We can all attest to being part of a WhatsApp group at some point in our lives. It could be the family group, the work colleagues group or the besties friends group – where nothing of any value is posted – just random memes and silly jokes. Or, you’re one of the lucky ones to […]
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Zee World Bus Shelter campaign creates industry hype
Digital satellite television channel, Zee World, which offers mainstream viewers in Africa the best in award-winning Bollywood movies and series, a variety of food, kids and talent shows and lifestyle programmes elected to use Street Network Bus Shelters in order to extend the reach of its latest ‘It’s Happening’ campaign.Street Network’s bus shelter offering provided […]
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As has been the case with the annual APEX awards in the past, the 2018 edition once more boasts with a highly regarded adjudication panel. The panel consists of captains of industry from a variety of disciplines, all of whom together will be combing through entries to find the ‘work that works’. Drawn from […]
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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 […]
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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 readingMore TagVega 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 […]
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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 readingMore TagOgilvy 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 readingMore TagYolisa 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 […]
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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, […]
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