Tag: radio

Inflation around the world is a hot topic as many countries struggle with increases in inflation on consumer goods. This has put a spotlight onto the 'cost of living' topic and how it affects inflation in the media industry.

In the hyper-connected internet age, it's easy to forget that the radio has kept us all enthralled informed and entertained for almost a century. The worlds first commercial radio station KDKA Pittsburg went live on Nov 2, 1920, and the rest is history

Africa’s entertainment and media industry has entered a dynamic new phase - a third wave of convergence. The borders that once separated the entertainment and media (E&M), technology and telecommunications industries are blurring in the battle for the attention of the consumer in a world that is rapidly digitising.

The Internet, video games, television, and filmed entertainment segments of sub-Saharan Africa’s entertainment and media industry are projected to continue to grow, but the publishing industry is having to work very hard to make any headway, according to PwC’s (www.PwC.com) Entertainment and media outlook: 2016 – 2020 report (South Africa – Nigeria – Kenya).