by Herman Manson (@marklives) Peter Gird is an adman-turned-producer and, in the face of limited production spend by South Africa’s broadcasters, he has set out to merge TV content and advertising like it’s never been done in SA before with the localised edition of hit reality series, Undercover Boss.
Category archives: Media
Smart Africa TV: WildEarth — watching nature live!
by Russell Southwood (@BalancingActAfr) In this video interview, Graham Wallington, co-founder of WildEarth TV, talks about how he has created a business out of live-streaming animals across the globe.
MagLove: Putin Apple to the beat
by MediaSlut (@MediaSlut) My choice of the best international magazine covers this week: Apple Magazine, Caffeine, National Geographic and TIME.
Grubstreet: SA’s newspapers give us something to chew on
by Gill Moodie (@grubstreetSA) I see a few positives for newspapers in the recent figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulation of SA (ABC), out today, for the first quarter of this year – far more than for magazines.
SAARF/MarkLives #Top40TVratings: Drama rules supreme, despite elections
by SAARF & MarkLives (@marklives) Surprisingly (or not, depending upon your level of cynicism), drama and not election news appeared to rule most of the Top 10 during the week of 5 — 11 May 2014, our SAARF/MarkLives #Top40TVratings national chart shows, although SABC 1’s Zulu News did climb from the 14th to the eighth spot, and SABC 1’s Xhosa News went from tenth to ninth.
ABC Analysis Q1 2014: The biggest circulating newspapers in South Africa
by Herman Manson (@marklives) The Audit Bureau of Circulations of South Africa has released newspaper circulation statistics for the period January — March 2014 (2014 Q1). Daily newspapers have seen a slight uptick in circulation to 1 622 041, compared to 1 541 488 in the previous corresponding period.
ABC Analysis Q1 2014: The biggest-circulating consumer magazines in South Africa
by Herman Manson (@marklives) The Audit Bureau of Circulations of South Africa has released circulation statistics for the period January – March 2014. Here are several consumer magazine ABC figures that stand out for us. We’ve also updated our list of the biggest circulating consumer magazines in SA!
ABC Magazine Round-up Q1 2014: Consumer magazines continue decline
Extracts from the Q1 2014 ABC presentation released today, Wednesday, 14 May 2014, show a continued decline in consumer magazine sales. In addition, there were more closures than new entrants into the magazine market.
ABC Newspaper Round-up Q1 2014: Weekend papers suffer
Extracts from the Q1 2014 ABC presentation released today, Wednesday, 14 May 2014, show a continued decline in weekly and weekend newspaper sales. As a counter trend, the circulation of free papers continues to rise.
Smart Africa TV: iROKING guns to become sound cloud for Africa
by Russell Southwood (@BalancingActAfr) In this video interview, Jason Njoku, CEO of iROKO (@itsiroking), talks about its online music platform will be making a transition in the next couple of years.