NEW YORK, NEW YORK--(Marketwired - June 25, 2013) - Yappn Corp. (OTCBB:YPPN) ("Yappn or the "Company") is pleased to announce that its development platform, Yappn ( www.yappn.com ), an upcoming online multi-lingual social community where people can meet, chat, engage and consume media in almost 70 languages, set to fully launch in Summer 2013, has signed an initial agreement to create global social programs for Ossian Media a leading developer of branded content experiences focused on youth marketing and pop culture audiences.
Under the terms of the deal, Yappn will provide Yappn pages, support global chat and video programs in multiple languages for Ossian to expand their global reach with both their artists and brand partners.
Currently, Ossian has programs underway in television, music and video recording as well as animation and social outreach.
"We view Yappn as the next big social integration platform as we look to globalize our social media assets," said Wally Eltawashy, President of Ossian Media . "Yappn allows us to create real time social conversations, bringing our artists, brands and events together on a global scale."
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About Ossian Media
Ossian Media ( www.ossianmedia.com ) is a leading-edge new media company with headquarters in Miami and regional offices in Toronto and New York. Working with major partners in the broadcast, digital, talent management, media and music distribution industries, Ossian Media develops branded content experiences across multiple platforms that are customized towards both niche markets across the youth (16-34) demographic and general pop culture audiences.
About Yappn
Set to launch in Summer 2013, Yappn ( www.yappn.com ) is a place where people can meet, chat, engage and consume content, individually, in groups and by topic, regardless of the language they speak. By removing the language barrier, the entire world opens up to an entirely new paradigm of communication.
Yappn, with the power of Ortsbo ( www.ortsbo.com ) also offers a set of very powerful communication tools where users can create opportunities to meet, chat, engage and consume in their own virtual location creating global social engagement for private events and closed networks. Users can also connect to leading social networks and engage friends and followers on Facebook, Yahoo!, Twitter and more.
Intertainment Media Inc. (TSX VENTURE:INT)(OTCQX:ITMTF)(FRANKFURT:I4T) has a controlling interest in Yappn Corp.
Yappn Corp is publicly in the US on the OTCBB - symbol "YPPN"
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