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Day 2 of the OAAA Geopath Conference in 5 Quotes

Kinetic’s Keith “Kappy” Kaplan: Out of home is a 200 year old startup. Delta Airlines Molly Battin on digital billboards It’s a great way to signal real-time what new markets we are opening up…It helps us with the full funnel…we love the reach and exposure that out of home gives […]

Harris Poll Says Summer Travel Will Exceed Pre-pandemic Levels

WASHINGTON D.C. (May 26, 2021) – After a year of social distancing, Americans are optimistic about summer travel, with 51 percent of consumers stating that they are going to travel as much or more than in pre-Covid times. This is one of the key findings from “Consumer Insights and Intent: […]

OAAA Releases New Specs for Automated Selling

WASHINGTON D.C. (May 26, 2021) – The Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA), the national trade association for the entire out of home (OOH) and DOOH media ecosystem, today released OpenDirect 1.5.1, an update to the specification that will allow OOH media companies to offer premium inventory though […]

Texas Digital Billboard Campaign Seeks to Find Missing Children

Houston, TX – May 25, 2021 — Texas Center for the Missing, Houston’s Amber Alert Provider, The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and Clear Channel Outdoor Americas (CCOA) launched a new month-long effort across Texas to generate leads in four individual missing children’s cases in Houston, San Antonio, […]

Kym Frank Resigns as Geopath President

Billboard Insider has confirmed with several sources that Kym Frank has resigned as Geopath President. Frank had been President of the out of home audience measurement organization since 2015. Frank was a forceful advocate for the power of out of home in her blog posts and twitter feed.  We wish […]

The OAAA/Geopath Show CEO Panel

Anna Bager moderated a CEO panel at yesterday’s OAAA/Geopath conference.  Some of the highlights. Lamar Advertising CEO Sean Reilly on the resilience of billboards. Since this time last year I have consistently underestimated our ability to come back.  This time last year we were all drawing down our revolvers…things exploded […]

7 Takeaways from Day 1 of the OAAA/Geopath Conference

Here are 7 takeaways from day one of the OAAA/Geopath 2021 conference. (1) The recovery is occurring faster than expected, says Sean Reilly, CEO, Lamar Advertising (2) “We learned how to sell other verticals,” Scott Wells, CEO, Clear Channel America on selling during covid. (3) “Covid brought new brands” to […]

OAAA Releases Digital Video Out of Home Buyers Guide

WASHINGTON D.C. (May 25, 2021) – The Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA), today released its first “OAAA Digital Video Out of Home (VOOH) Buyers’ Guide” to help advertisers navigate the VOOH landscape and take advantage of the medium’s benefits. With the country emerging out of the pandemic […]

Company of the Day: Zalla Media

Company: Zalla Media Markets: Kentucky Headquarters: 2333 Anderson Road, Crescent Sprints, KY  41017 Phone: 859-250-8793 Email: shannon@zallamedia.com Zalla Media operates a digital billboard on I-75 in Northern Kentucky just over the Ohio River from Cincinnati.  The sign is on the most heavily traveled interstate in the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky area and gets 284,452 impressions each week.  […]

Out of Home Delivers 3 Recruiting Audiences for the Price of 1

With all of the pandemic gyrations businesses need OOH now more than ever.  Virtually every business is being stymied by the labor shortage.  OOH can help in a way that no other medium can.  The quantity of job candidates isn’t determined by the size of an ad budget but rather […]