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Preparing for a run By Kim Browne   I don’t like being unprepared. I like to plan everything carefully and arrive early rather than late for meetings. It’s just who I am. I have a white [...]

ShowMax compares poorly to Netflix, real TV apps ShowMax was launched recently in a blitz of publicity and advertising. Tech insiders were quickly gushing South Africa’s Netflix has arrived. But has it really? I don’t think so. Not if you’ve actually got the real Netflix. Or HBO NOW, Showtime, Hulu, Amazon Prime Instant Video or even almost the whole Roku catalogue. The launch of ShowMax has all the hallmarks of a not-well-thought-through, quick “just get it done” project. I can imagine the panicky boardroom exchange: “Netflix is coming! We need internet video on demand. Just get it done!”

Your Content Goes Here Your Content Goes Here — Your Content Goes Here Loving our heritage On Heritage Day, I happened to find myself [...]

A spring in our step By Kim Browne It’s incredible how we’ve just managed to spring straight into summer from winter this year. A few weeks ago we were still wearing scarves and boots and [...]

Waterfall City’s digital city lifestyle By Louis Eksteen One of the advantages of working at a hybrid marketing agency such as ours is the large variety of client businesses we have the privilege of getting to know. [...]

Celestial ramblings By Kim Browne Today has definitely been the coldest day of our winter so far, so it’s quite ironic that we’re celebrating a month to go to spring with Nando’s and ice-cream @ [...]

Mid-year reflections By Kim Browne I hope it’s not just me that feels this year is flying by… June has been a crazy busy month for us at The Toast and somehow as the days [...]