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“There is an evolution happening in our business,” says Bill Fordyce, CEO of Backlite Media, one of the leading outdoor advertising companies based in Dubai. With a global digital takeover,  Communicate got a chance to chat with Fordyce, to understand how a traditional medium like OOH is faring in this new environment. What is the status of […]

Earlier Communicate looked at some of the most glorious moments in tech from this decade. While there were too many great moments to count, there were also some moments that didn’t quite live up to the hype. Here’s a list of those moments in the world of tech. IGTV While Instagram falls under one of the […]

What do you do when you’ve fallen? When you’ve been outnumbered and down on the ground? Do you stay down or do you get back up? Communicate lists the brands that are looking to bring the fight back to the table in 2020. Toys R Us  Earlier this year, the famous toy retailer reincarnated from the […]

By Muzammil Hamza Although Virtual Reality rung it’s announcement bells first in 2012, the “reality” aspect was still fictitious to mainstream users in the MENA region until mid-2015. Initial applications of the technology, and sneak-peaks of the gadgets involved spurred a global race to identify the next major market opportunities, especially among tech-enthusiasts, who expected the […]

By Mai Youssef The rise of digital media has reduced consumers’ attention span to that of a goldfish, which is less than 9 seconds. With consumers seeing over 5,000 ads a day, it’s no surprise that around 615 million devices globally are now blocking ads. With so many brands competing for a few seconds of […]

Snapchat has announced partnership with advertising partners for the debut of its new advertising product, Commercials. The Snapchat Commercials are an unskippable, six-second ad unit that are exclusively run on premium partner content called Snapchat Shows. According to the company, TV networks and entertainment studios are reimagining popular series for Snapchat, with shows across entertainment, sport, food […]

Amazon is trying a new way to take its Alexa digital assistant mobile by developing wireless earbuds that mirror Apple’s popular AirPods. The Seattle-based e-commerce giant is readying earbuds with built-in Alexa access for as early as the second half of this year, according to people with knowledge of the plans. The headphones will look and act […]

By the numbers, CES is an impressive circus of gadgetry. The annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was spread out over nearly 3 million square feet last week, with 4,500 exhibitors showing their wares – the latest in 8K screens, giant drones, walking cars, robot pets and automobile prototypes that would make Bruce Wayne jealous […]

Procter & Gamble Co. spent an estimated $10.5 billion on advertising and other marketing costs in the year ended June 2018 with little change from the previous year, according to Ad Age Datacenter. Yet, it was pushed to second spot this year on Ad Age’s World’s Largest Advertisers ranking of the 100 biggest spenders, which […]

This article first appeared on Communicate‘s sister site: AMEinfo.com Apple is a company that just reached $1 trillion in market cap and it is also getting ready for the new iPhone release. Samsung, on the other hand, just in time for the Note 9 release (August 9), is upping its ante by releasing adverts attacking […]

Facebook is investigating a social analytics company called Crimson Hexagon because of its potential dealings with a Russian organization and other concerns over how it handled private data. Crimson Hexagon, based in the US, provides social data analysis for brands by monitoring platforms including Facebook and Twitter. The brands it has worked with include Adidas, Samsung, […]

Socially-led creative agency network We Are Social, has acquired a majority stake in Socialize, the Middle East’s largest independent social media agency. The move, which is subject to regulatory approval, is We Are Social’s first acquisition, and extends its network to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) for the first time. We Are Social […]

YouTube is launching a new skippable offering, called TrueView for Reach, that prioritizes reaching large audiences over completed views of a commercial. YouTube’s new ad product will cost advertisers even if the viewer presses skip. Kind of like TV. It is a variation of YouTube’s five-second skippable ads, and is designed for brands that are […]

Publicis Media is launching “Commerce” as a Publicis Media global practice dedicated to commerce strategy, media and marketplace investment, as well as content and merchandising. Ali Nehme will serve as Global Practice Lead, Commerce, Publicis Media, and report into Digitas Global Brand President Michael Kahn, who will also serve as executive sponsor of the Commerce […]

After four years of leading Dubai-based creative tech firm Brndstr, founder Simon Hudson, has stepped down from his role as CEO. Having supported over 200 brands across eight countries and generating close to $5 million in revenue, Hudson is making way for a new executive team to help take the company from tech startup to international […]

By TJ Lightwala, head of Future Adaptive Specialist Team (FAST) and Performance, Mindshare MENA Telco data provides user level, location data married with contextual or interest data. Hence, it is now highly possible to target a GITEX participant, at a certain location, at the time the event is taking place with the desired ad of […]

The e-commerce landscape has seen a great deal of movement in the past year. November 2016 saw the announcement of Noon.com – which is yet to be launched, following several delays and an investment by Alshaya – followed by Amazon’s acquisition of Souq and Emaar’s acquisition of Namshi this year. At the time of the […]

After a 17-year long stint at Mindshare MENA, Nizar Abou Saab has decided to leave the agency “to explore new avenues to further his personal career growth,” according to industry sources. Abou Saab has spent most of his career at the agency across its offices, including the UAE, KSA, Iraq, Bahrain and Qatar. During his […]

CNN has officially launched its VR department called CNNVR, an immersive journalism unit and virtual reality platform within CNN Digital. The new department is led by Jason Farkas who is heading a dedicated team while training VR producers in more than a dozen bureaus around the world including New York, London, Hong Kong, San Francisco, […]

Your bi-weekly news on how brands are using bots around the world by Simon Hudson, CEO and founder of Brndstr Love them or hate them, bots are fast becoming the new vertical for brands to run campaigns on. These programmatic, digital assistants that sit inside social channels are becoming extremely popular around the world. Over […]

International digital and direct agency Flourish has added the Samsung Gulf Electronics CRM account to its client list following a competitive four-way pitch. The work will encompass digital CRM strategy and delivery, as well as creative across the entire consumer product portfolio including mobile, tablet, wearables, television, audio and home appliances. Flourish first started in […]

  The growth of the digital medium, including social and mobile, combined with the increasing consumption of online video in the region, has led marketers to complement traditional marketing with content marketing. “Brands are now challenged with evolving their strategies to not only create the volume of content required to satisfy consumer appetite, but to […]

During an interview this summer in Chicago, Paul Roth, AT&T‘s president of retail sales and services, described wearable devices as the “future of retail” before adding, “it’s a niche market”. That’s why the tech industry is looking to Apple to do what it does best: Take a budding technology, package it neatly and blow it up […]

  Dozens of major corporations have jumped on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge bandwagon, releasing videos featuring their executives doused in frigid water for the viral philanthropic venture. Samsung may be the first to turn it into an ad. On Friday morning, a tweet from the company’s U.K. mobile account sent out a link to a 15-second […]