INDIANAPOLIS – Billboard regulators want more information on benefits of relocating signs and also learned how to measure light from digital billboards during their annual meeting. Regulators convened in Indianapolis April 30-May 4 under the auspices of the National Alliance of State Highway Beautification Agencies (NAHBA). State officials are seeking […]
DELAWARE COUNTY, PA — A judge in the Philadelphia market has affirmed that a taxing authority may not use billboards to increase a property’s real estate tax or assessment. “We are very pleased,” said Patrick Smith of OUTFRONT Media, which litigated the case along with Clear Channel Outdoor and Steen […]
Out of home (OOH) advertising is the most effective offline medium in driving online activity, according to a new study released by Nielsen. The study found OOH delivers more online activity per ad dollar spent compared to television, radio, and print. According to the OOH Online Activation Survey, online activations […]
Top US Brands, Advertisers Are Also Top OOH Spenders Some of the largest public and privately held companies in the United States are top overall advertisers, and many are top spenders in OOH. According to the 2016 MegaBrands report by OAAA released last week, based on data from Kantar Media, 37 […]
A report from the OAAA Fully automated vehicles (AVs) are the future of transportation and mobility in America and will be a disruptive force across the economy. A new report explores the trend toward automated driving. How long will it take? What challenges face automated driving? Are there possible opportunities […]
Douglas Watts is President of Urban Media Group. He acted as a brand officer for the OAAA in the lat 80’s and early 90’s. Here’s a recent email he sent to the OAAA CEO Nancy Fletcher talking about how media has changed and why he thinks out of home is at […]
Courtesy of the OAAA. Media Audience Fragmentation Provides Opportunity For OOH In its 2016 annual Pew Research State of the News Media Report, the Pew Research Center documented that 2015 was another year of alarming declines for newspapers — the worst since the 2008-2009 recession. The other local medium suffering […]
Marci Werlinich is VP of Membership and Administration at the Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA). She’s spent her entire 31-year professional career serving the OAAA and its members. Marci focuses on membership recruitment, planning logistics, human resources and information technology. Marci was elected into the OAAA Hall of Fame in […]
FBI headquarters provided this update to the Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA): “Fugitive Demeko Wells was featured on digital billboards in the Tampa, FL, area. The pressure created by the billboards influenced Wells to turn himself in the day after the billboards were posted. “After turning himself in, Wells […]
Thanks to the OAAA for allowing us to reprint their article. MAGNA’s CPM projections for 2017 are detailed in the chart below. TV and digital are the big drivers of the total media average CPM increase of 7 percent for 2017, while OOH continues to demonstrate good value in today’s […]
