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At the beginning of September, Snap Inc appointed Jake Thomas as the Head of UAE operations. This comes as the company rapidly expands its local partner ecosystem and seeks to deliver more opportunities to consumers and brands than ever before. Communicate spoke with Thomas to understand how he plans to grow the company’s vision in the […]

Data is the most valuable currency in the 21st century. Data and analytics guru, Bernard Marr said: “While the average small business has less self-generated data than big players. . .this doesn’t mean big data is off-limits. In fact, in many ways, big data is more suited to small businesses, because they’re generally more agile […]

Mobile advertising platform, Ad Colony recently published the results of their survey, which asked marketers regarding their strategies and results for user acquisition (UA). The meteoric growth in mobile app usage has bred major competition in the marketplace. Creating a stellar app is just the beginning for developers. With millions of apps in the Google […]

New report marks the launch of Gameloft for brands. A couple of weeks ago, Paris-based videogame publisher Gameloft, owned by media conglomerate Vivendi, unveiled Gameloft for brands, a new identity that unifies all of its Gameloft Advertising Solutions services. The launch was marked with the release of an in-depth report on gamers and what they […]

Mobile advertising platform, Ad Colony unveils some interesting findings on consumer behavior on mobile as the holy month of Ramadan begins. The company surveyed people throughout the Middle East and North Africa about mobile usage during the Ramadan season. Respondents typically aged from 25 to 44 years. The key highlights of the survey are as follows […]

Mobile phones have become the one-stop destination for consumers-right from wake up calls to urgent shopping needs, instant messaging, etc. Naturally, this gave the rise to mobile advertising as a prime channel for marketers to communicate with their audience. With the advancing developments in the digital space, marketers need to stay on top of the […]

In a research conducted by AdColony with On Device Research within several regions, Egypt ranks the highest in number of smart phone mobile gamers in the world followed by Brazil and Russia. The research was conducted across 15 countries in the Middle East, and other regions. Within the Middle East, the companies looked at KSA, UAE and […]

By Elías Jabbe Pertinent topics such as mobile advertising, digital publishing and influencer marketer were discussed and further analyzed during the Mobile Marketing Association’s annual Impact Forum in Dubai. The forum brought in thought leaders working in-house  at global and regional companies to discuss the transformation of business through mobile. Among the speakers was Emre […]

Independent mobile advertising platform AdColony teamed up with three Unilever brands to run interactive mobile video campaigns in what the company claims to be a regional first. The Unilever brands included Sunsilk, Brooke Bond and Jif, which used the Aurora HD interactive video ads. This format also gives advertisers the opportunity to measure attention of […]

Mobile budgets have increased since 2016, with 23% spending more than a quarter of their budget on mobile Over the longer term, those spending more than 25% of their budget on mobile will almost double by 2022 93% still use Facebook while only 41% use Snapchat for mobile marketing The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA), recently […]

If there was a single conclusion to be drawn from Mobile World Congress – the wireless mobile industry’s largest annual event that was held in Barcelona last week – it’s that the smartphone makers, carriers and networks in attendance have roughly 5,000 reasons to be excited about 5G, or fifth-generation wireless system technology. “It’s really […]

Last year’s brand safety debacle brought to light some key issues with digital advertising. Among these were viewability and ad fraud. Ad fraud is rather self-explanatory, but what is viewability? Viewability is essentially an online advertising metric that determines if an ad is actually ‘viewable’, and then, allows advertisers to pay only for ads that […]

By Puja Pannum, managing director, Blis MENA Retail marketing teams have learned that the more they know about their consumers the better they can tailor marketing strategies to their needs and secure their long-term loyalty. They’ve invested considerable resources into gaining insight into their shoppers, and have the necessary tools at their disposal to do […]

5 mins with Yann Fourneau, vice-president of sales & marketing SEMEA, Russia & LATAM People usually know Gameloft only for creating mobile games. What can you do in terms of advertising? What are the different formats? Gameloft has actually been ranked world’s number 1 mobile game developer in downloads by App Annie for the second year […]

Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Paris, Kwanko is an online performance advertising company with offices in more than ten countries including Belgium, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil and now in the UAE. Who? Kwanko started off as a French family-run startup in 2003. In 2004, it set up […]

By Elías Jabbe The Mobile Marketing Association returns to Dubai today to host the latest edition of one of its signature events: MMA Impact Forum. The Istanbul-based MENA & Turkey chapter of the global MMA is leading the organization of the annual forum in Dubai that unites marketers from various countries in the Middle East […]

Global location intelligence company Blis is now stepping into a new frontier of geo-location-based mobile advertising through its partnership with TVTY. A “moment marketing company,” TVTY brings to the partnership the ability to launch location-based digital ad campaigns reacting to real-time events. These real-time events include “sporting events, changes in the weather or even stock market […]

Global location intelligence company Blis has released its latest innovation for the mobile advertising market: Blis Futures. Using proprietary deep learning technology, Blis Futures is an AI-powered, predictive location modeling solution. It identifies consumers most likely to visit specific locations, then provides advertisers a guarantee they will only be charged per consumer visit.  Working with Vizeum, Stella […]

Mobile app downloads is a dead business, wake up to the new reality: audience discovery By Rammohan Sundaram, managing director and senior vice-president – APMEA C1X Inc It was 2008 when the mobile app download companies came into being in plenty. Every second company I knew was a mobile ad-network. I wondered what the state […]

These were some of the thoughts that came out of the agencies’ feedback on what our mobile story should be on. Clearly, they couldn’t agree on one thing so we decided to let them talk about whatever they wanted to talk about. Over to the experts… Fahad Maghrabi, digital director, Initiative Riyadh   What are […]

Described as an ad storytelling platform for millennials, mCanvas has partnered with IAS Media in the Middle East to bring its mobile ad formats to the GCC market. The partnership will give IAS Media exclusive access to mCanvas’ proprietary mobile ad technology for use in GCC while mCanvas will leverage IAS Media’s advertiser and publisher […]

It feels like video has been the next big thing in digital media for the past ten years. Ever-increasing connection speeds and user connectivity have fueled the continued acceleration of video usage and, therefore, its importance to advertisers. Recognizing a shift in user behavior – and video as revenue potential – the big TV companies […]

Last year was the year of mobile. You blinked? Well, you missed it. We moved from multiple screens to one – the mobile – and now, we’re again including new screens through wearables and virtual reality, resulting in a shift in consumers’ consumption habits and technology adoption. The one interesting element that governs this seismic […]

Sources at InMobi reveal that the acquisition is a false claim and no further information can be expected at this time. Earlier, SeekingAlpha reports that Microsoft is near to closing a deal to acquire mobile advertising company InMobi. The report indicates that the number InMobi is requesting is approximately $2 million, but does not confirm […]

Currently, a viewable desktop ad is one where 50 percent of the pixels of the ad are visible for one second and 30 percent of the pixels of video ads are visible for one second. Since the release of the first set of guidelines by the Media Ratings Council (MRC) in June 2014, there have […]

Digital Venture, part of JGroup, has gained exclusivity rights to represent global mobile platform Airpush. Airpush’s mobile platform utilizes advanced targeting technologies, including geo-fencing, persona targeting, app inclusion targeting and A/B testing to match advertisers with the right audience. Airpush also offers proprietary performance ad units, including advanced abstract banners, which are believed to perform […]

Buzzeff today announced the launch of its exclusive mobile video advertising formats in the Middle East and Africa market. The two mobile solutions released are inRead Mobile and inFlow Mobile, both of which come with a high level of audience targeting options including targeting by geographic area mobility, device platform, such as Android, iOS or Windows, […]

Mobile advertising platform InMobi and media network Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG) have announced a strategic partnership to drive mobile advertising across Europe. The partnership will combine the strategic strengths of both organizations to ensure best-in-class scalable mobile advertising solutions for all SMG clients. “Mobile is no longer an option, but an imperative for brands and […]

  Self-described “personalized retargeting company” Criteo, which is reported to be bought out soon by Publicis Groupe, recently released the Mobile Flash Report, compiling figures on mobile behavior and usage and the opportunities that lay in them for advertisers and retailers. We’ve recapped the key findings: Retail, classified ads and travel rank first in mobile […]

  Digital media and technology solutions provider Connect Ads, a subsidiary of OTVentures, announced today an exclusive partnership with music, media and ad recognition app Shazam – which runs on any smartphone and can recognize content on nearby TVs, videos or tablets. The app has seen increasing commercial use, whereby TV viewers who “Shazam”ed a 15-second commercial showing […]

  In this day and age, each and every one of us lives two distinct lives: one offline, which is the real life we all know, and another life online, which so many of us are now enjoying. This new online lifestyle has attracted all sorts of people, both sane and mad, to Madison Avenue. […]

  Global digital performance advertising company Criteo  has announced that its in-app measurement solution, AD-X Tracking, is working with Twitter as part of the Mobile App Promotion program. The partnership will see Criteo developing a custom measurement solution for tracking mobile app install campaigns. “Initial results during the beta period have been very strong for mobile performance […]

  With its competitor Adidas being the official World Cup 2014 sponsor, Nike, which sponsors ten teams at the tournament, and over 50 percent of the boots worn on pitch , is sharing the figures on its social media presence during the month-long football bonanza. Followers for Nike’s football channels (namely Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube) […]

Last month, Spanish telecom company, Telefónica, beat its competitors to the punch: it teamed up with private equity firm Blackstone to buy the technology behind MobClix, a defunct mobile ad exchange. On the surface, it’s a natural move. For mobile advertisers hungry for user data, the richest sources are the mobile carriers themselves. And, for […]