Tag: place-based

Transit and Street Furniture Driving US Out of Home Growth in 2Q 2025

Transit and street furniture were the highest growing out of home sectors in the second quarter of 2025.  Here’s a summary of the sector performance in OAAA’s 2Q 2025 revenue report. Transit grew 9.8% in the second quarter of 2025.  If you’ve been listening to the public company earnings reports […]

Four OOH Stories to Watch in 2025

Here are four out of home stories Billboard Insider is watching in 2025. A return of the M&A market. Out of home acquisitions down in 2023 and 2024.  Take a look at this chart prepared by Moorgate Partners which shows the acquisitions of Lamar, OUTFRONT and Clear Channel Outdoor.   […]

Billboards Account for Three-Quarters of US OOH Revenues

The OAAA tracks out of home revenues by sector.  OAAA members can see the figures at OOH Revenue by Format.  Some Billboard Insider observations on the data. Billboards, Billboards, Billboards. The roadside billboard industry accounted for 74% of US out of home revenue during the first 9 most of 2024 […]

Duo Lipa Runs Digital Out of Home Window Campaign

Global pop sensation Dua Lipa, in collaboration with Live Nation and Visual Feeder, is pushing the boundaries of digital Out-of-Home (OOH) advertising in with a new digital window-scape campaign to promote her upcoming “Radical Optimism” tour. The campaign objective turns strategically selected unused retail windows into vibrant, immersive displays designed […]

A Possible New Out of Home Place Based Application

Kevin Conlin of Autonomous Power Solutions tells Billboard Insider he is working on a solar powered hydration station.  The station has advertising possibilities in that it can be wrapped or have a digital display or both.  The system is in design prototype stage.  Kevin would like your feedback on the […]

US Billboard Revenues Flat, Place Based & Transit are Recovering

Last week the OAAA announced that US out of home revenues increased 1.1% in the third quarter of 2023.  A look behind the numbers finds that three out of home sectors grew and one declined. Roadside billboards which account for almost three quarters of the US market, grew 0.9% in […]

Transit and Place Based Rebounding but not Back to Pre-covid

Four observations after reviewing the OAAA’s fourth quarter 2022 US out of home revenue figures. All sectors up. All US out of home industry sectors grew during the fourth quarter.  Place based led all sectors (up 31%), followed by transit (up 9%), billboards (up 7%) and street furniture (up 2%). […]

US Billboard Revenues Beyond Covid – Transit and Street Furniture Close the Gap

Billboard revenues are surging, transit and place based revenues are coming back and place based revenues continue to lag versus pre covid.  That’s what’s apparent in the third quarter 2022 revenue figures reported yesterday by the OAAA. US billboard revenues grew 7% in the third quarter of 2022 and are […]

Billboards Over Covid, Other OOH Sectors Lag

US Billboards have completely recovered from covid and then some.  The other US out of home sectors still lag.  Here’s what Billboard Insider found after reviewing the last three years of quarterly US out of home revenues by sector as reported to the OAAA. US billboard revenues are 12% above […]

Billboards over Covid but Street Furniture, Transit and Place Based Lag

A rising tide lifted all out of home sectors in 2021.  Here are the 2021 annual US revenue figures broken down by sector.     Street furniture revenue grew 43% in 2021, followed by billboards (up 17%), transit (up 11%) and place-based (up 3%). Roadside billboards have recovered and are […]