Tag: michael provenzano

Vistar Media Acquires Sage+Archer to Accelerate Programmatic OOH Across Europe

NEW YORK & AMSTERDAM (May 12, 2022) — Vistar Media, the global provider of software for digital out-of-home (DOOH), today announced the acquisition of Sage+Archer, a leading European buying platform for DOOH. Through this deal, Sage+Archer gains a strategic influx of capital to accelerate growth across Europe, now backed by […]

Vistar Media Answers The Question Everyone Is Asking

With the news of the Lamar investment in Vistar Media, our internal conversation at Insider was around one key issue and that was confirmed yesterday from several industry executives.  This comment from a reader and an owner/operator sums it up nicely.  We are are a small operator, and compete with […]

Michael Provenzano On New Equity, Strategic Partners and The Future For Vistar Media

After the announcement of the $30 million Lamar Advertising investment, Insider reached out to Vistar Media CEO, Michael Provenzano for a discussion on the investment and the addition of a strategic partner. How long have discussions been ongoing for the potential of raising additional capital? We began active evaluation of […]

Vistar Can Measure Moving Inventory Including Taxi and Rideshare Tops

NEW YORK (June 10, 2021) – Vistar Media, the leading end-to-end programmatic ecosystem for digital out-of-home (DOOH), today announced it can now measure moving inventory, including taxi and rideshare tops, alongside non-moving OOH media types in the U.S. across media owners including Curb, Firefly and Lyft. Driven by the rise in taxi and […]

Are Programmatic Pause/Cancel Clauses a Problem?

On this week’s OAAA suppliers webcast Vistar’s Michael Provenzano said that that programmatic buyer priorities right now include the ability to do pause/cancel without penalty and no upfront or long-term commitments. Insider asked Lamar’s Ian Dallimore if pause/cancel without penalty and no long term commitments are a problem for out […]

OAAA Suppliers Review Outlook for 2021

Clockwise from top left: Kerry Yoakum, Rod Rackley, Michael Provenzano, Jeremy Johnson The OAAA’s Kerry Yoakum moderated a brisk panel discussion in which three out of home industry suppliers reviewed 2020 and discussed the outlook for 2021.    Here’s what the suppliers said about the impact of covid on their […]

OAAA Establishing Guidelines for Programmatic Transactions

By Stephen Freitas, OAAA Chief Marketing Officer The Out of Home Advertising Association of American (OAAA) has launched a working group charged with establishing standards for OpenRTB. Real-Time Bidding (RTB) is a platform and protocol that allows bidding as a method for transacting media, making it possible for ad impressions to […]

Vistar Redefined “the Loop” with Unified Ad Serving

NEW YORK – March 10, 2020 – Vistar Media, the leading global provider of software for digital out-of-home (DOOH), today announced the launch of unified ad serving. This new solution marries traditional ad scheduling (also known as loop-based) and programmatic advertising in one, central platform. Loop-based ad serving offers media […]

Vistar Programmatic Spend Grows 80% in 2019

NEW YORK – January 21, 2020 – With 35 consecutive quarters of growth, the meteoric rise of digital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising is set to continue in 2020 as the channel becomes more data-driven and easier to buy. Vistar Media, the global leader in programmatic technology for DOOH, is at the […]