Yahoo will incorporate tweets into the news feed on its redesigned home page through a new partnership with Twitter. “As users explore our nearly endless stream of content, we will seamlessly include relevant and personalized Tweets alongside stories from Yahoo and our other sources. With this greater breadth of compelling content, we’re excited to give our users even more opportunities to learn and connect,” stated Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer in a blog post.
Eutelsat Communications has successfully launched its Eutelsat 3D satellite, which will serve customers in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. The satellite was launched yesterday by an ILS-supplied Proton Breeze M rocket and will initially operate at the 3° East location until the deployment of the Eutelsat 3B satellite to this position in 2014.
According to the Arab Satellite Communications Organisation (Arabsat), the MENA region is lagging behind in terms of viewership of high definition channels, despite many Arab consumers purchasing HD TVs. “The number of HD channels available for viewers on several Arab satellites is very limited,” said Nabil Shanti, Arabsat vice president and chief commercial officer in an interview with the Jordan Times. According to Shanti, there are only about 50 HD channels available for viewers in the Arab world.
Google has launched the much-anticipated music subscription service through Google Play called All Access. All Access combines a user's personal music list with Google's. The service also creates personalized radio stations, and allows users to see and delete tracks in the list. Music streaming services are becoming increasingly popular in the US. More than 96 million people are expected to stream music from digital devices, up from 85.4 million in 2012.
DDB Worldwide, a division of Omnicom Group (NYSE), and its Tribal Worldwide division, have garnered 12 award wins at The 17th Annual Webby Awards held in New York, with Tribal taking home 'Agency o...
mediaME speaks to Glenn Parker, Getty Images’ Vice President for Asia Pacific, India, Middle East and Turkey. Parker discusses the stock imagery business, its development through time, and Getty Images' development in the MENA region and more.
Ipsos has released its Q1 advertising spend statistics for the MENA region. The findings show that media consumption was the highest in Egypt, followed by the UAE, KSA, Lebanon, Kuwait, Ir...
With this ad campaign, Memac Ogilvy introduce a humorous image of what it feels like when you're 'Half Asleep' and 'Half Awake' due to alergies. Clearly, this man is not sleeping normally, but there's a solution from Novartis: Tavegyl. Check out another creative implementation from this campaign.