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Leo Burnett partners with du for ‘The Entrepreneur’ to provide Advertising and PR Consultancy support to show’s winner
Samer Marzouq / September 4, 2012 10:41 am

Leo Burnett partners with du for ‘The Entrepreneur’ to provide Advertising and PR Consultancy support to show’s winner

Adding even more value to the prize that the winner of ‘The Entrepreneur’ will receive, du is proud to announce that international advertising strong house, Leo Burnett, is on-board. As a venture partner, Leo Burnett will offer its award-winning advertising and Public Relations expertise not only to the winner of ‘The Entrepreneur’, but to two runners-up, as well. ‘The Entrepreneur’ [...]

YouTube and Emirates Name “The Guilt” Director David Victori Your Film Festival $500K Grand Prize Winner
Samer Marzouq / September 4, 2012 9:41 am

YouTube and Emirates Name “The Guilt” Director David Victori Your Film Festival $500K Grand Prize Winner

Spanish Filmmaker David Victori receives prize from Your Film Festival juror and award-winning actor Michael Fassbender at special screening in Venice Winner chosen from 15,000 submissions to create new, original content with Fassbender, Ridley Scott, and Scott Free Productions Dubai, UAE. (Monday, 3 September 2012): YouTube and Emirates, in partnership with the Venice Film Festival and Scott Free Productions, announced [...]

YouTube Space Lab Winners from Egypt and U.S. Watch Their Experiments LIVE From Space on Thursday, September 13
Samer Marzouq / September 2, 2012 2:58 pm

YouTube Space Lab Winners from Egypt and U.S. Watch Their Experiments LIVE From Space on Thursday, September 13

Live Stream Hosted by Bill Nye “The Science Guy” and transmitted from the International Space Station to the world via YouTube Dubai, United Arab Emirates (August 29, 2012) – YouTube and Lenovo today announced the culmination of the YouTube Space Lab competition in which astronauts will reveal the results of the two winning experiments live from the International Space Station [...]

Red Apple’s programme will last till the midnight!
Samer Marzouq / September 1, 2012 2:46 pm

Red Apple’s programme will last till the midnight!

The scientific programme of MIAF will be held on September 19th and 20th in Digital October Centre. Performances of festival’s jurymembers, master-classes of ‘advertising sharks’ and a lot of interesting will be wait all ‘Red Apple’s guests. The 1st day of the ‘Red Apple’ program will last till the midnight. It’s unique event in festival’s history! Workshops and master-classes will [...]

Spikes Asia Honours P&G Asia With Advertiser of the Year 2012 Award, Freddy Bharucha, Chief Marketing Officer, Asia P&G to Accept the Honour
Samer Marzouq / August 29, 2012 2:53 pm

Spikes Asia Honours P&G Asia With Advertiser of the Year 2012 Award, Freddy Bharucha, Chief Marketing Officer, Asia P&G to Accept the Honour

29 August 2012 – The Spikes Asia Advertiser of the Year Award honours a brand that has set itself apart through the quality of its campaigns with consistently high creative communications whilst encouraging and nurturing innovative marketing techniques produced by their agencies across the Asia Pacific region. Spikes Asia Festival of Creativity, the annual regional creative advertising and communications event [...]

Zenith retains Bel’s Egypt account
Samer Marzouq / August 28, 2012 4:53 pm

Zenith retains Bel’s Egypt account

Dubai, UAE, August 28, 2012: Held by the agency for the past eight years, Bel’s Egypt account will be retained by Zenith MENA after a competitive re-pitch. Indeed, the high profile win will see Zenith MENA continue to build Group Bel’s much-coveted brands which include La Vache Qui Rit, Kiri, Babybel, Boursin and Leerdammer. Founded in France in 1865, Group [...]

Countdown to Spikes Asia
Samer Marzouq / August 28, 2012 3:20 pm

Countdown to Spikes Asia

27 August 2012 – In three weeks, Spikes Asia, the regional Asia-Pacific Awards and Festival for creative excellence in advertising and communications, will be opening its doors for three days of learning, inspiration, content and networking. With a record number of entries and delegates expected, Spikes Asia 2012 is set to be an exciting and outstanding event. Unmissable world class [...]

The final date to apply your entries at the Red Apple Festival
Samer Marzouq / August 28, 2012 3:08 pm

The final date to apply your entries at the Red Apple Festival

The Organizing Committee has extended the deadline for entries to 3 September 2012! Traditionally, the Festival consists of competitive and scientific programs. On September 19th and 20th specialists in the sphere of advertising and marketing will meet a rich program which consists of seminars, conferences and master classes directed by members of the International Jury of the festival, leading Russian [...]

EUROBEST Opens for Entries, New Branded Content & Entertainment Category
Samer Marzouq / August 25, 2012 1:13 pm

EUROBEST Opens for Entries, New Branded Content & Entertainment Category

London, 23 August 2012 – Eurobest, the leading event and largest gathering of Europe’s creative advertising and communications industry, is now open for entries. Taking place in Lisbon from 28-30 November, entries will be judged by top industry professionals including an unbeatable line-up of jury presidents from across Eurobest’s 25 year history. The winners will be announced at the awards [...]

Final Spikes Asia Juries Announced Craft, Creative Effectiveness, Branded Content & Entertainment and Integrated
Samer Marzouq / August 25, 2012 1:09 pm

Final Spikes Asia Juries Announced Craft, Creative Effectiveness, Branded Content & Entertainment and Integrated

20 August 2012 – Spikes Asia has announced the final juries; Craft, Creative Effectiveness, Branded Content & Entertainment and Integrated, who complete a world-class collective of 75 regional industry experts. Jury members will convene in Singapore during the Festival to judge entries into Spikes Asia, the regional creative advertising and communications festival for Asia Pacific, taking place 16-18 September. Craft [...]