NYF International TV & Film Awards announces 2012 winners at NAB

NEW YORK, US: The 55th New York Festivals International Television & Film Awards, announced this year's winning entries at the 2012 awards ceremony on Tuesday, 17 April at the annual NAB Show in Las Vegas. Geoffrey Mason, senior production specialist for ESPN, was awarded the NYF Television & Film Awards Lifetime Achievement Award. 19 Apr 2012 08:02

Cannes Lions: Creative Effectiveness, Design, Film, and PR Juries

CANNES, FRANCE: The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, taking place from 17-23 June, has announced the members of a further four juries: Creative Effectiveness, Design, Film, and PR Lions. South Africa is represented on the Design jury (Shelley-Ann Atkinson, Grid Worldwide Branding & Design) and on the Film jury (Catherine Ireland, Amplified). 30 Mar 2012 07:54

Brazil, Colombia: Nearly 40% of non-computer web traffic on tablets

BRASILIA, BRAZIL / BOGOTA, COLOMBIA: comScore, Inc recently released its latest report on connected device usage in Latin America from comScore Device Essentials. 10 Jan 2012 07:47

Eurobest entries up 11% to 4824

LISBON, PORTUGAL: The Eurobest Advertising Festival has announced that a total of 4824 entries have been submitted for this year's awards, up 11% compared to the 2010 Festival. 22 Nov 2011 08:37

Facebook users in Argentina second only to Israel in user engagement

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA: comScore, Inc has released a study on Internet usage in Argentina from its online audience measurement and media planning solution comScore Media Metrix. 10 Jun 2011 11:38

Record year for Cannes Lions entries

CANNES, FRANCE: A total of 28 828 entries from 90 countries (725 from SA) have been submitted to the Cannes Lions 58th International Festival of Creativity, the international annual awards for creative advertising and communications. This is the most entries in the history of the festival. 1 Jun 2011 07:19

Social networking a major activity in Argentina, Chile

SANTIAGO, CHILE: comScore, Inc has released results from a study of the most popular online activities in Chile and Argentina. The study found that in both markets, social networking now accounts for more than one-quarter of all time spent online, ranking as the top activity in Chile (28.5% of total minutes) and the second most popular activity in Argentina (27.8% of total minutes). 9 Mar 2011 10:43

Global mobile user survey released

[Dr KF Lai] SINGAPORE: Despite mobile device functionality becoming ever more sophisticated, research, released this week by mobile media company BuzzCity, shows that mobiles are actually sustaining, not replacing, consumer demand for PCs. 16 Feb 2011 08:31

Fight rumour with rumour

MONTEVIDEO, ARGENTINA: Danone countered a vicious viral attack on its Actimel yogurt brand in Argentina by fighting rumours with - other rumours. As marketers struggle to find new ways to protect their brands from social media onslaughts, Danone is re-writing the playbook with its Creator of Rumours (Creador de Rumores) digital effort. 11 Nov 2010 11:19

Global photo market on an upward trend

NUREMBERG, GERMANY: The global photo market is once again experiencing growth, after some regions recorded a decline in the previous year. For 2010, GfK Retail and Technology is forecasting sales of 141 million digital cameras, which even represents an increase on the high levels seen in 2008. These findings have been recorded in view of the upcoming photokina trade fair in Cologne. 20 Sep 2010 10:32

CNN enlists top journalism students for iReport initiative

ATLANTA, US: CNN has announced the launch of a new initiative for journalism students, called CNN iReport University, linked to iReport, the network's user-generated news community. 16 Sep 2010 10:35

Asia-Pacific Digital Magazine Conference early-bird deadline extended

HANGZHOU, CHINA: The 2nd Asia-Pacific Digital Magazine Conference, hosted by FIPP and CPA (China Periodicals Association) will take place on 14-15 October 2010 at the InterContinental Conference Centre, Hangzhou, China and the early bird registration discount has been extended to 1 September 2010. 10 Aug 2010 07:12

Worldwide web... it's a woman's world

RESTON, US: comScore, Inc yesterday, 29 July 2010, released a global report on women's online usage titled, Women on the Web: How Women are Shaping the Internet, which provides an in-depth analysis of the female Internet user, highlighting key trends by Internet activity, worldwide region and digital channel. 29 Jul 2010 10:46

Fight rumour with rumour

Danone countered a vicious viral attack on its Actimel yogurt brand in Argentina by fighting rumours with - other rumours. As marketers struggle to find new ways to protect their brands from social media onslaughts, Danone is re-writing the playbook with its Creator of Rumours (Creador de Rumores) digital effort. 7 May 2010 12:04