Saudi Arabia is an attractive market for foreign investment, but it can be a difficult path to navigate. Without understanding nuances of the market, especially in important times such as Ramadan, most business professionals will be unprepared for what they would face, and what is… Read More
Dubai Press Club (DPC) and Emirates Scientists Council have partnered to launch the ‘Science Journalist Program’, a focused training program for journalists in local media organizations across the UAE. The program aims to equip journalists with the tools necessary to stay abreast of developments in… Read More
After a stint of nearly nine years, Steve Smith is moving on from his responsibilities at Arabian Radio Network (ARN), as the Network’s COO. It is understood that Mr Smith is returning to Australia, where he will be joining a media company, with a focus… Read More
The MENA Broadcast Satellite Anti-Piracy Coalition is optimistic following the public commitments from all its satellite provider members to remove “pirate channels” by May 4, 2017. Seen as a breakthrough, the development came at the Coalition’s 10th meeting in Dubai attended by the region’s major… Read More
Arab News and online polling firm YouGov have entered into an exclusive partnership, where in YouGov will conduct regular polls relating to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The objective is to get insights that will shed light on regional sentiment toward international… Read More
Vogue Arabia is facing more challenges than it would have imagined as leadership shifts in its editorial, and readers take to social media to question the choice of the new Editor-in-Chief. Last week, the fashion news media had gone abuzz with the development of Saudi… Read More
E-Vision, a fully owned subsidiary of Etisalat, has signed a strategic partnership with MBC Group to obtain exclusive rights to distribute MBC channels in the UAE. This strategic announcement makes E-Vision the point of contact for distribution of MBC channels in the UAE. In other… Read More
Former Business Insight magazine editor Tanya Selley has launched a new media platform called shh-business.com. Created as a business advice and current affairs platform, shh-business.com will bet high on social media driven. It will be a business-related, non-mainstream media platform for companies to deliver their messages to… Read More
The pay TV market in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has seen growth in 2016. According to a new analysis from IHS Markit, pay TV households topped the five million mark for the first time in the region’s history, growing 8 percent year-on-year. Revenues… Read More
The Middle East Film and Comic Con (MEFCC) opened its doors at the Dubai World Trade Centre with Director General of the Government of Dubai Media Office (GDMO), Her Excellency Mona Al Marri, officially kicking off the event. The forum was inaugurated in the presence… Read More
