The Times of India (TOI), India’s iconic media house, launched the ‘Times Out & Proud’ initiative on International Day Against Homophobia (May 17) to carve out a mainstream space for members of the community who identify as LGBTQ to interact, share and collaborate with the entire Indian population. Created in collaboration with FCB Ulka, ‘Times […]
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Announcing a global first in the marketing field
In the Mckinsey and Company report on ’The coming era of on-demand marketing’, Peter Dahlstrom states that ‘digital marketing is about to enter more challenging territory. Building on the vast increase in consumer power brought on by the digital age, marketing is headed toward being on-demand – not just ‘always on’, but also always relevant, […]
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FCB Joburg helps deliver ‘best yet’ Africa’s Travel Indaba
Africa’s Travel Indaba 2019, which took place at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre in Durban earlier this month, brought together over 6 500 delegates including 1 033 exhibitors and 1 502 buyers and was, according to Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom, the “best Africa’s Travel Indaba hosted yet”. Helping SA Tourism (SAT) win his […]
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Registration For Mediatech Africa 2019 – Now Open
Registration for Mediatech Africa 2019 is now open and delegates can sign up at no cost by completing the online registration form (https://bit.ly/2uxLaXq.) before 12 July. For those who miss the pre-registration cut off there is onsite registration – an option which costs R100. Local and international industry authorities will be showcasing the tech trends […]
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Marketing Achievement Awards finalists announced
The finalists for the inaugural Marketing Achievement Awards (MAA) have been revealed and the winners will be announced at a prestigious gala dinner on 27 June 2019 at the Sun City Superbowl. The awards – to be held annually to set a new benchmark for the industry – celebrate the best of the best in […]
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Jury for the 2019 APEX awards announced
Drawn from strategy, digital, creative, research, media, marketing as well as agency heads, the 2019 APEX award adjudication panel consists of highly regarded individuals and industry trail blazers. The group is tasked with the significant responsibility of combing through entries to identify and award the ‘work that works’. Since inception by the ACA in 1995, […]
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First ACA ‘Future Ballers’ event a resounding success
There is a myth about age discrimination in advertising. Some say that while ‘ageism’ exists in all industries, in advertising it appears to be on ‘steroids’. It is true that if you look at the industry fleetingly, it appears to be flooded with young, hungry creative brilliance. But we all know, dig a little deeper […]
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#ROOTS2019 – Building Insights with LEGO
ROOTS, with a random sample size of more than 27 000 respondents, is South Africa’s largest and longest running consumer shopping behaviour survey, and SPARK Media launches ROOTS 2019 in June. This year SPARK Media are excited to partner with LEGO to showcase the ROOTS 2019 launch. “We will be BUILDING insights out of the new, […]
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Voting opens for The MOST Awards. Are you listed?
Since its inception, the underlying principle of The MOST Awards has been to enhance the working relationship between media agencies and their agency partners. To measure this we turned to the industry for guidance on key criteria and methodology. We stand by the tried-and-tested, independently conducted research. You cannot enter the MOST Awards. Media owners […]
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As the official local representative for this year’s edition of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, Cinemark is once again sponsoring the South African leg of the Film category of the Young Lions competition. A panel of leading professionals and creatives have been selected to judge this year’s edition. They are: Molefi Thulo, Creative […]
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