by MarkLives (@marklives) See which were the most popular shows on South African TV for the week of 15–21 June 2015! We reveal the best-watched shows of the week before, where they ran and how many South Africans tuned in to watch.
Category archives: Columns
Motive: Dieting vs advertising
by Glenn Jeffery (@GlennJeffery2) Why you should eat for enjoyment rather than diet, and trust your gut instead of the data.
Ad of the Week: Seeing around corners
by Oresti Patricios (@orestaki) I am always excited by imaginative uses for billboards. And this is definitely the case with the Lexus Adaptive Headlights billboard created by FCB Cape Town for a high-visibility location at Cape Town International airport.
Motive: Why close The Bull-White House? Because I didn’t like Mondays
Matthew Bull (@StixBull) — founder of the soon-to-be-closed New York agency, The Bull-White House — takes a look in the mirror…
More than just agency lore — Mad Advertising gets real
by Herman Manson (@marklives) Adelaide Potgieter is the key figure, alongside Shoprite CEO Whitey Basson, of one of the South African ad industry’s more-enduring trade legends.
#SouthAfricanTVratings: 8–14 June 2015 (week 24)
by MarkLives (@marklives) See which were the most popular shows on South African TV for the week of 8–14 June 2015! We reveal the best-watched shows of the week before, where they ran and how many South Africans tuned in to watch.
Inside Look: The making of the Agency Leaders 2014 awards certificate
This year, Marklives approached AM I COLLECTIVE to conceptualise an awards certificate to acknowledge the 2014 Agency Leaders.
Ad of the Week: The horse whisperer
by Oresti Patricios (@orestaki) This week, still under the overarching theme of “Things that really matter”, we have no choice but to give Nedbank another nod, for “Reins” — a TV ad aimed at the business-banking client. And, once again, the execution of the television commercial is by agency, Joe Public, with production by Velocity Films.
#SouthAfricanTVratings: 1–7 June 2015 (week 23)
by MarkLives (@marklives) See which were the most popular shows on South African TV for the week of 1–7 June 2015! We reveal the best-watched shows of the week before, where they ran and how many South Africans tuned in to watch.
Vodacom loss 40% of Ireland/Davenport’s revenue
by Herman Manson (@marklives) The Vodacom loss accounts for about 40% of Ireland/Davenport’s revenue, MD Sue Napier confirms, and will result in the agency contracting in size.