Saudi sovereign fund plans cinema venture

The Saudi government has announced plans to lift a ban on cinemas next year

Saudi Crown Prince voted Time person of the year

The Crown Prince received significantly more votes than any other leader

Top 10 most popular brands among millennials in the UAE

Facebook is the most positively talked about brand among millennials in the UAE

Video: Emirates launches $15m advert featuring track from Queen

The campaign highlights some of Emirates’ key destinations

Saudi to open Moscow PR office

The kingdom reportedly plans to establish international PR offices to counter negative coverage

UAE’s Majid Al Futtaim to double cinema footprint with $327m investment

VOX Cinemas will grow through acquisitions and organic expansion, according to the firm

Kuwait police shut down ‘multi-million-dollar’ pirate cable network

Detectives found dozens of illegal Dish TV India satellite set-top-boxes and pirated OSN hardware at the premises

Saudi lifts ban on internet calling apps such as Skype, WhatsApp

The lifting of the ban could pinch Saudi Arabia’s three main telecoms operators

Snapchat removes Al Jazeera’s channel in Saudi

Snap was asked to remove the Discover Publisher channel

Saudi plans PR hubs in Europe, Asia to counter negative coverage

The kingdom is aiming to improve its international image and highlight reform efforts

PR firm Bell Pottinger’s Middle East arm to split from London parent

The London-based PR agency has put itself up for sale after running a racially charged campaign in South Africa

Four arrested in Abu Dhabi for ‘offensive’ YouTube video

Three men and a woman have been charged with violating ‘public morality’

Dubai-based business publication temporarily banned

Arabian Business has been banned for a month for “publishing false news”, officials said

Qatari websites unblocked in Saudi due to technical glitch

On Monday morning, Saudi viewers reported that beIN sports channels and websites were unblocked

UAE unblocks Qatari broadcaster beIN Sports

The Qatari cable channel was blocked more than a month ago due to the rift between the GCC states

How to ensure social media doesn’t turn customers off your loyalty programme

It is important to integrate loyalty into social media strategies

Five tips for marketing through signage

The golden rule for any signage is to ‘think about the audience’

MENA streaming service Starz Play eyes expansion after funding round

CEO Maaz Sheikh said a listing could “one day” be an option for the firm

Saudi king suspends newspaper columnist for piling on the praise

The columnist lauded the king, equating him with God

Saudia denies rumours that its flight landed in Tel Aviv

A picture circulated on social media allegedly showed a Saudia aircraft landing at the Ben Gurion Airport

New editor-in-chief appointed for Abu Dhabi daily The National

The newspaper is relaunching on July 2 under its new owner

‘Fake website’ claims to be UAE Arabic daily, publishes ‘false quotes’ – report

A website claiming to be Al Ittihad published quotes attributed to the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince

Emirati director Nayla Al Khaja calls for film fund to boost UAE cinema

Al Khaja says its important to generate support for the business side of the UAE’s film industry

UAE closes its airspace to planes from Doha, blocks Qatari websites

The website of Qatar Airways has now been blocked in the UAE

UAE bans expressions of sympathy towards Qatar

Offenders could face a possible jail term and also be hit with a fine of at least Dhs500,000

Telecoms operator du confirms beIN Sports network suspended in the UAE

The sports network is part of the Qatar-state owned Al Jazeera group

Saudi shuts down Al-Jazeera office, withdraws licence

Saudi accused the channel of promoting ‘plots of terrorist groups’

UAE-based billionaire R. Shetty aims for $1bn in revenue from Indian film epic

Shetty announced in April he was investing $150m in the film franchise

New Abu Dhabi-China joint film fund to co-finance Hollywood thriller

The movie, earlier called Inner City, is being directed by Dan Gilroy and stars Denzel Washington

Abu Dhabi’s Aldar wins deal to develop Twofour54’s new freezone in Yas Island

The new development will feature offices, TV studios and retail and aims to attract 10,000 professionals