Last month, YouTube MENA awarded Maybelline New York Middle East, cosmetic brand owned by L’Oréal, the fourth edition of The Lantern Award. This is the first beauty brand to win the award which aims to recognize advertising campaigns by Middle East & North Africa (MENA)… Read More
With Cannes Lions 2019 on the horizon, YouTube has released a special edition Cannes YouTube Ads Leaderboard celebrating the most popular global video ads since last year’s festival. The winners leverage some of the most powerful components of best-in-class advertising. The third ad ranked globally… Read More
The Lantern Award by YouTube returns for the fourth year in a row to recognize powerful advertising campaigns during Ramadan and Eid Al-Fitr. Tailored to all MENA’s advertisers, creative and media agencies, the award celebrates YouTube ads that connect with consumers during the holy month… Read More
The media and entertainment (M&E) industry in the UAE is evidently doing the right things to tap on consumer’s emotions. According to the largest study of brands based on emotions, the sector saw an unprecedented rise to the top three among 15 industries researched in… Read More
For consumers in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region, Emirates, Almarai and Facebook are the most popular brands. While Emirates tops YouGov BrandIndex’ annual brand health rankings for the UAE, Almarai and Facebook top rankings in Saudi Arabia and Egypt, respectively. In a… Read More
Perhaps no other platform knows the price of openness as much as YouTube that at this time last year had begun its content clean up when issues of brand safety had confronted the platform. In the course of this correction, YouTube has been working on… Read More
Openness may be central to the digital economy but it is not without its challenges. And perhaps no other platform knows the price for that as much as YouTube that at this time last year had begun its content clean up when issue of brand… Read More
As the last leg of Ramadan is underway, there are 10 days to go to submit entries for the Lantern Award by YouTube. The award that recognizes advertising campaigns during Ramadan and Eid Al Fitr returns for the third year. An algorithm will determine the… Read More
Facebook maintains its position as the most positively talked about brand in Egypt with the largest impact among consumers in the past year according to the 2017 Best Brand Rankings by YouGov BrandIndex. With Egypt constituting its largest Middle East fan-base, Facebook has certainly been… Read More
Emirates has topped consumer brand sentiment in the UAE for the third year running in the latest YouGov BrandIndex. For these Best Brand Rankings, YouGov used Buzz scores to compile the rankings. Buzz is calculated by asking consumers daily if they have ‘heard anything positive… Read More
