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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 […]

By George P. Slefo A new study suggests that Fortnite has more in common with Facebook than Call of Duty, with the massively popular game emerging as a new kind of social network for a key demographic of younger consumers that brands covet. “Unlike other platforms and services, Fortnite uniquely combines benefits from gaming, social […]

By Mike Proulx With four simple words printed on a slide behind Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg during his recent F8 keynote, 15 years of social media playbooks essentially vanished: “The future is private.” Indeed, in what felt like a snap from Thanos’s infinity gauntlet, Facebook is pivoting to messaging apps as the foundation […]

Social TV is VivaKi’s proprietary real time solution that allows us to discover the most trending TV content and topics. The product offers in-depth analysis on top performing shows in the social space, with detailed insights for brands to utilize. Now that the Ramadan 2015 TV schedule is in full swing, so are the conversations […]

  This Holy month, the Middle East’s top Ramadan TV series are garnering major buzz across social media platforms. As a result, marketers should be listening carefully to these revealing conversations. They should be analysing how strongly certain storylines or characters resonate amongst audiences in the sphere of social media. More importantly, they should be […]

The power of social media continues to loom large over the Middle East’s television industry, especially throughout the Holy Month of Ramadan. We previously delved into the importance of leveraging social media chatter – surrounding the region’s top Ramadan TV programmes – to create agile marketing operations and deliver real-time, meaningful content to consumers. And, when […]

  Brands have long recognized the value of word of mouth and its powerful ability to influence and alter people’s behavior and choices. Adequately measuring its impact, however, has always been a challenge; still, it is a necessary tool that can significantly help shape a brand’s messaging and media planning. Today, with the emergence of the ‘social living […]

  Digital Media Services (DMS), which serves as the digital arm of Choueiri Group, and SynkOnAir – a subsidiary of AJ Consulting focusing on second screen apps and technologies – have announced an exclusive partnership aimed at offering TV viewers, brands and broadcasters in the MENA region a second screen app, Synclie. The Synclie smart sync […]

  Social entrepreneurs in developing countries are using mobile phones and the controversial digital currency bitcoin to increase the speed, and slash the price, of international money transfers, raising the prospect of a revolution in the $600 billion annual global remittance market. Soaring rates of mobile phone use in developing countries are helping the entrepreneurs compete with […]