Why attend: Learn how you can use social media to get your citizens involved and achieve a smart city status Benefit from 6 sector specific workshops including Social Media for Local and Federal Government, Social Media for Healthcare, Social Media for Defence, Social Media for Tourism, Social Media for Foreign Affairs and Social Media for Education Understand how social media can complement…
Over the last decade, through committed investments and the reduced influence of traditional media centres such as Egypt, Dubai has grown into a true hub for media production of all types. Seen as a base from which companies can serve both local and regional markets, Dubai is home to an increasingly mature, and thus far resilient, print sector, a steady broadcast industry and a growing number of film…
Over the last decade, through committed investments and the reduced influence of traditional media centres such as Egypt, Dubai has grown into a centre for media production of all types. The emirate’s cluster of media-oriented free zones has drawn many leading print, digital and broadcasting companies, and the government is expanding its film-making facilities to attract foreign productions. Seen…
Oxford Business Group is pleased to announce its media partnership with the Click 7.0: The Digital Marketing Event which will be held on 16 – 19 June, in Dubai. In this respect we send you the following message from the conference organisers: Dear Oxford Business Group Subscribers, Click 7.0: The Digital Marketing Event, the 7th edition in this series of progressive digital marketing events. From…
Economic growth depends heavily on Dubai’s retail, tourism and real estate sectors. Following a peak of $1.2bn in 2008, the UAE’s advertising spend dropped significantly to $720m in 2009 due to the global financial crisis. However, there are positive signs that the sector is recovering as spending has stabilised between 2011 and 2012. Currently a $700m market, advertising still represents a…
The local media sector has grown exponentially since the government set into motion a series of expansion initiatives in 2000. The emirate has emerged as a regional centre for the media industry over the past decade, competing with more established countries such as Egypt and Lebanon as the government actively seeks to diversify the economy into new areas. Revenues for the first nine months of…
With its debts restructured and some paid off in the aftermath of the global economic crisis, the emirate is now working to ensure further stability through regulatory changes and new initiatives. Among these are a renewed focus on encouraging private sector investment, in part via a number of dedicated free zones. Diversification efforts also continue in earnest. With the wider economy picking up
Dubai has emerged as a regional centre for the media industry over the past decade. Indeed, the resilience of the media through the recent economic crisis points to strong fundamentals that will continue to support the sector as it moves forward. Overall, revenues for the first nine months of 2012 in the region amounted to some $12.7bn, a 22% increase over the same period in 2011. While in many parts…
