Just 12 months ago, veteran DJ and digital broadcasting entrepreneur, Jon Savage, told South Africa’s media industry that it needed to revolutionise if it was to survive the digital wave. And, he stressed, the key to potential revenue models for the industry was to make a paradigm shift when it came to the definition of […]
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Greenwashing advertising sometimes misses the mark
Marketers and brand managers do love to stay on trend when it comes to the latest advertising developments, but sometimes to the detriment of their own brands. The MediaShop’s Dashni Vilakazi, Managing Director of the Johannesburg office, takes a look at the latest Greenwashing trend. “Greenwashing is essentially promoting products and services that are […]
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Digital’s revolution of media, marketing and entertainment didn’t just rewrite the rulebook in terms of value, impact and ROI, it forced change and the development of a new skills set on brand owners, marketers and their agencies. And, while some have the luxury of time to make fundamental shifts to the way they work while […]
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By Isabel Smit, Implementation Planner at The MediaShop The Metaverse is here, but only in its infancy. Many of us may think of the Metaverse as that virtual world we’ll one day be able to enter with VR headsets and see-through digital avatars, but it’s much more than that. It’s a convergence of technologies and […]
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Top 50 DSTV programmes – August 2022
Top 50 DSTV programmes by AR, Excluding Zero Cost Programmes, Excluding Zero Rated Programmes. Prime Time 17h30 – 22h00 Adults 15+ years U:38694 S:8701 All Individuals Age 4+ DSTV U:23690 S:7062 Day Date From To Station Programme Title Genre AR Viewers Share AR Viewers Share Mon […]
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Top 50 Free to Air programmes by AR, excluding Zero Cost Programmes, excluding Zero Rated Programmes. SABC 1/2/3/ETV, All Adults 15+ Prime Time 17h30 – 22h00 Day Date From To Station Programme Title Genre AR Viewers Share Wed 31/08/2022 2034 2104 S1 Uzalo Dram 16.96 6 561 077 55.3 Wed 31/08/2022 2004 2034 S1 […]
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By Lerato Senne, Insights Strategist at The MediaShop A few years ago, we were frightened by this statement and the impact that digital would have on print’s ‘market share’. As a Market Analyst working at one of the biggest print media houses at the time, this really startled me, and the death of AMPS added […]
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Adspend – June 2022
The Top 10 South African June 2022 advertisers Advertiser Jun-20 Advertiser Jun-21 Advertiser Jun-22 SHOPRITE HOLDINGS LTD R 127 583 917 GLAXOSMITHKLINE R 140 233 989 UNILEVER SA R 159 669 317 GLAXOSMITHKLINE R 92 335 820 SHOPRITE HOLDINGS LTD R 132 834 747 SHOPRITE HOLDINGS LTD R 154 189 238 CLIENTELE LIMITED R 86 […]
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Good Things Guy and SPAR launch South Africa’s first “Leave One Take One” reusable shopping bag initiative
Brent Lindeque, South Africa’s Good Things Guy, has for the past year been lamenting the accumulation of recycled shopping bags growing in his cupboard, the car boot and every other available surface space in his house. But now there’s a solution. “We as South African consumers have gone from having a plastic shopping bag problem […]
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The Maggs on Media Breakfast Show brings together four South African experts on a single panel this September. Director of Modern Workplace and Security Colin Erasmus, Accenture Song Managing director Haydn Townsend, Hollard Insurance CMO Heidi Brauer CM(SA), and Musa Kalenga, CEO of the Brave Group and founder of Motherboard will share their opinions on the topic “Does Technology […]
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