Ian Dallimore interviewed Vistar Media CEO Michael Provenzano on Lamar’s Podcast. In January T-Mobile announced that it had signed an agreement to purchase Vistar Media for $600 million. Some highlights of the podcast. Vistar Media Culture We have this very basic phrase internally people-product-revenue in that order and people […]
Vistar co-founder and CEO Michael Provenzano will discuss the potential for Out of Home to go beyond local audiences and mine significant revenue opportunities on an international scale at the World Out of home Organization Global Congress in Hong Kong from June 5-7. He will provide a comprehensive guide to […]
On April 29, 2024, Vistar announced the purchase of ADstruc from PJX Media. Billboard Insider asked Vistar CEO and Co-Founder Michael Provenzano to discuss the transaction. Michael, why did Vistar buy ADstruc ADstruc is a software asset used by agencies and media owners. It’s a battle tested product. We kept hearing from our clients “we […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 28, 2023 – Scott Wells, the CEO of both Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (“CCOH”) (NYSE: CCO) and its Americas subsidiary, is taking on the role as chair of the Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA), the leading trade group representing the entire out […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
