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Caxton Local Media makes all the right moves into the digital space
Besides its extensive digital brand extensions for Caxton’s Local Newspapers, innovative technology platforms and strategic digital acquisitions, Caxton Digital has been growing their digital footprint through data collection, data management and programmatic advertising. “We have been attracting more and more online users in the digital space steadily for the last three years,” says Nicole Rimbault,... Continue reading→
Shaping the Way Creativity Plays. Creates. Lives
What do you get when you combine the most creative minds in the media and entertainment technology industry with the hottest trailblazing technology? Mix in high energy music; a dancer, powerful lighting, projection stances, and pixel mapping and you have a taste of Mediatech Africa’s Black Box. A first for the show – this fully... Continue reading→
Ninety percent of what executives think comes from the media
Prof Nick Binedell gave the audience a lot to chew on at Ads24’s morning of “Food for Thought”. This thought leadership event at The Venue-Greenpark, Sandton on 25 May, doubled as a networking opportunity for senior media industry professionals. Binedell looked at socio-economic and political forces shaping business. As the founding dean of the Gordon... Continue reading→
APEX 2017 Masterclass and Gala Awards Ceremony Events move to Sandton Convention Centre.
The Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA) today announced that the 2017 APEX awards events will be hosted in The Pavillion at The Sandton Convention Centre and not at The Galleria as originally communicated. The Masterclass and Awards Ceremony events will go ahead as scheduled on the 06th July 2017. All tickets will be issued... Continue reading→
Santam What I’d Rather Do Than Claim
Santam, South Africa’s leading general insurer today launched its new “What I’d Rather Do” brand campaign. Conceptualised by King James Group, the campaign takes a novel and light-hearted approach to dealing with a real subject by showing what people “would rather do” than claim from their insurer – from running blindfolded through a forest to... Continue reading→
Tickets for MOST now on sale
The MOST Awards is an annual highlight for the media industry. Not only is it a fantastic networking opportunity with everyone who’s anyone in the media industry attending, but it’s a celebration of the sector’s best-of-the-best in terms of service delivery, knowledge and innovation. The 9th annual MOST Awards ceremony is being held on 14... Continue reading→
Insights into wealthy South African’s reading habits
As part of The Publisher Research Council’s (PRC) ongoing research into reading behaviour, the habits of those with the greatest amount of disposable income have been analysed, revealing a lucrative and engaged advertising target market. “The PRC, as a JIC (Joint Industry Council), assists marketers and media planners when it comes to day to day... Continue reading→
FCB Cape Town pats Mother City agencies on the back for Cannes performance
FCB Cape Town, one of the most respected agencies in the Mother City, has praised its contemporaries in the coastal town for their impressive performance at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Cape Town agencies brought home 12 of the 27 Lions handed to South African agencies during the week-long awards festival; the other... Continue reading→
The new Bobtail dog food ad directed and shot by Egg Films’ Jason Fialkov for Mortimer Harvey
South African dog lovers and outdoor enthusiasts have taken to social media en masse to share their love for Journey, the new Bobtail dog food ad directed and shot by Egg Films’ Jason Fialkov for Mortimer Harvey. Filmed along South Africa’s ridiculously beautiful Wild Coast, it’s the story of a man’s journey to find himself –... Continue reading→
Inspiring new ad for Vodacom NXT LVL
Egg Films’ Dan Mace directed This Is Your Time, Ogilvy’s inspiring new ad for Vodacom NXT LVL. The spot subverts the way we immediately box people, suggesting that instead of seeing a poor girl living in a shack, we should see someone with dreams and hustle and a 20-year plan, a whole universe of knowledge... Continue reading→