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Yuvraj Thakur joins ‘MTV Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan’
Mumbai: Actor Yuvraj Thakur has joined the cast of youth fiction show “MTV Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan”, which has returned with an all-new season.
The first season had ended on a nail-biting note as fans were left guessing about the future of their favourite characters — the Fab 5. Now the second season will be bidding a bittersweet goodbye to a couple of friends from the Fab 5, and fans will get to see new characters entering the show to keep the story fresh and interesting.
Yuvraj said: “I’m super excited to be part of a show that has fans going crazy over every minor twist and turn in it. In India, I don’t think I’ve come across a show that’s generated this kind of fan following in a long long time. And to be part of a show of such a caliber is truly exhilarating.”
Talking about the second season of the show, Aditya Swamy, head of MTV, said viewers will see new characters and new stories “which will reflect the ever changing world of young people”.
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Shahbaaz Khan joins ‘Neeli Chatri Waale’
Actor Shahbaaz Khan, best known for portraying negative characters in films and TV, will have an image makeover with popular show “Neeli Chatri Waale”. He will be seen playing a former dacoit, and will don the look of a ‘Sabji Wala’ with a simple dhoti and kurta.
“I’m always on the lookout for challenging roles. ‘Neeli Chatri Waale’ is a light-hearted show and I’m playing the role of a former dacoit Mahadev, who has left the crime scene for good and has been allotted a quarter and a vegetable cart for making a living,” Shahbaaz said in a statement.
“Viewers have always liked me as a villain and hope I will be able to do full justice to this character as playing the role of a ‘Sabji Wala’ is a first for me,” he added.
“Neeli Chatri Waale”, which is aired on Zee TV, has crossed a run of 100 episodes. It deals with the story of a comman man’s relationship with god.
The conversations between its lead protagonist Bhagwan Das (Rajesh Kumar), a common man and a modern-day Lord Shiva (Himanshu Soni) wielding the blue umbrella bring a smile to the viewers’ faces.
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‘Top couples’ being approached for Indian ‘Power Couple’
After taking Israel by storm, internationally acclaimed TV show “Power Couple” is all set to entertain Indian viewers. A source says that some of the India’s popular couples are being approached to take part in the show.
Set to be aired in October on Sony Entertainment Television, the show will have 10 celebrities, who will undergo a rigorous test of love along with their better half. Disconnected from the entire world, these 10 couples will be living under one roof and will be tested as they face extreme challenges to prove how well they know each other.
“The couples will be judged on their physical, emotional and mental strength making them question their vows made to each other,” a source in the know of development said.
“The show will feature 10 celebrity couples. The channel is approaching top couples across different fields like Bollywood, television and sports for the show. It will also see either an A-list actor or an A-list couple as the host. The hunt is currently on,” the source added.
International online casino Casino Days has published a report sharing their internal data on what types and brands of devices are used to play on the platform by users from the South Asian region.
Such aggregate data analyses allow the operator to optimise their website for the brands and models of devices people are actually using.
The insights gained through the research also help Casino Days tailor their services based on the better understanding of their clients and their needs.
Desktops and Tablets Lose the Battle vs Mobile
The primary data samples analysed by Casino Days reveal that mobile connections dominate the market in South Asia and are responsible for a whopping 96.6% of gaming sessions, while computers and tablets have negligible shares of 2.9% and 0.5% respectively.
The authors of the study point out that historically, playing online casino was exclusively done on computers, and attribute thе major shift to mobile that has unfolded over time to the wide spread of cheaper smartphones and mobile data plans in South Asia.
“Some of the reasons behind this massive difference in device type are affordability, technical advantages, as well as cheaper and more obtainable internet plans for mobiles than those for computers,” the researchers comment.
Xiaomi and Vivo Outperform Samsung, Apple Way Down in Rankings
Chinese brands Xiaomi and Vivo were used by 21.9% and 20.79% of Casino Days players from South Asia respectively, and together with the positioned in third place with a 18.1% share South Korean brand Samsung dominate the market among real money gamers in the region.
Cupertino, California-based Apple is way down in seventh with a user share of just 2.29%, overshadowed by Chinese brands Realme (11.43%), OPPO (11.23%), and OnePlus (4.07%).
Huawei is at the very bottom of the chart with a tiny share just below the single percent mark, trailing behind mobile devices by Motorola, Google, and Infinix.
The data on actual phone usage provided by Casino Days, even though limited to the gaming parts of the population of South Asia, paints a different picture from global statistics on smartphone shipments by vendors.
Apple and Samsung have been sharing the worldwide lead for over a decade, while current regional leader Xiaomi secured their third position globally just a couple of years ago.
Striking Android Dominance among South Asian Real Money Gaming Communities
The shifted market share patterns of the world’s top smartphone brands in South Asia observed by the Casino Days research paper reveal a striking dominance of Android devices at the expense of iOS-powered phones.
On the global level, Android enjoys a comfortable lead with a sizable 68.79% share which grows to nearly 79% when we look at the whole continent of Asia. The data on South Asian real money gaming communities suggests that Android’s dominance grows even higher and is north of the 90% mark.
Among the major factors behind these figures, the authors of the study point to the relative affordability of and greater availability of Android devices in the region, especially when manufactured locally in countries like India and Vietnam.
“And, with influencers and tech reviews putting emphasis on Android devices, the choice of mobile phone brand and OS becomes easy; Android has a much wider range of products and caters to the Asian online casino market in ways that Apple can’t due to technical limitations,” the researchers add.
The far better integration achieved by Google Pay compared to its counterpart Apple Pay has also played a crucial role in shaping the existing smartphone market trends.
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