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Olay Total Effects | Cop

Sat, 2008-07-26 11:28 - By

Print, U.A.E., Health & Beauty, Dubai, Oil of Olay, Saatchi & Saatchi Dubai

An award winning campaign from Saatchi & Saatchi Dubai, with a simple message: no one wll believe your age, thanks to Olay Total Effects cream. The idea here is that this cream makes you look younger, which explains why a policman is asking for your driving license, while another image in this campaign features a club bouncer asking for an ID. Simple and effective.

Dubai to host Global Telecom Summit in April

Thu, 2012-02-02 10:59 - By

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Events, Events Management, 4th Global Telecom Customer Retention and Profitability Summit, Amwaj Rotana, Dubai, Jumeriah Beach, telecom

The 4th Global Telecom Customer Retention and Profitability Summit is scheduled to take place on 16 – 17 April 2012 at Amwaj Rotana, Jumeriah Beach, Dubai, UAE. After the great success of three annual editions of the event held in South Africa, Fleming Gulf Conferences brings the global edition of its Telecom summit to Dubai this year.

Publicis Groupe acquires Flip Media, a leading Middle Eastern digital agency

Wed, 2012-02-01 08:22 - By

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Announcement, Media Business, Media, Dubai, Flip Media, Leo Burnett Worldwide, Publicis Groupe, Publicis Groupe acquires, Tom Bernardin

Publicis Groupe has announced its acquisition of Flip Media, a leading digital agency in the Middle East. The agency will be folded into Leo Burnett Worldwide, and will retain its name. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Dubai, Flip Media has more than 100 employees across the Middle East and India and has worked with some of the region's most well-known brands. The agency provides end-to-end digital solutions, including strategy, design and production, content and delivery, and technology across all platforms.

“Flip Media is a strategic and cultural fit for our company, and we believe its service offering of digital strategy, design, production and content delivery will be a perfect complement to the incredibly strong digital presence we have built across the region,” said Tom Bernardin, CEO of Leo Burnett Worldwide.

'7DAYS' to expand with new websites

Sun, 2012-01-22 08:52 - By

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Media Business, Publishing News, Media, 7Days, Cairo, Dubai, Mark Rix, qatar, Riyadh, thenational.ae

7DAYS, a Dubai-based free newspaper, has announced plans to launch websites catering to other Middle East markets. "We're going to launch a separate website for Abu Dhabi, called 7DAYS in Abu Dhabi. That will be at the end of February, beginning of March," said Mark Rix, the chief executive of 7DAYS. "Three to four months after that, we will then launch a site in Riyadh and in Cairo, and by then we'll have a site in Qatar.

With the launch of several new websites, 7DAYS aimes to increase its revenue. Rix said digital media currently accounted for less than 5% of the newspaper's revenue."Within five years, it should be anywhere between 15% and 20% of our total earnings."

News Corp buys stake In Dubai-based Moby Group

Tue, 2012-01-17 07:42 - By

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Media Business, Media, AFP, Broadcast Middle East (BME), Dubai, Google, Moby Group, News Corp

News Corp and Moby Group have signed an agreement under which News Corp is to become a minority investor in the Dubai-headquartered media firm. According to the terms of the deal, News Corp will contribute its 50% shareholding in Broadcast Middle East (BME) for a minority shareholding in Moby. It will also provide growth capital to Moby for its expansion plans.

The agreement "will enable Moby to strengthen its leadership position across the regions in which it currently operates whilst working to expand its presence in new and emerging markets," the companies said in a joint statement.

Fight Obesity

Tue, 2012-01-03 08:15 - By

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Print, U.A.E., Health & Beauty, AdBlogArabia, Dubai, Fight Obesity, IKON FZ LLC, Vikas Pillai

Advertising Agency: IKON FZ LLC, Dubai

Alarab news channel will be based in Bahrain

Wed, 2011-12-28 10:14 - By

editor

Broadcasting News, Media Business, Media, Alarab, Bahrain, Bloomberg News, Dubai, Manama, Prince AlWaleed bin Talal, Sheikh Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, The National, thenational.ae

Alarab, a television news station being launched by Saudi Arabian prince Alwaleed bin Talal, will be based in Bahrain. It was previously announced that the station would be based in either Bahrain or Dubai. Sheikh Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, president of Bahrain's Information Affairs Authority confirmed that "the IAA reached an agreement on December 12 to launch Alarab news channel from Manama".

Alarab is set to launch in December 2012. The station is being launched in conjunction with Bloomberg News, which will support the channel's business news broadcasting.