Tag: MBTA

Intersection and MBTA to Install Digital Kiosks with Real Time Bus and Transit Info

BOSTON – September 7, 2022 – The MBTA announced today the installation of its first interactive Information Kiosk, part of a state-of-the-art, street furniture network across the Greater Boston region. This is part of an ongoing co-investment between the MBTA and Intersection, an out of home media company, to enhance […]

Intersection Wins 7 Year Boston Street Furniture and Bus Shelter Contract

Boston, MA – Intersection, the leading smart cities media and technology company, today announced that it has been awarded an exclusive seven-year contract with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) to manage its bus shelters and street furniture fleet across the Boston metropolitan area. As part of the partnership, Intersection […]

Regulatory Roundup: May 11, 2018

The Morning Call reports the Nazareth Borough Council is concerned about a digital billboard which Abe Atiyeh wants to construct at Route 248 and Green Street.  He was granted a variance for the digital billboard in June 2017.  The board thinks the sign is a safety issue because it is […]

Shassian on ipads for walls and 4 initiatives.

 Outfront CFO Donald Shassian spoke at the 26th annual Deutsche Bank Media, Telecom and Business Services conference on Tuesday.  Here are the highlights. On driving up out of home rates This has been an issue since Jeremy and I came on board…We’ve been putting an emphasis with our people to […]

Outfront Wins MBTA Billboard Contract

NEW YORK, March 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — OUTFRONT Media Inc. (NYSE: OUT) (the “Company”), announced today that it has been awarded a new contract with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (“MBTA”) to manage 125 billboards on MBTA’s owned properties. OUTFRONT is scheduled to begin operations on March 4, 2018. This contract marks an expansion of OUTFRONT’s ongoing partnership with the MBTA. OUTFRONT will […]

Liveboards versus Preservationists

OUTFRONT has deployed 250 smart digital screens in Boston’s transit system.  The MBTA is thrilled by the $100 million in revenue generated from the screens.    Boston Magazine writes there’s a backlash against the screens by the Massachusetts Preservation Alliance and Friends of the Public Garden who say that screens […]

OUTFRONT Powers MBTA’s GIF-based Public Service Announcements with GIPHY

NEW YORK, July 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — OUTFRONT Media Inc. (NYSE: OUT) today announced its campaign launch to bring Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) riders friendly and easy to understand public service announcements. Using GIPHY, the world’s first and largest GIF search engine, OUTFRONT will be integrating full-motion GIFs on its […]