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Marketing Manager
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Procurement & Warehouse manager
Industry: Media
Location: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
What's left to say about Michael Jackson?
Media & Marketing
Can we separate the music from the man who made it, asks Damian Reilly.
Friday, 12 June 2009
Blame the parents
Media & Marketing
Towards the end of last month, the population of Baghdad woke to find all the city’s billboards proclaiming the launch of a DVB-H mobile TV service.
Monday, 08 June 2009
The riskiest business of all
Media & Marketing
The media furore following Akon’s latest performance in Dubai belies the cultural sensitivities that must be considered by Western-style event promoters operating in the GCC region.
Thursday, 04 June 2009
Engaging content is the need of the hour
Media & Marketing
More people are sitting in front of the television these days and I can't imagine it's because there's any more exciting content on telly now than there was five months ago.
Sunday, 31 May 2009
Give up suicide pact enriching Google
Media & Marketing
Google has grown into a worldwide giant while newspapers have had their guts hollowed out, says Ann Worker.
Saturday, 30 May 2009
Sound bytes
Media & Marketing
Steve Lampen demystifies digital audio for those who hate number crunching.
Friday, 15 May 2009
HD screens? Not for me
Media & Marketing
A friend recently shelled out US $3000 for a full HD, 47” TV monitor. On the way home from the store, she called to say she would finally be rid of the CRT monitor that was an “eye sore” and an “embarrassment when friends came home”.
Wednesday, 13 May 2009
NAB: No disaster
Media & Marketing
NAB attendance may have slipped compared to last year but visitor numbers alone do not provide an accurate, quantative measure of the success of a trade show.
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
A leaner, meaner PALME
Media & Marketing
This year’s PALME Middle East convention may have been smaller than previous events, but the overall response from exhibitors and the vibe on the showfloor confirmed it as one of the better instalments in recent years.
Monday, 06 April 2009
Landmark events in demand
Media & Marketing
With consumer demand for large-scale live entertainment showing no signs of abating, the Middle East events production sector is enjoying a remarkable period of prosperity despite the current economic downturn.
Sunday, 05 April 2009
Small things...
Media & Marketing
All the talk in the immediate aftermath of a tradeshow invariably focuses on technology. More specifically, the usual dominant topics of conversation in the industry, such as high definition services, mobile TV and IPTV. It is quite right that the industry should discuss and promote these game-changing technologies, however, the development of these services and platforms should always be running in the background of day to day operations.
Saturday, 14 March 2009
Riding the digital revolution
Media & Marketing
I want it all, I want it now and I want it for free - this is the contemporary attitude the global music industry is facing as it battles with the decline of physical CD sales.
Monday, 09 March 2009
Show of strength
Media & Marketing
If trade show attendance can be used as a barometer of the health of a particular industry, then the forecast for the broadcast, media and communications business is less gloomy than many would have you believe.
Thursday, 05 March 2009
Production world must embrace HD
Media & Marketing
Although most broadcasters still invest in standard definition, production houses and filmmakers in the Arab world should wholeheartedly embrace high definition as the format of choice for production.
Saturday, 28 February 2009
No compression seen in encoders
Media & Marketing
Encoders are on the move with the market for units expanding. In fact, the building sales of encoders predicted for 2009 is at 14 %. DIS forecasts that sales in 2010 may be slightly lower than 2009 while the next few years show modest growth for this category.
Monday, 23 February 2009
Middle East market strong
Media & Marketing
It's that time of the year again, when excitement slowly begins to mount in anticipation of what CABSAT and the Digital Studio Awards hold in store for the Middle East production and broadcasting industry.
Saturday, 21 February 2009
Fuzzy content with some clear problems!
Media & Marketing
Fiona Robertson of The Rights Lawyers walks us through the legal issues that come your way if you decide to broadcast user-generated content (UGC).
Tuesday, 17 February 2009
Sound & Stage Awards 2009: Your time to shine
Media & Marketing
The second annual Sound & Stage Awards, which will take place at a prestigious five-star hotel in Dubai on April 26, will play host to more than 200 of the region's leading industry professionals and pay tribute to the industry's achievements over the past 12 months.
Tuesday, 10 February 2009
Back to basics
Media & Marketing
‘Downturn' will present itself in different ways to different businesses - what's in store for broadcast sector?
Thursday, 05 February 2009
How the media in the UK is changing
Media & Marketing
This is a tricky time to be a writing journalist in the UK. Fewer and fewer of us are in full-time jobs, and the jobs we are in bear only a very oblique relation to the jobs we were in a few years ago.
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