Cynopsis Digital Out of Home 06/12/24: OUTFRONT takes Pride in June campaign; Las Vegas gets even brighter; Talon appoints new North America CEO

Wednesday June 12, 2024

OUTFRONT Media launched the “Protect Our Pride” campaign in partnership with GLAAD to celebrate Pride during the month of June. For a donation of $25 to GLAAD, individuals can have their photo, name, and a personalized message – “Protect All Love,” “Protect My Love,” “Protect My Family,” “Protect My Friend,” or “Protect My Joy” – displayed on digital billboards nationwide. LGBTQ-owned businesses can choose the “Protect My Business” message with a $250 donation. “Corporate allyship is integral to GLAAD’s mission to accelerate acceptance for LGBTQ people,” said Raymond Dooley, VP, of Marketing at GLAAD. “By placing LGBTQ people, families and businesses at the center of this collaboration for Pride Month, OUTFRONT continues to demonstrate what’s possible when community connection meets authentic representation, leading the way for other brands and companies to do the same.”

In more OUTFRONT Media news, the company has closed the sale of its Canadian business to Bell Media for C$410 million in cash. “The sale of our Canadian business illustrates the inherent value of our out-of-home assets, and will enable us to proactively reduce our financial leverage and also focus entirely on operating what is now a fully domestic business here in the United States,” said Jeremy Male, Chairman and CEO of OUTFRONT Media.

DPAA announced the list of member networking events for its Curated Experience during Cannes Lions Advertising Festival, held June 17-21. Monday night features the return of The Global OOH DPAA Kickoff Dinner at Fred l’Ecailler; on Tuesday, DPAA and Madhive hold the Global DOOH Industry Cocktail Party; and Wednesday brings a DPAA and IRCODE-hosted evening aboard Grace yacht. “As DPAA continues to curate business acceleration experiences for our members, we will again be holding intimate discussions with leaders in marketing and media for our 7th year at The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity,” Barry Frey, President and CEO of DPAA, tells Cynopsis. “We continue to raise the awareness of the power of DOOH and OOH to myriad brands, and agencies through the introduction of hundreds of our DPAA members to this important advertising event and the OOH presence that we have created there.”

Aside from awards, rosé and the French Riviera, what does the Cannes event mean for the advertising world? “Cannes Lions Festival is a celebration of creativity that brings together the best and brightest minds in the ad industry,” Clive Punter, EVP, CRO of OUTFRONT, tells Cynopsis. “OOH continues to play a role in creative storytelling, creating impactful moments and connections between brands and consumers daily. As we immerse ourselves at the festival, we are reminded of the impact of creativity and our commitment to pushing the boundaries of innovation in our industry.”

A major digital signage renovation has lit up Las Vegas’ Miracle Mile (well, even more than it already was), part of a comprehensive makeover. Design consultant Sensory Interactive partnered with Miller Capital Advisory and the Miracle Mile Shops team to design, monetize, install, launch, and operate the digital Dynamic Real Estate® platform. Highlights of the modernization project include a 229-foot-long exterior façade display and another 130-foot-long LED spectacular, both of which face the Las Vegas Strip. SNA Displays built and installed LED spectaculars, direct-view LED throughout the Shops’ interior, and more than a dozen interactive and advertising kiosks.

An ad for lifestyle brand Swehl with an image of pregnant influencer Molly Baz courted controversy when it was pulled by Clear Channel and replaced with a more conservative image, but the story has a happy ending. While the Times Square billboard, which showed Baz holding lactation cookies over her bra with the line “Just add milk,” violated “guidelines on acceptable content,” said Clear Channel, probiotic company Seed stepped in and donated their billboard for the original ad, with the message, “Dear Molly, Thankfully we’re not (lactose) intolerant.” Lightyear Media, which powers Seed’s billboards, provided additional inventory. Swehl’s website saw a 500% increase in traffic, and the company’s sales on Amazon doubled, according to Swehl cofounder Elizabeth Myer.

Self-serve DSP platform AdLib Media Group announced a new partnership with Airtory, a creative management platform, to enable AdLib’s clients to create and launch rich media and CTV ads. Airtory’s tools transform social media content into dynamic programmatic ads across DOOH, CTV, video, and display. Airtory’s ADCTV tool converts video ads into interactive, shoppable units. The move follows AdLib’s recent integration with Kargo.

Bowling Center Television announced the installation of its 1,000th screen. BCTV’s footprint now spans numerous major Designated Market Areas. “Bowlers, bowling centers, and advertisers are enthusiastically embracing the BCTV platform,” said John Harbuck, President of Strike Ten Entertainment. “The engaging content and targeted advertising opportunities offer increased customer engagement and revenue for our members, including entertainment alongside targeted promotional opportunities for bowling centers to drive food and beverage sales, game play, and event participation.”

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GOING GLOBAL

Global spending on OOH advertising reached $41.9 billion in 2023, up 16% from 2022, according to the World Out of Home Organization. OOH now accounts for 5.2% of global ad expenditure, up from 4.7%, and moving past the “5% syndrome” WOO president Tom Goddard bemoaned at last year’s Global Congress. During his opening address at this year’s WOO Annual Congress in Hong Kong, Goddard credited more effective measurement, consolidation among media owners and increased adtech investment for the growth. “We can now see an exciting new horizon for Out of Home as more and more advertisers and agencies acknowledge that we’re now a progressive medium, popular with consumers and the cities where the much-needed infrastructure we pay for adds to the quality of urban life,” he said. In DOOH spend, Europe now leads with 40%, with APAC and North America in the mid-thirties.

Omnicom Media Group Hong Kong declared its DOOH campaign for Blue Insurance Limited “a resounding success, with the retargeting strategy playing a crucial role.” To increase the awareness of Term Life Insurance, Blue displayed digital ads on TV screens in clinic waiting rooms to educate patients about of life insurance. Over 90% of the retargeted audience who were near the pDOOH ads were interested in insurance products, with 68% focused on life insurance products.

South African programmatic DOOH publisher network Polygon is expanding its network across Africa in June, offering advertisers inventory in Namibia, Botswana and Zambia. In August, Mauritius, Ghana and Kenya will also come online, and towards the end of the year, the publisher network will add screens in Nigeria, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Angola. This month’s rollout will be located at petrol station forecourts spearheaded under the Vivo brand, and made possible by Polygon’s partnership with media owner Oasis Digital Networks, which has the rights to build sites at these petrol stations.

Stratacache has acquired MasterPoint, a digital signage systems integration, operation and field services company based in Cologne, Germany. The move follows acquisitions of Idklic in Belgium, Scala in the Netherlands, Walkbase in Finland and Sys-Teams in the United Kingdom. “The acquisition of MasterPoint marks another milestone in Stratacache’s global strategy, and a further investment and commitment to supporting leading global brands,” said Stratacache CEO Chris Riegel. “Post pandemic, retailers, FMCG and hospitality brands are once again investing heavily in retail digital experiences. We want to make sure we can meet their operational objectives around the world with a single call.”

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Talon has appointed Ryan Laul as its North American CEO. Laul will lead the growth of Talon’s business in North America, starting June 23. Laul joins Talon from Omnicom, where he spent the last 13 years, initially as President of Outdoor Media Group, managing OOH spend across over 200 clients, including 8 of the top 12 OOH spenders in the US. Most recently he served as President of OMnet, Omnicom’s principal investment group.

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