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New #OOH Playout Reporting Standards

Wednesday, October 13th, 2021

Tristan Cotterill

Outsmart, the trade body for the UK Out of Home advertising industry, and the IPA’s outdoor specialists have announced the publication of OOH Playout Reporting Standards. Justin Cochrane, Chair of Outsmart, told us “These new standards further enhance the trust and accountability of Out of Home, giving brands even more confidence to embrace the medium.” […]

Mereo implémente le standard OpenDirect (OOH) 1.5.1

Monday, July 5th, 2021

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

En juin 2020, Outsmart et l’association des agences spécialisées en affichage au Royaume-Uni (IPA) ont publié OpenDirect (OOH) 1.5.1, un standard pour la vente programmatique directe dans le secteur de l’affichage extérieur (Out of Home).   Nous sommes fiers d’annoncer que nous venons d’implémenter OpenDirect (OOH) 1.5.1. Cela fait de Price & Place – notre […]

Outsmart/PwC Out of Home UK Revenue Q1 2021

Thursday, June 10th, 2021

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Here’s the Q1 2021 revenue report for the UK OOH sector… The overall numbers reflect a decline in the sector owing to the lockdown imposed in December 2020. Note, the declines seen this quarter are off a base of Q1 2020 which was itself slightly down on the prior year (-3%) as a result of […]

OpenDirect 1.5.1 Released By @YourOAAA

Wednesday, May 26th, 2021

Tristan Cotterill

The Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA) has just released OpenDirect 1.5.1, an update to the specification that will allow OOH media companies to offer premium inventory though an automated workflow. Providing the benefits of programmatic, the spec provides a standard way for OOH publishers to make their inventory available in any OpenDirect-compliant […]

Q4 And Full Year 2020 #OOH Revenue, @OutsmartOOH

Wednesday, February 17th, 2021

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

It was clearly a very challenging year for OOH and we all faced a tough Q1 given the current restrictions but here are the Q4 and full year 2020 OOH revenue results for the UK. More positively, the successful rollout of the vaccination programme promises a bright outlook with rapid recovery for the UK economy […]

New UK DOOH Glossary Released

Tuesday, February 9th, 2021

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

IAB UK’s DOOH Advisory Group, Outsmart and Route have just released a new Digital Out-of-Home Glossary which includes a set of shared terms across multiple areas, including measurement, programmatic and targeting. Tina Lakhani IAB UK’s Head of AdTECH, said “As the technical capabilities of DOOH advertising have grown, it has become increasingly clear that the […]

UK #OOH Industry Revenues For Q3 2020

Wednesday, November 18th, 2020

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

UK OOH industry revenues for Q3 2020 saw a continued improvement, especially evident in the monthly figures although we figure that these won’t capture the latest Government restrictions which have come through in October.  Highlights for Q3 2020 vs Q3 2019: The overall numbers reflect some recovery as the Covid-19 lockdowns imposed began to ease […]

#OOH Collaboration Proves Positive For Advertisers

Wednesday, November 18th, 2020

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

A UK Out of Home industry collaboration pooling the results from 65 campaigns between March and September 2020, reveals that advertisers who continued to invest in Out of Home benefitted from strong performance including an average +51% shift in ad recall and increase of +16% for purchase intent. The results are so strong that even […]

UK Out of Home Reports 44.8% Revenue Decline

Thursday, August 20th, 2020

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Outsmart, the trade body for the UK Out of Home industry has announced that Out of Home revenue for January to June 2020 declined -44.8% year on year, generating total revenues of just GBP 329m. Classic and Digital Out of Home revenues declined by -50.8% and – 38.8% respectively. As a result, Digital’s share of […]

OpenDirect 1.5.1: What Does It Mean?

Monday, July 6th, 2020

Guest Contributor, Andy Hamblin

Last month, Outsmart and the IPA’s outdoor specialists announced the publication of OpenDirect (OOH) 1.5.1, a programmatic direct trading standard for the OOH industry. Building on the IAB Tech Lab’s OpenDirect structure, this new standard will become the go-to source of information for those outside the industry to connect with OOH and incorporate it into […]