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| Members of the Uturn Team (source: ar.wamda.com). |
Since we've moved on to a whole new year (a little belated, I know), I thought it would be appropriate to dedicate a small post to reflect on what's been going on at Uturn recently.
For starters, Uturn tweeted recent statistics this February revealing that the number of monthly views of +45 of its active channels has averaged at a whopping 80 million views per month.
— UTURN Entertainment (@UTURNent) February 2, 2016
Moreover, statistics show that the channel, Saudi Reporters (a comedy show hosted by two brothers, Abdullah and Abdulaziz Bakr), is the network's fastest growing channel in terms of total number of views and subscribers, such that it has reached a total of 80,599,626 views and 728, 277 subscribers in these past three months.
'We Made Fireworks', the Reporters' most recent video (posted on Feb 14th);
the brothers decide to try something new and undergo a number of science experiments.
Also, here's the video of Uturn Rewind 2015, showcasing highlights and snippets of some of its programmes this past year.
Uturn Rewind 2015
2015 saw an increase in the range and variety of the network's programmes. For example, Uturn has helped produce and distribute 2 animated webisodes, Nmkosaur (a thought provoking educational programme), and two vlogging/travel programs. Of course these are only a minuscule example of Uturn's wider content circle, nonetheless, these programmes are:
Animated Webisodes:
- Bakheeta, a slice of life animated web-series created by Nijood Alharigy that follows the life of the title character Bakheeta.
'Bakheeta at her Neighbour's Party' Episode.
Nijood Alharigy (far left) signing a contract with Kaswara Al-Khatib (far right) posted on Uturn's instagram account with the caption 'Nijood Alharigy has joined our Uturn Family, this is God-willingly the start of a successful partnership. Stay tuned for our new show Bakheeta'.
- Danyah Cartoon, an animated television series broadcast on MBC3 (a Children's television Channel and part of the larger MBC broadcast company). Although the program is broadcast on television, the show's executive producer and longtime MBC3 presenter Danyah Shafei, struck a partnership with Uturn regarding the online distribution of the series. In 2015, an episode of the show titled 'Airplane' was ranked first in Khaleeji Times' list of top 10 Viral YouTube Videos to go Viral in MENA in 2015.
Danyah Cartoon, 'Airplane' Episode.
Danyah Shafei with Kaswara Al-Khatib at Uturn HQ, posted on Uturn's instagram account with the caption: 'Danyah Shafei visited us today at Uturn and we give her a big congratulations for receiving the YouTube Silver Button after her Channel reached 100,000 Subscribers*'.
Nmkosaur:
'The more knowledge I gain, the more ignorant I become'.
Nmkosaur's pilot episode was published last March and has recently started its second season this February, following the success of the first. Hosted by Anmar Rodeiny and often guest featuring different Uturn stars, the programme is defined by its educational and more mature tone compared to other more general and comedic Uturn shows, arguably making this novelty part of its appeal. Some of the topics handled in the first season include The Bermuda Triangle, Drug Abuse, Black Holes and World Hunger, to name a few. The Channel currently has 103,090 subscribers and a total of 3,553,113 views.
Nmkosaur Season 2 Teaser, NB Subtitles available in video settings.
Vlogging/Travel Programmes: Meet Haifa and Anas.
This past year, two individual vloggers and travel enthusiasts joined the Uturn family. These are Haifa Beseisso AKA Fly with Haifa and Anas Iskandar. So far, they have respectively reached 56, 438 subscribers and 2,181,975 views and 117,897 subscribers and 2,181,975. Coincidentally, both vloggers published their latest travel videos on the same day, February 18th, that each took place in two different parts of the world; Anas was in Malaysia and Haifa was in Tanzania.
Anas Iskandar's latest travel Vlog:'What can a Saudi do in
Malaysia with a thousand Riyals?'**
Haifa's latest travel log: 'Snake in the Toilet'.
As mentioned before, the programmes mentioned in this post are merely a small example of some of Uturn's newest and returning content. There's too many of them that, quite frankly, I've lost count!
Stay tuned for more though!
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* The YouTube Silver Button is a YouTube Creator Award that the company awards individual YouTube Channels that have surpassed 100,000 subscribers. The company also awards the Gold Play Button, for channels that have reached 1 million subscribers, as well as the Diamond Play Button for those who have reached 10 million subscribers.
** 1000 Riyals is roughly equivalent to £190.
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