After a period of steep decline sparked by the Covid-19 pandemic, the out-of-home advertising sector is on the road to recovery thanks to spending from McDonald’s, Apple, Google and others, according to a new report. Despite the ongoing challenges of the pandemic, spending on out-of-home (OOH) advertising increased significantly last year. A new report from […]
Companies are making it easier for brands to plaster their ads on the sides of Ubers and Lyfts. While going back to the office has gotten a mixed response, few miss the commute. But brands miss inserting themselves into our rush hour, plastering their ads on subways, highways, or in Times Square, in hopes of capturing those barely opened eyeballs.
One week ago OneScreen AI announced its $1.2 million seed round to fix a “broken” OOH industry and become, as the Business Insider headline read, the “Amazon of OOH”.
People often ask me what out-of-home (OOH) media’s role was during the pandemic. They are usually asking with the assumption that the screens were dark and the streets were empty. On the contrary: OOH played a critical role in keeping people informed and safe during each stage of the pandemic
As municipalities evolve into the trending “smart cities”, digital signage remains at the core of the execution plan. Whether digital displays are located inside or out, they provide critical information to the community that is an accessible form of communication for all area residents.
TBWA\Paris is best known to us for its epic McDonald’s ads, which range from poignant to totally nuts. We sometimes forget the agency does right by its nonprofit clients, too. For the organization HandsAway, the agency produced “Fearless Night,” a campaign that’s less about showmanship and more about illumination.
Mindshare UK won the Grand Prix, as well as the Retail and Ecommerce and Best Pivot categories at The Drum Awards for Marketing 2021, with its work for KFC. This fresh and self-deprecating campaign impressed the judges by leveraging a decades-old slogan to find humor in a difficult time.
While talking on the phone earlier today to a large national advertiser who has spent millions on everything BUT out of home, OOH to those of us on the inside, she asked me if I was referring to “billboards”. After I slammed my head on my desk multiple times, I said that why yes, billboards. But billboards are just a part of OOH. In fact not all OOH are boards on old wooden poles at the side of Route 1 near an exit. She laughed at first, but asked me to explain.
