FINDING THEIR WAY
THE PAN-AFRICAN Media Research Organisation (Pamro) conference – the 13th – will be held in Senegal from 21 to 24 August 21. Pamro is dedicated to improving the quality of media research in Africa and the All-Media and Product Survey (AMPS) has been copied in numerous countries.
RENEE QUITS
RENEE SILVERSTONE has quit the Jupiter drawing Room and Alison Deeb has replaced her as head at Jupiter Johannesburg. Read all about it on www.squeezeback.com.
HOPEFUL HOPEVILLE
THE SOUTH AFRICAN movie Hopeville has won “best television film” at FESPACO, Africa’s largest film festival, held in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso. It tells the story of an alcoholic father who tries to win his son’s love by fixing the local swimming pool. It’s a co-production between Curious Pictures, Heartlines and SABC Education.
The year’s best
CAPE TOWN creative hot shop FoxP2 heads the standings at the Ad of the Year awards, winning two categories (one in collaboration with Gloo) and achieving runner-up status in one. The collaborative win was in the digital category for brandhouse’s “drive dry” campaign (shown); the magazine win was for National Geographic Kids magazine. KingJames won in newspapers, Hunt Lascaris took outdoor, Ogilvy won in film, Net#work BBDO in radio and Joe Public in experiential.
THE PAN-AFRICAN Media Research Organisation (Pamro) conference – the 13th – will be held in Senegal from 21 to 24 August 21. Pamro is dedicated to improving the quality of media research in Africa and the All-Media and Product Survey (AMPS) has been copied in numerous countries.
RENEE QUITS
RENEE SILVERSTONE has quit the Jupiter drawing Room and Alison Deeb has replaced her as head at Jupiter Johannesburg. Read all about it on www.squeezeback.com.
HOPEFUL HOPEVILLE
THE SOUTH AFRICAN movie Hopeville has won “best television film” at FESPACO, Africa’s largest film festival, held in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso. It tells the story of an alcoholic father who tries to win his son’s love by fixing the local swimming pool. It’s a co-production between Curious Pictures, Heartlines and SABC Education.
The year’s best
CAPE TOWN creative hot shop FoxP2 heads the standings at the Ad of the Year awards, winning two categories (one in collaboration with Gloo) and achieving runner-up status in one. The collaborative win was in the digital category for brandhouse’s “drive dry” campaign (shown); the magazine win was for National Geographic Kids magazine. KingJames won in newspapers, Hunt Lascaris took outdoor, Ogilvy won in film, Net#work BBDO in radio and Joe Public in experiential.