Latest Industry News
The PRC launches DAMS, a digital currency based on Google Analytics
The Publisher Research Council (PRC) is introducing a new digital currency, DAMS (Digital Audience Measurement System) for websites to sell their audiences in South Africa and PRC members. Many other publishers are already supplying real-time audiences to the dashboard, which went live on November 1st. The PRC is the oldest and one of the most... Continue reading→
Have we lost the plot?
Jedd Cokayne, Business Unit Director at The MediaShop wonders if we are unnecessarily overcomplicating our lives in the media and marketing industries. Much to my delight the URC (United Rugby Championships) has started up again with the SA sides coming out of the starting blocks in scintillating form. At this stage of the competition last year,... Continue reading→
Global alignment sees a 60-year partnership come to an end.
After a 60-year partnership, Toyota South Africa Motors and FCB are to take different forks in the road. The number one automotive brand in South Africa has recently announced that FCB will no longer be its agency of record for its brand and above-the-line account, business held by FCB for six decades. Toyota has made... Continue reading→
Effie Awards South Africa 2022 Winners announced
Winners of the 2022 Effie Awards South Africa were announced on the 27th October 2022 at a gala event held at the Focus Rooms venue in Johannesburg. Now in its second year on home soil, the global Effie programme celebrates the most effective marketing communications campaigns of the past year. Known by advertisers and agencies... Continue reading→
Making the case for bland advertising
There is a definite movement for brands to focus on customer service and experience versus the chest beating “catwalking” that brands can get up to, says The MediaShop Johannesburg’s Managing Director Dashni Vilakazi. The fact is that heritage brands or brands with long longevity have already done the hard work. “Let’s be honest, to consumers brands... Continue reading→
The difference between business and brand? FANS!
There’s a world of difference between a business and a brand – and the reason for that is FANS. That’s the view held by the organiser of South Africa’s first virtual conference focused on fan-building, FANS, HaveYouHeard’s Head of Culture and Editor of Snacks and @thisisin__, Brett Rogers. Rogers contends that successful businesses are built... Continue reading→
The power of televised history
By Megan Walker, Media Strategist at The MediaShop According to Tom Cotterill for Mail Online, the Queen’s funeral was expected to be the most-watched TV event in history with four billion global viewers anticipated – more than Live Aid 1985 and Charles and Diana’s wedding in 1981. “It had been hoped the numbers would... Continue reading→
Fusion22 to be launched next week
The most comprehensive media study ever produced in South Africa is launching next week. The Broadcast Research Council of South Africa (BRC), Publisher Research Council of South Africa (PRC) and Nielsen South Africa are proud to introduce Fusion22, bringing together the combined data of effectively 56 219 respondents into a single study. Fusion matches respondents... Continue reading→
New appointment at RAPT Creative
After seven years at GRID Worldwide, Marco Santarelli has been appointed Partner: Creative and Strategy at RAPT Creative. The young business – it opened its doors just eight months before the global Covid-19 lockdown – has bucked the trend to grow dramatically and today employs 46 people and lists 17 brands as clients. We asked... Continue reading→
MRF’s MAPS holds up under scrutiny
According to auditors 3M3A, The Marketing Research Foundation’s (MRF) Marketing All Product Survey (MAPS) is of a “high standard”, healthy and in a good place. This is the result of a recent audit on the Survey’s underlying processes, procedures, and protocols. “This was an extremely bold step for the MRF, considering that MAPS is such... Continue reading→