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Hurray! enters wireless service pact with MTV China
MUMBAI: Hurray! Holding Co., Ltd., a leading Chinese firm in wireless music distribution and other wireless value-added services has announced its decision to enter into a partnership agreement on wireless value-added services with MTV China.
Under this agreement, Hurray! will become the official partner for MTV China to deliver wireless value added services to MTV audience interactive with MTV programs, states an official release.
Commenting on the development, Hurray!‘s chairman and chief executive officer QD Wang said, ‘‘We are pleased to establish this important partnership with MTV China. Our wireless value-added services users have remarkably similar demographics with MTV audience. This partnership will not only give both companies a new way to better service its customers, but also further strengthen Hurray!‘s leadership in music related wireless products and services. We look forward to bringing best wireless music experience to MTV audience in China.‘‘
Hurray! offers music and music-related products such as ringtones, ringbacktones and truetones to mobile users in China through SMS, IVR, RBT, WAP, MMS and Java wireless value-added services platforms over mobile networks and through the Internet. The company also provides a range of other wireless value-added services to mobile users in China, including games, pictures and animation, community and other media and entertainment services.
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Canva acquires animation and AI startups Cavalry and MangoAI
The deals strengthen Canva’s push into enterprise and AI-led design workflows
AUSTRALIA: Global visual communication platform Canva has stepped up its acquisition drive, buying UK-based 2D animation platform Cavalry and US-based AI startup MangoAI to deepen its AI-powered creative stack.
Cavalry, whose tools are used by brands including Amazon, Meta, Google and Netflix, will strengthen Canva’s motion design capabilities. The deal builds on Canva’s 2024 acquisition of Affinity, which has crossed four million downloads since launch. With Cavalry, Canva now counts seven Europe-based acquisitions, underscoring its global expansion strategy.
MangoAI, an early-stage startup focused on video advertising optimisation, will integrate its reinforcement learning systems into Canva AI. The move aims to enable brands to generate personalised marketing content in real time, cutting production cycles while improving campaign performance. MangoAI co-founder Vinith Misra will join Canva as reinforcement learning lead in its research lab.
Canva co-founder and chief operating officer Cliff Obrecht said the acquisitions reflect the company’s ambition to make professional-grade creative tools more accessible without sidelining human creativity. The goal, he said, is to bring everything from vector to motion design into a single, integrated suite.
The company now reports 265 million active users, including 31 million paid subscribers, and $4 billion in annualised revenue, up 36 per cent year on year. The latest buys further position Canva against rivals such as Adobe and Apple’s Creator Studio as it pushes deeper into enterprise workflows.
Canva head of pro design marketing Liam Fisher, said AI is intended to act as a creative assistant rather than a replacement, reinforcing the primacy of craft and individual design judgement.
