In a glittering gala ceremony, the Dubai Lynx winners were announced on the evening of Wednesday 17th of March, 2010, at an event attended by over 1,000 guests at the Dubai Media City Paladium. Agency of The Year award went to Ogilvy & Mather Dubai, with TBWA\Raad as 1st runner-up and JWT Dubai as 2nd runner-up. Media Agency of the Year went to Starcom Mediavest Dubai, with OMD Dubai as 1st Runner and Leo Burnett Beirut as 2nd Runner-up. Network of The Year award went to JWT, with Memac O&M as 1st runner-up and Y&R as 2nd runner-up.
Click here to view Dubai Lynx 2010 winners.
March 19th, 2010
A total of 1364 entries from 16 countries have been submitted to this year’s Dubai International Advertising Festival, which kicks-off on Sunday. Dubai Lynx is the largest awards show celebrating creative excellence in MENA’s advertising and communications industry and the Festival will be attended by over 1000 delegates this year.
Entries have been submitted in 10 categories: TV/Cinema (159 entries), Print (300), Outdoor (233), Direct & Sales Promotion (94), Media (230), Radio (50), Interactive (83), Integrated (39), and the new TV/Cinema Craft (35) and Print Craft (141) categories. The entries will be judged by top international industry experts who will convene in Dubai at the weekend.
The top country participating is the UAE with 847 entries, followed by Lebanon with 142, Egypt on 124 entries, Saudi Arabia with 66 and Kuwait with 57.
Read more.
March 13th, 2010
Zeid Nasser, Founder of AdBlgArabia and mediaME, at Cannes Lions 2009
Entrance into Cannes Lions 2009 Exhibition & Shortlists Gallery area
Cannes Lions T-shirts for sale
Scenes from an Award ceremony
More scenes from Award show
Awards Show Ends
And that’s when I get my chance to get onto this impressive stage
People streaming out of Awards hall after the show
Some winners with their “Lions” posing on the red carpet
Global warming melts the ice caps, in Cannes!
Bob Geldof speaks at launch of Kofi Anan’s “Tck Tck Tck” campaign
Maurice Levy of Publicis speaks to Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google
Scenes from one of the Workshop/Seminars held in a casual setting
The Press Room at Cannes Lions. Free Internet & Coffee for press!
The Microsoft Advertising lounge. Free Internet for all, no coffee 
The Young Lions Competition area
Stunning interactive ‘touch & drag’ screen featuring the Cannes programme
June 30th, 2009
 
More than 10,000 delegates took part in Cannes Lions this year, making 2008 the biggest festival to date. The big news for our region is that Fortune Promoseven Doha have made history by becoming the first agency to win two Gold Lions at Cannes for “Medal of Honour”.
Read more at mediaME.com.
June 22nd, 2008
Grapheast and Corbis are bringing the European photography awards ‘Creatives Behind The Lens’ to the Middle East, the deadline or participation is 20th of February 2008 and the grand prize is a 17″ MacBook Pro!
Check their website for more details, of read all the details at mediaME.com.
January 23rd, 2008
