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WARC, the global marketing intelligence service, released its latest report that focuses on advertising in gaming, exploring the opportunities within mobile gaming, working with streamers as influencers, and the potential of partnerships around e-sports. Here are the key takeaways – MOBILE GAMING Mobile gamers are casual players and skew older than average; ‘gamer mums’ are […]

UAE-based podcast network Amaeya Media, launched in 2017, has become a key player in the region’s audio space, with 16 different shows and the UAE’s first audio-dedicated agency. Founder and CEO Chirag Desai explains how this industry is slowly but surely moving forward. In which markets are your podcasts listened to? We now have individual […]

The fifth edition of Communicate’s virtual events series explores the different ways brands can monetize their virtual conference/webinar to earn revenue. While virtual events have been a great way to stay connected with customers during these difficult times, it also provides an opportunity for host brands to bring in cash flow.  Here are the different ways […]

Human nature has always been designed to adapt to changing events in the environment. The advancement in technology has allowed the human race to adapt more quickly than ever. With the current ongoing pandemic, many of the conferences and events which have been scheduled for the coming months, have all come to a standstill. But […]

To celebrate Saudi National Day, Saudi Aramco created an educational film  featuring the journey of the country through key historical milestones, using Twitter as the main channel to connect with its audience. The interactive film showcases the civilizational and developmental shifts witnessed by the Kingdom, one era after another. By detailing the Kingdom’s transformation, the film […]

By Brian Braiker Evans Nguyen flits inside a giant glass box, hitting a tennis ball against a digital backboard with a moving target on it. The clock is ticking as he scrambles to bank the ball off the wall as many times as he can. He has 90 seconds to move a digital Mercedes sedan across […]

By Afreen Khan LinkedIn announced a new content partnership with GCC-based digital marketing agency, Netizency. The partnership between both companies aims to provide multimedia content that should be both strategic and relevant to the market. Consumption of content varies across platforms in relation to the demographic that is being catered for. The company said that […]

The World Cup is a huge global phenomenon with more than 3 billion people watching it in 2014. This year, with the participation of four Arab teams, viewership in the region is naturally expected to be higher, which in turn, means that advertising spends during this period are also higher. The biggest chunk of spends […]

Facebook is not just losing its audience, it’s losing its youth. The social network is expected to shed 18-to-24-year-old users this year for the first time, according to a new report from eMarketer, which predicts a 5.6 decline for the age group on Facebook. The analytics and data firm had already predicted a decline in usage of kids […]

Emirates NBD has retained its creative agency of seven years, FP7 while adding Leo Burnett Dubai to the roster. FP7 will manage creatives and communications across all business units, while Leo Burnett will take care of the evolving brand needs, in addition to strategic sponsorships and CSR communications. The bank has also appointed Publicis Media’s Spark […]

With 2.15 billion digital video viewers, representing 29 percent of the global population, in 2017, it’s no surprise that advertisers – and publishers – are turning their attention to video offerings. Now, advertisers in the MENA region can run in-stream video ads on the platform. Twitter’s suite of video ad products consists of: Promoted video […]

Rotana Media Service’s entertainment, music, movie and sports video highlights will become available on Twitter, allowing viewers to follow the action and conversations around their favorite concerts, talk shows and entertainment series. This represents a significant step in a Twitter partnership program where publishers and brands team up to deliver premium content to fans. The […]

Omobono Middle East,  strategic, creative and technology agency for business brands, released its What Works Where (WWW) study, revealing digital marketing trends for B2B companies. Communicate spoke to Francesca Brosan, co-founder, and chairman of the agency to glean some insights. B2B marketing has often been a much-neglected area of research. Unlike the consumer space, there is very […]

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 […]

You may not have noticed but you’re probably reading this piece surrounded by octogenarians. Octogenarian brands, that is. While some still ride the wave of their heyday, others sit back and display the tell tale patina of time. Heritage brands are everywhere and come in all ages, shapes and sizes. However, what they have in […]

Dubai-based business title Middle East Economic Digest (MEED) has gone digital. The weekly magazine that started in 1957 will now be published once a month with a strong emphasis on online content. We catch up with MEED’s editorial director, Richard Thompson, to learn more about this move. On the timing The timing has been down […]

The past year has been the best on record for online advertising for the UAE, KSA and Kuwait combined, evidenced by a double-digit growth of almost 19 percent from 2014, according to OOXmonitor. In light of this, we take a look at the most prominent trends and numbers of 2015. Top 5 brands by Share […]

The UAE’s airlines, Etihad and Emirates, signed on Nicole Kidman and Jennifer Aniston, respectively, as their brand ambassadors earlier this year. Kidman faced a fair amount of backlash from the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) for being associated with Etihad, which has allegedly discriminated against its female flight attendants, especially considering that she has […]

It is not often that sports and business are interlinked, especially in the world of marketing to women. Other than the obvious watch brand ads using leading athletes to inspire female consumers, few communication strategies revolve around women in sports. In fact, women athletes earn much less than their male counterparts in sponsorships, as brands […]

In 2012, France’s biggest premium publishers and media groups, including Maury Medias, FigaroMedias, TF1 Publicite and Marie-Claire, pooled their resources for a noble cause; clubbing together, they’d form enough critical mass – at the time totaling 28 million unique users and delivery over four billion monthly impressions across 80 sites – to cement their footing […]

  American marketers will again spend more on music sponsorships this year, much of it during the summer festival season that kicked off with the start of Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival last month in California. By the time Coachella concludes, it will have charged millions of dollars for connecting its millennial attendees with […]