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Bringing film to rural areas
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| | | Digital voting debuts at Loeries
The Loerie Awards this year set a world-first by becoming the first awards to use an innovative digital writing system during its voting process. The digital or 'magic' pens (as they were referred to by the judges) were used to collate all of the voting criteria during the intensive week-long judging process. The writing system - which was developed by local printing solution specialists Lithotech and looks to revolutionise a number of local industries, including health and insurance - was also making its South African data capturing debut.
Bizcommunity coverage of the 2006 Loeries festival
For the latest news coverage of The Loerie Awards 2006, brought to you by Media24, click here.
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Advertising | | Ad school wanted for adoption
South Africa once again has its eyes on the quality of the work advertising agencies are producing, what with Loeries on the horizon. Yet while graduates from local advertising schools are not far behind those from leading tertiary institutions globally, says Mick Blore, executive creative director of The Jupiter Drawing Room (Johannesburg), a change in training methodology will be necessary for South Africa to remain competitive.
Ads re-flighting in honour of Brett Goldin
Shortly before his tragic death earlier this year, Brett Goldin featured in adverts for Liberty Life's new investment product which, upon his death, were immediately withdrawn out of respect for him and his family. Now, in accordance with the wishes of the Goldin family, Liberty Life is airing the adverts again.
A hair-raising brand - Brainstorm Projects
Cape Town-based advertising agency, Brainstorm Projects, has recently completed a full identity rebranding.
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Cinema | | Bringing film to rural areas
Launching in January 2007, the 'Rural Film' project aims to give a platform to organisations and companies through the medium of community cinema for informing rural communities about their products or programmes. At the same time, it will provide entertainment for the community at large, as well as an opportunity for data collection for research purposes.
Prime360Media sells out first batch - CineMARK
Prime360Media, a new division of the cinema and print division of Primedia, has sold out its first batch of 360 Displays and 3D units (150 units in total) in only three days.
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Design | | RE/MAX appoints Visual Tours as preferred national supplier - Visual Productions
 To stay ahead of its game in the online property business, RE/MAX has appointed Visual Tours as its preferred service provider for photography and virtual tours nationally.
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| | | Team effort to protect kids from harmful mobile content
MaAfrika Tikkun, an organisation striving for the upliftment of all disadvantaged people, particularly children, has partnered with smsweb in an effort to limit access of adult content by schoolchildren through a service that will block mobile phones from accessing this content. smsweb is a South African company which aims to assist in the upliftment of primary and secondary education in the country.
Clickatell to drive mobile messaging for John I. Haas - Clickatell
Global mobile messaging operator, Clickatell, has announced that its enterprise-grade Multimode Messaging Manager is providing John I. Haas, the world's largest producer of hop products, with messaging infrastructure that allows it to reach every mobile phone, fixed phone and email client in the US.
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| | | Working with family? - CCI Coaching Academy
Carl Jung is quoted as saying: "Nothing affects the environment of a child so much as the unlived life of a parent." How does that affect you?
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| | | The Loerie Awards show producer sets up camp in Margate - H-Factor
 With less than a week to go till the start of that most celebrated of all occasions on the local ad scene's creative landscape - The Loerie Awards - event agency H-Factor has taken up camp in what will soon be the bustling metropolis of Margate.
70's groove breaks world record - True Colour Events
 Melrose Arch was the place to be on 7 September 2006. The glitz of the venue was accompanied by the glamour of the world's largest disco ball, a record-breaking stunt The Citizen newspaper achieved.
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Magazines | | New look FM out this week
"The FM's latest redesign, inside and out, acknowledges the recent social-economic trends, the shift in readership patterns and the need for news that is useful to its readers, not just at work, but also at home and at play," says Barney Mthombothi, editor of the Financial Mail, now rebranded as FM.
Celebrating the power of magazines
 This year's edition of Front Cover, published by New Media Publishing on behalf of Media24 Magazines, showcases 24 reasons to fall in love with magazines. The trade publication aims to create positive perceptions about magazines and the power of the medium.
More adventure, more often
Monthly off-road adventure magazine SA4x4 by Caravan Publications is reporting an increase in circulation, which sees the title maintain its growth. Says publisher/editor Neil Harrison, "Driving off-road requires specific skills, as well as a level of environmental awareness, so we strive to give our readers features that cover both these aspects. The magazine's success can also be ascribed to the fact that we cater for the technically minded." SA4x4 is distributed nationally and promoted through www.sa4x4.co.za and at national outdoor adventure expos and off-road events.
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| | | Ifra resumes control of digital publishing conference
GERMANY: Global newspaper association Ifra has resumed exclusive control of Beyond the Printed Word, the longest running international digital publishing conference for newspapers, which will run 9 - 10 November 2006 at the Hilton Vienna in Austria. The conference will continue to focus exclusively on the critical business issues faced by online and mobile news publishers, remaining a "pure play" event for top media strategists and managers worldwide.
Call to entries for CBA Awards
Applications, whether team or individual entries, are open for the annual CBA Broadcasting Awards for television and radio. All programmes or projects should have been broadcast for the first time or completed between October 2005 and October 2006. Completed forms with DVD for TV programmes and CD for radio programmes (four of each per entry, ie four forms and four DVDs or CDs) must reach the CBA Secretariat, Broadcasting Awards, Commonwealth Broadcasting Association, 17 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1AA, UK, by 15 October 2006. For more info, go to www.cba.org.uk/awards/CBAAwards2007.htm.
The Bigger Picture launches film division
Local stills photography supplier, The Bigger Picture Library, has recently added royalty-free and rights managed moving stock footage to its library. International film collections, such as TipsFilm, National Geographic, DigitalMotion, Red Hot Footage and OmniMovi, can now be searched or accessed from www.thebiggerpicture.co.za. "Close to 6000 moving clips for promotional use have so far been uploaded onto our website, and we hope to have many thousands more available by the end of the year" says Riaan Calitz, marketing manager at The Bigger Picture.
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| | | Habari Media gains yet another online partner, SARugby.com - Habari Media
 Habari Media has recently acquired the rights to sell all online advertising on SARugby.com, thus increasing its online portfolio of clients to five.
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| | | Eno on the go
A specially-constructed 20m high Primedia Outdoor billboard with a larger-than-life mannequin is being used to drive home Eno's pay-off line. The 3D creative depicts a high-rise building, a suspended window cleaner's gantry and an 'overall-dressed' model cleaning the high-rise's windows. The slogan "When you're on the go" and Eno's pay-off line "Gets to work in 6 seconds" are prominent and emphasise the creative on the billboard.
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| | Events to diarise | Strategic marketing for thinkers Vega The Brand Communications School - Sandton, 3 October
The strategic marketing programme presents a hands-on investigation of the components and process of competitive and sustainable strategy development. | | | Winning web texts and web sites Stellenbosch University - Cape Town, 6 November
The Stellenbosch University Language Centre's very popular workshop series "Winning web texts and web sites" is aimed at anyone who would like to be more confident and effective in the world of web text and web site design. | | |
| | Upcoming events | Advanced Selling Skills Seminar for Sales Teams SalesBytes - Midrand, 14 September Arts Alive student film festival Emzantsi Entertainment - Johannesburg, 14 September HD producer course HDHUB - Cape Town, 14 September COMSA 6th Annual Conference COMSA - Pretoria, 14 September Decor workshop with Annemarie Meintjes VISI - Johannesburg, 14 September The Loerie Awards Festival The Loerie Awards - Margate, 15 September Creative writing for the media PRISA Public Relations Institute of Southern Afrca - Fourways, 15 September ''Lucid Living'' public talk SoulCircle - Johannesburg, 16 September Vega open day Vega Brand Communications School - Jozi, CT and DBN, 16 September Lucid Living: Creative writing workshop SoulCircle - Johannesburg, 17 September | More... Submit an event | | |
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