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Publicis Groupe Media creates core, a new branded content division

  • United Arab Emirates: Thursday, December 11 - 2008 at 16:56
  • PRESS RELEASE

Publicis Groupe Media has launched a dedicated entertainment division, core, with the stated intention of 'delivering true brand entertainment that builds a deeper emotional relationship with consumers, and ensures clients' products and services are seamlessly embedded within media channels'.

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  • (l-r)  Mark Hamilton and Wael Hattar.
    (l-r) Mark Hamilton and Wael Hattar.
Core will be headed by Wael Hattar. Hattar's diverse background as filmmaker, graphic designer, copywriter, exhibiting artist and brand consultant make him the perfect person to provide a new, fresh perspective on branded entertainment, according to Mike Readman, Chairman, PGM MENA.

"To fully exploit the opportunities branded entertainment can bring to our clients, we must first acknowledge it is not just about identifying a programme or format that fits the brand profile and then leaving it to other people to make it happen. Through the expertise Wael brings to our new in-house division, we can ensure we are at the heart of idea generation, taking a deeper, more integrated role within the development and stewardship of the end solutions. This leaves the client with a comforted feeling that their brand is safe and in the hands of people who understand it,"
said Mark Hamilton, Regional Planning Director, SMG MENA

Core's mission is to use this superior brand understanding to develop tailor-made entertainment marketing platforms within film, television, literature, events and even interactive programming. This December, for example, look out for the Kraft segment with chef Osama on his Dubai TV cooking show, and Sensodyne's 'Assnan fi amaan', which goes live every Saturday for the next 10 weeks on MBC's 'saba7 el kheir ya 3arab.'

Innovations - like the unique new approach to sponsorship core has developed with Tang - are essential, claims Hattar, because "in an increasingly cluttered and fragmented media marketplace, the consumer is now firmly in control, and communications and brand contacts need to do more than just deliver traditional campaign efficiency."
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About Publicis Groupe Media:
Publicis Groupe is the world's fourth largest communications group. In addition, it is ranked as the world's second largest media counsel and buying group, and is a global leader in digital and healthcare communications. With activities spanning 104 countries on five continents, the Groupe employs approximately 44,000 professionals.

The Groupe offers local and international clients a complete range of communication services, through three autonomous global advertising networks, Leo Burnett, Publicis, Saatchi & Saatchi and two multi-hub networks, Fallon and 49%-owned Bartle Bogle Hegarty; to media consultancy and buying, through two worldwide networks, Starcom MediaVest Group and ZenithOptimedia; interactive and digital marketing led by Digitas; Specialized Agencies and Marketing Services offering healthcare communications, corporate and financial communications, sustainability communications, shopper marketing, public relations, CRM and direct marketing, event and sports marketing, and multicultural communications.

PGM/VivaKi has been named the top media shop in the MENA region in terms of billings by RECMA, the leading independent global monitoring and ranking source.

About Starcom MediaVest Group:
Starcom MediaVest Group MENA one of the largest brand communications group in the region. SMG MENA encompasses a passionate and integrated network of specialists in media strategy and investment; consumer research; response media; sports and event marketing and digital communications.

A wholly owned subsidiary of Paris based Publicis Groupe Media, SMG MENA is present in eight offices spanning the Arab world, from Dubai to Morocco, and is backed by a global network of 110 offices in 67 countries. Its client roster boasts many leading local, regional and multinational companies. SMG MENA focuses on delivering connections that captivate by inventing and mastering engaging touch points, and creating and activating transformative ideas that connect brands to consumers.

The network has enjoyed annual double-digit growth since it launched in 2000. Among its wins in 2008 are Emirates Airlines, Nakheel, Samsung, Hermes, Fox Movies, MBI International, Revlon and Masdar.


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Reem Haroun
Tel: 04 3472735
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Yasmin Haji
Tel: +971 50 8469194

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