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16:9: The Chicago digital signage CMS start-up UPshow hires on former RMG Networks CEO Bob Michelson as its President and SVP

Michelson is hooking back up with UPshow CEO Adam Hirsen, who he worked with years ago at Sterling Partners, a large Chicago-based private equity investment firm. Michelson had been at RMG for almost five years, but left in early 2019. I think he has been at UPshow for a little bit, and his company profile says he runs ops. […]

sixteen-nine.net
Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 6:19 PM

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16:9: Three key digital signage people leave NJ-based systems integrator Diversified

I’m not entirely sure what’s happening at the big, NJ-based systems integrator Diversified, but all three of their key people for digital signage business development have now left the company in 2020. Jay Leedy, who ran business development for Diversified’s Digital Media Group, posted on Linkedin that he is now working for Sony. […]

sixteen-nine.net
Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 6:16 PM

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16:9: Digital Signage Tech Firm STRATACACHE Continues Buying Real Estate Properties, With Big NOC Planned For Waterloo, Iowa

STRATACACHE owner and CEO Chris Riegel is continuing his affection for finding mothballed technology facilities, presumably at very good rates, and reviving them as active operations for his group of digital signage-focused companies. […]

sixteen-nine.net
Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 6:13 PM

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Intersection launches digital OOH storefronts in top US markets to boost holiday shopping (OOHToday)

Brands can now create QR code activations via digital signage in top DMAs to facilitate mobile e-commerce amid COVID-19. […]

oohtoday.com
Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 12:11 AM

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OOH Webinar Library: Access to recordings of all OAAA webinars

Election 2020: What Does It Mean For OOH? November 09, 2020. Perspectives: Fiscal Outlook with Top Media Analyst & Industry CROs Considering the Financial Future of OOH. […]

oaaa.org
Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 12:10 AM

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Ooh Media auctions off prime billboard ad space to raise funds for Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service

Over the next month, businesses will bid for prime billboard locations in a fundraising auction, the first of its type, developed by Ooh Media in support of the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service. A total of 50 sites have been selected by Ooh Media, Australia’s leader in ‘out of home’ advertising, with the sites going to the highest bidder and funds raised going to the Rescue Helicopter. […]

mumbrella.com.au
Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 12:08 AM

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Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO) Reports Q3 Loss, Tops Revenue Estimates (Nasdaq)

Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO) came out with a quarterly loss of $0.29 per share versus the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $0.26. This compares to loss of $0.25 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items. […]

nasdaq.com
Mon, Nov 9, 2020 at 11:02 PM

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JCDecaux revenue down 41% in 3Q 2020, as billboards and street furniture are rebounding from covid the fastest (Billboard Insider)

The worst impact of covid was on the company’s transit business which is down 52%. Covid needs to be extinguished for transit ridership and revenues to rebound. Billboards and street furniture were down 29%. […]

billboardinsider.com
Mon, Nov 9, 2020 at 11:01 PM

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Parent of Link Outdoor, Boston Omaha, reports Q3, 2020 results (Stockhouse)

In the table below, “Net Other Income (Loss)” includes unrealized losses of $24,413,748 in the value of our public equity securities during the first nine months of 2020. While we intend to hold our current securities for the longer term, we may in the future choose to sell them for a variety of reasons resulting in realized losses or gains. […]

stockhouse.com
Mon, Nov 9, 2020 at 10:58 PM

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What Election 2020 results mean for OOH advertising (Video, 44:02 by OAAA)

OAAA’s Ken Klein goes beyond winners and losers to explain the election’s impact on a range of issues (environment, cannabis, transit, and taxes). Attorney Gary Kibel of Davis & Gilbert breaks down the privacy measure that was on the California ballot and discusses the next round of the privacy debate. […]

youtube.com
Mon, Nov 9, 2020 at 10:48 PM

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Clear Channel Outdoor Q3 2020 revenue is down 31.8% in Americas and 13.4% in Europe (Business Insider)

Financial highlights for the third quarter of 2020, as compared to the same period of 2019: Americas: Revenue down 31.8% year-over-year to $223.7 million. Segment Adjusted EBITDA1 down 48.2% year-over-year to $70.7 million. Europe: Revenue down 13.4% year-over-year to $216.9 million. […]

markets.businessinsider.com
Mon, Nov 9, 2020 at 10:47 PM

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CEO of JCDecaux-owned VIOOH explains the platform’s programmatic DOOH capabilities (Media4Growth)

Jean-Christophe Conti, CEO, VIOOH. The VIOOH platform connects OOH inventory to demand-side platforms (DSPs). Within this marketplace, advertisers are able to use audience data to create targeted and optimised campaigns. […]

media4growth.com
Mon, Nov 9, 2020 at 10:35 PM

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Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc. (CCO) reported a loss of $135.9 million in its third quarter (The Herald Review)

The San Antonio-based company said it had a loss of 29 cents per share. The results missed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of 26 cents per share. […]

theheraldreview.com
Mon, Nov 9, 2020 at 7:52 PM

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What is co-op advertising and how to find those dollars for your OOH business (OOHToday)

Last year Manufactures offered over $40 Billion dollars in Co-op money a year? That’s a lot of advertising money. The crazy thing about it is, at the end of the year 40% of that $40 Billion goes UNUSED! […]

oohtoday.com
Mon, Nov 9, 2020 at 7:38 PM

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Startup enters programmatic DOOH market in Indonesia dominated by its rival (Tech in Asia)

Available in Greater Jakarta, GoScreen is an affordable solution for brands, including micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), to advertise on digital billboards attached to Gojek’s two-wheeled vehicles. It charges a starting price of 10 million rupiah (US$709.80) for 250,000 potential consumers. […]

techinasia.com
Mon, Nov 9, 2020 at 12:08 AM

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