Telling the African story
Multi-platform destination marketing company Southern Africa Direct was recently honoured in the corporate category of the Highway Africa New Media Awards for its innovative and creative use of technology to serve Africa.
Tregor Film Fest calls for entries
Focused on broadening awareness of independent filmmakers from around the world while creating a bridge between their films and audiences, the Tregor Film Fest is calling for entries for its 2010 edition, which akes place in Lannion, France from 2 to 4 July.
Primetime Emmy winners announced
Mad Men and 30 Rock won best drama series and best comedy series respectively at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards, which were presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences on 20 September in Los Angeles.
Democracy Video Challenge competition
We’re back! And we’re very excited to launch the second annual Democracy Video Challenge competition.
Twitter’s guide to classic literature
Social networking and micro-blogging site Twitter has given rise to Twitterature, a soon to be published book in the UK where the classic literary works of Shakespeare, Byron, Hemmingway, Austen, Goethe and many more, have been re-worked each into two-line "tweets'
White Wedding enters Oscar race
The hit South African feature film, White Wedding, is South Africa’s official selection for entry into the Foreign Language Category of the 82nd Academy Awards (Oscars) in 2010.
Pigeon power
The latest South African media darling, Winston (the gigabyte-carrying pigeon who beat Telkom in a broadband race on 9 September), has scored over 21,000 page views on his home page to date. In addition, Winston has thousands of Facebook fans and hundreds of Twitter followers.
BBC Worldwide may be privatized partially
Top management at the BBC in a review of the public broadcasters various businesses is considering a partial privatisation of its commercial arm, BBC Worldwide.
DTI to assist with cash-flow on rebates
In a keynote address given by Dr Rob Davies, Minister of Trade & Industry at the Cape Film Commission (CFC) annual general meeting, the Minister affirmed government’s commitment to support the film industry as a key sector of the South African economy.
Blockbuster’s big downscaling
Whether it’s the recession or competition from Netflix, video-on-demand and kiosk operators, some 1,000 Blockbuster DVD, Blu-ray and video game rental stores will be closed by the end of 2010.
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