[[https://twitter.com/afprelaxnews?lang=en @afprelaxnews on Twitter]]</span>NEW YORK - NBC News launched a news show Wednesday on Snapchat, a first-of-its- kind broadcast aimed at wooing a younger audience.
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NBC News launches new broadcast on Snapchat
Disney unveils streaming TV services, including one for sports
Walt Disney Company chairman and CEO Robert Iger says two new streaming television services represent a "strategic shift" for the media-entertainment giant.
[[https://www.afp.com/en/news/206/disney-unveils-streaming-tv-services-including-one-sports AFP.com]]</span>NEW YORK - Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday it is launching two new streaming television services including one for its ESPN-branded sports channel, while ending its deal with Netflix as it shifts towards direct content distribution.
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Facebook rolls out video shows, in new challenge
Facebook's new professional video service called Watch is touted as a new platform for creators.
[[https://www.afp.com/en/news/206/facebook-rolls-out-video-shows-new-challenge AFP/Loic Venance]]</span>SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook is rolling out a new video service offering professionally produced shows in a challenge to rivals such as YouTube, and potentially to streaming providers like Netflix.
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Clio Awards announce 'Of-the-Year' finalists
© [[https://www.facebook.com/ClioAwards/ Clio Awards Facebook]].</span>The top finalists for the "Of-the-Year" awards to be presented at the 2017 Clio Entertainment Awards have been announced.
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The lessons SA should take from 2019's Super Bowl ads
Screengrab from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fhOItB0zUM Bud Light/Game of Thrones ad]].</span>Arguably advertising's biggest moment, the Super Bowl acts as an inspiration to agencies and brands globally and has the potential to set trends. And with all the hype around the declining TV audiences, it's a testament to its power.
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#AfricaMonth: Encouraging female African business leaders from the other side of the world
Multilingual broadcast journalist-turned-real estate entrepreneur, Rokelle Sun.</span>US-based real estate entrepreneur Rokelle Sun's philanthropic mission is to encourage young girls to pursue careers and success in the underrepresented fields, particularly in Africa, where she spent part of her childhood. She explains this, as well as her love of new experiences like aerophotography, and some of the highs and lows of her earlier career as a multilingual broadcast journalist.
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#FairnessFirst: Nike just does it again - this time standing strong for equal pay
Screen grab from Nike's 'Never Stop Winning' ad.</span>Nike's recent run of 'Dream Crazy' ads have won more than just global recognition for their strong push towards inclusion and equality - they're also proving that brands really do make more consumer impact when they put consumer's causes first and foremost.
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Kantar's Eric Salama discusses the way forward under new owner Bain Capital
Kantar CEO, Eric Salama. Image supplied.</span>Kantar CEO Eric Salama presented an update on the new ownership structure and the opportunities under, Bain Capital during a press call held on Thursday.
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Egta, The Global TV Group release TV Charter on transparency in ad measurement
Image credit: Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash.</span>The Brussels-based association of television and radio sales houses, Egta, and The Global TV Group have published a TV Charter - which is aimed at ensuring responsible and transparent measurement of advertising in the TV/video ecosystem.
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Check out all the winners of the 2019 E! People's Choice Awards
The cast of Keeping Up With the Kardashians picking up the Reality Show of 2019 People's Choice Award. Image credit: Christopher Polk/E! Entertainment/NBCU Photo Bank.</span>The second edition of the E! People's Choice Awards was recently held at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California in the US. The awards show was broadcast across E! in 161 countries, including South Africa (DStv channel 124).
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Apple, Disney and Netflix's streaming battle isn't winner-take-all
Glenn Carstens-Peters via [[www.unsplash.com Unsplash]].</span>With the recent launch of Apple TV Plus and the imminent arrival of Disney Plus, the video landscape has never looked so competitive.
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Disney is removing 'Fox' from the production company's future branding
Photo by Jayme McColgan on [[www.unsplash.com Unsplash]].</span>After buying 21st Century Fox in a $71bn deal last year, Disney is reportedly removing the word "Fox" from the production company's future branding.
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HGTV's Freddy James shares the secret to the channel's success
Freddy James, SVP Integrated Programming for HGTV & Food Network. Image supplied.</span>Last year, Discovery marked its 24th anniversary in South Africa with the launch of Home and Garden Television. Six months since the channel went live in South Africa, we followed up with Freddy James, SVP Integrated Programming for HGTV and Food Network, during a recent visit, about its overall performance thus far.
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All the New York Festivals 2020 TV & Film Awards 2020 finalists
[[https://tvfilm.newyorkfestivals.com/ tvfilm.newyorkfestivals.com]]</span>New York Festivals TV & Film Awards has announced its 2020 competition finalists. All entries in the 2020 competition were judged online and screened by NYF's TV & Film Awards Grand Jury of over 200 producers, directors, writers and other creative media professionals from broadcast and film companies across the globe, selecting this year's finalists from over 50 countries.
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All the 2021 Golden Globe nominations
Sarah Jessica Parker and Taraji P Henson announced the nominations for the 2021 Golden Globes - as selected by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association...
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Beyond the ratings, NBC's Olympics telecast showed video's future
Source: [[https://www.pexels.com/ Pexels]]</span>NBC's Olympic Games programming from Tokyo has proved a historic success. Perhaps you've heard otherwise. Much reporting focused upon the decline in traditional Olympic TV ratings. On Twitter, Washington Post media reporter Paul Farhi went so far as to call the precipitous viewership decline a "catastrophic" development for NBC.
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All the Epica Awards Grand Prix winners
The Epica Awards awarded eight Grand Prix winners, with the McCann Worldgroup named Network of the Year and &Co./NoA, from Denmark, which also won one of the two Film Grand Prix awarded this year, crowned Agency of the Year.
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