Gold-winning TV & Cinema commercials from The 34th Annual Loerie Awards, will receive complimentary flighting at Ster-Kinekor cinemas nationwide, as a part of the Loeries 2013 Call for Entry promotion. Cinemark have partnered with the Loeries to flight each of the commercials for a full month, starting in March. From the 1st of the [...]
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Absa creates Democratic Republic of Design campaign for Design Indaba
Attendees of the Design Indaba conference can win prizes through and innovative app. As one of the country’s leading sponsors of design-related events and initiatives, Absa is once again a headline sponsor of this year’s Design Indaba Conference, taking place from 27 February to 1 March 2013. To promote its sponsorship and drive home [...]
Ad heard through stethoscope
A unique ad created by Boomtown for Africa Health Placements (AHP), a social profit donor-funded organisation working closely with the Department of Health and the Health Professions Council of South Africa, can only be listened to through a stethoscope. Retha Grobbelaar from AHP says the advertisement, currently in the production phase, will be sent to doctors and specialists [...]
Portfolio Night a first in SA and for McCann
Portfolio Night is a dynamic advertising industry event that brings together the best in the business and the next generation of creative hopefuls. It has been running for 11 years globally and 2013 will be the first time it will be held in Southern Africa. The advertising agency celebrating the coup of being selected to [...]
Dubai Lynx announced jury members
The y has announced the 40 jury members who will judge entries into the 7th Dubai Lynx Awards. “This is a fantastic global line-up of industry specialists. It’s an exciting time for the awards with a programme that’s grown to introduce the new Branded Content & Entertainment category and the Independent Agency of the Year [...]
Cannes Lions offers CMO programme with Jim Stengel
The Cannes Lions CMO Accelerator Programme with Jim Stengel, sponsored by the Mobile Marketing Association, is an exclusive opportunity for chief marketing officers and senior marketing directors to focus on the key issues they and their brands face in an ever changing communication landscape. The highly customised two-day programme will run alongside the Cannes Lions [...]
The Loeries Annual goes digital
2013 has ushered in a new era for the Loeries with the introduction of a revamped, visually appealing and user-friendly online Winners Archive, to be launched in mid-April, which will replace the traditional hard-copy Loeries Annual. The Loeries made the decision to focus on a sophisticated upgrade of the online Archive in order to [...]
ACA calls for entries for 2013 APEX awards
The Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA) is calling for entries for the 2013 APEX awards. To assist entrants, workshops were held in Johannesburg and Cape Town during January. At the sessions, attended by the country’s leading advertising and communication agencies and their clients, the higher purpose of APEX – to celebrate the [...]
2013 Pendorings to stay in Cape Town
PENDORING STAYS IN THE CAPE Following its successful sojourn in the Cape last year, the Pendoring Advertising Awards will again hold its gala awards ceremony in the Mother City. Making the announcement, Pendoring general manager, Franette Klerck, said the move to the Mother City to coincide with the annual Creative Week Cape [...]
Vodacom’s new agency to be announced today
After 19 years, Vodacom decided to review the brand account. Draftfcb was notified in early December of this intention and pitched on 31 January. Draftfcb and two WPP agencies, with which Vodafone has global alignment, were shortlisted. Draftfcb was notified this week that Vodacom does not wish to pursue a further relationship with Draftfcb and [...]
