Canal+
Vikings comes to Canal+
On June 10, Canal+ began airing Vikings, an Irish-Canadian series created by Michael Hirst. This new adventure show, comprising nine 42-minute episodes, takes the viewer back to the eighth century and the time of the Viking expansion to the west. Careful research went into Vikings, which borrows a Nordic legend to construct a masterful story set in medieval Scandinavia. A superb screenplay and a five-star cast (including Gabriel Byrne as the manipulative, authoritarian chieftain) are combined with sublime photography worthy of a top feature film. After the success of the first season in the US, filming of the second season will begin this summer and will be broadcast next year on Canal+.
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Universal Music Group
Ibis music
Universal Music France has entered into a partnership with the Ibis and Ibis Styles hotels (Accor Group) to create Ibis music, a free online music-streaming platform. With this new service, guests will be able to stream Universal Music’s catalogue of over 500,000 titles and listen to their favorite songs and melodies streamed free-of-charge. To access the collection, guests need only connect to the hotel’s wi-fi network and visit the dedicated Internet portal (www.ibismusic.fr). A mobile application is also available for iOS and Android. The platform has been rolled out throughout France and will be coming soon to the rest of Europe and beyond.
Activision Blizzard
Diablo III comes to your living room
Blizzard has confirmed the September 2013 release of Diablo III for consoles, available on PS3™ and Xbox 360. Blizzard’s latest role-playing/action game has been specially adapted for these two platforms to give players an opportunity to experience its epic story. The entire user interface has been redesigned. Players will venture into a rich, varied world where they must fight hordes of particularly tenacious demons, and will gain experience and skills while seizing a powerful treasure. The game is currently available for preorder from accredited retailers.
SFR
E-velop by SFR
SFR Business Team has launched an electronic registered mail service. It allows users to send registered mail via the Cloud with the same legal value as the traditional paper method. The service, E-velop by SFR, was designed to bring businesses simplicity while saving them time and money. An item can be sent in just 45 seconds from all types of device (PC, tablet or smartphone). The solution provides all the usual official documents (proof of expedition, receipt, read receipt and acceptance). SFR guarantees all of the item’s content, its traceability and its long-term archival in a digital safe. With this service, users save at least 30% of the cost associated with paper mail and archiving.
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GVT
The voluntary work
GVT announced the result of its employees´s engagement in voluntary work in 2012. More than 1,000 people have benefited through the collective effort developed in two of the main company´s projects. GVT’s employees and their families participated in more than 1,400 volunteer hours to reform public schools of special education in Curitiba (PR), host city of the company.
Maroc Telecom
Fidelio ranks among the top free apps
Maroc Telecom has just launched the Fidelio application, which allows customers to use a number of services online. No more need to call a call center or go to one of the operator’s branches – customers can now access a catalog of mobile phones and perform simulations using accumulated Fidelio points. They can also monitor their consumption, pay their bills online, purchase credit reloads using a bank card, find Maroc Telecom branches and contact the customer-relations centers. In less than a month, the Fidelio application has won over 20,000 customers and risen to join the Top 10 most-downloaded free apps. With this offering, the operator now more closely meets its customers’ needs and offers them a genuine mobile showcase.
