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JC Decaux tipped to unseat Clear Channel as London’s £400m bus shelter ad controller (moreaboutadvertising)

Transport for London’s lucrative bus shelter and street furniture out of home advertising contract is believed to have been wrested from incumbent Clear Channel by French OOH giant JC Decaux. The business, which TFL values at more than £400m for the next ten years of the contract, is one of the most hotly-contested in UK out of home. […]

moreaboutadvertising.com
Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 12:48 AM

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Lamar Advertising Company Acquires Alliance Airport Advertising (nasdaq)

Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq:LAMR), one of the largest outdoor advertising companies in North America, has acquired Alliance Airport Advertising. The acquisition adds a variety of traditional advertising and experiential displays in five major airports, enhancing the nation's most distinctive out-of-home advertising portfolio. […]

nasdaq.com
Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 12:47 AM

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MediaWeek: Primesight circles Eye Airports in £3m deal

Primesight has emerged as the preferred bidder for regional media specialist Eye Airports, which has outdoor contracts for London Gatwick and Manchester airports, in a deal estimated at £3 million. Primesight has confirmed it is in the process of doing due diligence on the deal, which is believed to involve several third party contracts, not least with the airports themselves. […]

mediaweek.co.uk
Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 12:44 AM

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FT: UK television advertising booms despite digital rise (outdoor up by 3 percent)

... Meanwhile, radio is forecast to rise 4 per cent to £395m, while outdoor is expected to increase 3 per cent to £842m. TV advertising is growing almost as fast as internet advertising, which is forecast to rise almost 11 per cent to £8bn. […]

ft.com
Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 12:36 AM

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Send a Tweet to Coke’s Digital Billboard, and It’ll Tell You Fun Facts About Your Name

Following up its clever drinkable billboard for Coke Zero, Coca-Cola has launched another eye-catching outdoor idea, this time in Times Square. […]

oaaa.org
Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 8:00 PM

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16:9: DSE Extends 2016 Speaker Deadline

Digital Signage Expo has extended its deadline for speaker proposals for the 2016 educational conference to the end of this week. […]

sixteen-nine.net
Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 4:50 PM

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16:9: Research Suggests Android Picking Up Steam In Signage, Embedded Markets

The embedded business unit of VIA Technologies in Taiwan – which has a big office in Silicon Valley, as well – has done a worldwide survey of end-user customers to get a sense of where they’re at with using Android. Some 93% of the roughly 250 respondents indicated they are either currently using or are considering using Android for an embedded project in the near future. […]

sixteen-nine.net
Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 12:08 PM

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16:9: The Source Opens Its First Experiential Format Store

The Source Opens Newly Designed Interactive Store at Toronto’s Yorkdale Mall (CNW Group/The Source) Canadian gadget retailer The Source – once known as Radio Shack up here – has opened its first experiential format store in an ongoing effort to “reinvent” the brand and shopping experience. […]

sixteen-nine.net
Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 11:43 AM

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Wortham Center and Jones Hall Continue Partnership with Daktronics

Both Houston performance venues will upgrade their outdoor marquee video displays. […]

digitalsignageconnection.com
Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 10:50 AM

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University of Greenwich Drives Communications with ONELAN

The school sought a way to present visual information to staff and visitors via digital signage across all three campuses to enhance the feeling of community. […]

digitalsignageconnection.com
Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 10:40 AM

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The Source Opens Interactive Store at Toronto’s Yorkdale Mall (DSConnection)

The tech-forward design and format will be the prototype for future The Source store locations. […]

digitalsignageconnection.com
Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 10:29 AM

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Ocean broadcasts remarkable British film and TV footage in partnership with BFI (oceanoutdoor)

Remarkable film and local television archive footage of British life will be broadcast across Ocean’s large format digital out of home screens in a partnership with the BFI which launches Britain on Film today. Britain on Film is a new project that reveals hidden histories and forgotten stories of people and places from the film and TV archives of the UK. […]

oceanoutdoor.com
Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 10:10 AM

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16:9: Augmented Reality Video Wall Fills French Grocery Carts In Surprising Ways

Via PSFK This is a clever use of augmented reality that happily doesn’t require the experience to happen through the lens of a smartphone screen. The French supermarket chain Système U used gesture cameras, software and a large video wall at a store to deliver a fun way of communicating the origins of some of its key products. […]

sixteen-nine.net
Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 9:22 AM

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Nanonation Brings Digital Signage to Nebraska Crossing Outlets (DSConnection)

The outdoor mall become one of the first to integrate the digital and brick & mortar elements into a single cohesive customer experience with LED billboards, wayfinding kiosks, video walls and more. […]

digitalsignageconnection.com
Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 8:52 AM

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USA Today: Chinese OOH ad operator (AirMedia) stock the worst among the crash-taculars

Even the market’s implosion is nothing compared to what’s happening to some individual China-based stocks with shares trading on major U.S. exchanges. The worst Chinese stock since the June top is Airmedia Group, which sells ad space on TV screens on planes as well as outdoor billboards and other displays. […]

americasmarkets.usatoday.com
Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 8:43 AM

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