OAAA Announces Annual Awards For Top OOH/DOOH Media Work May 8, 2025 by Super User The Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA) has been handing out awards for excellence in billboards, posters and other formats LONG before digital came along, and this week at its annual conference the trade association revealed the winners of the 83rd Annual OBIE Awards. The Platinum OBIE Award, the top honor, went to Coca-Cola …
Q1 2025: Ströer Grows DooH Revenue by 27 Percent May 9, 2025May 8, 2025 by Florian Rotberg Ströer once again reports record revenue and earnings figures for the first quarter of 2025. The German OoH market leader recorded double-digit growth rates, particularly in its core OoH business, at 15 percent. DooH (+27 Percent) remains the main growth driver, with programmatic DooH even increasing by 36 percent.
Punitive Tariffs: The Perfect Storm Has Just Begun May 15, 2025May 8, 2025 by Florian Rotberg It’s not just hardware manufacturers who are back in crisis mode. The entire digital signage industry is feeling the uncertainty on the customer side – projects are being postponed and budgets are being cut. What feels a bit like the pandemic is the new tariffs reality.
Intel: Dan Brookes Promoted to Global Role May 8, 2025May 8, 2025 by Florian Rotberg Challenging times for global chip maker Intel, as Nvidia & Co have overtaken the chip giant – especially in the field of AI. But under a new leadership, Intel is reorganizing for a comeback. For the digital signage industry, the reshuffling brings good news : long-time Intel employee Dan Brookes has been promoted to the …
Pillars of Art: Art Meets Data May 7, 2025 by Florian Rotberg Rome | It’s the papal election in Rome, and 135 eligible cardinals are gathering in the Sistine Chapel. Between the ballots, conclave participants have ample time to admire Michelangelo’s world-famous ceiling paintings. Just a taxi ride away at Fiumicino Airport, airline passengers can also admire classical art. But it’s not the ceiling that captures admiration …
Brazil: Eletromidia Acquires Clear Channel Assets May 7, 2025 by Antonia Hamberger Clear Channel sells its Brazilian business to the regional OoH market leader Eletromidia for $14 million. This move entails the total and final exit from the Latin American ad market.
OAAA President Highlights Record Growth and Future Priorities at Annual OOH/DOOH Media Conference May 7, 2025 by Super User The Out of Home Advertising Association of America is running its annual Out of Home (OOH) Media Conference this week in Boston, and as is custom the organization’s president Anna Bager did a keynote laying out where the industry is at and where it is going. In her talk, Bager noted how OOH revenue in …
DSF Networking Event Set For Next Week In Detroit May 7, 2025 by Super User The next Digital Signage Federation networking event – called a DSF Mix & Mingle – is a week today in the great city of Detroit, in the Greektown district. The event is at the Hollywood Casino at Greektown, in the Level 2 Club. It starts at 3:30 PM. The DSF likes to pair the cocktail …
200+ Vendors With Digital Signage Solutions, 30+ Learning Sessions, At Next Month’s InfoComm In Orlando May 7, 2025 by Super User InfoComm’s organizers have pushed out a stack of digital signage-specific details ahead of its mid-June show and conference in June, in Orlando, FL – including word that that some 2oo exhibitors with relevant products or services. There are also more than 30 speaking and panel sessions looking at trends and projects. “Digital signage represented $41.4 …
10,500 Drones Light Up Vietnam Skyline In Sync’d Show, But There Were Issues … May 6, 2025 by Super User I’m not sure drone shows belong in the digital signage bucket, but I’m also not sure anyone should care about that. What is not subject to much debate is that synchronized swarms of drones can put on very large and impressive shows that put messaging up at epic scale in public places. Consider this show …