Tag: Bell Media

Company of the Day: Astral/Bell Media

Company: Astral, a division of Bell Media Markets: Canada Address: 299 Queen St West, Toronto, ON  M5V 2Z5, CA Astral, a division of Bell Media, is a leader among Canada’s out-of-home advertising companies with more than 45,000 faces strategically located across the country. Astral offers six product lines: outdoor advertising, […]

OUTFRONT Closes Sale of Canadian Assets to Bell Media

NEW YORK, June 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — OUTFRONT Media Inc. (NYSE: OUT) and Bell Media Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), announced today that they have closed the sale of OUTFRONT Media’s Canadian business to Bell Media for a purchase price of C$410 million in cash, subject […]

Three Things About the OUTFRONT Canada Sale

OUTFRONT shares increased 8% this week following news that the OUTFRONT is selling OUTFRONT Canada to Bell Media for $300 million US.  Three things about the sale. Stock purchase The transaction is a purchase of the shares of OUTFRONT Canada, not a purchase of assets.  This carries more risk for […]

OUTFRONT Media Sells its Canadian Business to Bell Media

    NEW YORK and TORONTO, Oct. 23, 2023 /CNW/ — OUTFRONT Media Inc. (NYSE: OUT) and Bell Media announced today that they have entered into an agreement to sell the Canadian business of OUTFRONT Media to Bell Media, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BCE (TSX, NYSE: BCE). The purchase price is C$410 million in cash (Insider […]

Company of the Day: Astral/Bell Media

Company: Astral, a division of Bell Media Markets: Canada Address: 299 Queen St West, Toronto, ON  M5V 2Z5, CA Astral, a division of Bell Media, is a leader among Canada’s out-of-home advertising companies with more than 45,000 faces strategically located across the country. Astral offers six product lines: outdoor advertising, […]

Place Exchange Announces Partnership With Astral

Place Exchange expands its Canadian programmatic out-of-home supply with Astral’s thousands of premium digital screens   Toronto, Canada (June 27, 2023) – Place Exchange, the leading SSP for programmatic out-of-home (OOH) media, today announced its integration with Astral, Bell Media’s OOH advertising division, adding thousands of premium digital screens to […]

Astral Expands in Alberta with Imagine Outdoors Premium Digital Network

TORONTO, Sept. 6, 2022 /CNW/ – Astral, Canada’s leading out-of-home advertising solution provider, announced today that it has acquired Imagine Outdoor’s entire digital out-of-home advertising network in Alberta, as of Sept. 1, 2022. The new digital screens are bringing Astral’s total digital inventory in Alberta to 39 faces, allowing more […]

Does Your Billboard Company Need an Online Presence?

By Scott Bell, CEO, Bell Media Billboard company owners are often apprehensive about investing time, energy, and resources into building a strong online presence. This apprehension is understandable given most new business sales have historically been sourced through cold-calling, networking, referrals, and self-promos on billboards. I’m here to share why […]

New and Noted – March 10, 2020

Scott Bell gives some lessons on starting a billboard company in a profile in Auburn’s Harbert College of Business.  Scott and Neil Bell started, ran and sold Bell Media’s billboard business in Georgia.  Scott now runs Bell Media, a web design, marketing and hosting company.  Neil Bell went on to […]