Kathmandu – Rakuten Viber, a pioneer app in free and secure messaging and voice-based communication, partners with Nepalese football player, KiranChemjong and sports commentator Abhinav Joshi for Football Talks on the Football UtsavChannel. Launched this year, the channel is an avenue for loyal football fans in Nepal where they can engage in games, interact with fellow football enthusiasts, and see reactions from professional football players, sports journalists, and match commentators. Channel members can now also enjoy gamified features like AR Lenses, football-themed sticker packs, and a chatbot that can help them hype up games.
Chemjong and Joshi are set to talk about their insights on upcoming football matches, Chemjong’s personal experience as a professional player, and even take questions from the audience submitted via the channel. Users are also in for a big surprise on the upcoming Football Talks episode as lucky fans can get a chance to meet and play a game of futsal with star player Anil Gurung. More details about this will be released on the channel soon. The users can catch two more Football Talk episodes on December 15 and 17, 2022 at 2 PM NPT.
Viber has always created strides in demonstrating support for the football community in Nepal. This new campaign — along with the ongoing “Predict and Win Contest” on the bot where top members can win weekly Hisense TV from Navin Distributors by getting correct match predictions — is another effort from the app aimed to fuel the passion of Nepalese football fans while giving them the chance to engage and connect with their favorite footballers in a way that’s never been done before.
“We are elated to have KiranChemjong and AbhinavJoshi onboard on the Football Talks segment of the Football Utsav Channel. We know their fans will be excited in the Channel, to be engaged on a whole new level, especially at this time of excitement in and our of football stadium. We can’t wait to show our users what else we have in store for them in the next episode.” shares David Tse, Senior Director for APAC at Rakuten Viber.
Fans can now join the Football Utsav Channel to engage with fellow football fans, see match updates, get exclusive content like the Football Talks segment, join the Predict and Win Contest via bot until December 18, 2022, and more. They can also try out new lenses such as the Football Challenge, Cheering Goals, and Football elements, or their global and local Football Forever sticker packs, to share their excitement while messaging their friends, families, and colleagues.
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