Last week, Josh Adler, head of the OPA Measurement Committee, was in Portugal for the International Conference on Online Media Measurement (I-COM Summit). 15 Mar 2010
AMASA's March workshop, at 4.30pm on Wednesday, 10 March 2010, at the JSE Sandton, offers a panel debate on the Target Group Index's (TGI) recent decision to re-cost the supply of its data to agencies. 9 Mar 2010
Ipsos Markinor has opened a new executive office in Durban, headed up by Lindi Levitt, account director and head of Ipsos' qualitative division, who has relocated from Johannesburg. 4 Mar 2010
The Graduate School of Business of the University of Cape Town is conducting a study to quantify the return on investment from its flagship ‘Programme for Management Development'. 24 Feb 2010
Early bird rates for the Southern African Marketing Research Association (SAMRA) conference only apply to bookings received before or on 28 February 2010, with subsequent payment to be received before or on 31 March. 19 Feb 2010
The Newspaper Advertising Bureau (NAB)'s regular Twitter feeds are aimed at ensuring the industry stays abreast of retail and media developments and providing insights into the upcoming Roots 2010 launch in March 2010, where researchers communicate with and interview 25 000 purchase decision-makers across 100 areas and communities in South Africa. 15 Feb 2010
Chris de Villiers, executive director of the Marketing Association SA, reminds members that it regularly updates its website with notices from SAARF about its various activities including seminars, training opportunities and conferences. 12 Feb 2010
The Archival Platform, a non-profit networking, advocacy and research initiative in South Africa, has sent an appeal to arts and culture minister Lulu Xingwana over issues surrounding South Africa's archives and heritage. 10 Dec 2009
Health24's annual sex survey, which launched this week for the 3rd year in a row, will look at controversial issues such as polygamy, abortion and strip clubs and prostitution leading up to 2010. 19 Nov 2009
South Africa has come in at number 13 in the world's Most Creative Countries ranking, with total of 19 Cannes Lions including two Grands Prix, in the recent inaugural Cannes Report, which highlights the official rankings of agencies, regions, countries and even cities based on their performance at the Cannes Lions 2009 International Advertising Festival. 6 Nov 2009
The third edition of Flux Trend Review, edited by Dion Chang, is out now at a price of R195. 6 Nov 2009
Telmar will now offer access to Animax, it was announced yesterday, Wednesday, 4 November 2009, giving local advertisers and brands an opportunity to reach Animax's target market of 16-34-year-olds. 5 Nov 2009
The third annual salary survey is being run on the Careers24 portal between 8 October and 6 November 2009. 13 Oct 2009
Strategic brand and research specialists OIL has been appointed as the strategic partner to Coca-Cola for the 2010 FIFA World Cup campaign. 15 Sep 2009
Telmar has reflected gaps in viewing data for Vuzu, the recently launched DStv youth entertainment channel. 9 Sep 2009
PR & SOCIAL MEDIA: Sentient Communications is reporting a great response so far to the study into the use of social media in the PR industry in SA - with only four more days to go before the survey is closed (Monday, 3 August 2009). 30 Jul 2009
The Sol Plaatjie Institute for Media Leadership (SPI) at Rhodes University's School of Journalism and Media Studies is looking for research consultants with an interest in media-related issues in order to expand the impact of its research conducted into media management and leadership. 24 Mar 2009
NEW YORK, LONDON, SINGAPORE & SAO PAULO: The Mobile Marketing Association announced earlier this week that it has formed an agreement with Aeneas Strategy Consulting and Management to participate in, guide and support its mobile advertising research project, conducted in collaboration with MSearchGroove and EverySingleOneOfUs. 13 Feb 2009
Saatchi & Saatchi Johannesburg has secured first place, followed by Saatchi & Saatchi Cape Town in second place, in the Best Performing Advertising Agencies Overall category in the Objectivity Agency Performance Review Survey of Advertising Agency Performances for 2008. 10 Feb 2009
As SAARF will be hosting a Television Audience Measurement Forum on 4 March 2009, the March LSM workshop has been cancelled. 27 Jan 2009
The South African Advertising Research Foundation (SAARF) will highlight the most important aspects of the latest RAMS release wave (2008 no. 26 Jan 2009
Television will undergo its biggest change since its inception during the next few years. 21 Jan 2009
The SAARF Universal Living Standards Measure workshops for Johannesburg will commence in February 2009, with content to cover history/development of LSM, early LSM, 1993/1995/2000 LSM and new SAARF Universal LSM. 14 Jan 2009
24.com will be releasing its Speak Up! blog survey results on Monday, 1 December 2008. 28 Nov 2008
Over the past 10 years, the South African Advertising Research Foundation has made enormous progress in the way it measures TV audiences. 3 Nov 2008
DARMSTADT, GERMANY: IFRA's current research topics are advertising strategies, content management, printing technology projects and Web 3.0. 21 Aug 2008
The South African Advertising Research Foundation (SAARF) will highlight the most important aspects of the latest RAMS release wave (no. 28 Jul 2008
The 10th Pan African Media Research Organisation (PAMRO) Meeting and 2008 All Africa Media Research Conference will take place 17 - 19 August 2008 at the Protea Hotel in Oakwood Park, Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria. 24 Jul 2008
This year's Trends in Newsrooms report, unveiled last week at the World Editors Forum (WEF) annual conference in Göteborg, Sweden, focuses on eight major themes, drawn from discussions throughout the year among print and digital editors on the WEF Editors Weblog. 10 Jun 2008