The technologies that enable double-digit growth are creating new digital ecosystems Mobile devices to be the biggest driver of growth in content consumption Ability to persuade customers to pay fair value for digital content among top CEO challenges Global media and entertainment CEOs are optimistic about the digital future and expect digital revenue will be a rapidly increasing percentage of overall revenue for companies, according to Ernst & Young’s latest CEO study Opportunity and optimism: How CEOs are embracing digital growthreleased today. The report reveals that approximately half of all CEOs surveyed believe digital will increase their overall revenues and margins by at least 10% within the next three years. The report is the result of surveys conducted with 34 CEOs from global media and entertainment companies with combined annual revenues exceeding US$300 billion. The companies have a broad geographic span and encompass a wide variety of media and entertainment subsectors, including filmed entertainment, television, music, electronic games, entertainment services, cable networks and channels, cable and satellite operators, internet and interactive media, advertising, publishing and conglomerates. When we asked which technologies are driving this double-digit growth in digital, 79% of CEOs said tablets. “CEOs are undeterred about the role digital will play in their futures,” said John Nendick, Global Media and Entertainment Leader at Ernst & Young. “There is a heightened optimism from a few years ago when industry leaders were more tentative about the potential of digital. All of the CEOs we spoke with understand that digital is probably the single most important factor – impacting their ability to grow both revenues and margins.” Mobile devices to be the biggest driver of growth in content consumption The report also addresses the impact of “digital ecosystems” through which consumers view and share content on a multitude of …
Celebrate Heritage Week with *FREE Entry for ALL at Iziko Museums
Celebrate Heritage Week with *FREE Entry for ALL at Iziko Museums from 17 – 24 September 2012 ‘See things differently’, gain fresh perspectives and celebrate our diverse cultural heritage. Iziko Museums has partnered with the City of Cape Town, Gordon Institute for Performing and Creative Arts (GIPCA); St George’s Cathedral’s Crypt Memory and Witness Centre; Creative Cape Town and the Company’s Garden to host the in_herit Festival. An exciting and entertaining heritage week programme of art, food, and fun – a platform to celebrate, question, think and create. Iziko’s Heritage Week programme launches on 17 September with *FREE Entry for all to Iziko Museums (*excluding the Castle of Good Hope and Planetarium, which offers free entry on the 24th only). Our mini film festival will showcase documentaries produced by the students from Big Fish School of Digital Filmmaking. The films, about heritage, identity, arts and culture, give audiences an unusual window into our world. Authentic stories portrayed by indigenous filmmakers will be flighted daily from 11:00 until 15:00 at the TH Barry Lecture Theatre, Iziko South African Museum. Heritage Day, 24 September, is a jam-packed fun-filled day of exciting activities and free entry to all Iziko Museums (including the Castle of Good Hope and Planetarium). in_herit the city and attend a range of events and activities in and around the Company’s Garden. Explore the dynamic and multi-faceted programme of performances, storytelling, public dialogues and exhibitions. The celebration kicks off at 10:00 at the Iziko South African Museum. Traditional dance performances, poetry sessions, music and more, will be hosted at the ‘hearth of our heritage.’ Iziko Museums offers something exciting for the young and the bold. Storytelling: Join storytellers, Jose M. de Prada-Samper and Helena Cuesta for an unusual walkabout of the Iziko South African Museum. Listen to the myths and legends of /Xam San, Zulu, Japanese, Irish and …
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Vodacom 4U Rage Festival
Press Release September 2012 Rage Festival: Artists For the first time ever, 4U Rage Festival is bringing an international flavour to the festivities. Not one, but four top international DJs will be hitting the KZN coast as part of the fun this summer. The smoking hot blonde duo that forms Nervo, will be joined by their Tomorrowland anthem (The way we see the world) creating partners, Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike. Saturday 1st of December Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike is headlining a fantastic event at the Wavehouse in Umhlanga with local stars Goldfish, Pascal & Pearce and new girl Toya Delazy as supporting acts. Just two days later, Nervo will headline the Stimorol ‘Alien Abduction’ party at the DLI Hall. DJs Kent, Euphonik and Royal K will be the local acts to play along side one of the hottest names in electronic music. Another announcement causing great excitement is the date announcement of the Durban leg of the Steve Aoki SA brought to you by Olmeca Tequila. The event takes place on the 7th of December at the Wavehouse which VIP Platinum passport holders gain free entry into as part of their passport benefits. As expected from the 4U Rage Festival, there is a plethora of top local artists performing ensuring each and every night of the 2-week festival is a magical experience with jam-packed venues. In addition to the international artists and the supporting acts mentioned above, the likes of the ever popular Roger Goode, Kent, Euphonik and DJ Fresh from 5FM and South Africa’s biggest Hip Hop sensations SPHEctacula and DJ Dimplez will be mixing beats. Live music remains a highly anticipated feature of 4U Rage Festival and local stars Goldfish, GoodLuck, Toya Delazy and Pascal and Pearce are prepped to set the dance floors alight. 4U Rage Festival brings the best talent from around the country, look out for Cape Town based Nick Supply, Haezer, Niskerone and P.H. Fat. Johannesburg provides the festival with Kyle Worde, Dunn, Mojo, Peter Booth, …
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Music legends set to ‘Baroque & Roll at Red Ball 2012 for blood cancers
South African music legends Gloria Bosman, Tim Moloi, Rocco de Villiers and Julie Hartley will be joining the Eastern Cape Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Graham Scott on stage at the annual Red Ball. Organised by the Igazi Foundation, the “Baroque ‘n Roll” 2012 Red Ball to be held on September 15 in the Feather Market Centre, will be the second ball in a series that is fast becoming the annual Glamour event of PE.. National and international guests will be attending. Igazi demands ‘Better Haematological services’ for all people of the Eastern Cape, the Province with the highest incidence of blood cancers in South Africa. Their work has so far successfully seen the creation of the first stem cell unit ever in Port Elizabeth. This years ball will help to make this unit fully operational as this state of the art unit is unopened due to a moratorium of staff. The ball music director Scott has conducted over 75 seasons over the past 30 years. Favourite arrangements include: Sweeney Todd, Into the Wood, and Big Band Blast. Gloria Bosman has performed a variety for a wide variety, such as: SA Love, a musical of South African love songs produced by Christo Leach, Jubilation a gospel based musical directed by Ivor Jones, Woman in Spirit, The Lion and the Lamb, the award winning play by actor director John Kani. Rocco de Villiers has released 10 instrumental CDs, he has written nine instrumental stage productions, his last two albums Beautiful Beautiful Piano and More Beautiful Piano sold more than 50 000 copies. Tim Moloi has performed for former South African President, Nelson Mandela, Graca Machel, Prince Willem- Alexander and Princess Maxima of the Netherlands. Moloi released his debut solo album Love That Music, mastered at Abbey Road Studios in London, and Love that Music was nominated for two South African Music Awards and performed at the 2010 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony. Julie Hartley began her career 25 years ago in the 80’s building up an enviable …
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Focus on Plays and Playwrights at GIPCA’s Directors and Directing Weekend
The Gordon Institute for Performing and Creative Arts (GIPCA) will present Directors and Directing, a weekend event focussed on Plays and Playwrights, from 24-26 August 2012 Following the popularity of last year’s Directors and Directing symposium, GIPCA acknowledges the need for the existence of such a forum as an annual event: a space for theorists, practitioners and students of the theatre to come together and talk about key issues facing those who work in or watch or write about the theatre. This year, the focus is on Playwrights and Writing for the Theatre. Playwrights, directors, critics and actors will converge from various parts of the country to address some of the key features of these debates. The symposium goes behind the scenes and gets to the core of theatrical performance: the presence (or absence) of the written text. The scarcity of playwrights writing for the stage is legend in contemporary South African theatre, in stark contrast to the perception of the potential for innumerable stories waiting to be told. In a country of multiple experiences, is there room for the singular voice of the playwright? On the other hand, is this making way for an indulgence of multiple voices as opposed to the authority and craft of the singular playwright? Athol Fugard recently said, ”The truth is that the new South Africa needs committed playwrights who are prepared to bear witness to what is going on every bit as urgently as the old ones did”. Directors and Directing: Playwrights will include theatre visits, performances, play readings and informal talks, but primarily will comprise a symposium with a variety of panels. Addresses will be made by acclaimed playwrights and directors: esteemed writer Sindiwe Magona, whose play Mother to Mother will be presented at the Edinburgh Festival after causing waves at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, the Baxter Theatre’s Lara Foot, the provocative and always topical Mike van Graan, Aubrey Sekhabi from the …
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Extension of gallery hours for “20th Century Masters: the human figure”
20th Century Masters: the human figure at the Standard Bank Gallery from 13 July to 15 September 2012 The Standard Bank Gallery, currently exhibiting 20th Century Masters: the human figure, will extend its weekend opening hours until 16:00 on Saturdays, due to public demand. “We have been overwhelmed by the public’s positive response to the exhibition so far, and would like as many people as possible to have a chance to see this remarkable collection of work” says Mandie van der Spuy, Head of Arts Sponsorships at Standard Bank. 20th Century Masters: the human figure comprises a selection of approximately 50works from the collections of France’s leading provincial cultural institutions.Curated by Sylvie Ramond, director of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, the exhibition includes works by some of France’s most acclaimed modernists, as well as more contemporary French artists and a few other giants of the international art world who have connections with France. The exhibition offers a fascinating survey of various ways in which mainly French artists have depicted the human body over the last 100 years through painting, printmaking, film and photography. Some of these artists, such as Fernand Leger, Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Félix Vallotton, Victor Brauner and Wilfredo Lam, are renowned pioneers of early modernism. They are acclaimed for their contribution towards freeing the artist from the traditional responsibility to depict the human body naturalistically by adopting a subjective approach to reality and a new focus on innovation and personalised expression. The exhibition also showcases works by 19th-century greats such as Gustav Courbet, Jean-Francois Millet and Edouard Manet, and artists associated with Impressionism including Berthe Morisot, Edgar Degas and August Renoir. Free Public Walkabouts will be conducted by art historian Marion Dixon, every Friday between 13:00 and 14:00, for the duration of the exhibition. This …
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WINTER REVEALS 33 REASONS TO LOVE THE NEW VISI
VISI loves paper architects, oversized lamps, hanging calabashes for snoozing pets, cheeky Orbit chairs, sexy leg-shaped toothbrushes, and book-end floors; and its new owner New Media is sure that readers will find at least ‘33 Reasons to Still Love VISI’ in its transformed Winter Issue, on shelf Wednesday, 18 July. The new format features an uber-cool new masthead, different size, paper selection (which changes throughout the magazine to give readers an exciting tactile experience) and visually impactful graphic language -- all part of the redesign of the magazine by Durban-based graphic art talent and indie publisher Garth Walker. Walker worked with VISI editor Sumien Brink to develop the new look in synch with New Media’s strategy for VISI, which is to reinvigorate the award-winning design and decor magazine with refreshed graphics and content, as well as a new print schedule. Four bumper seasonal issues and two special interest editions of VISI will be published per year. From Reason No 1 –‘We tell you where to shop’, to Reason No 15 – ‘We find beauty in fragile things’, to Reason No 24 – ‘We show you beautiful craft’, the Winter issue is filled with soft, creamy, wooly, sharp, woody, pink and shiny design ideas that editor Brink says “are certain to catch the eye and captivate the imagination of any decor lover.” Brink adds: “In our ’33 Reasons to Still Love VISI’ feature, we wanted to highlight the top reasons why VISI is still everybody’s favourite design mag, but I have to say that in this stunning issue, there are far more than 33 reasons to love VISI.” Seventy pages of magnificent and diverse houses feature upfront in the issue, from an artist’s home on the banks of the Crocodile River to Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired family home in Cape Town. As VISI recognizes that for many of us, pets are people too, the magazine delves beyond the human to the home of globetrotting Cape Town-based dog Oscar, and touts a host of the latest chic doggie sleeping …
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Cape Town International Kite Festival – 3 & 4 November 2012
‘All about ability’ is the theme for the eighteenth Cape Town International Kite Festival, Africa’s biggest kite festival, which is proudly hosted by Cape Mental Health in association with Heart 104.9FM, and will take place in Muizenberg on 3 & 4 November 2012. The annual Cape Town International Kite Festival attracts talented kite-makers and kite fliers from around the world. Festival-goers will see giant cartoon characters and other amazing kite creations take to the skies, as well as exciting stunt kiting and Rokakkau kite battles. Local kite-makers are invited to enter the Heritage Kite Award and school children can participate in the Edu-Kite Schools’ Competition. With kite-making workshops, non-stop kite-flying, craft and food stalls as well as kiddies’ rides and a full programme of entertainment on the Coke Gig Rig, the festival offers fantastic outdoor family fun. The event is held in aid of a very good cause; all profits go towards providing much-needed mental health services to adults and children in poorly resourced communities in the Western Cape. “This year the kite festival will celebrate our organisation’s new slogan ‘all about ability,’ which reflects our belief in the ability of children and adults with mental disability to acquire skills, develop their potential, and live full and contributing lives. It’s up to us to help create opportunities and provide the necessary care and support,” said Ingrid Daniels, Director of Cape Mental Health. The Cape Town International Kite Festival happens on (and above) the lawns surrounding Zandvlei, Muizenberg (corner Axminster and The Row). Open from 10:00 to 18:00 daily, the event offers lots of parking and easy access by train (False Bay or Muizenberg stations). Entry is just R20 for adults and R10 per child. Buy your Kite Festival tickets online on www.capementalhealth.co.za (from 1 September) and stand a chance to win the prize of a lifetime! For regular news and updates like our …
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CURTAIN & LINENS CELEBRATES 90 YEARS
It’s been 90 years since Curtain & Linens have opened their doors, and owners, Mr and Mrs. Pumplun, are intent on keeping these doors open for many more years to come! This renowned business began in the 1920’s in Somerset East as Levin Brothers General Wholesalers. The business then planted its roots in Evatt Street, Port Elizabeth in the 1940’s. Mr and Mrs Pumplun joined the business in 1981 and took ownership in 1997, which also saw the store moving to Newton Park. Marcel Pumplun joined Curtain & Linens ten years ago and together the Pumplun’s are ensuring that this store continues to serve with outstanding service and affordable quality. Today, Curtain & Linens are the largest stockists of curtaining, upholstery and linen in the Eastern Cape, with branches in Newton Park, North End, Knysna and George. With their own manufacturing facilities, Curtain & Linens guarantee that customers are provided with an all rounded service. They make to order and install a wide range of quilted headboards, roman blinds, swags and tails, and much more to satisfy all decorating requirements. This BEE compliant business has many trained and motivated sales consultants who are managed by Mrs Veona Hitchens. For 90 years this family business has been living true to their slogan, “Where the best costs less!”, and there is no doubt that that Curtain & Linens will provide many more decades of professional service with unwavering standards! More Info: https://www.curtains-linens.co.za Author: Graziella Ventresca-Norton from . Originally distributed by MyPR.co.za. No of Images Uploaded: One To gain access to One image/s please Like, Tweet or +1 this article: [l2g] 90 years in business Photographer: Marcel Pumplun [/l2g] …
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EXPERIENCE AN ECLECTIC BLEND OF ENTERTAINMENT… At the 22nd Castle Lager East Cape Biltong Festival on 13 and 14 July 2012
The Castle Lager East Cape Biltong Festival promises to be a star-studded affair this year with Steve Hofmeyr, Zahara, Theuns Jordaan and Professor being some of the names gracing the stage in Somerset East. These authentically South African artists will be setting the Karoo alight with their performances, thus making the 22nd Castle Lager East Cape Biltong Festival on 13 and 14 July 2012, an event not to be missed this winter. Steve Hofmeyr, a veteran on the South African music scene and one of the biggest names in the Afrikaans music industry, will after a long absence, be appearing at the Festival. Another SAMA winner, the sensational Zahara will also be gracing the stage with her guitar. Her debut album “Loliwe” recently sold a staggering 100 000 copies in barely 19 days. The Castle Lager East Cape Biltong Festival, however, is not only a fun community event, but a proudly South African festival that is about giving back to the area. Every year the profits from the Festival’s Beer Tent, run by the Somerset East Round Table, are donated to a series of organisations that assist the underprivileged. To date, R175 000 has been donated. The Festival boasts over 200 stalls for all to enjoy, from biltong to all sorts of gadgets, clothes and edibles. You can also look forward to great performances by Elvis Blue, Jamali, Emo Adams, Robbie Wessels and many more. The line-up and activities at this year’s Castle Lager East Cape Biltong Festival is certain to set your Karoo winter ablaze! ### For more information on the 22nd Castle Lager East Cape Biltong Festival, please visit www.eastcapebiltongfestival.co.za. Follow us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/BiltongFestival) and on Twitter (www.twitter.com/BiltongFestival) or contact Marette Liddell on 042 – 243 1333. More Info: https://www.eastcapebiltongfestival.co.za Author: Siyasanga Dilima from Design@Bay. Originally distributed by MyPR.co.za. No of Images Uploaded: Three To gain access to Three …