Kagiso Media currently operates through the following four segments:
Broadcasting
Is a successful operator of highly productive radio assets such as Jacaranda FM, which broadcasts into Gauteng, Limpopo, North West and Mpumalanga, and East Coast Radio which is based in KwaZulu-Natal. Kagiso Media has also maintained strategic investment stakes in OFM (Free State), Heart 104.9 (Western Cape) and iGagasi 99.5 (KwaZulu-Natal) and an economic interest in Kaya FM (Gauteng).
These radio assets are complemented by the group's national radio sales house RadMark, which is jointly controlled in partnership with Lagardère Radio International (LARI). The purpose of Kagiso Media Convergence is to create online audiences for the radio stations.
Information and Other
A leading provider of business information solutions, LexisNexis(SA) (50% owned) offers a combination of authoritative content, powerful online research, advance productivity tools, seminars, workshops and consulting.
Kagiso Exhibitions and Events retains low key operation to honour several outstanding contractual obligations. These include, inter alia, a joint venture in Mobil Alliance, a company specialising in digital technology screens and sponsorship operating primarily in the sports environment.
New Media
The segment is spearheading the group's presence beyond its traditional radio base. New Media was conceived as a strategic intervention to develop Kagiso Media's capabilities to operate in the "new media" and internet space, and its success has so far been marked by the acquisition of Gloo Digital Designs and Acceleration Media.
Gloo Digital Designs is an award-winning digital design agency specialising in the creation of digital campaign solutions for all sectors and across the digital media space.
Acceleration Media is an internet sales agency with specialist strategic, digital media planning and buying capability. It focuses on digital campaigns including online media, search market optimisation and mobile solutions offerings.
Kagiso.MSN was established as a venture with MSN to manage and localise the www.howzit.msn.com portal in South Africa; Kagiso Media will also be the sole sales partner for all Microsoft's Windows Live properties - including Hotmail and Windows Live Messenger in South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa; and thus increasing Kagiso Media's market share of the country's online market.
Content
A controlling stake in Urban Brew Studios, whose main activities include creating and distributing audio-visual content on any platform as well as trading and distributing television content. It also has strategic partnerships with community television players, contributing to their developmental needs and sustainability. Urban Brew Studios has television content production capabilities and significant audio production expertise which underpins its capability to trade in music content. Its well-known productions include commercial television productions such as YO-TV (children and youth), 3 Talk and the Lotto Draw as well as One Gospel, a channel on DSTV bouquet, Soweto Community Television, environmental productions and nascent opportunities in Africa.
Corporate
The corporate segment - comprising of the listed entity, namely Kagiso Media Limited, Kagiso Media Investments (Proprietary) Limited, Kagiso Broadcasting (Proprietary) Limited and a number of other investment holding and dormant companies - defines the group's strategy, coordinates and manages its operations; is responsible for all corporate affairs and liaises with the investment community and other stakeholder groups.
The group's pedigree, as part of Kagiso Trust Investments, means resolute commitment to the highest ethical standards in all business dealings.
