Tag: Tom Goddard

Trust is key says WOO President Tom Goddard

In a world awash with fake news and with hitherto all-conquering social media now coming under attack from all directions, Out of Home advertising’s status as the most trusted medium is key to expanding the sector, World Out of Home Organization President Tom Goddard told delegates at this week’s Central […]

Global Programmatic Still Traded on Relationships, Not Open auction.

Second report reveals 75.7% Private Marketplace dominance and 65.5% OOH-specialist DSP share — completing the first verified supply-side picture of how global programmatic DOOH is traded. Verticals, DSP & Transaction Analysis · Full Year 2025 London · 22 September 2026 · For immediate release 75.7% PRIVATE MARKETPLACE SHARE OF SPEND […]

WOO President Goddard Says Out of Home Industry Has More to Do

The World Out of Home Organization delegates are gathered in London this week for its Annual Congress and President Tom Goddard welcomed them with the news that global OOH revenues had climbed to US$54bn, 15% higher than 2024. The WOO figures include 85 separate geographical territories accounting for 95% of […]

Let’s Make 2026 a Year to Celebrate Says WOO President Tom Goddard

The global Out of Home industry can expect much more from 2026 than 2025 says World Out of Home Organization President Tom Goddard in a New Year message.  “All media need to be able to plan not just weeks ahead but months and years,” says Goddard, “and the same is […]

Out of Home is the Last Heroic Medium Says Goddard

Out of Home is the last “heroic” medium, World Out of Home Organization President Tom Goddard said at this week’s APAC Regional Forum in Seoul, South Korea. Quoting Ogilvy Group UK CEO James Murphy, he said the medium had not just out-performed other legacy media amid the digital tidal wave […]

Goddard Hails Global Out of Home Growth

“The pace of consolidation is accelerating fast ” World Out of Home Organization President Tom Goddard told over 600 delegates from 58 countries – a record number – in his keynote address at the WOO Annual Congress in Mexico City. Goddard also drew from WOO’s soon to be released Worldwide […]

Tom Goddard on why the Japanese OOH Industry is still below Pre-covid

February 24, 2025. WOO president Tom Goddard calls for greater collaboration in the Japanese OOH industry, to accelerate production of credible Audience Metrics and facilitate the formation of a unified National Trade Association. Goddard was speaking at the first ever OOH Tokyo Conference, organized by representatives of the Japanese OOH […]

Global Out of Home Breaks the 5% Barrier

Global spending on Out of Home advertising reached $41.9bn in 2023, up 16% on 2022’s $36.2bn, breaking through the 5% barrier even as online continues to dominate media growth tables. OOH now accounts for 5.2% of global ad expenditure, up from 2022’s 4.7%. The breakthrough was highlighted in World Out […]

Goddard Calls for More OOH Sustainability Initiatives at OAAA

WOO President Tom Goddard has called on the US Out of Home industry to speed up its progress towards becoming more sustainable. Speaking at the annual conference of the OAAA (Out of Home Advertising Association of America), in San Diego, Goddard described the issue of sustainability as the “elephant in […]

Goddard Says Global Out of Home Back on Track

Global Out of Home revenue looks set to exceed 2022’s $36.8bn, a full recovery from the pandemic, with six factors set to drive further growth in 2024 and beyond, World Out of Home Organization President Tom Goddard said, opening WOO’s first in-person Africa Forum in Cape Town this week. These […]