Article was updated with video on February 10, 2016. Lebanese supermarket Bou Khalil and a local NGO, along with the support of J. Walter Thompson Beirut, have introduced a currency that they call ‘The Good Note’. The aim of this currency is to provide homeless… Read More
Banking and financial services face the tough situation of being, what is at times surmised as, a ‘boring’ category. The attempt in most cases is to highlight benefits, reiterate ease of service, talk schemes and eventually push a message of customers being a part of… Read More
On the lines of what may remind one of The Gunn Report, The Big Won Rankings by Directory attempts to be a scoreboard for all awards won by an agency in a year. From the details seen in the latest round of the annual survey,… Read More
The year has clearly begun too well for Facebook. The social networking company’s fourth quarter report, and the earning for the full year 2015, released on January 27, 2016, saw a 51.7 percent jump in revenues as new advertising formats and an improved mobile app… Read More
OSN is gearing up to add five new channels to its bouquet beginning February 1, 2016. The new channels highlights OSN’s strategy for 2016, which is to consolidate its market presence by offering subscribers premium content that is available in HD and to strengthen its… Read More
Coke Studio is all set to come back to MBC4 – this season with the aim to celebrate heritage and tradition through music on the streets of the Arab world. The ‘Coke Studio Bel 3arabi’ season four will be launching on January 15, 2016 with… Read More
UAE based publisher, The National, has brought back #CycleToWorkUAE campaign. The initiative, originally launched in January 2015, aims to increase the activity levels for UAE office goers and in turn reduce the frequencies of obesity, diabetes and heart diseases in the country. In the second… Read More
The launch of Netflix in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region promises to be an interesting development not only for Netflix but also for MENA onliners and the industry. While Netflix is living up to its claim of truly becoming global by entering… Read More
Online video network, Netflix, has embarked on a large scale global expansion, entering more than 130 new countries including a significant portion of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Making the announcement at the ongoing Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of… Read More
Jumeirah Group has appointed OMD as its search engine marketing (SEM) agency. OMD was retained the above-the-line media planning and buying account at the end of 2014 for the Jumeirah Group. The agency will now also service the brand’s SEM needs from Dubai with hubs in… Read More
