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BBC studios unveils a stellar collection of programming for winter 2018 in South Africa
BBC Studios announced the winter season of programming for BBC Lifestyle, CBeebies, BBC Earth, BBC First and BBC Brit, at its bi-annual Upfront event held in Johannesburg. Exclusive to DStv, viewers in South Africa can look forward to premieres of new and returning series such as the highly anticipated fifth series of the gritty drama... Continue reading→
Mobility to rule video in 2018
Video production and viewing becomes more challenging as goldfish attention span proves longer than a human’s Video is set to take over the digital landscape in 2018 with an estimated 74% of Internet traffic taken by video. Priscilla Kennedy, founder and CEO of Piehole.tv, a video production company based in Somerset East, says that even... Continue reading→
Vega students bag two Pencils at D&AD 2018
Four students from Vega – a brand of The Independent Institute of Education (The IIE) – are reeling with excitement after receiving two D&AD Pencil awards for their respective group submissions to the competition’s New Blood category. The D&AD New Blood Awards category recognises young creative talent with the goal of helping them take their... Continue reading→
Massiv Metro’s first anniversary and second wave
The innovative hybrid radio station, Massiv Metro, is celebrating its first anniversary and sweeping into the second wave, having firmly established itself as a one-of-a-kind online and terrestrial radio station streaming live in eight Johannesburg taxi ranks and 800 taxis, and online at www.massivmetro.com, reaching 672 000 listeners per six-day week. Faith Mangope, Massiv Metro Station... Continue reading→
Ogilvy SA wins at EMEA SABRE Awards
Ogilvy South Africa won big at the recent 2018 In2 SABRE Awards EMEA and the Holmes Report 2018 SABRE Awards EMEA. Both awards ceremonies were held at The National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam on Wednesday, 23 May 2018. At In2 SABRE Awards EMEA, the agency received top honours, winning Best Use of Integrated Social Media... Continue reading→
Yolisa Pasipanodya to lead Meropa Communications
Yolisa Pasipanodya has been appointed Managing Director of South Africa’s leading communications company, Meropa Communications. She takes over from Patrick Gearing who has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Meropa Group. The company, one of the largest full-service agencies in the country and listed in the top 250 globally*, is 51% black-owned and has... Continue reading→
Why a business always needs PR
You need PR more than ever during uncertain and challenging economic times Dominique Pienaar, CEO of DUO Marketing + Communications 2018 has certainly been an exhilarating roller coaster ride for South Africans so far. A new President, a cabinet reshuffle, stronger (but still uncertain) currency all point to positives, but a 1% increase in VAT,... Continue reading→
Singing The Praises Of Debonairs Pizza’s Beef Almighty
Debonairs Pizza has launched the Beef Almighty, a new premium quality beef steak topping range comprising three variants (Double Beef & Bacon, Spicy Beef, and Beef & Mushroom) with a new television commercial from FCB Joburg called ‘Praise Singer’.Created by the FCB Joburg team of Joint Chief Creative Officer Ahmed Tilly, Creative Director Greg Cameron,... Continue reading→
Industry heavywights reunite with Massif-Braille Partnership
Massif has recently partnered with indie film production company, Braille Films. Owned and operated by industry heavyweight Prenneven Govender, Braille will be powered by Massif utilising the Massif director base with the production expertise of Peter Carr and Govender at the helm. With more than 15 years’ of industry experience to his name, Govender was... Continue reading→
Andile Khumalo is the new chairman of the House of Brave
House of Brave is proud to announce that Andile Khumalo is the group’s new Non-Executive Chairman with immediate effect. This follows House of Brave announcing a Black Economic Empowerment transaction in February 2018 that saw Karabo Songo and Musa Kalenga acquire an initial 25.1% of the Group through their investment company Fastgro. Karabo Songo currently... Continue reading→