Speaking at the World Out-of-home Organization’s (WOO) Annual Congress in London, Jean-François Decaux called for industry leaders to ‘get real’.
08 Jun 2026 | Charli West
Last week, The Media Leader took a deep dive into the OOH industry, hearing from industry leaders on the challenges and trends, and sharing original reporting from WOO 2026 and the sector’s growth.
OOH planning is moving away from static targeting models, toward a more behavioural understanding of audiences. Successful brands combine behavioural intelligence, contextual understanding and AI-powered decisioning to build a clearer picture of what consumers are likely to do next.
With open standards, OOH’s programmatic benefits would scale effortlessly into fully agentic workflows, where AI agents autonomously optimise across the entire campaign lifecycle.
Media leaders answer three questions about true value and social responsibility of the different advertising channels.
Agile independent agencies have a natural advantage in pDOOH. Yet parts of the ecosystem are less accessible to the agencies that could drive greater use of the medium, MINT Square’s CEO writes.
Global Street Art CEO Lee Bofkin offers a peek inside his extraordinary archive and shares why he thinks artistry is undervalued in OOH.
The channel totalled £341.2m in the first quarter, driven largely by significant growth in digital out-of-home
Media leaders answer four questions about OOH measurement, programmatic adoption, and where the channel is headed in the next three years.
Route’s research director explains how to measure advertising that’s constantly moving and interacting with people who are also moving.
For Future of OOH Week, The Media Leader will be spotlighting some of the industry’s favourite OOH campaigns. Nick Manning looks back at his football favourites.