News Broadcasting
Broadcast software solution provider Beehive Systems enters Middle East
MUMBAI: Noida headquartered software solutions and services company Beehive Systems, which caters to the broadcast industry worldwide, has received its first sales order from the Middle East from Procast FZ LLC, a Dubai-based broadcasting company.
The order includes Beehive’s digital newsgathering solutions – vid’linkT and vid’linkMOBILET; a complete graphics creation and data automation solution called isle’wizT and an interactive SMS-TV custom solution called mobile2TVT.
The customer will be using vid’linkT for newsgathering from across bureaus. The system will enable the channel to send live as well as store and forward video clips over leased line networks, said an official release.
The laptop-based mobile newsgathering equipment, vid’linkMOBILET will be deployed by the client at remote locations for store and forward video transfer over non conventional mediums like ISDN, dial up internet connections, etc. The advanced codec used in vid’link mobileT compresses the video almost 70% more efficiently than other compression standards without compromising on the quality, added the release.
The graphics content creation and automation solution, isle’wiz, will be used to automatically create, manage and play out graphics in Arabic. This tool also enables real-time integration of the graphics with data sources and display across multiple zones on the screen without the need for any programming.
Other features of isle’wiz include generation of live multilingual tickers (including Arabic), creation of libraries of elements (text, images and animations) to drag and drop into the scene, sequencing the display of graphics based on timelines. The fourth application – mobile2TV – will permit the broadcaster to build in interactivity in television programmes by integrating viewers’ mobile messages with video display. This allows viewers the benefits of on-air chat.
News Broadcasting
Book Cricket gets a digital century on News18 amid T20 fever
Nostalgic classroom game revamped in English, Hindi plus Telugu on web and app.
MUMBAI: When the T20 World Cup fever hits fever pitch, News18 decides to flip the script straight back to the classroom. The digital news platform has revived the timeless schoolyard favourite Book Cricket as an interactive online game, perfectly timed to ride the cricket wave gripping fans across the globe. The reimagined Book Cricket ditches textbooks for smartphones, blending old-school nostalgia with modern gameplay. Once a sneaky recess pastime played by flicking book pages to score runs, the digital version now offers seamless fun for anyone craving a quick cricket fix between overs.
Available in English, Hindi and Telugu (with more languages planned across News18’s network), the game sits within the platform’s fast-growing gaming portfolio of over 20 titles, all built in-house. It joins event-driven hits like ‘Kursi Catcher’ and ‘Result Rewind’ during the 2025 Bihar Assembly Elections, plus festive specials such as ‘Durga’s Astras’ for Durga Puja and ‘Mouse Modak’ for Ganesh Chaturthi.
News18 Digital CEO Mitul Sangani said, “Gaming is a key pillar of our engagement strategy. At News18, we uniquely combine our newsroom agility with immersive gaming experiences. By blending credible content with interactive formats, we are creating meaningful engagement in an era defined by shrinking attention spans and evolving consumption habits.”
Select titles have expanded beyond News18.com to CNBC-TV18.com and Firstpost.com, reflecting the network’s push to deepen user interaction across platforms. The Book Cricket game is live now at https://www.news18.com/games/book-cricket/.
In a tournament where every boundary counts, News18’s digital Book Cricket proves the simplest games can still deliver the biggest smiles no syllabus required, just pure cricket joy one page-flip at a time.
