Desperate times......call for desperate measures, but the jury is probably still out over the TVIEC's rather theatrical protest action last week. Did it work? Did it have any effect? The short answer to both questions is, regrettably, probably no. Instead, the reaction of the SABC has been to slam the independent producers ( 'Death' of local content: SABC sets record straight). It reckons the demonstration had malicious intent and was designed to discredit the broadcaster; perhaps all it achieved was to annoy the powers-that-be at the SABC and put their collective back up. Many may say the broadcaster doesn't need any help when it comes to that, but as hard as it may be, now is the time for both sides to get together and explore ways to mitigate the impact of the cost-cutting. Necessity could well be the mother of invention. It appears that the arrival of true broadband to our shores is not only shaking up South Africa's Internet service providers but also our technology media. Former FM associate editor Duncan McLeod begins his journey of flying solo with the launch of his tech news site Techcentral.co.za tomorrow, Tuesday, 1 September 2009. Bizcommunity.com will watch with much interest to see what happens next... Homegrown blockbuster sci-fi film District 9 began showing nationwide on Friday, 28 August 2008 and we invite you to add your two cents to our poll which asks whether the film is good for Brand South Africa. Here's to all new ventures! Simone Puterman & Rod BakerPS In this week's Ornico Ad Showcase, we feature TV ads for Qatar Airways, Skip Intelligent, KFC Zinger Chicken, Castrol GTX and Dairy, and radio ads for DStv, SANRAL, Vox, iBurst and Oxy. Please send all marketing and media news to marketingnews@bizcommunity.com and opinion pieces to contributors@bizcommunity.com. Responses to this column welcomed in our online editor's column archive or on our editorial blog: http://blog.bizcommunity.com.Top stories
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 Phumi Dhlomo, South African Tourism regional director for Africa and domestic, announced on at the launch of Tourism Month 2009 in Newtown, Johannesburg, last week, that since the launch of the Sho't Left website in April 2009, there had been an influx of traffic to the site. Read more >>Advertisement:  [Victor Rakhale] All around the world, the fourth and last quarter of each year has usually been the most active in terms of sales promotions and increased consumer expenditure. Assuming that the recession stays with us throughout the festive season, how imaginative marketers will be regarding their fourth quarter campaigns, both in terms of effective use of marketing budgets, as well as the value that will be proposed and offered to the consumers? Read more >>The Western Cape's tourism destination marketing organisation, Cape Town Routes Unlimited, will use Tourism Month in September 2009 as a platform to further roll out its 2010-focused destination marketing campaign, called "Beyond the 90 Minutes". Read more >>2010 FIFA World Cup
 Trade unions have called on FIFA and the 2010 Soccer World Cup's local organising committee (LOC) to ensure that clothing made for next year's tournament does not come from sweatshops. Read more >>Advertisement: MTN Ekasi TV (formerly Township TV) has switched on its virtual soccer stadiums in another five South Africa's townships - Makushane in Phalaborwa, Mhluzi in Middelburg, Kathlehong and Kwa Thema in Ekurhuleni and Etafeni in Tembisa - it announced yesterday, Tuesday, 25 August 2009. Read more >> [Karin Botta] Having attended the fourth and final National Communications Partnership (NCP) Conference last week, I hoped to gain clarity on the NCP's communications plan and my role as a communicator in delivering on that plan. Although feeling inspired to take on an active role, I'm still unsure of what that role will be and the central message is that the NCP wishes professional communicators to champion. Read more >> For one day only, official FIFA World Cup partner Sony will provide a rare opportunity for the public to view the 2010 FIFA World Cup Winner's Trophy. If you want a free photo of yourself with the trophy, then be at Melrose Arch in Johannesburg on Friday, 28 August 2009, between 10am - 9pm. Read more >>Advertising
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 As Tourism Month 2009 celebrations kicked off in Newtown, Johannesburg this morning, Thursday, 27 August 2009, minister of tourism Marthinus van Schalkwyk also launched the roll-out of a Sho't Left billboard campaign, which is aimed at making a significant visual impact and creatively motivating South Africans to travel domestically. Read more >> DARMSTADT, GERMANY: The AdsML Framework for E-Commerce Business Standards for Advertising (AdsML Framework) is claimed to be the first international data-exchange standard for managing the electronic transfer of information throughout the advertising industry, for all distribution channels. The interim release of AdsML Framework 3.5, Release 1, was announced yesterday, Tuesday, 25 August 2009, by WAN-IFRA. Read more >>The Advertising Benevolent Fund of South Africa (ABF) will be relaunching itself under a new visual identity, positioning and raison d'être on Wednesday, 9 September 2009, at a cheese-and-wine function at Ogilvy's function centre in Midrand, Johannesburg. Read more >>Branding | | Idea Engineers will grow your brand, reputation & business. | |  |
 Gary Scarafile, the regional sales director of the US$12 billion Nebraska-based conglomerate ConAgra, flew into Cape Town, on Tuesday 25 August 2009, to present the award of Distributor of the Year for Europe, Middle East and Africa to JMC. Read more >>Advertisement:  [Dr Nikolaus Eberl] When Jamaica netted its biggest medal tally in World Athletics ever, coming second overall at the recent 2009 IAAF Championships held in Berlin, Jamaica's minister for tourism, Edmund Bartlett, rejoiced at the prospects of translating the national medal haul into tourism gold. Read more >>Cinema
Ster-Kinekor Distribution is releasing Karate Kallie (Afrikaans with English subtitles) in cinemas on 18 September 2009. It's described as a fresh new Afrikaans feel-good romantic comedy about a chubby, love-struck schoolboy victim of a psychotic bully. [video] Read more >>Flamedrop Production, in association with Shadow Realm, is launching Celludroid, a range of science fiction, anime and fantasy movies at the independent Labia Theatre on Kloof Street, Cape Town, this weekend, 28 - 30 August 2009. Also on screen is South Africa's District 9, and the cast and crew will be present for introductions and Q&A on Friday night, 28 August. Read more >>Nu Metro Cinemas announced earlier this week that it has partnered with DigiScreen, a digital network that distributes and presents alternative content through an exclusive collaboration it has with Opus Arte and the Royal Opera House of London. Read more >>Izulu Lami (My Secret Sky) opened nation-wide in cinemas late last week, following international acclaim when it won Audience and Best Actress awards at the Tarifa International Pan African Film Festival in Spain in May 2009. Read more >> CSI
 In support of Casual Day, Friday 4 September 2009, Edcon will be selling R10 Casual Day stickers directly to the public via all its retail outlets including Boardmans, CNA, Edgars, Discom, Jet, Jet Mart, Jet Shoes, Legit, Prato, Red Square and Temptation stores. Read more >>Design
 The deadline for entering the Big Blue Makhulu Polane t-shirt design competition is 15 September 2009. The theme for this year's competition is Love-Africa, and entrants stand to win R20 000 in cash. Read more >>Advertisement: Digital
 Duncan McLeod, former associate editor of the Financial Mail, is launching a technology news site in opposition to existing services. TechCentral.co.za, which goes live tomorrow, Tuesday, 1 September 2009, will feature breaking news, in-depth analysis and opinion from top columnists. Read more >> Friday 28 August 2009 saw the launch of Google Translate in nine new languages included Afrikaans and Swahili. Read more >>[Charles Pittaway] Software as a Service (SaaS) is this year's big technology buzzword - and the good news for small and medium-sized companies is that this is one tech trend that really offers them business benefits. Read more >>  [Gloria Ruhrmund] Here's the thing: social media is here to stay. The challenge in little ol' South Africa is that many of us are confused about what it means for our businesses and how it affects consumer behaviour or rather opinion. Read more >>iWeek, an Internet conference and exhibition in South Africa will be held 2 - 4 September 2009 at The Forum at the Dimension Data Campus in Bryanston, Johannesburg. Key speaker for the event is Peter Sunde, one of the founders of the Pirate Bay BitTorrent tracker site, who will discuss modern copyright and digital culture. Read more >>The Online Publishers Association will be hosting an informative workshop on current research and development within the online industry in Durban tomorrow, Wednesday, 26 August 2009. Both members and non-members are welcome. Read more >>Eventing |  |
 Sanlam SA Fashion Week (SSAFW) opens on Wednesday ,16 September 2009, and the last show on opening night is the South African celebration of the Barbie 50th anniversary at the De Beers Shining Light Southern African Collection at the Designer Inspired Runway Show. Read more >> Apex-Brasil, a Brazilian trade and investment promotion agency, will host a trade mission to Africa from 1 - 3 September 2009 in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa. Apex-Brasil president, Alessandro Teixeira, will be in attendance. Read more >>Bulk e-booking discounts for Moshito 2009Electronic tickets for the sixth annual Moshito Music Conference and Exhibition are available at www.tunegumtickets.co.za and organisers have announced bulk-booking discounts. Taking place 2-5 September 2009 at Museum Africa in Johannesburg, the event features a programme that covers a range of topics including needle time, building a hip-hop economy in Africa, piracy, technology trends, the current quota system, exporting South Africa music to the world and more. Ticket prices include all conference sessions, trade exhibition, showcases at various venues, workshops, cocktail party and more. See the full lineup on www.moshito.co.za. Magazines |  |
Following the popularity of its 40+ Model Search, Femina magazine, in association with L'Oreal Paris, has introduced two new categories - for women who are 50+ and 60+ for its 2010 competition. Read more >> The first issue of the BWA magazine, under Jane Raphaely's editorship, features Maria Ramos in an intimate interview with Raphaely and aims to point the way for the future depth of the magazine. This title is the first custom publication from Associated Magazines. Read more >> Two industrial magazines, Hire SA and Specialised Access, have been condensed into one journal, Leading Equipment, Primedia Publishing announced yesterday, Monday, 24 August 2009 Read more >>Media | | Recruitment - Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations, Media Sales | |  |
Ton Vosloo, chairman of Naspers, presented the group's top prizes at a luncheon held after the company's AGM on Friday, 28 August 2009. This year the Phil Weber Prize for excellence throughout a career within the group went to Imtiaz Patel (CEO SuperSport) and Mark Sorour (Naspers chief investment officer). Read more >>Advertisement:  [Issa Sikiti da Silva] The SABC spokesperson has lashed out at independent producers and directors for spreading what he called ‘malicious news' to discredit its reputation and force the network to do what they want. [video] Read more >> NEWSWATCH: Despite being implicated by one of the three men arrested for the murder of the Bona editor, Palesa Khashane is not a suspect, reports IOL. Meanwhile, the SABC's financial problems threaten to hit many small black empowerment production houses, reports Mail & Guardian. Read more >>Cape Town Public Service Broadcasting discussionOn Friday, 28 August 2009, the Department of Communications will be host a public consultation workshop in Cape Town at the SABC Building, 209 Beach Road, Sea Point regarding the Public Service Broadcasting discussion document, gazetted on 20 July 2009. The workshop will take place from 9am to 5pm. Contact Miyelani Khosa at Miyelani@doc.gov.za for more information. Download the Public Service Broadcasting Discussion document here.No ticket to rideJohannes Chris Fisher aka Jakopie, a petrol attendant in Prieska, Northern Cape is a finalist in the OFM On-Air 2009 competition. He's been hitchhiking from Prieska to Kimberley, to Bloemfontein and back again to participate. He's impressed the judges and many central South Africans, judging by the number of SMS votes and Facebook messages he has received so far. The winner of the On-Air 2009 competition will be announced on Monday, 31 August 2009. For more info, go to www.ofm.co.za. Entries for Legal Journalist of the Year closing soonEntries for the Webber Wentzel Legal Journalist of the Year award, which recognises outstanding work in the field of legal journalism close at 5pm on Wednesday, 9 September 2009. The competition is open to any journalist reporting on legal issues in print, online or broadcast media in South Africa. There are two awards, both worth R50 000; print and online (including blogs), and broadcast (TV and radio). For more info, contact Christine Makama on tel +27 (0) 11 530 5728 or email Christine.Makama@WebberWentzel.com. Latest ABC noticeThe Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) has released Notice No 6 of 2009, concerning newspaper and magazine memberships (approved, terminated, suspended) and clear check audits. Download Notice No 6 of 2009 here.NEWSWATCH: Julius Malema, leader of the ANY Youth League, wants the media to subjected to “some form of control”, apparently because he reckons it is anti-ANC, reports IOL, which also reports that Facebook members have come out in their thousands to back Caster Semenya. Meanwhile, the media industry has been surprised by the news that William Kirsh has resigned as CEO of Primedia, reports Business Day. Read more >>Mobile |  |
TEAMtalk Media has recently been taking advantage of the fact that more South Africans have access to a mobile phone than a personal computer and want live match info and other alerts instantly. Read more >> Most of foreign messaging providers are not endorsed by the local mobile network operators and are not part of South Africa's Wireless Application Service Providers' Association (WASPA), which has a code of conduct governing the commercial use of SMS messaging. Thus, it is the opinion of WASPA that businesses and marketers face significant risks when using SMS messaging providers that are not WASPA members. Read more >>Second Asian launch for MMAMANILA, PHILIPPINES: The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) launched its second Asian local council yesterday, Wednesday, 26 August 2009, in partnership with the Internet and Mobile Marketing Association of the Philippines (IMMAP). The MMA Philippines Local Council has 24 founding member companies and was launched four months after India. Its objective is to foster the mobile advertising and marketing industry in the Philippines through local participation from industry stakeholders to drive the adoption of global standards, best practice and guidelines across the mobile marketing channel in the country. For more, go to www.mmaglobal.com. Nokia World Day 2009 in Germany via webcastNokia is hosting Nokia World Day in Stuttgart, Germany, 2 - 3 September 2009. The event includes keynote speakers, interactive sessions, the Nokia World Experience lounge and open discussions to encourage the exchange of ideas in the mobile industry, which may be viewed live via webcasts. For more info, go to http://events.nokia.com/nokiaworld/. [Issa Sikiti da Silva] With 800 million people worldwide set to participate in social networks by phone in 2012 (according to eMarketer 2008), and 67% of the 132 million of Facebook users and 70% of 117 million of Myspace.com users (ABI Research 2008) having used a mobile device to access these social networks, the dawn of the mobile revolution is upon the world and there is no way of stopping it! Read more >>  OSLO, NORWAY: Opera's State of the Mobile Web report for July 2009 examines the link between downloads and usage in determining some of the places Opera Mini users might vacation during the summer. The report, published monthly, provides information on global trends affecting the mobile web. Read more >>[Issa Sikiti da Silva] Global mobile advertising revenues are set to total US$24 billion by 2013, according to ABI Research. A recent Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council survey conducted by Epsilon has revealed that 63% of marketers plan on increasing their mobile marketing budget in 2009. Read more >> [Issa Sikiti da Silva] Mobile marketing connects businesses and customers during the right time at the right place with the right message. Optimised mobile marketing forms part of one's overall marketing strategy and objectives, and requires the customer's explicit permission and active interaction, according to Alexander Gregori, of myMobworld. Read more >> Newspapers |  |
DARMSTADT, GERMANY: WAN IFRA president Gavin O'Reilly yesterday, Thursday, 27 August 2009, encouraged international media people to attend the upcoming IFRA Expo 2009 in Vienna, 12-15 October, despite difficult times. Read more >>Online Media
 The South African Property Owners Association (SAPOA) has launched its new website for members last week, offering latest industry research, reviews, news and the opportunity to register online for upcoming courses and events. Read more >>Advertisement:  [Heidi Ocker] EMARKETING MEASURABILITY: So, you've spent money, energy and plenty of time in getting visitors to your website. That should be enough, right? Well, leave it there and you've only done half the job. The next step is getting these visitors to convert (take an action in line with your business needs), whether that is making a purchase, downloading a white paper or signing up to a newsletter. Read more >> Discovery Networks has relaunched its Discovery press website which provides registered users with access to programme information, video, photography, press releases, highlights and network information. Read more >>Out Of Home |  |
The first phase of the refurbishment of Avis' kiosk at OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, was opened for business earlier this week. The second and third phases will be revealed in November 2009. Read more >>Darsot heads outdoorsThe Darsot Food Corporation recently embarked on its first outdoor advertising campaign for its tinned food brand Dürsots. To ensure maximum coverage throughout the Gauteng metropol, Primedia Outdoor was called on. Ismail Darsot, founder and MD, said that initial response for the outdoor campaign has been phenomenal. “We have signed eight billboards and 80 bus shelters in and around Gauteng. I have received numerous calls from our suppliers and clients complimenting our campaign. I did not expect the feedback to be that intensive,” he said. Production
In March 2010, South Africa's Egoli - Place of Gold will end on M-Net after 19 years but fans can prepare for the movie, which starts shooting in September 2009. M-Net, Brigadiers/Franz Marx Films as well as Nu Metro, who will be distributing the film, signed the contract this week for the Egoli movie, of which the title has yet to be confirmed. Read more >> Johannesburg producer/director Michael Lee has now entered the third week of eating nothing and drinking only water as a protest in support of local content. He is taking this action in the face of threats to slash local content by local broadcasters, with fatal consequences for programme diversity and production industry livelihoods. Read more >>The fourth South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAs) judging phase begins on Tuesday, 1 September 2009, with 221 entries, across 18 genres in television and film, submitted from South African production companies and broadcasters alike. The SAFTAS 2010 will take on the theme of National Identity. Read more >> The Television Industry Emergency Coalition (TVIEC) this morning, Tuesday, 25 August 2009, issued an invitation to media todocument the guerrilla action planned for Thursday 27 August afternoon at the SABC Radio Park, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, in protest against SABC's intentions to axe planned expenditure on local content amounting to R500 million. Read more >>Radio |  |
 94.7 Highveld Stereo is changing the time slots of its weekday daytime shows as part of its lineup reshuffle from next week, which is also bringing with it a few changes to regular features on the radio station. Read more >>OFM On-Air finalists selectedFollowing a week on the road, the OFM On-Air 2009 judges, Nick Efstathiou and Tim Zunckel have selected five finalists from the thousands of hopefuls. Dominic Mphasa, Johannes Chris Fischer, Nadia Drewing, Paresh Lala and Yolanda Maartens will compete for listener votes on air between 7am and 8am - and listeners can vote as often as they like for their favourite voice by sending an SMS to 34802. For more on the competition and the finalists, go to www.ofm.co.za.
{{image}}  DJ Chris Matshaba has returned to the airwaves. Commercial radio station North West FM announced this morning, Wednesday, 26 August 2009, that Matshaba, who made a surprise exit from Motsweding FM in March this year, has been recalled after public demand. Read more >> Good Hope FM's early evening show host Natalie Becker has quit to focus on her acting and television career, and will present her last show tomorrow evening, Thursday, 27 August 2009, 7pm - 10 pm. Stephanie B will be the stand-in presenter of Cape Town After Dark from Monday 31 August until a permanent presenter is appointed. Read more >>Nelspruit chooses its Top Jock finalistsThe final round of auditions for the Vodacom MPowerFM Top Jock Search 2009 took place on Saturday, 22 August 2009, at the Riverside Mall in Nelspruit. The five semi-finalists - Bonginkosi Zulu from Barberton, Monica Da Graca from Middleburg, Thabong Mojapelo from Nelspruit, Wandile Ngundu from Kabokweni and Mark Mountjoy from Nelspruit - will join the MPowerFM breakfast show every morning from 24 August to co-host with Mio & Queenie. Listeners can vote during the week by SMSing JOCK followed by the candidate's name to 33943. Witbank finalist Phetsile Maphanga has received over 600 votes so far. Pictures and sound clips of all 10 semi-finalists available online.  The SABC and Siemens, its broadcast technology partner, have achieved what they claim to be a world first by recently successfully conducting the first live radio transmission using a WiMAX IP contributed feed. Read more >>Recruitment | | Recruitment - Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations, Media Sales | |  |
Tracer CQM, which currently offers technology-based products to boost sales, has launched Tracer Recruit, a sales recruitment division. Anne-Mi Smit, operations director of Tracer Recruit, says the recruitment service will complement the current offering. Read more >>Retail
Sunday Times Food Awards, in association with Foodcorp, earlier this week announced the finalists for the 2009 awards in the three categories, Chef of the Year, Young Chef of the Year and Chef School Challenge. Read more >> Primall Media announced yesterday, Wednesday, 26 August 2009 that it has had its exclusive advertising contract renewed by Durban's Pavilion Shopping Centre for another three years. Read more >> Balfour Park Shopping Centre has been given a new look with a R120 million refurbishment, which was undertaken to meet the modern lifestyle needs of its shoppers. Both interior and exterior have been rejuvenated. Read more >> Leopard-print in acid pink and orange show African fashion with a twist, flinging curio-like interpretation off the ramp as local designers seek to show their diverse talent and find global appeal. Read more >>Sponsorship
 [Tony Lankester] As the global economic meltdown gains pace, it seems that the once-sacrosanct realm of sports sponsorship is starting to feel the pinch. So why is sponsoring the arts right now the smartest thing a brand can do? Read more >>On Friday 4 September 2009, 15 schools from around South Africa will see their 'Adopt a School' partnership with SABC Education unveiled, as the regional offices take part in different events at each school. Read more >> Discovery Networks EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), a division of Discovery Communications, has announced a new sponsorship agreement between Discovery Channel and Volvo Cars in South Africa. Volvo Car South Africa plans to sponsor Discovery Channel's motoring show, Fifth Gear, as well as the pop science series, Prototype This. Read more >>TV
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] The commercial launch of digital migration in South Africa, probably in the middle of next year, is set to change the television landscape dramatically, with the number of free-to-air (FTA) channels possibly increasing from four to 30, and the number of TV households rising up to 11 million, including subscriptions viewers, according to a report compiled by Genesis. Read more >>  Shield Teens is looking for 12 girls aged 12 - 18 in a countrywide competition, Shield Teens No Sweat Music Fan Search, to find South Africa's top Video Jockey (VJ). The three finalists will compete for R50 000, R30 000 and R20 000 bursaries towards a career in VJing. Read more >>Kwanda, reportedly the first-ever community makeover TV show in South Africa, will begin flighting from 2 September 2009, on SABC1, when teams of volunteers from all over the country will work together to see whether common challenges faced by SA communities can be resolved. Read more >> [Dr Graeme Codrington] Every other year, Australia and England play a cricket test match series against each other known as the Ashes, competing for the smallest – but arguably most revered - trophy in international sport. This series gets top billing on sports shows, and is hyped beyond belief. And, on Sunday, 23 August, it ended for 2009. Read more >>  [Terry Levin] Some of you may recall having seen Tyler Brulee, the uber-Euro designer and media mogul via satellite at the Design Indaba in 2004. At the time, we as the custodians of the Bizcommunity brand were inspired to shift our brand a little north of centre, imbuing our 100% homegrown values with a bit of Swiss panache. Read more >>  [Abey Mokgwatsane] If you are a regular reader of this blog, you will know that industry individuals got together on 7 June 2009 to start something new – or SSN, as it is now known. The aim of our gathering was to initiate projects that will create economic value for those less fortunate. Another fundamental that was agreed was that SSN would be a non-profit organisation where any profit would be fed back into the community. We were all OK with this until... Read more >> Marketing & Media
 Novare Investments has been the proud sponsor of the South African Terroir Wine Awards since their inception in 2006. This year the ECHO team captivated the event in true encompassing style. Read more >>Marketing
Relationship marketing. Get to know your customer, build a relationship, get some trust going and all will be hunky-dory and smell like roses. There are however, two hidden dangers that can make a relationship marketing exercise come back and smack you in the face with an intensity varying from wet fish to napalm. Read more >>Advertising
Draftfcb South Africa's client brands continue to rank as the country's favourites, according to research conducted by TNS Research Surveys on behalf of Avusa Media. Read more >> To promote King Pie's new lunch promo, three distinctive adverts were conceived by advertising agency, Brandbar. Read more >> Conduit's insurgence into film and animation production for online syndication has reached a whole new level, having recently completed production on a worldwide first for social networking portal, Twitter. Read more >> The Pendoring Advertising Awards strive to promote excellence in Afrikaans and truly South African advertising. To successfully realise this mission Afrikaans advertising is essential, according to Media24 CEO Francois Groepe, hence Media24 backs Pendoring all the way. Read more >> In celebration of Deaf Awareness week, Musica is giving hearing aids to four hearing-impaired children, and The Jupiter Drawing Room (Cape Town) has developed a campaign hinging on one simple question: “If you could choose the song a hearing-impaired child should hear the day they first hear clearly, what it would be?” Read more >>On 9 September the ABF will be relaunching itself under a new visual identity, positioning and raison d'être. The new look-and-feel of the ABF will be unveiled at a cheese and wine ‘do', to be held at Ogilvy's function centre in Midrand, Johannesburg. Read more >> BUF, the internationally acclaimed animation firm in Paris that provided special effects for Batman - The Dark Knight, has joined forces with Draftfcb Johannesburg and Velocity to create an inspiring television commercial for the new generation Lexus RX. Read more >> [Lynn Madeley] Gucci has sent non-branded carrier bags to all its stores in New York. This got me thinking a bit more than I had already been about the economic crisis and I realised that most of us have a rather uni-faceted and short-term view of the situation. Read more >>Branding
Brands are no longer afterthoughts left exclusively to marketing departments and advertising agencies employed. Attend a two-day workshop on Integrated Brand Strategy hosted by Knowledge Resources and facilitated by Patrick Collings of Sagacite Brand Agency. Read more >> Not all marketing to your customers needs to be done through TV, radio, magazines or billboards. Engaging directly with consumers at an event is becoming an extremely popular way to pitch your offering to potential customers. Read more >> Dave Varty, co-founder and owner of the iconic private game reserve, Londolozi, is one of the captivating keynote speakers set to take the podium at the upcoming Brands & Branding for Good Conference taking place 20-21 October at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand. Read more >> An economic recession means two things for marketers and advertisers - added valued and better return on spend. That's why Foozi has just launched its own innovative advertising campaign. Read more >> Interbrand Sampson has evolved into a regional group, with the hub in Johannesburg servicing Lagos, Nairobi and Cape Town, and the specialist internalisation (engagement) business - Interbrand Sampson Inside - focused on brand engagement and internal employee branding. Read more >>Cinema
The Tri Continental Film Festival will be running from 11 September to 12 October at Selected Ster-Kinekor and Cinema Nouveau cinemas nationally and will offer an outstanding selection of films from across the globe. Read more >>Digital
 This week The Digital Edge takes a look at what companies are doing to promote the 2010 FIFA World Cup online. Read more >>LOW FAT has dropped the "Digital Communications" from its name and has taken on the by-line "Internet & Email Marketing". Read more >>In 2007 marketers were eyeing addictive casual games sites as the next big advertising arena. That prediction turned out to be spot on, as proved by SkillPod Media, a global new media consultancy specialising in the provision and development of custom and innovative online and mobile casual games solutions. Read more >>Education and Training |  |
The new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system may be a welcome redress to improve the current ailing public transport system in metropolitan areas, but poor communication from government to its relevant stakeholders could prove to be a major spanner in the works. Read more >>Eventing
 Business recovery may be a process, but the signal that it's under way will probably be an event - a riveting one. Event-staging enquiries are up from growth-focused companies looking to announce that they are bouncing back from the recession that's gripped South Africa since late last year. Read more >> Tucked away amidst the flowering gardens and cobbled pathways of The Westcliff hotel's Cliffside estate, you will find the Botanica Spa Suites - three beautifully spacious hotel suites which have been converted into relaxing treatment rooms. Read more >>Managers are under severe pressure and are having to lead in an ever-changing and uncertain environment. Knowledge Resources has developed a two-day conference focused on addressing the key challenges facing the manager of today. Read more >> Renault's first locally produced vehicle in over thirty years, the Renault Sandero, has hit South Africa by storm, with in excess of 2,000 people attending the launch event in Newtown Johannesburg in February 2009. Read more >>Exhibitions |  |
 With close on 52 000 visitors flocking through its doors - 25% more than the previous year - Decorex Joburg has confirmed that the South African decor and design industry is alive and well. Read more >>Advertisement:  Carol Weaving, Managing Director of Thebe Exhibitions & Projects Group, was named Businesswoman of the Year in the entrepreneur category at the annual Businesswomen's Association (BWA) award ceremony on 6 August at the Sandton Convention Centre. Read more >>Oasys Innovations recently supplied carpeting and shell schemes for the fourth annual OFM Homemakers Expo in the Vaal. The expo saw 174 exhibitors showcasing their latest home improvement and décor product and service offerings and attracted several thousand visitors. Read more >>Oasys Innovations, a supplier of infrastructure for the exhibitions and events industry, was responsible for supplying electrics, furniture, carpeting, design stands and shell scheme for the Mediatech exhibition recently held at the Coca-Cola dome. Read more >>Magazines
 The cover of the latest Huisgenoot-Tempo boasts three evergreen jokers: Emo Adams, Robbie Wessels and Pieter Koen. Inside there's hours of reading pleasure and fantastic pictures of a wide variety of Afrikaans artists. Read more >> The spotlight is set to shine on chefs across the country as the culinary industry prepares for the tenth annual Prudential Eat Out Restaurant Awards, to be held on 22 November at the Westin Grand Hotel in Cape Town. Read more >> Live Out Loud has launched its upgraded web portal with content-rich pages and the opportunity for direct interaction between the web community and its contributors. Read more >> Women's Health South Africa, the new healthy lifestyle magazine published by Touchline Media in partnership with Rodale Inc., will first launch online on 9 September 2009 with a robust, content-rich website. Read more >>[Paulo Moreira] It's phenomenal how social platforms just explode in user numbers. According to Nielsen Online, Twitter was the fastest growing web brand in May 2009. The question is how can Twitter be optimally utilised in a publishing environment? Read more >> Mobile
Nokia Money is a new mobile financial service offering consumers with mobile device access to basic financial services. For many consumers, this will be the first time they have had any access to such financial services. Read more >>Newspapers
 The 12 finalists will be competing for the title of Die Burger Bridal Couple of the Year 08/09 at the gala event to be held at the Tyger Valley Shopping Centre in Bellville this Saturday, 29 August. Read more >>Online Media
Following the recent local launch of Nokia's Ovi store, an evolving media service that consolidates Nokia's existing content services into a one-stop-shop for free and paid content, Nokia South Africa has partnered with News24.com to deliver the first local widget. Read more >> Jewellery retailer, American Swiss, has created a buzz on the web after launching an interactive web-based campaign last week. The campaign, tagged as ‘Whose billboard is it anyway?', follows their successful tongue-in-cheek outdoor billboard campaign seen on major highways in Johannesburg and Cape Town. Read more >>Marketing wisdom requires you to be remarkable. Rob Stokes, of Quirk eMarketing, believes you need to be quick as well as remarkable. This is especially true of Online Reputation Management (ORM). In response to the need for accurate, intelligent and insight-rich data for ORM, Quirk eMarketing developed BrandsEye. Read more >>Out Of Home
 A three-month taxi campaign proved to be successful in achieving the intended objectives for the National Homebuilders Registration Council, (NHBRC), a statutory body established to regulate the home building industry. Read more >>Production
 Creative Vision's short film, Yolanda, is a semi-finalist in the Moondance International Film Festival in the USA. In a recent film industry poll of more than 150,000 professionals, Moondance was ranked as the third most important film festival event in the world. Read more >> With the present economic downturn TV producers throughout South Africa are seeking cost-effective alternatives for production of adverts and documentaries and in the packshot arena, 3D is becoming increasingly popular in meeting this criteria. Read more >> What do you get when you cross a campaign about strong, healthy bones with Giant talent in the form of Bruno Bossi? A series of three TV spots for the Dairy Board that'll get you in the mood to praise the goodness of dairy. Read more >>Musicians and band managers have the chance to significantly up their skills with the Hands On Masks Off! series of free workshops to be conducted at the upcoming Moshito '09 conference on 2-5 September 2009. Read more >>Promotions
Eurocom, a Johannesburg-based new media and promotions specialist agency, has assessed the needs of their vast and varied client base and formulated a truly turnkey promotional offering. Read more >>Public Relations |  |
Despite the the recession and prevailing gender setbacks, Platinum Public Relations has had six successful years of giving South Africa high-impact communication solutions and existing as a hundred percent black female-owned business. Read more >>Radio
PenQuin International recently took top honours at the Creative Circle awards with the Sony Ericsson C903 Smile Shutter radio campaign. The Creative Circle is a monthly contest in which agencies slug it out for the top spot in different media categories. Read more >>MTV and Zain are to salute the biggest radio hits of the year at the upcoming MTV Africa Music Awards with Zain (MAMA) in Nairobi, Kenya. FM radio stations across the continent will be asking listeners to pick the nominees for the prestigious Listener's Choice Award. Read more >>Recruitment
 Human Communications, an independent recruitment and tender advertiser, has launched an online jobs portal to manage and supplement their clients' print media reach. Read more >>Research |  |
 The Southern African Marketing Research Association held its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 19th August 2009, hosted by AC Nielsen in Johannesburg. At the AGM the outgoing SAMRA Council reviewed the past year, and the new SAMRA Council assumed their portfolios. Read more >>The Bottom-of-the-Pyramid (BOP) market has in the past, been a challenge to marketers as very limited research findings were available. F2F is now incorporating a technology-based system, Geo-mapping, in formulating highly accurate databases into this previously unreachable marketplace. Read more >>Retail
Clover has once again achieved top brand status according to the Sunday Times 2009 Top Brands Survey, having ranked fifth overall in the independent survey's favourite brand category. Read more >>Rentokil Pest Control has developed a service offer especially for the bar and restaurant industry which will protect the industry against pests in areas such as food preparation, serving or dining, storage and waste. Read more >>TV
Airwaves and MTV base are offering six young South Africans the chance to show the world that they can overcome physical and mental barriers and complete the craziest ultimate challenges in the MTV base & Airwaves Kick Up a Gear Challenge. Read more >> The big names in African music are ready to do battle as South African, Nigerian and Kenyan artists make a big impact among the nominations for the 2009 MTV Africa Music Awards with Zain. Read more >>[Rick Grantham] Companies are increasingly using video for internal marketing, communication and training campaigns. The immediacy of the audio-visual medium enables individuals to connect with a product or idea. Video on Demand (VOD) is one of the cutting-edge technologies that can be used in this regard. Read more >>
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 Vincent Hofmann, editor of MoralFibre.co.za, and Tim Robinson of 2minutes were at the District 9 media junket last week in Johannesburg. Here are three podcast interviews with cast and crew members. More  [Ruth Cooper] I have, somewhat unwittingly, been introduced to certain tracks from Taxi Violence's second album “The Turn” prior to its release. From late in the night to the early hours of the morning “Death to Hollywood” and “Devil ‘n Pistol” could be heard on repeat loudly reverberating up through my bedroom floorboards. Once even loud enough to rouse my flatmate and I from our beds and downstairs to lead singer George van de Spuy's flat (directly under ours) to tell him to shut the *beep* up. Actually, we were quite polite and asked him please to refrain from his late-night recording/practising as beauty sleep was needed.
 Multi-award-winning alternative rock band The Killers has announced its first-ever South African tour, commencing on Friday, 4 December 2009 at the Coca-Cola Dome Johannesburg and Sunday 6 December at Val De Vie Estate, Cape Town. The tour is presented by Heineken and supported by regional radio stations 94.7 Highveld Stereo and 94.5 Kfm.
 [Sindy Peters] Flat Stanley's Andrew Mac and Just Jinjer's Ard Mattews ambled into the Bizcommunity.com offices for a chit-chat on Tuesday, 18 August 2009. They've been doing the round-abouts promoting the Heineken / AMP Productions concert featuring Flat Stanley, Just Jinjer and aKing. The live concert, celebrating homegrown talent, takes place on 5 September 2009 at the Grand Arena, Grand West.
 [Sindy Peters] The 2009 Arise Cape Town Fashion Week went off well, without a glitch. While it may have been smaller than last year's event, it still maintained its glamour. From the mature, sophisticated designs of Doreen Southwood to the sexy swimwear by Lovewaterlove and the classic suave-look that has become synonymous with Fabiani - there was a little something for everyone.
New chief operating officer for Campus Media - more infoNew appointment at The Jupiter Drawing Room, Johannesburg - more infoAndre Steenekamp is the new chief operating officer at Amorphous New Media - more infoLetsema Communications appoints Dudu Nhlapo - more infoAmorphous New Media appoints new Client Service Director - more infoNew appointment at Kagiso Media Convergence - more info
Who gets invited at a magazine launch party?Please help. We have done everything and about to start marketing the magzine and organizing the launch. Just wondering who are the best people to invite. What is your view? Gagasi"s Soul Connector is deadsoul connector crew need to change their careers because radio is not for them, their are boring with their silly jokes especial Carole,Lady Sam as well as Andre. To rap this up Parick you must fire the crew What is your view?
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Three to five years calling on ad agencies (not negotiable), ages 25-40. Read more >>Digital media agency looking for talented, creative, motivated graphic designer to create stunning digital media concepts. You need to be versatile, have experience in print and website design. Read more >>Want to work with the greatest magazine brands in SA? Love content and figuring best presentation for digital platforms? Passionate about systems and order? Completely web-savvy?
Then send us your CV. Read more >>Want to work with the greatest magazine brands in SA? Love content and figuring best presentation for digital platforms. Passionate about systems and order? Completely web-savvy? Then send us your CV. Read more >>Head of Product and Marketing Senior Executive position in leading retail consumer financial division. Read more >>Leading retail group requires a dynamic Head of Marketing Communications for their consumer financial division. Read more >>CVC Media - A fresh approach to Christian Media today! CVC Media will broadcast in English, vibrant, relevant Christian content 24/7 across Africa in fresh, dynamic, FM style format. Read more >>Business partner/investor to join a recruitment company based in Johannesburg. You must provide a financial investment/financial partnership and become part of a growing company that prides its uniqueness. Read more >>D6 Technology is looking for a motivated people oriented sales position for a new school communication product in Cape Town. Very high commission and growth potential. Read more >>Event manager - television. Overall project management of events from initial concept to activation. Read more >>PR Manager for innovative brand communications agency. Founded in 2003, we help some of South Africa’s – and the worlds’ – most successful brands create engaging conversations with their customers. Read more >>Fantastic opportunity exists for degreed individual with extensive credit risk sanctioning experience. Will be responsible for credit risk structuring of transactions and sanctioning across the business. Must have proven track record. Read more >>Organic Design Studio is looking for a Senior Sales Representative to sell our on-line marketing, advertising, digital brand activation, and other web services. Read more >>
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