Go eWallet app is available for free from Google’s Play Store and Apple’s App Store for Android and iOS respectively

PR Newswire

HUAWEI AppGallery Connect Academy – Live Event Offers Actionable Insights and Empowers App Developers to Grow Their Business to New Levels

Leave a comment

SHENZHEN, China, March 29, 2021 — The HUAWEI AppGallery Connect Academy · Live event which will be held from 11:00 UTC+02:00 on March 31, 2021 will offer participants the opportunity to learn how to fully harness AppGallery’s global distribution capabilities in order to stand out from the competition, grow their user base and monetize their apps.

Agenda of AppGallery Connect Academy·Live on March 31st
Agenda of AppGallery Connect Academy·Live on March 31st

The success of an app is not just dependent on the value it offers users, but also how efficiently it reaches them. How to acquire the most users? How to reach target users with optimal precision? How to improve monetization while continuing to acquire users?

HUAWEI AppGallery Connect app service platform is designed to help app developers improve development and operations efficiency, attract a wider range of users and generate greater revenue by offering end-to-end services at every step of the way from app innovation and development, to distribution, operations, and analysis.

Partner with AppGallery Connect to grow business, by harnessing global app distribution and broad-based device support.

As a top-3 global app marketplace, HUAWEI AppGallery has attracted over 530 million MAU in 170+ countries and regions by the end of 2020. And 2.3 million developers have partnered with AppGallery across the globe, achieving 384 billion app distributions on AppGallery in 2020 alone.

Apart from app distribution, AppGallery Connect can also provide rich operations and growth services to boost business success.

A/B Testing: Conduct group experiments to determine the best variant for apps.

In one notable example, an app development team split users into two groups to determine whether a new function could facilitate user engagement. With the help of A/B Testing, the team found the new function is attractive to users, and finally released it, which was proven correct, as the daily user activity duration rose by 15%.

Remote Configuration: Change how the app looks and works, without requiring users to update the app.

Sleep Sounds is an app that provides lullabies and natural white noise to help users fall asleep with greater ease. The Sleep Sounds team utilized the Remote Configuration service to make changes to their app, while also avoiding the need to release a new version. Just two weeks into using the service, Sleep Sounds saw an 8% increase in its number of users, and a 10% increase in user engagement.

App Linking: Provide a consistent link access across platforms and versions, for higher conversion rates.

For example, if some companies are planning a promotion in their apps, App Linking can help them place the promotional link on a diverse range of ad platforms. By tapping a link, the user can directly access the in-app content. Those users who have not installed the app will be redirected to HUAWEI AppGallery for download and installation.

App Messaging: Send contextual messages to engage users.

With the Call Screen app, users can choose from a range of customized incoming call skins. Its developer found that some of the new skins they had released were not being downloaded by many users. To address this, they used the App Messaging service to notify users of newly available skins, after obtaining the users’ consent. The service helped increase the number of app users by 11% in just three weeks.

AppGallery Connect Academy · Live: We Connect, You Grow

To learn more about the operations and growth services in AppGallery Connect, please come to the "AppGallery Connect Academy ∙ Live", held from 11:00 UTC+02:00 on March 31, 2021.

PR Newswire

Circle Launches Comprehensive NFT Platform & Marketplace Payments Solution

Leave a comment

Accelerates Mainstream Adoption by Enabling NFT Platforms to Accept Both Traditional and Crypto Payments

Circle unveils plans to support BTC and ETH payments, as well as storage, custody and transfer of NFT assets

BOSTON, March 27, 2021 — Circle, a global financial technology firm that provides payments and treasury infrastructure for internet businesses, today announced a comprehensive payments solution for non-fungible token (NFT) marketplaces and storefronts that enables them to accept credit card and crypto payments alike in order to attract more mainstream audience adoption. Circle today also unveiled forthcoming features that will be made available over the coming months, including support USDC, BTC and ETH payments, NFT custodial services, and yield-generating Circle accounts for NFT market operators.

NFT marketplaces have surged in popularity over the past 12 months, but broad-based mainstream adoption is lagging due to the complexity of payment transactions, which usually require the use of cryptocurrencies. Circle’s NFT solution simplifies buying and selling by enabling platforms to accept credit card payments alongside crypto, all with a seamless user experience. This makes NFT transactions easier by encouraging greater engagement, platform expansion and support for creators worldwide through the marriage of traditional payment rails and leading digital dollar stablecoin USD Coin (USDC).

NFTs have seen a meteoric rise in recent months – as platforms like NBA Top Shot skyrocket in popularity (Top Shot has seen a 400% increase in sales over the past 30 days) and digital art becomes mainstream (iconic auction house Christie’s recently offered the first purely digital artwork with the auction of Beeple’s Everydays for $69M). In February 2021 alone, sales volume across major NFT marketplaces grew nearly 800%, to more than $200M.

"This is not only an important and valuable trend for marketplaces and creators, it represents incredible demand from customers – for collectibles, artwork, moments, and really anything that can be tokenized on the blockchain," said Jeremy Allaire, Circle Co-founder and CEO. "Circle looks forward to supporting the industry – creators, platforms, marketplaces, storefronts and customers – with our solution for enabling a user-friendly, mainstream payments experience with the power of crypto connectivity and USDC."

With Circle’s payments and treasury infrastructure, NFT marketplaces and storefronts can create a seamless user experience for buyers and sellers alike:

  • Build upon Circle’s Payments, Payouts and Digital Dollar Accounts APIs to process transactions and use the Circle Account to maintain a scalable treasury infrastructure on the backend, making platform management easier than ever.
  • Choose to offer traditional and crypto payment options, or abstract crypto entirely from the user – all in service of greater convenience and efficiency alike.

Over the coming months, Circle plans to release a range of features aimed at NFT marketplaces, storefronts and platforms:

  • Support for BTC & ETH payments. NFT markets will be able to easily accept BTC and ETH as payment and payout methods, allowing both crypto HODLers and new mainstream users to pay with fiat and crypto.
  • Storage, Custody and Transfer of NFT assets. Circle’s digital asset account infrastructure and APIs will enable NFT markets and properties to easily store NFT assets with best-in-class digital asset custody services, while also enabling their customers to transfer standard NFTs in and out of their markets and services.
  • Treasury and Yield Services. NFT markets are digital asset native businesses, and with funds and treasury accounts held with Circle, NFT developers can take advantage of Circle’s new high-yield digital dollar accounts*, enabling idle working capital to earn between 4-8% APY on USDC.

These new areas of focus are just the beginning as Circle continues to build and partner with the leading projects, developers and brands that are innovating in the NFT commerce space.

This comes at a time of explosive growth for USDC, whose market cap is more than $10B and has more than doubled in 2021 alone. Dollar stablecoins like USDC have quickly become the preferred currency of NFT marketplaces and storefronts as they offer a convenient funding source for end users as well as the ability to streamline their operations and stay crypto-native as needed. In the future, Circle plans to expand its roadmap by accepting ETH payments as well as providing custody for NFTs.

For more information, contact our team, and read more about our NFT solution here.

About Circle
Circle is a global financial technology firm that enables businesses of all sizes to harness the power of stablecoins and public blockchains for payments, commerce and financial applications worldwide. Circle’s platform has supported over 100 million transactions worth tens of billions of dollars, with nearly 10 million retail customers, over a thousand businesses, while storing and securing more than $5 billion in digital currency assets. Circle is also a principal developer of USD Coin (USDC), which together with Coinbase and the Centre Consortium oversees the standards and protocol for what has become the fastest growing, regulated, fully reserved stablecoin. USDC now stands at more than $10 billion market cap and is adding nearly $300 million net new digital dollars in circulation every week. Today, Circle’s transactional services, business accounts, and platform APIs are giving rise to a new generation of financial services and commerce applications that hold the promise of raising global economic prosperity for all through programmable internet commerce. Learn more at https://circle.com

*Service offered through Circle International Bermuda Limited. Offering subject to business approval, geographical availability, and regulatory authorization, and there is no guarantee that the product will become available in a specific timeframe, or to a specific customer group or geography. Service offered through Circle International Bermuda Limited. It is anticipated that Circle International Bermuda Limited will enter into lending arrangements with one or more institutional borrowers, including Genesis Global Capital, LLC. You should carefully conduct your own investigations and analyses in connection with any participation in this product, including its objectives, risk factors, fees, and expenses and the information set forth in these materials. All prospective participants in the products described herein are advised to consult with their legal, accounting and tax advisers regarding any potential participation. Rates are purely indicative and are subject to change pending availability, approval and market conditions. Additional information is available upon request.

Logo – https://mma.prnasia.com/media2/1220689/Circle_Logo.jpg?p=medium600

Related Links :

http://www.circle.com

https://www.circle.com

PR Newswire

SHAREit tops amongst the fastest-growing media publishers in Southeast Asia and the Middle East in H2 2020

Leave a comment

A one-stop-shop for the user’s digital entertainment needs – more than 500 million people use SHAREit each month.

SINGAPORE, March 26, 2021 — SHAREit, the world’s largest file sharing, gaming and content streaming application, has been once again ranked as the No. 1 fastest-growing media publisher in Southeast Asia and the Middle East for H2,2020 in the AppsFlyer’s latest Performance Index. AppsFlyer also ranked SHAREit as a top media publisher not only in emerging markets like Africa (rank ), but in developed markets like Western Europe (rank #3), Eastern Europe (rank #4) and Latin America (rank ) in its Growth Index. The Performance Index by AppsFlyer is a tool for app marketers to see the performance ranking of mobile media sources.

SHAREit
SHAREit

The achievement follows SHAREit’s remarkable performance in Edition XI (covering H1,2020) of the AppsFlyer Performance Index, according to which it ranked at the top in the Middle East and Southeast Asia with an impressive 160% growth rate in the app install pie in H1 2020. The rankings spotlight SHAREit’s unique product offering and a wide array of features that not only make the application popular amongst customers, but also an indispensable resource for marketers.

Karam Malhotra, Partner and Global Vice-President at SHAREit, said: "The power of the user voice has never been as loud and clear as it is today, as they want choice, flexibility and anytime access to personalized digital content via their mobile phones. Our holistic platform offers a smart and unique blend of content discovery, consumption, gaming and sharing in line with heightened customer expectations as we strive after refining the SHAREit experience to be useful, convenient and seamless. We’re thrilled to be named the fastest-growing media publisher in the Middle East and Southeast Asia– it’s another testament to SHAREit’s commitment to providing flexibility, autonomy and utility to our users while helping advertisers grow their business leveraging the SHAREit community."

SHAREit’s primary feature is the peer to peer file transfer, allowing users to share pictures, music, and more, with other devices without using an active internet or Bluetooth connection. Being the first app channel partner of Google Play, it also ensures secure application transfers with Peer-to-Peer Offline App Sharing – letting users share apps via SHAREit, adding them to the user’s Play Library and managing app updates when the device comes back online.

SHAREit has also established itself as a one-stop digital content platform, providing users with gaming, content discovery and consumption services. SHAREit has a dedicated gaming center on the application, which offers HTML5 games, gaming videos and an option to download hot games. With games across all genres, it has one of the largest catalogues of mobile games from developers across the globe.

With consistent advances in terms of content, SHAREit has successfully leveraged the popularity of local regional content to establish itself as the hub for short-format videos and has hence seen its user base spike worldwide with growing engagement levels. SHAREit now boasts a highly engaged user base of over 1.8 billion users globally in about 200 countries and regions. The application currently has more than 500 million monthly active users globally.

For more information, please visit: http://www.ushareit.com/   

-ends-

About SHAREit Group:

SHAREit Group is a technology company operating a range of apps in the utility and content category, which have been installed by nearly 2.4 billion users worldwide, with the business network reaching up to 200 countries and regions, operating in 45 different languages. It owns numerous popular tools and interactive entertainment applications such as SHAREit, WATCHit etc.

SHAREit, which is the company’s core app, is one of the world’s largest offline and online platform that provides file sharing, gaming and content streaming service. The app has more than 500 million MAU globally and has a strong market presence in Asia-Pacific, Middle East, Africa and Europe.

SHAREit Group has been recognized as the fastest-growing media publisher in Southeast Asia and Middle East in 2020 by AppsFlyer, and 2nd Top SEA headquartered media publisher worldwide by downloads by AppAnnie. It has offices in Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Dubai and South Africa.

Related Links :

http://www.ushareit.com/

PR Newswire

AWE2021 Successfully Organized with Blueprint for Smart Life in New Decade

Leave a comment

BEIJING, March 26, 2021 — Appliance & Electronics World Expo 2021 (AWE2021), with the theme of "Smartize the Future", came to a close successfully at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (NECC), Hongqiao, Shanghai, China on March 25, 2021.

AWE2021
AWE2021

According to the data from AWE’s organizer China Household Electrical Appliances Association (CHEAA), the number of AWE2021 visits exceeded 350,000, making a historic high. 

With its exhibition area extended to 150,000 square meters, AWE2021 brought together nearly a thousand exhibitors at home and abroad, including international heavyweights such as Gaggenau, Miele, GE Appliances, Bosch, Siemens, Fisher & Paykel, Panasonic, Sony, Sharp, AEG, Gorenje, ASKO, SMEG, Whirlpool, Hitachi, Philips, Laurastar, 3M, Pentair, Westinghouse and Shark, domestic big names such as Haier, Hisense, TCL, Skyworth, Konka, Meling, Gree, Aux, Fotile, Robam, Vatti, Vanward, Macro, Galanz, Joyoung, Supor, Lexy, Ecovacs, Meida, Golden Home, Marssenger, Sanfer, HEGII, Airmate and Flyco, technology giants and unicorn AI companies such as JD.com, iFLYTEK, 360, Tuya, Topband, Ayla, Xingluo Technology, Aispeech and SoundAI, and core component and material suppliers such as LGD, CSOT, GMCC & Welling, Jiaxipera, Nidec, Donper, Highly, Schott, Higasket and Saite. The consistent support of these established enterprises demonstrated the value and development prospects of AWE.

On the evening of March 23, AWE Live Stream Night Show was launched on Tmall, JD.com and Kuaishou with AWE exhibition booths as the background. Thanks to the wonderful display of enterprises, the live stream show was wrapped up in a more scenario-based way than those live stream shows hosted by internet celebrities. According to incomplete statistics, every enterprise participating in the AWE Live Stream Night Show attracted millions of viewers and tens of millions of comments on average.

Under the theme of "Smartize the Future", AWE2021 showed new scenarios about smart life that make the industry and users excited and new blockbusters released by exhibitors. More and more companies are taking AWE as their first option to release their new products, new strategies, and new ecosystem.

PR Newswire

NetEase Cloud Music and Merlin Extend Strategic Partnership in China

Leave a comment

HANGZHOU, China, March 26, 2021 — NetEase Cloud Music, a leading interactive music streaming service provider in China, and Merlin, the independent’s digital music licensing partner, today announced that they have extended their strategic partnership in China to include a wider range of cooperation. The multi-year licensing deal will include access to additional marketing and promotional opportunities for Merlin members.

"Deepening our direct relationship with Merlin marks another important step in our strategy to bring high-quality music with style, character and vitality to our ever-growing user community," said Ding Bo, Vice President of NetEase Cloud Music. "The expansive and diverse music of Merlin member labels span the global divide and increase the rich music experience we offer, which brings us closer to this goal."  

Merlin navigates the music ecosystem by striking premium deals with digital services that enable its members to better control their future. For digital services, Merlin provides the ability to efficiently license the world’s most valuable independent music. Accounting for more than 15% of the global digital music market, Merlin members represent tens of thousands of labels and hundreds of thousands of artists from every country in the world.

With a rich and proven ability in copyright management and operating capabilities for international artists, NetEase Cloud Music has become the go-to platform for both international music lovers and artists in China. In addition, NetEase Cloud Music is one of the most "social" streaming music services in the world with users actively engaged in reviewing, commenting and sharing music via playlists and other means, which enables music influencers to spread music rapidly and exponentially. 

"We’re always excited to work with partners who are eager to educate our members on how to use their platform, how to engage and build fanbases, and ultimately drive better activations around artists. NetEase has been a fantastic partner on these opportunities," said Jeremy Sirota, CEO of Merlin. "Independent music is a real focus across the world, including in China, and Merlin is thrilled to renew its partnership with NetEase Cloud Music and bring the largest number of independent labels, distributors and other rights-holders and their artists’ repertoire to the platform."

"NetEase Cloud Music users are one of the largest consumers of international music in China. Merlin’s efforts to make a variety of independent music easily accessible has increased independent artists’ exposure to create a more vibrant market. It has been a mutually beneficial partnership and we look forward to providing Merlin’s member artists further opportunities to reach even more fans," said Mathew Daniel, Vice President, International at NetEase Cloud Music.

Merlin and NetEase Cloud Music’s original agreement was established in 2018. The extended partnership grants NetEase Cloud Music’s users access to an even more diverse array of music from Merlin’s members around the globe. By the same token, the expanded partnership provides more of Merlin’s members with the ability to increase their fanbase through their exposure to NetEase Cloud Music’s vast and growing audience in China. This includes Merlin members who have made their music available within the NetEase music ecosystem over the past three years, such as Armada Music, an independent internationally-awarded record company founded by a.o. Dutch DJ Armin van Buuren, with a roster including dance-music heavy-hitters such as Loud Luxury, Andrew Rayel and Arty; global music distribution service CD Baby; FUGA, the industry-leading music distribution company for international rights holders; and Mushroom Labels.

About Merlin

Merlin provides independents the means to own their future. Merlin is a member led, music focused organization providing digital music licensing for the leading independents across the globe. Members benefit from Merlin’s premium deals, but work directly with key digital partners. Our membership consists of independent labels, distributors, and other rights-holders, representing tens of thousands of labels and hundreds of thousands of artists from every country in the world. Merlin works collaboratively with our digital partners, delivers value back to those digital partners, and seeks to drive other incremental benefits to our members.

Merlin’s approach has enabled our membership to grow to represent 15% of the global market share. Merlin’s membership includes independents such as Armada Music, Cinq Music Group, FUGA, Dim Mak, Domino, Entertainment One, Epitaph Records, Foundation Media, Mad Decent, Monstercat, Mushroom Music, Ninja Tune, [PIAS], Secret City, Secretly, Sub Pop, Symphonic Distribution, Ultra Records, Vydia, and hundreds more.

Merlin now has deals with over 30 digital services, including Apple, AWA, Boomplay, Deezer, Facebook/Instagram, JioSaavn, KKBox, NetEase Cloud Music, Pandora, Snap, SoundCloud, Spotify, TikTok, Triller, Yandex, and YouTube Music, and is in conversations with dozens more.

Merlin has offices in London, New York, and Tokyo.

Find out more at www.merlinnetwork.org.

About NetEase Cloud Music

Launched in 2013 by NetEase, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTES; HKEX: 9999), NetEase Cloud Music is a leading interactive music streaming service provider in China with more than 800 million users. Dedicated to providing an elevated user experience, NetEase Cloud Music provides precise, personalized recommendations, promotes user interaction and creates a strong social community. Its focus on discovering and promoting emerging musicians has made NetEase Cloud Music a destination of choice for exploring new and independent music among music enthusiasts in China. The platform has been recognized as the most popular entertainment app among China’s vibrant Generation Z community. 

Please see http://music.163.com/ for more information.

Contacts For NetEase 

Investor Enquiries:
Margaret Shi
NetEase, Inc.
ir@service.netease.com
Tel: (+86) 571-8985-3378
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NetEase_Global 

Media Enquiries:
Li Ruohan
NetEase, Inc.
globalpr@service.netease.com
Tel: (+86) 571-8985-2668
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NetEase_Global

Contacts For Merlin

Media Enquiries:
Dawn Kamerling
The Press House
dawn@thepresshouse.com
Tel: (+1) 646-322-4903
Instagram:@thepresshousepr

 

Related Links :

http://music.163.com