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Financial Times: Technology that tracks consumer behaviour will be integrated with thousands of billboards and bus shelters around Europe

Clear Channel's Radar technology uses anonymised mobile phone data to give advertisers better insights on where to place street posters, and whether those who see them go on to buy their products or stream their films. “Outdoor has suffered for decades from underinvesting in really good data. […]

ft.com
Mon, Aug 10 at 10:55 PM

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Clear Channel Outdoor Revenue Down 55% in Second Quarter 2020 (Billboard Insider)

Insider’s take: No defaults in the works for Clear Channel as there’s enough cash on hand to pay two year’s worth of cash interest expense. Insider expects to see the company sell assets once the COVID overhang clears in order to reduce debt. Clear Channel’s leverage is almost twice as high as Lamar or OUTFRONT. […]

billboardinsider.com
Mon, Aug 10 at 10:52 PM

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Eccleshare: Clear Channel Americas is doing better than Clear Channel International (Billboard Insider)

William Eccleshare on the third quarter: In the third quarter, we expect consolidated company revenues percentage decline to be in the low 30s as compared to same quarter last year with Europe performing slightly better than the U.S. as it emerges soon after the pandemic lockdown. And as we continue the longer term, we are confident in our strategy and the resilience of our business. […]

billboardinsider.com
Mon, Aug 10 at 5:51 PM

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Revenues of Boston Omaha-owned Link Media Outdoor down 7% in 2Q 2020 (Billboard Insider)

Insider’s take: Not bad results given covid. Link Media’s CEO Scott Lafoy will talk about the company’s appetite for acquisitions on Wednesday’s Billboard Insider podcast. Link Media Outdoor revenues declined 7% to $6.7 million in the second quarter of 2020 as decreased revenues from covid offset increased revenues from the acquistion of Image Media in the third quarter of 2019. […]

billboardinsider.com
Mon, Aug 10 at 5:46 PM

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Clickz: Grand Visual’s executive explains how AI is used in DOOH advertising

By Dan Dawson, Chief Creative Officer at Grand Visual. The use of data to contextualize campaigns to the “here and now” means messages can be aligned with consumer mindset in the moment and become useful and relevant. […]

clickz.com
Mon, Aug 10 at 12:10 AM

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JCDecaux Mexico study says major cities in Mexico recovered 65% of their mobility (Explica)

The study found that, with the exception of Mexico City, the mobility of the cities analyzed is above two thirds of that reported in February, before confinement: Guadalajara 70%, Tijuana 69%, Monterrey 68%, Puebla 66% in CDMX 55%. […]

explica.co
Mon, Aug 10 at 12:08 AM

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16:9: After Forever At Rise Vision, Cahoy Joins InReality As CRO

Industry veteran Ryan Cahoy has left Rise Vision after roughly 300 years to sign on with Atlanta-based venue analytics firm InReality, as its Chief Revenue Officer. In a modestly confusing twist, Cahoy still has ownership and keeps an eye on Rise Display, a sister company that functions as an integrator, doing LED-based ticker displays for venues like college finance labs. […]

sixteen-nine.net
Mon, Aug 10 at 12:08 AM

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New York Times: OOH executives believe the worst may be over for their business

By Tiffany Hsu. Jeremy Male is an executive in a branch of the advertising business — billboards — that took a huge hit in the spring. So he was heartened by what he saw this week on his commute from Greenwich, Conn., to his office in Manhattan. […]

nytimes.com
Sun, Aug 9 at 6:05 PM

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Clickz: US ad spend trends: OOH projected to decline 4.6%, DOOH to account for 33.0% of all US OOH ad spending

As per March, OOH (out-of-home) advertising had a 3.3% projected growth rate. The pandemic has turned the tables now projecting a 4.6% decline in OOH ad spends. This means marketers will spend roughly $8.25 billion on OOH ads. […]

clickz.com
Sun, Aug 9 at 6:04 PM

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MarketWatch: Clear Channel Outdoor loss widens as ads slump

By Dave Sebastian. Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc. said customers asked to defer or cancel sales contracts due to the Covid-19 pandemic. […]

marketwatch.com
Sun, Aug 9 at 6:00 PM

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Lamar CEO: Small and middle markets doing better than larger markets at the moment (Billboard Insider)

It’s good to own small and middle markets was how you could summarize Lamar CEO Sean Reilly on yesterday’s second quarter earnings call. Improving sales. At present our pacings are showing sequential improvement every month…that implies full year revenue decline for 2020 of approximately 13-14%. […]

billboardinsider.com
Sun, Aug 9 at 4:55 PM

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Lamar revenue down 22% in second quarter 2020 (Billboard Insider)

Lamar revenues declined 22% during the second quarter 2020. Revenues have improved but the company projects revenues will be down 13-14% for the full year 2020. Here are the results from Lamar’s 2Q 2020 earnings release. […]

billboardinsider.com
Sun, Aug 9 at 4:53 PM

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16:9: Pro AV Survey Suggests EMEA Industry People Comfy With Trade Shows Again By Q1 ’21

The UK-based publication Inavate, which covers the pro AV market in the EMEA regions, has issued the results of a reader survey that suggests few buyers would attend physical  industry events for the balkance of this year, but see Q1 of 2021 as the start of a return to normal. […]

sixteen-nine.net
Fri, Aug 7 at 4:52 PM

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16:9 From Display Week 2020: So Now That You’ve Sorted Out All The LED Acronyms, Here’s Some More

With the industry rank and file maybe, possibly starting to gets its collective head wrapped around relatively new terms like OLED, QLED, miniLED and microLED, it’s time to introduce yet more acronyms and differing display technologies that we’ll be talking about and looking at soon enough. […]

sixteen-nine.net
Fri, Aug 7 at 11:11 AM

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Bodle Technologies reveals world’s first Solid State Reflective Display (DSConnection)

Oxford UK, 7 August 2020. Bodle Technologies Ltd has developed the world’s first TFT driven Solid State Reflective Display (SRD®) fabricated on a GEN2.5 line at Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI). […]

digitalsignageconnection.com
Fri, Aug 7 at 9:52 AM

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