2005
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Oxford Business Group, AD guide
Oxford Business Group and Mubadala Development will jointly host the launching of the new in-depth business guide 'Emerging Abu Dhabi 2006'. The event will be held under the patronage and with the attendance of His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on November 13 at the Emirates Palace.
Mideast ads to follow US online
The Middle East media lags development in the US by a couple of years, and will gradually move online, Publicis Groupe Media Chief Innovation Officer Rishad Tobaccowala told AME Info (see Executive Interview). He noted that three years ago the US had 2% of advertising online, while now it was 6-7% but that this still fell short of the 15% of time people now spend online.
Al Jazeera plans opinion polls
Qatar based news channel Al Jazeera intends to set up a research centre to conduct opinion polls, reported The Peninsula. Chairman Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer Al Thani said the news channel now ranked fifth among international channels in terms of reach and extensive coverage.
Flip Media, Catch online tie-up
Flip Media, the interactive marketing agency has announced a strategic arrangement with Catch Interactive, formerly known as 121 Agencies. Both firms are based at Dubai Media City, and each agency will retain independent creative studios. But they will share their resources, respective knowledge pools, expertise and technologies in interactive products and platforms, tracking systems and relationship marketing management and metrics.
Online ads are the future
Online advertising is the fastest growing sector of the media around the world, even in the Middle East (see News Feature). But advertisers are still learning how to use this value-for-money medium which is winning a bigger and bigger audience, and reducing the value of traditional media.
Marketing & Media Show debut
The inaugural Marketing & Media Show tomorrow at the Dubai World Trade Centre exhibition complex promises to be the largest ever media event in the emirate with a floorspace to rival the Gitex computer exhibition. The organisers said that nothing like it has been seen in the region before.
Grey takes Jumeirah account
Grey Worldwide has won the advertising account of Dubai-based hotel chain Jumeirah, after a five-way pitch was reduced to a shortlist of two, revealed Campaign Middle East. Jumeirah is launching a $3.2m global branding campaign in December. Media buying stays with OMD.
Bahrains closes offensive websites
A statement from Bahrain's Ministry of Information said it had closed several Internet sites that promoted pornography or insulted Islam. The sites were in Arabic, making them easily accessible to Internet surfers, it added, without naming the websites.
Yemen attacking journalists
Yemeni government officials were yesterday accused on inciting attacks on journalists by the Yemeni Journalists Syndicate, reported Gulf News from Sanaa. Earlier this week two journalists were beaten up and detained for four hours by the police.
KSA cinemas back for Eid
Thirty years after cinemas were banned in Saudi Arabia, the big screen is making a modest comeback this Eid holiday with the screening of children's cartoons, reported Reuters. Religious scholars hold that any dispiction of the human form is forbidden in Islam and see the US dominated film industry as immoral; moderate muslims think otherwise and point to the widespread availability of satellite TV.
New Bahrain lifestyle magazine
The first issue of a new Bahrain lifestyle magazine, Clientele, is out today. The twice monthly magazine is published by Gulf International Publications Company, part of Hilal Corporate Communications. The magazine will be provided free to hotels and in Bahrain to subscribers of Gulf Daily News and Akhbar Al Khaleej.
KT, new business editor
Khaleej Times has appointed Mark T. Townsend as business editor, a former managing director of a Fortune 500 company who has previously been an advisor in the private equity and investment banking sector. He has contributed to Accountancy Age, Financial Times, Hedge Funds Review, Mergers & Acquisitions Monthly and Strategic Risk Magazine.
DMC heading upwards
The Dubai Media City is already home to more than 1,000 companies and will expand further over the next five years, creating a vibrant media community, officials told Gulf News. New building development is now high-rise which will allow the zone to accomodate more firms.
New Dubai photo agency online
Global demand for high quality images of the Middle East has contributed to the creation of a new on-line service based in the UAE; www.arabianEye.com has recently established itself in Dubai with the aim of providing high quality imagery, shot by international and local photographers who transcend Middle Eastern stereotypes.
Al Arabiya cameraman beaten
A cameraman from the Al Arabiya TV station was beaten up by police while filming a sit-in by textile workers at a factory in Sanna, reported AFP. He was detained for several hours before being released and suffered three broken ribs and a bruised leg. The station deplored what it called a hostile mobilisation towards journalists in Yemen.
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