Bizcommunity.com

Bizcommunity launches new dedicated sectors, newsletters

Bizcommunity.com - South Africa's largest online B2B publisher - is set to grow even more with the introduction of 16 new content channels, with weekly newsletters, as from last week Tuesday, 20 September 2011. 20 Sep 2011 15:45

Fall in entries for Digital Loeries points to adoption issues

[Herman Manson: @marklives] Wading through the near endless amount of PR on the digital transformation and seamless integration of digital into the advertising world, it must be a little disconcerting for Clint Bryce, chairman of both the Digital and Online Advertising judging panels of the 2010 Loerie awards, to see entries in these categories decline this year in spite of steady growth in online ad spend. 17 Aug 2010 12:18

TV's world cup, but real growth for online too

[Herman Manson: @marklives] TV owned the 2010 FIFA World Cup. There, I said it. While the Internet increasingly owns breaking news and the various South African news portals came up with numerous strategies for making their world cup content as engaging as possible, it could not even attempt to mimic the vibe of families, friends, even communities, gathering together in the real world in front of TV screens to follow the main matches. 8 Jul 2010 12:45

World cup closing ceremony details

The 30-minute night-time closing ceremony of the 2010 FIFA World Cup will take place at 6.30pm on Sunday, 11 July 2010, at Johannesburg's Soccer City Stadium - ahead of the final. It will be broadcast live in 215 countries to an audience in excess of 500 million viewers, according to the Local Organising Committee (LOC), and will feature 780 cast members and some of South Africa and Africa's top musicians and dancers. 7 Jul 2010 16:00

Africa Media Online

Hundreds of African stories available for publication

Nearly 400 stories have already been made available for publication through the Twenty Ten media project, with at least a dozen more - including photo, text, audio and multimedia features - still to come by the final whistle on 11 July. 5 Jul 2010 11:25

Enter your World Cup newspaper design

INDIA: Indian website Newspaper Designing is conducting another international newspaper design competition, focusing exclusively on the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Entries, which are free, close on 11 August 2010 and there is no limit to the amount of entries submitted. 24 Jun 2010 09:42

Africa Media Online

World Cup stories that go beyond sports reporting

Thousands of journalists have descended on South Africa for the World Cup, but the question is how many will dig deeper to provide stories that go beyond mere sports or superficial events coverage? The 126 African journalists of the Twenty Ten project are tasked with telling Africa's stories more fully and with unique perspective. 14 Jun 2010 10:30

FIFA finally joins the party... on Twitter

FIFA released a press statement yesterday evening, Thursday, 10 June 2010, informing the world that its president, Joseph S Blatter, has joined Twitter. 10 Jun 2010 18:42

Zuma welcomes teams, fans, hails legacy

[Issa Sikiti da Silva] President Jacob Zuma put aside his family troubles for a while yesterday, Sunday, 6 June 2010, to have a joyful moment with local and international journalists, whom he addressed at his Pretoria presidential guesthouse on the upcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup. 7 Jun 2010 12:21

International Broadcast Centre ready to welcome 2010 media

[Issa Sikiti da Silva] The International Broadcast Centre (IBC) is up and running and ready to welcome 13 000 accredited journalists and 179 licensee broadcasting entities from 70 countries around the world who will produce images and sounds and all the excitement of the 2010 FIFA World Cup under the blessing and supervision of France-based Host Broadcast Services (HBS). 24 May 2010 09:49

'Confident' SABC announces 2010 broadcast plans

[Issa Sikiti da Silva] The SABC, as the FIFA World Cup's official broadcaster, announced its broadcasting plans for the tournament on Thursday, 13 May 2010. Peter Kwele, 2010 projects GM, said the SABC is confident that it will deliver the World Cup as it has never been done before. 13 May 2010 14:25

Loeries extend World Cup ad submissions deadline

The deadline for the both the flighting and entry for 2010 FIFA World Cup-related entries into this year's Loeries has been extended to 13 July 2010. Work eligible for the extension includes all brand communication that is in one way or another related to the hosting of the world cup in South Africa this year and is not limited to official world cup communication. 11 May 2010 10:34

Freshlyground scores world cup anthem

[Theresa Mallison] It's been a long road from Mowbray Kaap. But now that Freshlyground is singing the 2010 FIFA World Cup anthem (with Shakira), it could just hit the big time. And maybe local artists will stop complaining about their lack of opportunities during the world cup. 19 Apr 2010 09:32

Local music gets World Cup boost, OTC ticket sales open

An agreement to feature more local artists at the Official Kick-off Concert for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and an announcement that the SABC will play only South African and African music on its 15 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) division's radio stations means visitors and fans will experience SA sound more fully during the World Cup. Over the counter ticket sales opened yesterday, Thursday, 15 April 2010, so pop down to join the crowds and buy your tickets and sing along through the games. 15 Apr 2010 10:12