{"id":92475,"date":"2013-11-27T10:06:34","date_gmt":"2013-11-27T08:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=92475"},"modified":"2013-11-27T10:11:23","modified_gmt":"2013-11-27T08:11:23","slug":"bbm-channels-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/92475-bbm-channels-launched.html","title":{"rendered":"BBM Channels launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BlackBerry announced the launch of the BBM Channels beta, \u201ca forum for active, real conversations between people, brands and communities\u201d, in a press release on Wednesday, 27 November 2013.<\/p>\n<p>The new feature is being made available to users on devices running BlackBerry OS 5 and above, and BlackBerry 10.<\/p>\n<p>BBM Channels for iPhone and Android devices will launch \u201cin the coming months\u201d, BlackBerry said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the smartphone maker, existing BlackBerry users can simply update the BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) application through BlackBerry World.<\/p>\n<p>BlackBerry mentioned two channels as examples of the type of content available on the platform: the Maple Leafs in Toronto, Canada; and PriceCheck in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough PriceCheck\u2019s BBM Channel bargain hunters can stay up to date on featured offers and competitions,\u201d BlackBerry said. \u201cCustomers can also engage by sharing online shopping tips and great bargains.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_92477\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92477\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92477\" alt=\"BBM Channels showing featured channels and South African rugby example\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/BBM-Channels-showing-featured-channels-and-South-African-rugby-example.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"356\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-92477\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BBM Channels, showing &#8220;featured channels&#8221; and a South African rugby channel<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 id=\"related\">More BlackBerry news<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/92369-blackberry-overtakes-samsung-in-sa-research.html\"><strong>BlackBerry overtakes Samsung in SA: research<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/90587-blackberry-claims-massive-bbm-growth.html\"><strong>BlackBerry claims massive BBM growth<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/90339-new-bbm-for-iphone-fixes-contacts-problem.html\"><strong>New BBM for iPhone fixes contacts problem<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/business\/92341-top-blackberry-executives-leave-company.html\"><strong>Top BlackBerry executives leave company<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/91983-blackberry-z30-launched-in-south-africa.html\"><strong>BlackBerry Z30 launched in South Africa<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BlackBerry has announced the launch of BBM Channels in its BlackBerry Messenger service<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":90591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[36,22639,97,18254,10906,22641],"class_list":["post-92475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-active","tag-bbm-channels","tag-blackberry","tag-blackberry-messenger-bbm","tag-pricecheck","tag-sa-rugby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92475"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}