Digi dips in 2015, hit in migrant worker space?
Digi reported a decline in net profit and revenue for both its Q4 and full year ended Dec 31, 2015, and this looks to have been...
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Ogilvy Impact hires Fiona Forbes as new Director
Fiona Forbes has joined Ogilvy Impact, Australia’s employee engagement and change communication agency, in the position of Director. Ms Forbes is a highly experienced senior...
Sizmek gets Imran Masood on board to lead sales in Australia & NZ
Sizmek, the open ad management company for omni-channel campaigns, has appointed media and advertising industry executive, Imran Masood, as Sales Director for the company’s Australia...
Victoria’s Secret Sued for Sending 100 Unrequited Text Ads to California Man
A California man isn’t feeling the love. In fact, he’s suing Victoria’s Secret for purportedly bombarding him with about 100 unwanted text message ads in...
What Malaysian OTT/ VOD viewers really want
Vuclip has released the findings of its Global Video Insights 2015 Survey that shows the video consumption habits and device preferences of Malaysian consumers. Via...
Malaysia’s MDA reappoints comScore as official ‘measurement currency’
The Malaysian Digital Association (MDA) has reappointed comScore as its official Internet audience measurement currency, while the latter launched a new platform to take into...
Week in Review: Malaysia’s spectrum refarming
News of Malaysia’s spectrum refarming exercise will likely dominate for months to come, predicts Karamjit Singh, while cautioning readers to not drink too much Kool...
Maxis ‘won’ 2015, says CEO Morten Lundal
Maxis reported a 38% jump in Q4 net profit, driven mainly by its growing prepaid and postpaid business even while those segments saw a decline...
Marketers Prioritize Email, Focus on Engagement According to New Survey from Selligent and StrongView
A new survey from StrongView, a provider of enterprise email marketing solutions, and its parent company Selligent, a provider of omnichannel marketing solutions, has revealed...
DNA on BFM: Spectrum refarming roils telcos
Mobile telcos are in turmoil and Karamjit Singh’s blood boils in this week’s shortened DNA’s Tech Talk segment on BFM. What on earth is going...
Malaysian telcos in the dark as govt reallocates spectrum
After first announcing an auction for spectrum, the Malaysian Government did a U-turn and allocated spectrum anyway, saying it would impose yet-to-be-named upfront fees. Stymied?...
Lunar New Year increases travel intent by 240% week-on-week
Malaysian and Vietnamese travellers are venturing beyond their usual domestic destinations this Lunar New Year, according to Sojern’s Global Travel Insights report. The report also...
Tencent appoints PubMatic as monetisation partner
PubMatic, the marketing automation software company for publishers, will become one of the partners for Tencent Online Media Group (“OMG”) to identify and optimise global...
Amnet Asia names Joshua Lee as Platforms and Technology Lead
Dentsu Aegis Network’s trading desk, Amnet, has appointed Joshua Lee to the role of Platforms and Technology Lead, Amnet Asia, effective immediately. The appointment is...
STW launches new brand ‘1 Kent Street’ in Australia
Globally renowned and highly-awarded creative Simon Collins has moved back to Australia to head up the creative capability of ‘1 Kent Street’ a new STW...
Neo@Ogilvy Japan names David Rittenhouse as Representative Director
Ogilvy & Mather Japan (Ogilvy) has promoted David Rittenhouse to Representative Director of Neo@Ogilvy KK. Mr Rittenhouse is a founding member of Neo@Ogilvy in NY, joining as one...
