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arabianEye to represent Magnum Photos

April 7, 2014/0 Comments/in Account win /by Team TMN

ArabianEye has announced that it will exclusively represent Magnum Photos in the MENA region. arabianEye, which has been established for over a decade, serves a range of global advertising and marketing agencies, corporations and media publishers.

In their new partnership, arabianEye will be in charge of distributing Magnum Photos’ extensive collection of editorial images to clients across the Middle East. Magnum Photos, founded in 1947, has a digital library with over half a million images, including archival images of the UAE dating back to the 1960s.

“It’s a great honour to have the opportunity to represent Magnum Photos in the MENA region,” says Greg Aslangul, General Manager, arabianEye. “They have a great roster of photographers boasting unique content offering incredible diversity. We feel that their addition to our portfolio greatly enhances our own editorial offering, giving a growing editorial market in the region even greater choice.”

Ruth Hoffman, Licensing Representative of Magnum Photos adds, “We are very excited to be working with arabianEye and thrilled that the work of our photographers will be available to a wider audience through their strong presence in the region. Magnum has had a long term presence in the UAE and Qatar in terms of both our archive which dates back to the 1940s, and in a cultural capacity particularly over the last few years.”

PAZ Marketing signs CeeCode

March 30, 2014/0 Comments/in Account win /by Team TMN

PAZ Marketing has been appointed to handle the PR and social media for CeeCode handbags and accessories in the UAE. CeeCode is the venture of Middle Eastern designer Cynthia Pennikan, and the collection is available in stores across the UAE, Lebanon and Qatar.

“If you’re in fashion in Dubai, you’ve heard of CeeCode,” says Zeina Akkawi, Managing Director, PAZ Marketing. “Amidst our portfolio of fashion experience we’ve always had a soft spot for local talent, and representing CeeCode was an exciting opportunity that came at a great time with Fashion Forward around the corner. We’re super excited to be working closely again with regional talent, bloggers and fashionistas. It never gets more fun than this.”

Es’hailSat to launch operations on Es’hail 1

December 29, 2013/0 Comments/in International News /by Team TMN

Qatar-based satellite company Es’hailSat has announced commercial operations on its new satellite, Es’hail 1, will commence on December 30, 2013. The start of broadcast operations catering to the general public follows the commencement of Es’hail 1’s commercial service of the Al Jazeera Media Network channels in October.

Es’hailSat confirmed its sponsorship of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open 2014, which will coincide with live coverage on the Es’hail 1 satellite. The tournament, hosted by the Qatar Tennis Federation, will take place from December 30, 2013 through to January 4, 2014, and will be broadcast in high-definition across the Middle East and North Africa.

The satellite, launched in August from Kourou in French Guiana, will offer extended broadcast capacity of high-definition channels in the region. A second satellite, Es’hail 2, is due to launch in 2016.

AVIAREPS wins Seren Event Management PR account

November 12, 2013/0 Comments/in Account win /by Team TMN

Seren Event Management Company (SerenEMC) – organiser of the Middle East Luxury Travel Show (MELTS) 2014 – has appointed AVIAREPS to hoist the profile of the event internationally. In line with the MELTS 2014 vision, AVIAREPS will work with SerenEMC to position the event as the foremost sustainable B2B event focusing on and positively promoting the luxury travel and tourism industry within the Middle East.

Comprising a dynamic team of innovative professionals whose relationships and expertise consistently prove to yield results, AVIAREPS – along with its global network – will provide essential PR and media relations support to ensure the participants of MELTS 2014 a targeted experience.

“I am delighted to be working with AVIAREPS to help raise the profile of the event and, most importantly, to ensure we deliver a relevant and exceptional media experience for our clients,” commented Alexandra North, Managing Director, SerenEMC. “AVIAREPS boasts extensive experience in the upper echelons of the travel and tourism industry, which made them a natural choice for us. The team’s spirit, drive for perfection and commitment to delivering an above-and-beyond experience marry perfectly with the MELTS vision.”

Michael Gaebler, Chairman & CEO AVIAREPS Group, added: “It is an honour to work with SerenEMC towards ensuring that the inaugural MELTS exhibition is an international success. The vision of MELTS as a new and luxury-focused travel and hospitality event in one of the world’s most dynamic regions makes it an exciting project for all involved. Our international outreach of 46 self-owned offices will be there to ensure a fervent and highly targeted promotion of this unique event worldwide.”

For further information regarding the Middle East Luxury Travel Show (MELTS), contact Glenn Johnston at gjohnston@aviareps.com / +971 (0)50 501 5423 or Ian Borromeo at iborromeo@aviareps.com / +971 (0)56 719 5181

Al Jazeera America signs Time Warner deal

October 24, 2013/0 Comments/in Featured, Regional News /by Team TMN

Al Jazeera America has signed a distribution deal with Time Warner Cable offering access to millions of households in the New York and Los Angeles regions of the United States. Just days after launch in August 2013, the Qatar-owned broadcaster hit rocky ground after American-based telecoms group, AT&T, dropped the network from its U-verse television subscription service, taking its distribution down from 41 million homes to just 36 million homes.

Al Jazeera to sue AT&T

August 22, 2013/0 Comments/in Featured, Regional News /by Team TMN

It’s only been a matter of days since Al Jazeera America launched, but it has already hit rocky ground. The Qatar-based television network plans to sue American-based telecoms group, AT&T, for dropping it from the U-verse television subscription service. The blow came just one day before Al Jazeera America went live on August 20, 2013, instantly rocking its potential viewing figures by taking its distribution down from 41 million homes to just 36 million homes. This was the second such setback for Al Jazeera America, having bought the Current TV network from former United States Vice President, Al Gore, in January this year. Within hours of the deal being signed, Time Warner announced it would no longer be carrying the channel, immediately wiping nearly 20 million homes off the 60 million reach that Current TV initially had.

It’s not all bad news however, with a number of positive reviews – mixed with the predictable cynicism – some media heavyweights are predicting it may not be long until Al Jazeera America is picked up by more networks.

Al Jazeera America goes live

August 19, 2013/0 Comments/in Featured, International News /by Michelle Kuehn

Qatar-based TV news channel, Al-Jazeera has made its debut in America today. In a move that is sure to cause very divided opinion, Al Jazeera America aims to shake up broadcast journalism market in the states, AFP has reported. Al-Jazeera America will reach more than 40 million households and vastly expands the footprint of the Doha-based media group, despite questions about how it will be received by American viewers.

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