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Transit Ads™ has extended the size and scale of its TRANSIT.TV™ offering, with the launch of two new large format digital screens in a pair of popular taxi ranks. The venues are situated in Mdantsane in the Eastern Cape and Thohoyandou in Limpopo, and the roll-out of these large format 3m x 6m screens is a first for Transit Ads™ . Mdantsane is a township situated 15 kilometres from East London and 37 kilometres from King William's Town, and is one of the largest urban settlements in South Africa, with a 2011 census estimating its population at approximately 156,000 people. Thohoyandou is the main development node in the [...]

Shamy Naidu, Executive: Transit Ads outlines the benefits and effectiveness of advertising within the train station environment. Advertising within the transit environment and train stations in particular, has come a long way. Cast your mind back to ten years ago when the transit infrastructure in South Africa was given a facelift, started expanding considerably, was significantly improved. The transit environment can now boast world-class facilities and the ability to reach any location in the country no matter how out of the way or rural. We have new bus rapid transport systems including MyCiTi in Cape Town and Rea Vaya in [...]

The widespread Transit TV™ audience is now being exposed to the benefits and usage of a new offering from YouTube called YouTube Go. Understanding the value of digital platforms, YouTube Go has commissioned Transit TV™ to flight its commercial to ensure that South African consumers know about the new app and understand how to use it. YouTube Go is a new app that allows consumers to enjoy offline viewing and sharing, even with limited data or a slow connection. The current YouTube app is too data-heavy for it to be usable to most viewers. The new app is nimbler and [...]

Transit Ads™, South Africa’s largest transit media company, has been awarded the exclusive advertising rights to the Rea Vaya Rapid Transit System (BRT) 1B in Johannesburg, along specific routes. In addition to a comprehensive, national and impactful portfolio of branding opportunities, Transit Ads now offers advertisers another highly valuable engagement point, increasing audience reach by 1,7 million every month. Transit Ads™ already reaches 12,5 million weekly taxi commuters, 2,8 million bus commuters and 1,2 million train commuters weekly. This audience is economically active, tech-savvy and usually the main household purchasing decision maker, making them a key consumer for brands. Shamy [...]

Over the next few months, commuters and pedestrians will be exposed to a wide-spread national PPC Cement Taxi Campaign implemented by leading transit media company Transit Ads™. PPC is a leading supplier of cement and related products in southern Africa, with 11 cement factories in South Africa, Botswana, DRC, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Zimbabwe. PPC’s capacity is around eleven and a half million tonnes of cement products each year and their mission is to empower people to experience a better quality of life through all their products. To keep their products top of mind amongst a variety of audiences, PPC Cement [...]