Making programming relevant to audiences through local commissions is forming a key part of BBC’s strategy across its channels in South Africa. Read more
The B-BBEE Amended Codes of Good Practice released by the Minister of Trade and Industry in mid 2016 are designed to ensure agencies take procurement seriously. Read more
Media agencies are facing a difficult time at the moment. The fact is we are stuck firmly between the need to satisfy procurement through value improvement and reduction in servicing fee mat... Read more
Gordon Patterson questions the benefit of procurement for the media. A decade ago the term ‘procurement’ was not familiar in our industry and few had any inkling of its future impact on the... Read more
A decade ago the term ‘procurement’ was not familiar in our industry and few had any inkling of its future impact on the media. So what’s changed? Gordon Patterson takes a look. First off, t... Read more
When media agencies first started in South Africa, 25 years (or so) ago, it was a new, exciting and profitable part of the industry. It wasn’t easy getting mainstream agencies and clients to... Read more
