Creative Vision

Convert your existing commercials to stereoscopic 3-D

[Issued by Creative Vision] S3D's time has come, you can see it in the record breaking box office success of Avatar, Toy Story 3 and the Avengers. Creative Vision is ready to help you capitalise on S3D's immersive effect. 20 Aug 2012 10:56

My Top Billing Dream announces Jonathan Boynton-Lee as winner

[Angie White] On the eve of 14 August, Bizcommunity attended the My Top Billing Dream finale event held at the African Pride 15 On Orange Hotel, where boy-next-door Jonathan Boynton-Lee, was announced as the winner of the My Top Billing Dream reality show hosted by SABC3 over the past three months. 20 Aug 2012 10:30

Cape Media wins five awards at 2012 Tabbies

Cape Media Corporation scooped five awards at the 2012 Trade Association Business Publications International, best known as the Tabbie Awards. This year featured nearly 500 entries, with nominations from South Africa, the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, the UAE, France, India and Singapore. 20 Aug 2012 10:17

Ad Dynamo

Ad Dynamo simplifies digital advertising amidst strong international growth

[Issued by Ad Dynamo] Booking online advertising campaigns has been streamlined with the unveiling of Ad Dynamo's new self-service pricing structure. The new offering allows online advertisers to plan the placement of their ads, track progress, work to clearly defined budgets and access analytics and reports on their campaigns. 20 Aug 2012 10:16

Spring... a blooming waste of time for most businesses

[Aki Kalliatakis] As a new season approaches, consumer-facing businesses confront their annual opportunity to spring into action, debug their operations and spruce up their service levels. But all too often the 'spring fling' turns out to be a blooming waste of time because the clean-out simply does not go far enough. 20 Aug 2012 09:59

New category for SAB Sports Media Awards

Nominations for the SAB Sports Media Awards opens on Monday 3 September 2012 with increased prize money, updated and new competition categories, new judges and an online entry and judging portal through which the competition will be run. 20 Aug 2012 09:49

PR-Net: Avoiding the debt trap

[Brian Berkman] Sarah Rice's Sentient was a successful PR company - great clients, great staff, great work - it wasn't a good business though and Sarah decided too late to make a change. Still paying off the debt it incurred she shares her hard-learned lessons with PR-Net. 20 Aug 2012 09:44

Digital Fire

Mobile leading the email revolution

[Issued by Digital Fire] Despite fears of email's prominence waning due to the meteoric rise of social media and smart phones, the opposite is happening. The latest studies suggest that people are now using their smart phones to consume media, browse the web and read email more than they are actually using it to talk. 20 Aug 2012 09:15

Water coolers at Planet Fitness gyms bring the message

Tibb Health Sciences is creating brand awareness for its ProMan and ProWoman multivitamins amongst its core target market, by strategically branding water coolers at every Planet Fitness Gym through Unlimited's TLC. 20 Aug 2012 06:23

SAARF-RAMS March-June 2012

This is the third SAARF RAMS release (august 2012 release) for 2012 and covers adults aged 15 years and older, who are living in the nine provinces of South Africa. 17 Aug 2012 13:13

SANParks Times offers conservation advertising opportunities

A new quarterly publication of 120 000 copies, SANParks Times, will be distributed to 19 national parks and also on several international flights will be represented by NAB. The September issue will focus on whale and flower season with the December issue focusing on the Kruger National Park and holiday destinations. 17 Aug 2012 13:12

Knowledge Resources

Chief marketing officers conference - preparing for the future of marketing

[Issued by Knowledge Resources] The CMO conference, taking place on 11-12 September, is specifically designed for CMOs, marketing directors and group brand executives. The programme will look at the crucial role the CMO plays in guiding corporate strategy and will deliver real-world solutions for today's challenges. 17 Aug 2012 11:26

[Biz Takeouts Podcast] 34: The rise of mobile research

Find out more about the rise of mobile research and how World of Avatar, Mxit, Shinka and Pondering Panda are using mobile to build communities and gather insights, by listening to the podcast of last week's Biz Takeouts Marketing & Media radio show, which airs every Thursday 5pm-6pm streamed live via 2oceansVibe Radio. [twitterfall] 17 Aug 2012 10:58

Revised draft DTT regulations up for public comment

The public is invited to oral submissions and discussions on the revised set of Draft Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) regulations published for a final round of public consultation by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA). 17 Aug 2012 10:40