Tag: george ivie

Cowlbeck Named to MRC Executive Committee

Billboard Insider notes that the IBOUSA’s Chris Cowlbeck has been named to the MRC executive committee.  Chris has been a committee member of MRC for 4 years. He has served on three MRC OOH committees in the past as a committee member only. He is now appointed as the chair […]

MRC Announces Contract Extension for Ivie

New agreement extends George Ivie’s term as MRC Executive Director and CEO through 2027 New York, NY (June 15, 2022): The Media Rating Council (MRC) announced today that Executive Director and CEO George W. Ivie has agreed to a new five-year contract extension. This extension to his current contract means […]

MRC to Issue Draft OOH Measurement Standards in 1Q 2022

The Media Ratings (“MRC”) council hopes to issue draft OOH measurement standards in the first quarter of 2022.  That was the key takeaway from MRC CEO George Ivie’s talk at last week’s IBOUSA show.  Here are some excerpts: We’ve been around for 55 years.  Non-profit located in New York.  7 […]

The IBO Show in 5 Quotes

Here’s a summary of day one of the IBOUSA fall show in 5 quotes. Chris Cowlbeck on the IBO’s growth The idea is ranchers helping ranchers.  Someone’s barn burns down and we help them fix it.  That’s what the IBOUSA is about….We’re growing and we’re going to continue to grow.  […]

IBOUSA Endorsement Program

By Chris Cowlbeck, General Manager, IBOUSA Recent advancements in technology and the speed of delivery of data have created some challenges for small and medium sized Out of Home (OOH) companies to fully understand and evaluate all the data nuances being used in the OOH industry.  The skills and access […]

George Ivie on the Media Rating Council

You may not have heard about the Media Rating Council but that’s about to change because the Media Rating Council (“MRC”) is developing out of home measurement standards.  Insider interviewed MRC CEO George Ivie. George, what is the MRC? The MRC is a non-profit industry association established in 1963 at […]

Media Ratings Council Addresses IBOUSA

George Ivie, CEO and Executive Director of the Media Rating Council (MRC), presented how his Industry self-regulatory organization moved to developing audience measurement standards and best practices for data used in decision making for advertisement placement in the OOH Industry at the bi-annual conference of IBOUSA Associates yesterday in Columbus […]