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Interested in the fast-growing gaming community in the region? Communicate spoke with Mathew Pickering, Managing Director at gaming and esports communications agency Power League Gaming, to break it down for you. What does PLG do, exactly? Power League Gaming connects brands with Arabic gaming and esports audiences, primarily across MENA, of which 30% of the […]

Khaled AlShehhi, Executive Director of Marketing & Communication at the Public Diplomacy Office in the UAE Ministry of Cabinet Affairs and the Future, tells Communicate how he got into marketing, what his work means to him, and how he sees the role of government communications. What is your background and when did you start in […]

Last August, integrated advertising platform Adform announced the launch of its first-party ID solution, aimed at providing a way around the recent restrictions planned around third-party cookies. CTO Jakob Bak explains how it will work and why the industry needs to pay attention.  For some industry players, Google’s decision to phase out third-party cookies (and […]

French online music streaming service Deezer, launched in 2007, has carved itself a major place in the industry, globally and in the Middle East. Mazen Abdallah, Director of Ad Sales MENAT at Deezer, explains what Deezer can bring to the region’s advertisers. What is the current shape of the audio marketing industry in MENA? Digital […]

The growth of e-commerce was accelerated across the globe due to the pandemic and the measures that were implemented to curb the spread. Advertising investment has shifted into shoppable and e-commerce formats, and many companies have had to develop their e-commerce strategies on the fly. This is driving growth of the big platforms. But many […]

The National Research Group, an independent market research company was commissioned by Snap Inc. to conduct a study to learn how Gen Z and Millennials are engaging with mobile video entertainment, and what to expect as the world enters a new era of mobile-first experiences. The new study examines how demand for TV-quality mobile content […]

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 […]

Launching an app is great. Getting people to use it again and again is a different story altogether. Ayat Mohammed, Media Planning Manager at Hearts & Science, explains how to overcome this challenge. According to former product leader at Facebook, SC Moatti, “to build products that people love, you have to build products that are […]

Digital advertising solutions provider Connect Ads is involved in both media representation and programmatic trading. Equipped with this broad perspective, George Skaff, Sales Director (Right), and Mohamad Jadayel, VP of Technical Operations (Left), explain how the region’s programmatic market is evolving.   What is the size of the programmatic market globally and in the region? […]

Jessica Usenbor, Platforms & Capabilities – Programmatic Lead at OMG, explains how Google’s phasing out of third-party cookies will in fact help the industry go back to basics. The deprecation of the third-party cookie is an opportunity for advertising to get back to its essence and focus on its core objective: to build customer trust […]

STARZ Play announces the launch of its new STARZ Play service, a premium online video offering that claims to provide the latest US blockbuster movies and TV series immediately after they premiere in the US, along with a library of recent TV series, movies and children’s content. STARZ Play marks the first time that Starz […]

Communicate catches up with Alexander Chetchikov, CEO and founder of the Luxury Lifestyle Awards on the changing face of luxury buying in the region. How has the luxury market changed in the last year? The luxury market is growing rapidly and changing. The number of luxury consumers has more than tripled in the last 20 years, […]