AUSTIN, US: Continuing to innovate in the 3D television space, ESPN Research + Analytics unveiled today one of the most in-depth studies on 3D TV to date. Compiling results from more than 1000 testing sessions and 2700 lab hours, ESPN has concluded that fans are comfortable with the medium and even enjoy it more than programming in HD.
8 Nov 2010 08:33
The results of a 2010 Visitor Tracking Survey, released at the 2010 South African Wine Tourism Workshop, Franschhoek, recently, have found that football tourists were impressed by Cape Town and the Western Cape Province and that 90% would visit Cape Town again.
2 Nov 2010 11:57
June 2010 foreign arrival numbers from Statistics South Africa, released yesterday, 27 September 2010, indicate that predictions by Grant Thornton of 274 100 total overseas tourist arrivals for the FIFA World Cup event are on track.
28 Sep 2010 09:05
TOKYO, JAPAN: Adidas wanted to find an attention-grabbing way to support the Japan National Football Team on their way to the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa. It had to unite the country and be an inspiration to the team. A giant comic strip that the National Football team could view from the plane as they departed to South Africa was the last thing anyone had in mind.
27 Sep 2010 11:18
In December 2008, FIFA commissioned a six-wave study of South African residents with the aim of tracking public opinion towards the tournament from the initial build-up through to the final whistle and then beyond.
27 Sep 2010 10:00
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS: FIFA's efforts to constantly improve fans' viewing experience of football have been recognised by the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC), the leading international forum for the electronic media industry.
16 Sep 2010 09:17
The experience of the Soccer World Cup has left retailers in central Cape Town overwhelmingly supportive of future large-scale events, in spite of being almost equally divided on whether the soccer World Cup meant an increase in revenue, or if the event made no difference to their bottom line.
14 Sep 2010 10:07
Foreign Visa card spending reached US$426.2 million (R3.1 billion) during the lead-up to, during and after the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
1 Sep 2010 07:20
The 2010 FIFA World Cup closing ceremonies producer, VWV Group, to conceptualise and deliver on all aspects of digital effects and post-production for the World Cup events, contracted Ministry of illusion.
5 Aug 2010 11:47
According to Wines of South Africa (WOSA) CEO Su Birch, for the most part there has been a marked increase in sales volumes amongst those countries with a high level of interest in soccer.
15 Jul 2010 09:50
[Mark St Andrew, creamglobal.com] BERLIN, GERMANY: Alterian's SM2 social media monitoring tool tracks online noise and sentiment across a number of social media and online channels and tracks sources across all countries and languages. The analysis is taken from the opening ceremony right through to the final whistle and tracks noise levels in relation to country internet usage to produce a comparable proportionate figure. Throughout the games, SM2 tracked a total of 1 870 085 conversations online.
14 Jul 2010 10:08
[Nick Said] So the curtain has been drawn on the 2010 FIFA World Cup and what a fantastic success it has been for South Africa!
12 Jul 2010 10:20
[Nick Said] With all the punditry and written words on the 2010 FIFA World Cup final, it seems the public only want to hear from one 'person' ahead of the final meeting between Spain and Netherlands ... Paul the Octopus.
9 Jul 2010 09:35
[Nick Said] And so we have our 2010 FIFA World Cup finalists, a historic meeting between the Netherlands and Spain where one nation will win their first ever global title.
8 Jul 2010 09:41
Angola
Botswana
Malawi
Mozambique
Namibia
Zimbabwe
Cote D'Ivoire
Ghana
Nigeria
Kenya
Uganda
Tanzania
Mauritius
Seychelles
Algeria
Egypt
Morocco
Zambia
