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Meekco.Asia Joins Facebook Global Expansion Program to Support Asia’s Businesses

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Aug. 14, 2020 — Meekco.Asia the one-stop digital commerce company headquartered in Malaysia today announced they will join the Facebook Global Expansion Program (GEP). As a partner Meekco will help advertisers expand their business across the globe and achieve their cross border eCommerce goals.

CEO & Founder Kah Hing and his team at Meekco.Asia
CEO & Founder Kah Hing and his team at Meekco.Asia

With this partnership, Meekco is targeting to manage merchants’ total gross merchandise value of USD$50mil per year for both Malaysia and Singapore markets.

Meekco CEO & Founder Kah Hing said that "With the partnership in place, we will be able to quickly onboard a business into a new country or territory by removing the barrier of unfamiliarity of the local market with our tools, know-how and technology. We are looking forward to being the top agency in omni channel conversion marketing for retailers and brands in this region in the next 3 years."

Kah Hing explains that the Facebook GEP features can duplicate a client’s business to any part of the world with the localisation of their business model to fit each specific country. "We provide them with our 7 pillars of core services which are the localisation of their eCommerce store, content translation, payment gateway integration, logistic & fulfilment integration, customer service outsourcing, business tax compliance and omni-channel marketing." he added.

Recently awarded a contract to build Bonia their multi countries webstore with the Shopify Plus enterprise eCommerce Platform, Meekco.Asia is the first agency that handles such complex business setup of Online-to-Offline (O2O) commerce solution in Malaysia. Bonia Corporation Berhad is an international luxury fashion retailer based in Malaysia which has more than 700 sales outlets across Asia.

Meekco.Asia’s other retail customer base are Air Asia Foundation, Solartime, Malaya Optical and Tumasek Pewter to name a few.

You can read more about Facebook’s Global Expansion Program here: https://www.facebook.com/business/m/cross-border

About Meekco.Asia 

Meekco.Asia is a full-stack conversion marketing company based in Malaysia & Singapore. This one-stop digital commerce company partners with businesses for successful digital transformation experience. A Shopify expert, Meekco.Asia serves their clients as a Digital Commerce Growth Agency. They assist SMEs and Large Enterprises develop Shopify Expert & Shopify Plus stores based in Malaysia & Singapore. Meekco.Asia web development team specialises in providing solutions to B2B customisations for manufacturers, wholesalers and drop-shippers.

"Make Future Commerce Better"

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Kuaishou Cements its Place among China’s Internet Giants: Latest Industry Report

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The app has reported 41.5% YoY growth of MAUs

BEIJING, Aug 7, 2020 — Short videos and livestreaming are no longer niche industries, as shown by data collected by Quest Mobile (QM), a big data monitoring agency. The company recently released its highly influential China Internet 2020 report. Kuaishou, a Tencent-backed company, was given special mention in the report, as both its user growth and revenue share surpassed market expectations.

Kuaishou, one of the most popular short video platforms in China, reported a 41.5% YoY growth from June 2019. Recording over 300 million daily active users (DAUs), Kuaishou has outgrown its more established competitors and has shown that it is here to stay.

Kuaishou is the only short video platform that gained the most user numbers with its short video and live broadcast platforms (Kuaishou Lite and Kuaishou) occupying the 4th and 5th place, respectively, according to figures from the June 2020 Internet Activity Ranking.

According to QM’s report, the monthly active users (MAU) of the livestreaming and short video sector increased to 852 million in China. The sector accounts for nearly 20% of total network user duration, second only to instant messaging. It also became the second largest industry in the media space and surpassing even the online video industry in terms of advertising revenue. Overall, the industry’s revenue pie has grown by 30% YoY.

Kuaishou was credited with organizing the Spring Festival Gala and attracting the likes of celebrities such as Jay Chou and Lang Lang to conduct record-breaking livestreams on its platform. Kuaishou saw success as over 910 million people watched the Gala, of which 79.6% watched via short video platforms. The ability of short videos to attract and retain users have normalized the mainstream population, even in China’s first-and-second-tier cities.

The report also showed that Kuaishou emerged as the popular choice for millions of Chinese livestreaming e-commerce sellers, including e-commerce giants like JD.com. The QM report credited Kuaishou’s livestreaming effort as a substantial driver of the growing e-commerce industry in China. The industry so far has been embraced by over 1 billion users, of which 100 million, or 10%, are from Kuaishou.

China has shown the effectiveness of short video and livestreaming content in driving commercialization. Platforms like Kuaishou are driving individuals, enterprises, industries, and governments to experiment with using new content forms to achieve transformation, growth and development.

About Kuaishou Technology

Kuaishou Technology develops content sharing platforms and makes content production, distribution and consumption fast and easy. Our content recommendation system is built on a deep understanding of our users and the content being shared on our platforms every day.

Our flagship product, Kuaishou, is China’s leading short video sharing and social networking platform that enables users to capture the unique and memorable moments of their everyday lives, and to interact with followers in real-time. Our technology offers users a highly personalized experience and encourages members from all communities to create and discover interesting and dynamic content.

Founded in 2011, Kuaishou Technology is headquartered in Beijing with more than 10,000 employees and offices in China, the United States, India and Brazil. Our notable investors include DCM Ventures, Morningside Venture Capital, Sequoia Capital, Temasek Holdings, Tencent and Baidu. For more information, please visit www.kuaishou.com.

  • March 2011 GIF Kuaishou was created as a product tool for creating animated GIFs
  • October 2013 GIF Kuaishou was transformed into a short-form video social platform – Kuaishou
  • January 2015 Kuaishou’s DAU (daily active user) exceeded 10 million
  • September 2017 Kuaishou’s total users exceeded 600 million and DAU exceeded 80 million
  • December 2017  Kuaishou’s DAU exceeded 100 million
  • June 2018 Kuaishou Technology completed the acquisition of Acfun, an ACG video community
  • May 2019 Kuaishou’s DAU exceeded 200 million
  • March 2020 Kuaishou’s DAU exceeded 300 million
  • July 2020 Kuaishou’s Livestream DAU surpassed 170 million

To download Kuaishou, click here.

CONTACT: Zhang Chuanshi, zhangchuanshi@kuaishou.com, +86-134-8881-8382

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Go-Yunnan launches on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube

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KUNMING, China, July 24, 2020 — On July 20, 2020, Go-Yunnan formally established a presence on the world’s three key social networks, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, finalizing the integration of a number of services and features and providing a venue where anyone interested in visiting or touring Yunnan can gain a better perspective on what the province in southwestern China has to offer. The platform also provides real-time updates and sharing of information on cultural exchanges as well as other activities and events taking place across the province.

 

The Go-Yunnan platform is designed to provide localized tourism services to travelers from abroad before, during and following their visit. 

The Go-Yunnan platform features both a downloadable app as well as a website. The app is segmented into modules for Destination, Guide, Explore, Me, Lives, Translator and More. In the Destination module, the interested visitor can find information on 411 places of interest in 16 prefectures and cities across the province, The Lives modules comes loaded with live streaming of 1,400 Yunnan’s most captivating locales. Together with Itineraries, Essentials, Transport and Weather, those characteristic functions are aiming at assisting the prospective travelers in pre-trip planning. In addition to the Translator, Exchange and other practical features, the Guide module provides route recommendations alongside spoken guided tours for some of the more popular attractions. All in all, the app is expected to make the prospective visit all the more rewarding for overseas visitors. Most appealing for all travelers from abroad, the app comes with a one-click Complaint button that can be accessed during the course of the journey or stay within the province in the event of finding oneself lost or in a confusing situation or needing to file a complaint due to bad service. The Go-Yunnan website, an extension to the app, acts as an international information platform for anyone planning a visit to the province.

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As one of the most practical features, the Exchange function provides immediate exchange rate conversion between the yuan and 14 commonly used currencies, making it easy for travelers to understand what everything costs. The Essentials module lists practical information including the contact and location information of the nearest consulates, as well as current and updated information on visas, time zones, climate, money, water, electrical current adaptors and safety, assuring stress-free preparation for a smooth and enjoyable journey for anyone planning to spend time in Yunnan.

In the latest version update, the Transport function added train and bus time query feature with more than 100 train and 1000 bus lines within Yunnan Province. The Festivals and Activities section gives you a glimpse of Yunnan’s colorful ethnic culture through 18 activities of 20 related ethnic groups.

Follow the Go-Yunnan social platform Twitter, YouTube, Facebook to learn more about and gain access to real time travel information on Yunnan province.

 
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BIGO Live Kicks Off Game Streaming in The U.S as The Official Sponsor and Live Streaming Partner for Fortnite Box Fighting Championship

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Global Live Streaming Platform Bigo Live Launches Gaming House 2020 With Fortnite Streamers at Kungarna with a Box Fighting Championship Fortnite Tournament in Partnership with Repeat.GG

LOS ANGELES, July 10, 2020 — Global leader in live streaming, BIGO Live, announced today that it will tap into the gaming vertical in the U.S. with the launch of Gaming House 2020, where Bigo Live can provide a platform for gaming giants to access mainstream audiences typically outside of their reach.

Watch Box Fighting Championship Fortnite Tournament on Bigo Live
Watch Box Fighting Championship Fortnite Tournament on Bigo Live

Currently live until August 2, the initiative launched with a Bigo Live streaming tournament event hosted by Box Fighting Championship featuring a large-scale Fortnite tournament with many household names in the esport community, including The Fortnite Guy and partners at Kungarna, The Tournament scoreboard is managed by Repeat.gg,

The large-scale tournament event hosts streamers who compete in ruthless battle royales on Fortnite. Gamers that stream their Fortnite escapades on Bigo Live have a chance to win weekly prizes totaling $5,000. Well known Fortnite streamers are participating in the event including members of Kungarna, an esports organization led by The Fortnite Guy, the Internet’s premiere Fortnite streamer.

BIGO Live users can watch the event by going into the app and locating the "tournament" icon in the new Games section. Gamers and followers can interact outside of the stream using BIGO Live’s unique features that allow them to share posts, images, and videos with each other.

"It goes without saying that there is an enormous streaming community in the gaming space and BIGO Live is excited to provide another platform for streamers to broadcast on mobile and interact with their viewers at the same time," said Mike Ong, Vice President of BIGO Technology. "It is an important milestone for BIGO Live to roll out a gaming initiative in the U.S. and to do so now when so many people need human connections during isolation. Gaming is the great unifier and the ability to stream with friends and followers on their phones creates memorable and exciting experiences without having to go anywhere."

BIGO Live launched a pilot of this program in the U.S. in May and received nearly a half-million viewers. Featured influencer, The Fortnite Guy, garnered almost 3,000 concurrent viewers and through the course of one month managed to accumulate over 30,000 followers on BIGO Live.

"BIGO Live provides a unique opportunity for game streamers," continued Mr. Ong. "Audiences can award them with gifts that can ultimately be transferred into real currency. Game streamers can monetize their activities simply by doing what they do best: engage with their audiences and stream all of their gaming antics."

To participate in the tournament, game streamers will need to sign up on Repeat.gg and download the BIGO Live app. When they are ready to stream, they will need to announce it to their audiences and stream their Fortnite play for at least two hours collectively a week. Audiences can watch the tournament by logging onto the Bigo Live app and tapping the icon named "BFC" ft. Fortnite in the Games section.

Streamers can stream gameplay via Bigo Live Connector. For collaboration inquiries, reach out to usabigolive@gmail.com.

About Bigo Live

Bigo Live is one of the world’s fastest-growing livestreaming social communities where users broadcast in real-time to share life moments, showcase their talents, and interact with people from around the world. BIGO Live has around 400 million users in over 150 countries and is currently the market leader in the livestreaming industry. Launched in March 2016, BIGO Live is owned by BIGO Technology which is based in Singapore.

Download the BIGO Live app here.

About Box Fighting Championship

Box Fighting Championship Fortnite Tournament provides fast-paced action with high tier mechanical shooting and playmaking which will be entertaining for the casual and competitive Fortnite audience.

About The Fortnite Guy

Professional player who started his career in Overwatch playing for team Splyce, 2019 started the organization known as Kungarna featuring top players at the World’s Cup. Breakout play by the players launched the small organization to Tier 1 status within one year. The Fortnite Guy also hosts a successful channel and oversees a community of over 30k micro influencers and 15 signed professional players with combined win earnings of over 800k within the last year.

About Repeat.gg

Repeat.gg creates the world’s largest automated tournaments for cash and prizes in gaming. Players of all skill levels can participate in cash and prize tournaments from around the world.

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Customer Contact VIRTUAL: A Frost & Sullivan Executive MindXchange

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Proving that networking, collaboration and community can be formed virtually

SANTA CLARA, California, July 10, 2020 — Due to the global health crisis and in the best interests of our participants, clients and employees, Frost & Sullivan has decided to transition the live Customer Contact East: A Frost & Sullivan Executive MindXchange to an all-encompassing virtual experience. This virtual event will take place September 22-24 and includes four hours of virtual content and interactive experiences each day.

Customer Contact VIRTUAL: A Frost & Sullivan Executive MindXchange
Customer Contact VIRTUAL: A Frost & Sullivan Executive MindXchange

The agenda for Customer Contact VIRTUAL: A Frost & Sullivan Executive MindXchange is currently being confirmed; for full details, please visit: frost.com/cc-virtual

Customer Contact VIRTUAL will incorporate the same interactive and experience-driven themes as the original in-person event. Topics on the agenda will range from customer contact best practices to specific game plans of how to navigate the customer experience during a crisis. Participants should expect to share insights, build relationships and gain unique cross-industry perspectives from a savvy group of industry vice presidents, directors, managers and other senior-level executives. The virtual event will include several interactive formats, including roundtables, think tanks, demos, a virtual exhibit hall, as well as special VIP activities.

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Frost & Sullivan has hosted a monthly Customer Contact & Customer Experience Webinar Week Series to provide different industry audiences virtual options during a time when in-person events have been canceled or postponed. The April and May webinar weeks have attracted over 600 unique registrants and delivered best-in-class insights to customer contact and CX professionals.

For additional information, please email events.us@frost.com.

About Frost & Sullivan
Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, works in collaboration with clients to leverage visionary innovation that addresses the global challenges and related growth opportunities that will make or break today’s market participants. For more than 50 years, we have been developing growth strategies for the global 1000, emerging businesses, the public sector and the investment community. Contact us: Start the discussion

Contact:
Adam Kahn
Global Senior Director, Digital Strategy & Marketing Operations
adam.kahn@frost.com
Phone: 508.538.1010

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Lemnisk Unveils Significant Platform Enhancements

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Lemnisk releases several significant platform enhancements including probabilistic user data stitching, AI-based recommendations for new business verticals and deeper app and multi-channel personalization capabilities

BANGALORE, India, July 8, 2020 — Lemnisk, the world’s first real-time cross-channel marketing automation system built on an intelligent and secure Customer Data Platform (CDP), today announced the general availability of key features and enhancements to its product offering.

Lemnisk’s platform has been further upgraded this year with various enhancements such as probabilistic user data stitching across adtech and martech and social data sources, AI-based product recommendations, support for retail and e-commerce verticals, as well as deeper app personalization capabilities.

All of these features along with the existing capabilities like Ramanujan, an AI engine to orchestrate single user journeys, are now also available on a new and intuitive user interface that’s winning praise from customers for its ease of use.

The company is committed to building products around the key needs of its customers – acquiring new customers, engaging at scale with existing customers, and driving better RoI from the existing marketing stack and initiatives.

“We have emerged as one of the leading CDP players in Asia and the Middle East. Right from tying up with the biggest bank in UAE to forming a solid relationship with a leading South East Asian insurance brand to signing up India’s largest private bank, we’ve had a very successful run in the market so far. This year, we were also recognized by Forrester Research as a Leading Real-Time Interaction Management (RTIM) provider in its ‘Now Tech: RTIM, Q2 2020’ report,” said Subra Krishnan, CEO, Lemnisk.

Earlier this year, Lemnisk also expanded its support for verticals outside Banking, Insurance, and Financial Services. Customers in Retail, E-Commerce, Travel and Hospitality, and other verticals can also sign up for their acclaimed and proven Customer Data Platform.

“Our goal in 2020 is to effectively use our platform in tackling COVID-19 and the post pandemic digital imperative for our clients. With an AI-powered CDP as the bedrock, real-time marketing automation can transcend to a whole new level for marketers. Lemnisk’s tightly integrated and organic customer data platform can be a single tool that can effectively play the role of a first party DMP, Marketing Automation and Multi-Channel Personalization combined. This can bring significant simplification and cost efficiencies for marketers in the current environment,” added Subra.

About Lemnisk

Lemnisk Customer Data Platform delivers superior customer experiences that result in increased conversions, retention, and growth for enterprises. The key capabilities include:

  • Uniquely resolve a user in real-time across different data sources and channels
  • Create 1:1 personalized experiences for each user across multiple marketing channels
  • Orchestrate individual customer journeys on the right channels at the right time using a proprietary in-built AI engine called Ramanujan

Headquartered in Bangalore, Lemnisk has offices in Singapore, Dubai and Boston. Lemnisk is ISO 27001 and ISO 27018 certified.

Contact:
Rahul Thomas Mathew
Vice President – Marketing and Strategic Partnerships
rahul.mathew@lemnisk.co
+91-70191-82094

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Kuaishou Unleashes Amateur Singers’ Potential with a Charity Live-Streaming Concert

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The 9-hour concert received a total of 2 million views

BEIJING, June 19, 2020 — Livestreaming on Kuaishou, a video-sharing and live streaming platform in China, a 9-hour online charity concert initiated and hosted by a popular Chinese amateur singer Li Yuer wrapped up with an overwhelming response from the audience in early May – more than 2 million viewers tuned in to watch the show.

Chinese amateur singer Li Yuer is hosting a 9-hour online charity concert on Kuaishou, receiving a total of 2 million views
Chinese amateur singer Li Yuer is hosting a 9-hour online charity concert on Kuaishou, receiving a total of 2 million views

Engaging with the audience alongside other singers during the live concert, Li launched an online fundraising campaign with all proceeds going to the student aid foundation established by herself to help hundreds of students living in the impoverished villages.

Since the foundation was founded seven years ago, Li has been trying to bring support society through the power of music. In addition to raising funds for the students this time, the singer also connected with the government of Dong’an county in Hunan province, where she was born, in a bid to encourage people to support the local poverty-alleviation program.

“The overwhelming response from the audience during this session brought me to my knees in gratitude,” said Li. “Once again, I am grateful for the incredible generosity of my supporters and this platform where I can spread love and positivity across the nation.”

Chinese amateur singer Li Yuer is hosting a 9-hour online charity concert on Kuaishou, receiving a total of 2 million views
Chinese amateur singer Li Yuer is hosting a 9-hour online charity concert on Kuaishou, receiving a total of 2 million views

Make the music happen

Joining on February 13, Li quickly became one of the most-followed online streamers on the platform who gained 1.5 million followers within 100 days. Now with her 1.8 million fans, the up-and-coming singer’s live-streaming sessions have accumulated a total of 40 million views with 400,000 Kuaishou users watching her performance every day.

Humorous and outspoken, Li’s unfiltered image and personality are woven into her music by her marvelous voice, making her songs the embodiment of her personal stories about chasing dreams with perseverance and hardworking. 100 days since Li joined Kuaishou, her musical journey on the platform has allowed her to receive support from a wider audience, and in return, encourage more grassroots sing-song writers to follow their dreams and hearts.

“My biggest hope has always been bringing more high-quality songs to my audience on this platform,” Li said. “All I want is to create something for my music fans, for this incredible music community, a virtual hangout space for people connect with one another, to see some of their favorite musicians, and to listen to the soundtracks that resonate with their hearts.”

“With more music professionals with similar visions joining Kuaishou to carve out careers and establish their own friend cycles, I can see Kuaishou has become a community where musicians are able to explore the new opportunities and create more meaningful songs for themselves and their fans,” she said.

“I love this inclusive platform which embraces people from all walks of life, and musicians with dynamic creativities inspired by their personal experiences. It is the community where people can see themselves grow, learn, and share while leveraging the resources and tools to bring out meaningful changes to the music industry.”

About Kuaishou Technology

Kuaishou Technology, headquartered in Beijing, China, runs Kuaishou, one of the world’s leading short video social platforms, boasting more than 300 million daily active users since 2011. Users can use the platform to create and share videos with friends and their communities through posts, likes and comments. Known for its active and vibrant community of over 300 million users, the app is available on iOS and Android.

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Millions of American are doing the personality quiz to find study buddy while studying at home

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LOS ANGELES, May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — A personality quiz that helps people find their perfect study buddy hits during study-at-home days. Designed by Forest, the award-winning productivity app that supports users in staying focused by holding virtual trees hostage, this plant-themed quiz “Plant your flower” is now taking Twitter and Instagram by storm with its unprecedented way to find people to study with according to their signature flower.

People tweets their results of the "Plant your flower" quiz with #foreststudybuddy. (PRNewsfoto/Forest App)
People tweets their results of the “Plant your flower” quiz with #foreststudybuddy. (PRNewsfoto/Forest App)

Since its initial launch, the quiz has more than 1.3 million players in the States. Earlier this week, California influencers including sarah, kihmberlie and trish shared their results of the quiz along with a self-portrait on Twitter with #foreststudybuddy. The quiz has since then gone viral in the States as well as the UK, with people all following the same template by sharing the results of their quiz followed by a selfie and a caption looking for their perfect flower. K-pop idols such as Hani from EXID, Joy from Red Velvet, Jae from Day6 and Seolhyun from AOA also shared their results months ago.

The quiz works by taking users on a journey to a typical study-at-home day. Once in the quiz, users will get to decide things like what book to read, what song to play and what dinner to get. Upon completion, the personality quiz will assess the pathway and find the flower that best matches users’ personality. Users will also see a note that explains the most compatible flower, giving a clue to find the perfect match.

The personality quiz consists of 17 different outcomes including sunflower, bear’s paw, coconut, cherry blossom and more. Each flower represents a unique personality and will help reveal some of your best attributes. The peaceful effects of the quiz will help to escape the onslaught of bad news, and perhaps, find study buddy in the midst of a pandemic.

Find more information at:
The personality quiz: https://forest-mt.seekrtech.com/ 
#foreststudybuddy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hashtag/ForestStudyBuddy 

About Forest App

Forest is a popular productivity app that helps people beat phone addiction and manage their time in an interesting and pleasant way. Users can earn credits by not using their phones and plant real trees with the credits. The app has ranked Top Paid Productivity app in 125 countries and hits 30 million downloads. Based on user contributions, the app has planted 800k real trees in Africa. For more information, please visits: https://www.forestapp.cc/

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The Society For The Promotion Of Japanese Animation Announces First Ever Anime Expo Lite – A Virtual Japanese Pop Culture Event

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FREE Livestream Event to take place July 3 & 4

SANTA ANA, California, May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA) is thrilled to unveil its plans to offer Japanese pop culture fans from around the world an opportunity to experience all things anime from wherever they are with Anime Expo Lite. This FREE two-day livestream event will begin on July 3, proclaimed Anime Expo Day by the City of Los Angeles in 2015, and continue through July 4.

The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation announces first ever Anime Expo, a Free virtual Japanese pop culture event July 3 & 4, 2020.
The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation announces first ever Anime Expo, a Free virtual Japanese pop culture event July 3 & 4, 2020.

Anime Expo Lite will feature content from industry partners such as Bushiroad, Crunchyroll, Pony Canyon, VIZ, and more!  More exclusive content will be announced in the coming weeks.

SPJA has also revealed the key art that was planned as the program guide cover for the since cancelled Anime Expo 2020, which now features the Anime Expo Lite logo instead. The AX mascot characters Ai and Xeno are pictured with the cast of The World End With You.

“We are excited to be able to parlay the traditional Anime Expo into a virtual experience. Since 2017, AX has been livestreaming select panels as well as from the convention floor, so it is a natural transition for us to produce a virtual event. As everything in 2020 is different, we see a unique opportunity to be able to share our passion for Japanese pop culture not only with those that would have attended AX but now with any anime fan no matter where they live,” said Ray Chiang, CEO of The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation, AX’s organizer. “With our Anime Expo Lite line-up, we know fans will find plenty of events and special guests to entertain and keep them engaged.”

Fans can expect to see:

  • Special Guests, including artist/character designer Yoshitaka Amano
  • Panel discussions with industry leaders
  • Industry announcements
  • Live content
  • Pre-taped content from global partners
  • Q&As
  • Giveaways

For more information, and to keep up-to-date on Anime Expo Lite announcements, please sign-up here https://mailchi.mp/anime-expo/ax-lite-updates.  

For 29 years, AX has been the preeminent event featuring the newest anime films, television series, fashion, video games, manga, dance, music concerts, exhibitors and exclusive convention merchandise, all combined to deliver unforgettable experiences to fans of anime and Japanese pop culture. AX will return to the Los Angeles Convention Center July 2-5, 2021. For more information regarding Anime Expo please visit www.anime-expo.org.

About SPJA

SPJA is a non-profit organization dedicated to popularize and educate the American public about Japanese entertainment and pop culture, as well as provide a forum to facilitate communication between professionals and fans. For more information, please visit www.spja.org.

About Anime Expo

Anime Expo (AX) brings together fans and industry from Japan, the US, and all over the world for the largest celebration of Japanese pop culture in North America. Taking place every year since 1992, Anime Expo features the best in Japanese entertainment, music, fashion, and video games. For more information, visit www.anime-expo.org.

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CC Awards Reopens to Recognize Customer Contact Excellence

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Frost & Sullivan prepares to honor companies in customer contact & customer experience industry

SANTA CLARA, California, May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Customer service practitioners and solution providers of all areas are invited to nominate their organizations and/or clients for the CC Awards (CCs), the customer service awards program that recognizes excellence and outstanding achievement across key areas of the industry. The CCs provide an opportunity to reward those who are leading the way in innovative actions, committed pursuit and exceptional service to their customers.

Frost & Sullivan - The CC Awards
Frost & Sullivan – The CC Awards

To submit a nomination or learn more, please click here: www.frost.com/ccawards.

“By recognizing companies who are breaking new ground in customer service excellence, we aim to create a forum for celebrating and sharing best practices in the world,” said Michael DeSalles, Principal Analyst, Information & Communication Technologies at Frost & Sullivan.

Following nominations, a panel of industry experts and Frost & Sullivan research analysts will judge each category. Companies selected as best-in-class will be honored as “Kahunas” in the category or categories for which they entered. Kahunas will then be invited to compete once more to be considered for the “Big Kahuna” recognition in each category. All winners will be honored, and Big Kahuna winners are currently planned to be announced at the 16th Annual Customer Contact West: A Frost & Sullivan Executive MindXchange, October 18-21, 2020, at the JW Marriott Tucson Starr Pass Resort & Spa in Tucson, Ariz.

Practitioners or solution providers that focus on distinguished customer experience are encouraged to nominate their accomplishments in one or multiple categories. Consideration will be given to those whose achievements have set them apart during the past year.

About Frost & Sullivan

Over five decades, Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Pipeline Company, has become world-renowned for its role in helping investors, corporate leaders and governments navigate economic changes and identify disruptive technologies, Mega Trends, new business models and companies to action, resulting in a continuous flow of growth opportunities to drive future success. Visit our website.

Contact:
Brooke Filson
Global Events, Frost & Sullivan  
E-mail: ccawards@frost.com

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