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Source: AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesSept.迷你倉 05--LINKEDIN TO RAISE $1BN THROUGH SHARE SALE: The world's biggest professional-networking website, LinkedIn Corp has filed to raise about $1bn in a stock sale, after a fivefold surge in its shares since its initial public offering in 2011, Bloomberg has reported. The California-based company last raised money in November 2011 in a $701.5m offering. As in that sale, LinkedIn said the cash will be used for working capital, product development and possibly to make strategic acquisitions or investments.BLUE RUBICON MAKES MIDEAST FORAY: UK-based communication consultancy Blue Rubicon is to launch its first international venture later this month in Qatar, following its multi-million pound private equity investment last year, PR Week has reported. The agency has been active in the country since 2007, working on strategic communications projects for various governmental departments and organisations including Qatargas and the country's largest foreign investor Shell. "Qatar is a growing economy and society with an ambition to diversify," said director Neil Daugherty.THREE AL JAZEERA JOURNALISTS DEPORTED BY EGYPT: Three Al Jazeera journalists have been deported by Egypt on Sunday, days after the channel carried appeals from leaders of ousted President Mohammed Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood to stage protests against the army-backed government, AFP has reported. Al Jazeera's offices in Cairo have been closed since July 3, when they were raided by security forces hours after Mursi was toppled, although the Doha-based channel can still be seen in Egypt.HEALTHWALLACE TO EXPAND IN MENA: HealthWallace, the global digital consultancy of JWT, has decided to expand its operations into the Middle East and North Africa, Campaign ME has reported. The firm will set up new offices in Dubai and Riyadh and will offer strategic services including digital customer experience and strategy, user experience design and visualisation for both web and mobile platforms.EGYPT BANS AL JAZEERA MUBASHER MISR : Egyptian ministers of investment, telecommunication and information have banned Al Jazeera Mubasher Misr in the country, Ahram has reported. The channel was banned because it does not have legal permission to work in the country, the report said. On August 15, the cabinet asked the three ministries to check the channel's legal status.WPP RAISES 2013 OUTLOOK AS REVENUE PICKS UP: The world's largest advertising agency, WPP has improved its outlook for the full-year, as it reported a 5 percent rise in like-for-like revenues in July, its strongest monthly rate this year, Reuters has reported. The company said the second half of this year would be stronger than the first six months and it expected like-for-like revenue and growth to now top its previous forecast of over 3 percent. "We are running at 2.8 percent by the end of the seventh month, and if your target is 3 percent or 3 percent plus, you are well positioned for the other five months on the assumption we continue to grow. So I think we feel good," WPP chief executive, Martin Sorrell told the news service.QATAR'S FIRST SATELLITE TO BROADCAST MORE THAN 100 CHANNELS: Qatar Satellite Co (Es'hailSat) has announced Sohail 1, the country's first satellite is to broadcast more than 30 high definition television (HDTV) and 70 standard definition television (SDTV) channels sometime after its launch, the Peninsula has reported. The satellite, which will be launched tomorrow from European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, will broadcast Qatar TV, Al Jazeera channel, Al Rayyan TV and Al Kass sports channel, among other channels. Services of the new satellite are expected to be available by December, the firm said.US' SAILTHRU OPENS LONDON OFFICE TO OVERSEE EMEA OPERATIONS: US-based provider of personalised marketing communications technology, Sailthru has opened a new office in the UK to oversee the firm's operations in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). "Omnichannel personalisation is a challenge facing marketers around the world and it's exciting for Sailthru to be the leading provider of this globally in-demand solution across verticals and at scale," said founder and CEO of Sailthru, Neil Capel. "As marketers today compete for customer attention, it's critical that businesses be able to apply strategic personalisation to increase the relevancy of their brand and, as a direct result, conversion. With our new office in London we'll be able to do just that for EMEA."EMIRATES AIRLINE AWARDS HAVAS MEDIA GLOBAL MEDIA ACCOUNT: Emirates Airline has selected communications group Havas Media to handle its global media planning and buying account, Campaign ME has reported. The deal is believed to be worth an estimated $150m, the report said. Prior to Havas, Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG) held the business since 2008.SONY MOBILE AWARDS BPG|COHN & WOLFE PR ACCOUNT: BPG|Cohn & Wolfe has won the regional PR brief of mobile phone company, Sony Mobile Communications, following a competitive pitch, Campaign ME has reported. Under the contract, the agency will handle Sony Mobile's PR requirements in the Middle East, as well as helping to strengthen the performance of the brand as it targets ambitious sales targe儲存倉s of 100 percent growth in the current year.FACEBOOK TO SHUT DOWN PHYSICAL GIFTS SERVICE: Facebook has decided to cancel its physical gift offerings, which allows users to purchase tangible goods, less than a year after launching the service, Cnet has reported. Instead, the social network will focus on digital gift cards and push its Facebook Card. "Since launching Gifts in December last year, roughly 80 percent of gifts have been gift cards. So, we're now adding more digital codes and making the Facebook Card redeemable at more merchants," a company spokesperson said. "As a part of this shift in focus to Facebook Card and digital codes, we're also phasing out physical gifts."AL JAZEERA AMERICA SUES AT&T FOR DROPPING CHANNEL: Al Jazeera Network has filed a lawsuit against US communications giant AT&T for dropping the broadcast of its new American news channel on the day it was launched, AFP has reported. "Unfortunately AT&T's decision to unilaterally delete Al Jazeera America presented us with circumstances that were untenable, an affiliate that has wilfully and knowingly breached its contractual obligations," Al-Jazeera America said. "Accordingly, we had no choice but to take this action and to enforce Al Jazeera America's rights under its agreement with AT&T, and to compel AT&T to do the right thing," it said.FACEBOOK IS UAE'S MOST POPULAR SOCIAL NETWORKING WEBSITE: The UAE Telecoms Regulatory Authority (TRA) has said Facebook is the most popular social media in the country, receiving 87 percent of the total visits to all social networking websites, Khaleej Times has reported. "Facebook was by far the most popular site with a total of 13.2 billion visits," said the TRA. Twitter came second, with 11 percent of the total visits (1.7 billion), followed by LinkedIn with 282 million, it added.LEGALITY OF AL-JAZEERA MUBASHER EGYPT QUESTIONED: The Egyptian cabinet has asked the ministries of investment, telecommunication and media and information to examine the legality of the Al-Jazeera Mubasher Egypt channel operating in the country, Daily News Egypt has reported. The request was triggered by the resentment that the people have against Al-Jazeera after broadcasts "threatening national security, stability and unity," a statement from the cabinet said.WORLDWIDE TV ADVERTISING MARKET TO JUMP 25.8 percent BY 2017: STUDY: According to research group IDATE, global video and television revenues are expected to grow from €392bn in 2012 to €483bn in 2017, Digital TV Europe has reported. Advertising revenue will see even stronger growth, according to the group, rising by 25.8 percent to reach €191.4bn. Linear TV will continue to generate 91 percent of income, while Video-on-Demand will represent 7 percent of the total video market by 2017, the report said. Total VOD revenues will amount to €34bn, with Over-The-Top Content (OTT) services representing 74 percent of the total, it said.QATAR SET TO LAUNCH SATELLITE BY MONTH-END: Qatar has announced its Sohail I satellite is to be launched between 5.30pm and 6.30pm on August 29 from France, the Peninsula has reported. The satellite, which will be positioned at 25.5? east, will provide services including TV broadcasts, the report said. The Gulf country also plans to launch Sohail II in 2016-17.AL-JAZEERA AMERICA TO LAUNCH TOMORROW: Qatar's Al-Jazeera is launching its US news channel on Tuesday, aiming to shake up the broadcast journalism market stateside, 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.MY-HD, IRDETO INK MEDIA PROTECTION DEAL: Regional satellite pay TV platform, My-HD, has selected Irdeto, a world leader in Media Protection, to secure the launch of over 30 premium HD channels via Arabsat to the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) region. My-HD began shipping its HD set-top boxes (STBs) this month integrated with Irdeto Cloaked CA, a cardless conditional access (CA) solution, which provides dynamic content protection without the cost and complexity of managing physical smart cards. The solution, with a unified hardware and software security client, will enable multiple operators to utilise a single, common STB in a fully independent and secure way, which is a direct benefit for subscribers.GOOGLE FRIDAY OUTAGE CAUSED 40 percent DROP IN GLOBAL TRAFFIC: GOSQUARED: According to analytics firm GoSquared, a brief disruption of Google services on Friday has caused a 40 percent drop in global internet traffic during the five-minute window, Cnet has reported. Google has acknowledged the outage, which it said has been resolved.ETISALAT'S ELIFE TO BROADCAST EPL GAMES: Etisalat has announced it would broadcast the English Premier League (EPL) football matches for fans in UAE through the Al Jazeera Sport Package on eLife TV. In addition to the existing 16 Al Jazeera Sport channels, six new HD channels are being activated for English Premier League (EPL), Etisalat said.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 AME Info (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) Visit AME Info (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) at .ameinfo.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉價錢