The selections for the broadcaster's interim board cover range of expertise. 3 Jul 2009 13:31
It is hard for media clients to get exactly what they want from media agencies, especially when conducting a transaction via the internet. This is because each business organisation has specific media requirements when it comes to conducting a transaction. 3 Jul 2009 12:08
Diageo announced the winners of the 6th Africa Business Reporting Awards at a gala ceremony at Sheraton Park Lane, Piccadilly, London last night, 2 July 2009. Xan Rice from The Guardian and the New Statesman won the award for Journalist of the Year 2009. 3 Jul 2009 10:04
The TV Industry Emergency Coalition (TVIEC) is to meet Communications Minister Nyanda today, Friday 3 July 2009, in order to counter what the organisation says is false information from the SABC, and to make the minister fully aware of the impact of the crisis at the broadcaster on the TV and production industries. The TVIEC has issued the following statement... 3 Jul 2009 08:15
Primedia Broadcasting announced its latest restructure yesterday, 1 July 2009. The restructuring entails a revamp of its creative and production teams that will now all fall under the new 'Production Unit'. 2 Jul 2009 11:57
[Chris Moerdyk] Of every 100 football fans considering coming to South Africa for next year's 2010 FIFA World Cup, I estimate that 90 will already have decided to come, while a further eight will be wondering whether they can afford it given the global economic meltdown and only two might still be vacillating as a result of crime levels in this country. 2 Jul 2009 10:21
NEWSWATCH: Unions are happy that they have defeated a bid by the SABC to stop them striking; the Johannesburg Labour Court yesterday dismissed the broadcaster's bid to prevent the strike, reports IOL, which also reports that the unions are unfazed by the broadcaster's ‘no work, no pay' policy. Meanwhile, Rhoda Kadalie, human rights activist, writing in Business Day, provides a blow-by-blow account of how - and why - the national broadcaster has gone downhill. 2 Jul 2009 07:03
The National Assembly has given the go-ahead for the dissolution of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board. 1 Jul 2009 15:01
In these times of acute financial difficulty it is even more imperative to obtain value for money from your media monitoring service. Not only that, but you need to know that the company that you entrust with your media monitoring continues to be viable and will survive the current conditions. 1 Jul 2009 13:03
In celebration of National Youth month, Monitoring South Africa (MSA), a world leader in media monitoring and analysis, has donated computer equipment to the value of R56 000 to the Partnership Foundation, a development project specifically focused on enabling and empowering the leaders of tomorrow. 1 Jul 2009 11:07
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] Elan Lohmann will be joining Avusa Media Online as GM on 1 August 2009 after four-and-half years at Naspers. Johannesburg-born Lohmann (32) told Bizcommunity.com in an exclusive interview that he is joining Avusa in a quest for a new challenge and a change of scenery. 1 Jul 2009 09:10
NEWSWATCH: The SABC's acting chief executive Gab Mampone told MPs yesterday that the broadcaster does indeed have ‘rotten apples', reports IOL. Also addressing the Parliamentary portfolio committee yesterday, suspended SABC chief executive Dali Mpofu says he backs an inquiry into the broadcaster's financial affairs, reports Mail & Guardian Online. 1 Jul 2009 08:42