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YoungGuns deadline extendedDue to technical difficulties with entries, the deadline for YoungGuns for both the digital and advertising award entries is extended to Friday 6 November 2009. 30 Oct 2009 Skype launches CNN International multimedia campaignLONDON: CNN International and Skype have signed an advertising partnership around the network's nightly programme, Connect the World. 9 Sep 2009 10th PAMRO Meeting and 2008 All Africa Media Research ConferenceThe 10th Pan African Media Research Organisation (PAMRO) Meeting and 2008 All Africa Media Research Conference will take place 17 - 19 August 2008 at the Protea Hotel in Oakwood Park, Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria. 24 Jul 2008 AMEP is coming soon...The 3rd Maputo International Advertising Festival will take place from 26 - 29 May 2008. 10 Apr 2008 Celebrating ten years in AfricaOgilvy Africa celebrated its 10th birthday at its annual conference held in Malawi this month, where 26 people from 16 different countries gathered to network, share ideas and iron out challenges. 21 Jan 2008 Saatchi Africa network continues winning streakAt the first-ever Lagos Advertising and Ideas Festival held in Lagos this month, SO&U Saatchi & Saatchi clinched six awards. 21 Jan 2008 A truly mobile ad campaign for Z-ConnectTanzania's fourth cellular communications provider, Z (pronounced 'zee') has recently launched a new ad campaign, produced by through-the-line advertising agency, Roots Marketing Communications. 5 Apr 2007 Press, Outdoor and Film Lions entries extensionLast week’s deadline of 9 March 2007 for the Cannes Press, Outdoor and Film competitions has been extended until Friday, 30 March. 14 Mar 2007 Dove ad fails to appealDove’s new television ad in America, which is indicative of two current advertising trends - debuting during the Academy Awards telecast and consumer-generated advertising - lacks appeal, according to daily web magazine Slate.com. 13 Mar 2007 Anti piracy campaign wins againTBWA\Hunt\Lascaris Johannesburg’s Tsotsi Anti Piracy Campaign took first place in the Creative Circle “Ad of the Year” outdoor category earlier this week. 9 Mar 2007 Sanlam sponsors Pendoring yet againSanlam has once again joined the likes of the ATKV, Vodacom, Media24 and Rapport as a main sponsor of this year’s Pendoring Advertising competition and project, which focuses on the advancement of excellent Afrikaans advertising. 6 Mar 2007 Julian Watt to judge at Clios, CannesNot only will Net#work BBDO’s executive creative director Julian Watt be jetting to Miami in the US in May 2007 to judge at the Clios, a month later he will be judging the print work at Cannes in Frances. 13 Feb 2007 Lesson learnt by FNBIOL reports that according to Paul Harris, CEO of FirstRand, “‘the most important thing is that you have (to have) an objective… But if you’re not going to achieve that objective, then your campaign is flawed.’” Harris was speaking in relation to the aborted FNB anti-crime advertising campaign. 13 Feb 2007 Lawyers take out anti-crime adEarlier this week, Pretoria-based Van Huyssteens attorneys took out an ad in Beeld voicing its grievances against crime and were planning an English version in Thursday’s Pretoria News, reports IOL. 9 Feb 2007 Outrage over Lebo adAn Arrive Alive billboard campaign featuring Lebo Mathosa apparently does not have permission from her family, reports The Citizen. 7 Feb 2007 FCB campaign receives international recognitionA mixed media campaign for a SABC Radio Winter sales drive last year, created by FCB Impact 361 Johannesburg, a division of FCB South Africa, will be receiving a second place certificate for outstanding creativity at the 36th International Mobius Advertising Awards Competition in California, USA, next month. 18 Jan 2007 Advertising de-cluttering taking off at airportsIn line with international strategies toward the improvement of airport design, and the enhancement of the customer experience, ACSA and Clear Channel Outdoor have embarked on an advertising de-cluttering programme at all ACSA domestic and international airports. 16 Jan 2007 FCB MD Morley resignsGodfrey Morley, FCB South Africa's Group MD, is leaving the group to take up an 'offer that he could not refuse'. 16 Jan 2007 Ogilvy arrives in WoodstockOgilvy Cape Town has officially moved into its new premises in Woodstock at 41 Sir Lowry Road with all 215 staff members. 10 Jan 2007 Music video or brand ad?"Our new Crosse and Blackwell ad really is a mini movie," says Nestle Food Business Unit head Yasser Abdul-Malak. 11 Dec 2006 Internet advertising to overtake outdoorLONDON: Fin24.co.za reports that forecaster Zenith Optimedia, a unit of Publicis Groupe SA, is predicting that in 2007 the Internet "will for the first time take a greater share of global advertising revenue than outdoor advertising... 6 Dec 2006 Handfield-Jones takes on Arrive AliveRob Handfield-Jones, editor of Caxton's AutoDealer, recently won the consumer complaint that he lodged with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) of SA against a Department of Transport radio commercial for the Arrive Alive campaign, which was aired on Radio 702 until 1 December 2006. 3 Dec 2006 Move to Woodstock symbolic of regenerationAfter 22 years in Roeland Street, Ogilvy Cape Town is set to move into innovative and custom-built office space at The District on Sir Lowry Road in Woodstock in December 2006. 3 Dec 2006 Grey Worldwide withdraws from lottery pitchGrey Worldwide SA has withdrawn from the National Lottery pitch shortlist due to corporate governance, as well as deadlines on three other pitches - Absa, Sasol and Cadbury. 30 Nov 2006 The trouble with toothpasteThe Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) of South Africa recently upheld a competitor complaint lodged by GlaxoSmithKline against Colgate toothpaste. 21 Nov 2006 ASA rules on driver's licence scamIn a recent ruling, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) of South Africa partially ruled against a company offering 20-year international licences through street pole advertising. 20 Nov 2006 SA judge for international direct marketing awardsProximity#TTP creative director Stuart Stobbs, a 2005 Caples winner for Virgin Atlantic, has been selected to judge the 2006 John Caples International Awards being held in New York next week. 13 Nov 2006 RetractionBizcommunity.com apologies to The Jupiter Drawing Room Cape Town for the incorrect impression generated by the headline carried in Bizcommunity.com, 9 November 2006, which read: "Jupiter loses Foschini to morrisjones". 13 Nov 2006 ASA gets new CEOThe Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) of South Africa announced the appointment of its new CEO, Thembi Msibi, earlier this week. 8 Nov 2006 Saatchi declines MTN tenderSaatchi & Saatchi has declined the offer to tender for the MTN Group's marketing advertising account in South Africa because of a potential conflict with multinational client Orange. 23 Oct 2006 |
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