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Astro shows resilience in FY18

Astro’s PATAMI sees a 24% increase Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad has shown resilience with its Profit after Tax and Minority Interest showing a 24 percent year-on-year increase to RM 771 million for its financial year ending 31 January 2018. Astro has stated that this increase is due to higher Earnings Before

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3.6 million video views for ERA DMA 2017

Local contemporary Malay radio brand, ERA has recently held its second digital music award – ERA Digital Music Awards (ERA DMA). The one-of-a-kind award show hosted by renowned comedian Nabil Ahmed, is targeted at digital natives who are key to the brand. ERA DMA enables fans to watch the show

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My print is digital: Alfian Talib

NSTP: Article of Faith  In MARKETING’s end February issue, we interview the Chief Commercial Officer(CCO) of New Straits Times Press, Alfian Talib. With barely five months into his new role, Alfian is in the throes of a constant challenge: to fade out the negative din against the print and embrace digital

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IPG Mediabrands agencies dominate RECMA

Universal McCann, Initiative including BPN top RECMA’s latest qualitative evaluation for Malaysia IPG Mediabrands Malaysia agencies Universal McCann (UM) and Initiative including BPN, top RECMA’s latest qualitative evaluation for Malaysia. IPG Mediabrands agencies are the only media agencies with a dominant profile in Malaysia. UM retained its top position from

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Industry thoughts about publisher-led programmatic platform MPPM

Addresses issues of digital brand safety online. Last week on 23 February 2018, the Malaysia Premium Publishers Marketplace (MPPM) partnered with Innity to offer Malaysia its first publisher-led programmatic advertising marketplace platform. This will provide advertisers with more control to layer on their own data, audience insights and program advertising

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TM appoints new Chief Technology & Innovation Officer

Dato’ Mohd Rais Azhar appointed as TM’s new Chief Technology & Innovation Officer  Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) has announced the appointment of Dato’ Mohd Rais Azhar as its new Chief Technology & Innovation Officer (CTIO) with effect from 18 February 2018. This announcement is following the retirement of Dato’ Rafaai Samsi

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New CEO Redberry Media Group appointed

Tho Tuck Woh appointed CEO Redberry Media Group The management at Redberry Media Group has announced that Tho Tuck Woh has been appointed as CEO of the Redberry Media Group. The media channels under Tho’s charge include Digital Out of Home, Cinemas, Airports, KTM Trains & Stations, Rapid Busses, Billboards, Retail,

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Former Group M CFO to join IPG Mediabrands

IPG Mediabrands appoints Raja Kanniappan, former Group M CFO as CFO  IPG Mediabrands the global media arm of Interpublic Group has announced the appointment of Raja Kanniappan as Chief Financial Officer for IPG Mediabrands APAC. Raja brings with him a wealth of industry experience having worked with WPP for more

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MMC 2018 Speaker

Malaysian Media Conference 2018

It is going to be a big talk fest  The Malaysian Media Conference on February 8 is designed to be stellar. 15 speakers await you. Send your questions to #AskMeMMC 1. Bala Pomaleh – CEO for Malaysia, IPG Mediabrands 2. Damien Cummings – Chief Executive Officer, Peoplewave Singapore 3. Gaurav

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