Lloyds Bank has used connected TV with postcode targeting (and twice-daily campaign optimisations) to drive downloads of its app among its Scottish Widows workplace pension customers. Sam Taylor, head of marketing at Lloyds Banking, explains how CTV worked harder than email and direct mail (DM) and proved to be a powerful multiplier for DM performance, too. “Who would have thought television is a CRM channel?” he asks.
AI has settled the debate. First-party data isn’t just preferred; it’s structurally necessary. And the capital is already moving: IAB’s State of Data report found that 71% of brands, agencies and publishers are currently or planning to grow their first-party data sets, nearly double the rate from two years earlier.
Central South Africa’s leading commercial radio station, OFM, has kicked off 2026 with an exceptional first quarter, marked by strong audience engagement, innovative campaigns, and continued brand growth as it celebrates 40 years on air.
Akamai has reported a 300% rise in AI bot activity affecting the publishing industry, with media ranking as the second-largest target globally in its latest research. The report found that media accounted for 13% of all AI bot traffic tracked, and publishing organisations made up 40% of that activity. The pattern suggests content-heavy websites are facing growing levels of automated scraping.
A study published in the Journal of Business Research, and validated for the local market by Nielsen, shows that when a brand appears as litter, people are willing to pay less for its products. 2% less. So every time a brand shows up as litter, they are running the most damaging outdoor ads imaginable. That’s why Sea Cleaners and JCDecaux, the global leader in outdoor media, have teamed up to combat litter and take those ads out of rotation.
In this new documentary series, Swati Mandela-Dlamini and Zaziwe Manaway look at the life of their grandmother, known as the “Mother of the nation”, pieced together by personal accounts, family anecdotes and public records.
To amplify authenticity, Coca-Cola has tapped legendary football commentators Peter Drury and Luis Omar Tapia to provide play-by-play narration over the fan journey, giving the film the feel of a live broadcast rather than a traditional commercial. Check out the film.
Welcome to a new week of updates. Major social and tech platforms are warning that a key European Union rule allowing them to detect child abuse content has expired, creating legal uncertainty around how they can keep doing that work. Now, let’s dig into some other updates and see how they can inform your social strategy – with updates coming to Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube and TikTok.
“MOVE tracks, how, why, when and where people move. There is hourly data and full seasonality insights with monthly variation for school and public holidays, across every single road, transport route and venue in Australia.
South African youth radio station, 5FM, has unveiled its 2026 on-air line-up, introducing new voices and a deeper connection to the fast-moving world of South African youth culture.