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Wednesday, October 21, 2015 Wed, Oct 21, 2015

Billboards re-emerge as an issue in Salt Lake City’s mayoral race (Fox13)

It’s an eclectic group of issues from a political action committee run by the general counsel of Utah’s biggest billboard company, Reagan Outdoor Advertising. Utahns for Independent Government is run by Nate Sechrest, who says they are supporting Jackie Biskupski because of her stand on those issues. “We're not trying to make anything seem like it's coming from Jackie. […]


Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 12:16 AM

South Africa: DOOH’s and Don’ts of digital outdoor adverting (Media Update)

Craig Wallis, Group Head at the MediaShop. Enter Stage Left: Digital Out of Home Screens Worldwide, we have digital billboards/screens as “the big thing” in Out of Home (OOH) and this technology, along with its amazing software, has allowed people to place screens, both big and small, in half a gazillion possible locations which consumers frequent. […]

mediaupdate.co.za
Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 12:11 AM

Tuesday, October 20, 2015 Tue, Oct 20, 2015

These Ex-Marines Create an App that is Making DOOH Advertising Smarter (Alley Watch)

Mira retargets in real life by affecting something called Digital Out-of-Home media (think: Digital Signage, Taxi TV, etc) which, for our purposes, we define as all the screens in all the public spaces that have 2 things in common (1) they’re serving us advertising and (2) none of them know anything meaningful about the audience immediately present. […]

alleywatch.com
Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 11:57 PM

Brazil: Brands and Advertisers Gravitate towards Digital Signage Services as Traditional Media Wanes (Frost & Sullivan)

SAO PAULO /PRNewswire/ -- As brands and advertisers across Brazil recognize the inherent shortcomings of traditional media, they are investing in newer marketing vehicles like digital signage. The technology has the ability to reach huge audiences and play engaging and targeted messages to them at the point of sale, transit or wait. […]

marketwatch.com
Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 11:53 PM

Fortune: Starbucks to add video screens to 2,400 of its drive-throughs

Starbucks will be adding video screens to 2,400 of its drive-through lanes in the U.S. The process will happen over the next 12 months. Such screens are standard at drive-through lanes of many fast-food chains, such as McDonalds MCD -0.62% , Burger King QSR 0.29% , and Sonic—but the Starbucks screens will have a twist: customers will see their barista’s face when they relay their order. […]

fortune.com
Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 4:10 PM

Monday, October 19, 2015 Mon, Oct 19, 2015

Posterscope launch new Out-of-Home digital landmark in Hamburg (Pioneering OOH)

Posterscope Germany launched the Media Facade, the new out-of-home landmark for Hamburg and Germany. Coinciding with the start of the 10th Reeperbahn Festival – one of the most important meeting places for the music industry worldwide – the new venue „Klubhaus St. Pauli“ was opened and at the same time the Media Facade on the front of the six-storey building was launched. […]

pioneeringooh.com
Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 10:05 PM

The Drum: UK ad spend surges to record high of 9.4bn driven by digital, out-of-home up 2.3%

UK advertising spend grew 5.8 percent in the first half of 2015 to reach a record high of £9.4bn, according to Advertising Association/Warc Expenditure Report data published today (20 October). Steady growth was also reported in the first half for radio (2.9 per cent), out of home (2.3 per cent), cinema (2.7 per cent) and direct mail (4.5 per cent). […]

thedrum.com
Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 9:50 PM

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