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New Delhi, May 17, 2017: UC News, part of Alibaba Mobile Business Group, has tied up with Balaji Motion Pictures to promote the much awaited romantic musical – Half Girlfriend. Users of UC News got the first and exclusive peek into the movie’s new song ‘Lost Without You’. UC News also launched a special section of unseen footage from the movie along with video bytes from the lead cast.
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As a part of the campaign, UC News conducted a live chat session with stars Arjun Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor, as well as noted author Chetan Bhagat on its platform on 14 May, 2017. Over 10,000 questions were popped up by the fans for the celebrities. A special section on the platform has also been dedicated to exclusive review of the movie by the UC We-Media bloggers. Not just that, UC News also launched an integration with the H5 game on May 6th, letting fans play ‘Know Who is Your Half Girlfriend’.
Young Li, Head of UC News said, “The move is part of our increased focus on offering diverse and comprehensive content options on the mobile. UC News is helping brands and content providers connect with masses by taking their content to our 100 million monthly active users in India.”
Ruchikaa Kapoor, Head of Balaji Motion Picturesadds, “Half Girlfriend has captured the imagination of the youth and has become New India’s newest relationship status. The content has cut across demographics, leveling the playing field for content consumption across cities. Moreover, the songs are a story in itself and we’re glad that we’ve partnered with UC News to further amplify and integrate our content offering.”
‘Half Girlfriend’, slated to release on 19th May 2017, is based on the bestseller ‘Half Girlfriend’ written by Chetan Bhagat. The film, directed by Mohit Suri, is produced by EktaKapoor’s Balaji Motion Pictures, Mohit Suri & Chetan Bhagat and stars Arjun Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor in lead roles.The music of the film is a runaway hit with the audiences across and is already considered to be the ‘Album of the year’.
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UCWeb Inc. (UCWeb), a business within Alibaba Mobile Business Group, is a leading provider of mobile internet software and services. Since the inception in 2004, UCWeb’s mission has been to provide better mobile internet experience to people around the world. The international product portfolio of UCWeb includes UC Browser (mobile browsing service), UC News (content distributor), 9Apps (Android app store), and UC Union (mobile traffic and monetization platform). UC Browser is one of the world’s top 3 mobile browsers (as per StatCounter). UC Browser has reached 420 million Monthly Active Users as of August 2016, while 9Apps has clocked over 250 million. Additional information about UCWeb and its products can be found at www.ucweb.com.
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UC News 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 20+ featured channels including news, cricket, technology, entertainment, movies, lifestyle, health, humor, etc. UC News integrates trending content from social media and partners with traditional media, self-publishers and key opinion leaders for original content. UC News is now available in 3 languages including Hindi, Indonesian and English. UC News is major product of UCWeb Inc. – a business within Alibaba Mobile Business Group. UCWeb’s flagship product UC Browser now integrated with news feeds from UC News, is the No.1 mobile browser in India according to StatCounter.
