Faux OOH could complement Foundational and Special OOH activations, but it’s not quite the same thing in some powerful, if subconscious, ways.
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TV, a traditional lynchpin of ad campaigns, has slipped out of marketers top-ranked media channels this year, falling from third place in 2022 to 12th place in 2023. Meanwhile, consumers say they prefer in-person ad experiences.
Outsmart, the trade body for the OOH advertising industry, found digital and classic revenues grew by 6.1% and 2.4% respectively across H1 2023.
Fake ads are not something we should tolerate unless advertisers own up to them and accept the risks of dishonesty, writes the editor.
Gymbox’s brand and marketing director Rory McEntee wrote a column earlier this year about the risk fake ads, good or bad, pose to brands. Then his brand released a fake ad, and there is as yet no response from the gym chain.
Out-of-home media owners need to be “on their guard” in response to a rise of fake ads posing as billboards, one of the UK’s biggest outdoor media sellers has warned.
Denise Turner joins Jack Benjamin and Ella Sagar to discuss developments in ad measurement, the viral success of fake OOH ads, and whether we’ve yet reached a ‘new normal’ when it comes OOH viewership.
Ocean Outdoor has become the exclusive media partner for Allied London’s Spinningfield business and residential quarter and St John’s city centre neighbourhood in Manchester.
Global and Transport for London have denied that an ad circulated online and previously reported in The Media Leader, and other publications, is on either of their systems.
Justin Cochrane tells Ella Sagar about Clear Channel Outdoor’s aim to become a US-only business, what would be the ‘right’ buyer for the UK operation, and how out-of-home needs to be more consistent with its message to advertisers.