Vestel Visual Solutions No Longer

November 24th, 2025

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Turkish electronics giant Vestel, a subsidiary of Zorlu Holding has withdrawn Vestel Visual Solutions from the professional display business.

According to multiple media reports (the best of which is here), the company is discontinuing its activities in the B2B display segment and will no longer exhibit at #ISE2026 or the BETT trade shows in early 2026.

Vestel’s EMEA business development director and industry veteran Martin Romanowski, left the business back in August.

Vestel of course remains active across a wide range of industrial sectors BUT is currently experiencing difficulties, accumulating losses of 18.3bn Turkish lira (approximately $530m) in the first nine months of 2025, with revenue falling 23% year on year. The company has been hit by falling demand in European export markets, high inflation, rising energy and raw material costs, foreign exchange losses and increased competition from Chinese manufacturers and as a result, Vestel has been restructured, with measures including layoffs for 2,000 employees (one tenth of its workforce) and debt refinancing.

Acticom Joins The @PerionNetwork

November 24th, 2025

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Acticom, Sweden’s fastest-growing DOOH sports network, is now available on Perion Network Ltd;’s DOOH platform (NASDAQ and TASE: PERI).

With 250+ digital screens across 100+ venues, including SHL and Allsvenskan arenas and community sports hubs, Acticom enables brands to connect with fans at their most engaged and emotionally receptive moments.

JD Sports First At The Manchester Screen

November 24th, 2025

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

JD Sports has launched the first campaign on The Manchester Screen’s new supersized out-of-home site

Katie Smith, owner of The Manchester Screen, told us “It’s amazing to see the first screen and billboard promotion come to life with JD’s takeover. Not only does it create huge impact for the 250 conference attendees, it also grabs the attention of everyone passing through this key gateway between Manchester City Centre and Media City, Salford. It’s been a fantastic team effort to bring all the event elements together — including the careful suspension of the iconic JD yellow bag from the roof! The high-impact visuals continue inside Victoria Warehouse throughout the two-day conference.”

The activation forms part of JD’s annual retail conference, held this year at Victoria Warehouse, and features a giant replica of JD’s signature yellow bag suspended from the roof – creating a striking visual above the venue.

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Clear Channel Outdoor Airports Division Wins Washington

November 24th, 2025

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Clear Channel Outdoor’s Airports Division, the Americas-based airports business of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCO), has announced that it was awarded, through a competitive process, a new 10-year contract (with a five-year renewal option) with the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA), beginning March 1, 2026.

This agreement reaffirms Clear Channel Outdoor’s (CCO) commitment to continually delivering a world-class advertising experience at Washington Reagan National Airport (DCA) AND Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD).

MWAA initially selected Clear Channel Outdoor as its airport advertising and media partner in 2016 to transform MWAA’s advertising program into a dynamic, engaging media experience and to lift advertising revenue. Clear Channel Outdoor immediately grew airport media revenues by thirty percent pre-COVID and today has nearly doubled revenue over the previous concessionaire. The new agreement builds on this success, focusing on evolution and enhancing what is already one of the nation’s most effective airport advertising programs. With CCO, the airport advertising program continues to attract leading global brands including Meta, Samsung and Barclaycard.

Under the new contract, Clear Channel will accelerate its digital strategy, committing to achieve 85% digital advertising coverage within two years. These upgrades will introduce, first-of-its-kind, transparent digital LumiGlass, Prism360 digital columns, and more large format LED video walls, continuing the investments to ensure DCA and IAD’s place as benchmark media venues.

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Montréal’s South Shore @PattisonOutdoor Expansion

November 24th, 2025

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

PATTISON Outdoor Advertising has announced a significant step in the growth of its Montreal network with the expansion of its digital footprint in Boucherville, one of the most dynamic and strategically positioned municipalities on Montréal’s South Shore.

Located at the exit of the Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine Tunnel and at the intersection of key transportation routes – Autoroute 20, Autoroute 30 and Route 132 – Boucherville offers exceptional visibility for advertisers. Its proximity to Longueuil, Sainte-Julie and several major commercial hubs positions it as a key point of connection for reaching both commuters and residents.

Known for its strong industrial base, high quality of life and affluent demographic profile, Boucherville is an attractive market for brands looking to reach a stable and high-value audience. In 2024, the city reported a population of 41,726 residents, a median age of 48, and a median household income of $110,000, well above the national average.

Beginning early 2026, PATTISON Outdoor will offer the most extensive digital out-of-home coverage on Montréal’s South Shore, with a deployment that includes:

  • Five Digital Superboards (14 × 48)
  • Two Digital Horizontal Posters (10 × 20)
  • 16 Digital 75-inch vertical columns

Located near busy retail destinations like Promenades Montarville and Carrefour de la Rive-Sud, these new displays will provide advertisers with a prime opportunity to reach diverse audiences across the region.

“Expanding into Boucherville is a natural extension of our growth strategy in Québec,” Dominic Loporcaro, Vice-President and General Manager, Eastern Region, PATTISON Outdoor Advertising. “We invest in locations that reflect real mobility patterns and offer tangible value to our clients. This new installation will deliver highly visible, relevant and impactful advertising opportunities.”

With this project, PATTISON Outdoor continues its commitment to delivering innovative, data-driven out-of-home solutions across key markets in Québec and beyond.

Bauer Media Outdoor Wins Morrisons

November 24th, 2025

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Bauer Media Outdoor has been awarded a contract to install and operate a network of 300 digital screens across Morrisons supermarkets in the UK.

The rollout, set to commence in Q1 2026, marks a significant expansion of Bauer Media Outdoor’s retail digital Out of Home (DOOH) portfolio and represents Morrisons’ first foray into DOOH advertising.

Richard Bon, Managing Director at Bauer Media Outdoor, told us “Securing this exciting new partnership with Morrisons represents another significant moment for the role of Out of Home in the wider UK retail media ecosystem. With perfectly positioned screens at store entrances nationwide, we’re creating unmissable opportunities for brands to connect with millions of shoppers at the precise moment purchase decisions are being made.”

Showcasing state-of-the-art Waferlite digital screens at store entrances, the new screens will provide advertisers with targeted access to grocery shoppers at a critical point in their purchase journey across the Morrisons estate.

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Mike Hartley Joins The Manchester Screen

November 21st, 2025

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Media and brand professional Mike Hartley has been appointed London Sales Partner for The Manchester Screen. With more than 20 years’ experience in the industry, Mike will focus on driving growth from London-based brands and agencies.

oOh!media Launch Waverley Street Furniture Network

November 21st, 2025

Tristan Cotterill

oOh!media has announced the launch of the Waverley Council Street furniture network after the conversion of all former classic sites into a 100% fully digital offering.

Robbie Dery, chief commercial operating officer, oOh! told us “Upgrading to a fully digital network with sustainable features shows how innovation can make public spaces better while delivering real value and impact for brands. Waverley is one of Sydney’s most vibrant areas, with Bondi Beach alone attracting up to 50,000 people a day over summer. Living roofs, renewable power, and hybrid shelters create engaging, high-quality environments and give brands a way to connect with locals and visitors through one of Australia’s most advanced Out of Home networks.”

Among the 106 digital advertising faces, oOh! has introduced 16 new premium consecutives, as well as three unique digital special-build locations at Bondi Junction and along Campbell Parade at Hall Street and Curlewis Street. These locations provide advertisers with 100% share of time opportunities, creating environments where brands can dominate and stand out.

With state-of-the-art LED digital screens, brands have the flexibility to deliver dynamic creative, respond in real time and connect with audiences in more impactful ways across Sydney’s iconic beach precinct this summer.

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#CES2026 CES Foundry @FbLasVegas

November 21st, 2025

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The CES Foundry is the new home for AI, blockchain and quantum, three forces transforming the global economy says the organisers of CES.

It is described as a hub and showcase space where innovators, investors and press gather AND if you should be interested in traipsing over to the Fontainebleau, Las Vegas you can look forward to live demos, sessions, networking and meetups spanning two packed days.

We are told to think of it as CES’s ‘neighborhood’ for breakthrough tech, with AI at the heart of it. More information can be found here.

The CES Foundry takes place over two days, January 7-8, 2026 at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas. CES itself is scheduled between January 6-9, 2026 at various locations throughout Lost Wages.

The ‘PIEMAX’, The Pie We Never Knew We Needed

November 21st, 2025

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The BFI IMAX has been turned into the PIEMAX, as part of Waitrose’s Christmas UK campaign.

The activation from Wonderhood Studios and MG OMD, pays homage to the grocer’s recent Christmas short film The Perfect Gift, in which Joe Wilkinson (as ‘Phil’) cooks up the ultimate romantic gesture – a lovingly made Turkey Pie, to win the heart of none other than Keira Knightley.

The media planning for this campaign leans heavily into film launch tactics throughout – by turning one of London’s most famous film landmarks into part of the story itself, MG OMD have extended the campaign’s cinematic world beyond the screen. A site normally wrapped in superheroes and space sagas is, for two weeks, honouring the humble homemade pie – a bold media moment that brought Waitrose’s food-as-entertainment strategy to life.

The creative execution shows the home made pie, captured in camera, and blown up onto the 1,734m2 IMAX walls, engraved with ‘The Perfect Gift’, the title of the romcom on one side. The other is decorated with the message ‘Love at first bite’, in handmade pastry letters. The giant pie continues to invite the nation to ‘say it with food’, as for food lovers, food isn’t a given, it’s the greatest gift of all.

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