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Marketers have spent years perfecting how media is bought and targeted, and in a world where that precision has become table stakes, it’s no longer where the biggest gains are found. Far less attention and investment has gone into the creative that runs through that media, and that’s where the unclaimed value now sits.

Data, Insights, Outlook 2026 is a quarterly thematic series edition from Marketing + Media Alliance Indonesia that captures the signals shaping marketing & advertising across the year. Each edition draws from Member Insights contributed by MMA Indonesia members and turns those perspectives into a curated view of the forces influencing business, brands, consumers and growth - as highlights.

Half the planet already plays games. Most brands still show up for kickoff and miss the basket three days earlier.

The Modern Gaming Marketing Playbook rebuilds gaming strategy around six moves: Map the occasion window, mine first-party data for real segments, design experiences players choose to join, scale creative with AI, forge ecosystem alliances, and measure the whole circle, not just the funnel. Six MMA Academy webinars, one framework, built to run.

At Cannes Lions 2026, 13,000+ marketing leaders from 92 countries gathered around a single question: Where does creative advantage come from once AI handles capacity?

This report argues that the advantage has migrated. It is no longer a technology problem. AI compresses production and testing, but it cannot decide what is worth making, how a brand should behave, or which investment deserves to scale.