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CNN news content supported by Nokia
Mark Peters : June 1st 2011 - 11:00 CET
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 CNN news and Nokia Mobile announce plans for partnership : CNN and Nokia announced a multi-level international collaboration where Nokia becomes a key part of CNN's roster of mapping providers, delivering its rich mapping services to the international news network. The new collaboration harnesses the companies' strengths in global newsgathering, user-generated content, mapping technologies, and location-based services. The collaboration debuted with the use of Nokia's 3D Maps across CNN's platforms in its recent coverage of the British royal wedding.
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CNN news content
"This collaboration is a great fit for us as both companies share a similar philosophy on connecting people beyond borders through the combination of compelling news content and highly sophisticated technology," said Tony Maddox, Managing Director, CNN International. "The international scale of each of our businesses makes the scope of the collaboration exciting."
Nokia mapping services
"Nokia and CNN share the belief that news is now mobile, powerfully democratic, and can immediately be shared by people around the world," said Jerri DeVard, Chief Marketing Officer, Nokia. "We are pleased that CNN wants to use Nokia's innovative mapping services for its international CNN news platforms, and we are excited to work with CNN news to deliver a compelling news service to users of Nokia phones."
CNN news app for Nokia Smartphones
The collaboration also includes the CNN App for Nokia which provides mobile access to CNN's world, business, sport, entertainment and technology reporting, as well as live streaming video. The app also allows users to share CNN's news via their own social channels, and participate in the reporting process with direct access to CNN's participatory news community, iReport. The new CNN App for Nokia is available in Ovi Store. |
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