Globe7 HK Ltd. enters into a strategic partnership with Asia Times and to provide news hosting services including videos, texts and photos, on www.atimes.com.
The cooperation marked a turning point for Asia Times as it provided value–added feature on its existing Internet news platform. It is the first time Asia Times offers video contents through their website. By working with Globe7, it delivers video news contents from Reuters, along with text and news photos from AFP. Both news services provide top quality international news coverage. So the viewers not only enjoy wider range of international news through this partnership service, but also be able to gain multimedia content experience.
"More and more online visitors are looking to explore updated international video news from Internet. This partnership has expanded our media presence across the Asian countries. We believed the video news content will give readers an impressive user–experience with Asia Times," said Clayton Haswell, CEO of Globe7.
Todd John, Chief Information Officer of Asia Times, said, "We are happy to be able to offer our readers Globe7´s timely breaking news headlines to compliment our own content." He continued, "The news video is also a nice feature to offer. We look forward to working with Globe7 and the opportunities present to both of our organizations."
About Asia Times Online Co. Ltd.:
Asia Times Online, is a quality Internet publication that reports and examines geopolitical, political, economic and business issues. It is also a popular news site reaching a rapidly increasing global readership. Its readers are people of influence – investors, executives, diplomats, academics, journalists and it enjoys a steady daily readership of over 120,000 unique visitors.
About Globe7 HK Ltd.:
Globe7 is a wholly–owned subsidiary of Northgate Technologies based in India (Bloomberg Symbol "NNORT.IN"). It is one of the world´s leading voice–over–Internet providers and a pioneer in digital infotainment, offers internet solutions like streaming of live TV, content hosting, file sharing and games.
Northgate Technologies is an innovative technology company with extensive research and development facilities in India. Its online advertising company, Axill Ltd., is a world leader in online ad placement and audience aggregation.
