oOh!media has announced an exclusive multi-year partnership with News Corp Australia which will deliver innovative and customized content experiences for audiences across oOh!’s national digital Out of Home network.
News Corp mastheads including news.com.au, The Australian, the Herald Sun and The Daily Telegraph will produce bespoke, localized and contextually relevant breaking and general interest news, lifestyle, sport and business articles, alongside exclusively created video content designed to increase consumer engagement with oOh!’s thousands of digital screens in metropolitan and regional locations in Australia.
Starting in October, compelling editorial content from each publication will for the first time be rolled out in rotation with advertising across oOh!’s Road, Street Furniture and Retail networks, in addition to the existing Cafe, Fly, Office, Study and Venue environments, on a seven day a week news cycle with an estimated reach of 15.5 million people each month.
oOh! CEO Cathy O’Connor, who will be talking to us exclusively online next week during the AdTECH: OOH Sydney – An Avant Goût recording told us “As the market leader in Out of Home we are constantly looking for ways to innovate and reframe perceptions of Out of Home. Technology advances in digital Out of Home and ongoing investment in expanding our digital network offer exciting new possibilities to do just that. The partnership with News Corp will deliver contextually relevant, customized news content that keeps Australians informed in real-time when they are on the move at a scale not seen before. This is the first step in expanding our content program and in coming months we will be rolling out a number of industry-first initiatives, further extending the value exchange oOh! has with audiences and advertisers and building on the company’s purpose of making public spaces better and brands unmissable.”
News Corp will appoint a dedicated editor to oversee the curation, optimization and output of content distributed by oOh!’s digital network. Editorial selection will be based on real-time data on audience engagement and supported by a growing team of Digital Media Hub journalists, producers and motion graphic specialists, as part of the company’s newly established Tech Networks Partnerships team.
Michael Miller, executive chairman at News Corp Australasia said “Integrating the trusted and breaking journalism from our key mastheads with oOh!media’s outdoor screens will deepen further the public’s relationship with Australia’s most consumed media brands. The teams at news.com.au, The Australian, and our state mastheads such as The Daily Telegraph and the Herald Sun are looking forward to providing another connection point for their multimedia journalism” .
oOh!media is a leading Out of Home media company that is enhancing public spaces through the creation of engaging environments that help advertisers, landlords, leaseholders, community organizations, local councils and governments reach large and diverse public audiences.
Neil Ackland, chief content, marketing and creative officer, told us “News Corp share our passion for innovating with content in Out of Home. For the first time we will be able to expand our news offering across the entire oOh! network, utilizing the full digital capabilities and unrivalled national scale we have. We see this as a major advancement in the development of Out of Home content in Australia.”
At the AdTECH: OOH – Sydney conference Neil Ackland will be in conversation with Uber and Uber Eats Director of Marketing Andy Morley in the 16.00 Fireside Chat (Creative): Better Campaigns – How AdTECH Enhances Creative DOOH Opportunities.
The event is already over half full and is once again being held at HOYTS Entertainment Quarter, 17/206 Bent St, Moore Park, NSW 2021, Australia
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