New Delhi, May 02, 2014 : CricHQ, the Wellington-based cricket technology firm founded by IPL superstars Stephen Fleming and Brendon McCullum, has been making all the headlines lately following a spate of significant partnership announcements. Today, CricHQ announced what could represent its biggest partnership to date after securing a deal with mobile Internet giant UCWeb.
“UCWeb’s flagship product UC Browser is used by more than 500 million users worldwide and is the preferred mobile browser for a particularly large user base in India. Aiming to constantly provide its users with unique content, UCWeb released a special ‘cricket 2014 version’ of UC Browser for Android earlier this month with the most comprehensive IPL content and services to cricket fans. Taking a step further, CricHQ will be released on UC Browser on 3rdMay 2014 and will provideUCWeb users with an opportunity to meet their cricketing heroes whilst offering never seen before content. This is definitely a partnership we are excited about!”, said Abhishek Sharma, Director of Marketing Communications for UCWeb in India. UC Browser is also available for free download on the Apple App Store, Nokia Ovi Store and Windows Phone Store.
UCWeb will be promoting CricHQ directly through millions of UC Browser users in India. The companies will be integrating some of CricHQ’s market leading performance analysis stats into the UC Browser cricket offering during the IPL.
“CricHQ is extremely delighted to be partnering with UCWeb as we continue to expand in Asia. The Indian mobile Internet market in particular is absolutely the key to our growth, and I could not think of a better partner to have that will help us capture this market.” said Simon Baker, CEO of CricHQ. “We have some really exciting plans to execute in India as we launch our social app for cricket that is seeded by content from professional players and match notifications from all levels of cricket globally. We have launched a ‘Meet Your Heroes’ contest that will be run in association with UCWeb across India throughout the IPL.”
“Meet Your Heroes” is a free to enter competition running on CricHQ throughout the IPL. There are daily chances to win opportunities to meet your favourite stars, get tickets to matches and travel in style with free VIP transport provided.
