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UK Advertising Spend Starts 2017 in Growth

Thursday, July 27th, 2017

Maddie Cotterill

UK advertising expenditure grew 1.3% year-on-year in Q1 2017 to reach GBP 5,318m – the 15th consecutive quarter of growth but the slowest rate in almost four years, according to Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report data published this week. Stephen Woodford, Chief Executive at the Advertising Association told us “As business sentiment suffers, it’s no surprise to see ad-spend come […]

‘Remember 1967’ Presented Nationally w/ Lloyd’s, @ClearChannelUK & @Primesight

Thursday, July 27th, 2017

Maddie Cotterill

Public Artist Martin Firrell marks the 50th Anniversary of the 1967 Sexual Offences Act with a series of interventions, including a takeover of digital billboards across England and Wales On 27th July 1967, The Sexual Offences Act made it possible for gay and bisexual men in England and Wales to have sexual relationships for the […]

‘First Class’ LHR @JCDecaux_UK Digital Opportunity

Wednesday, July 26th, 2017

Maddie Cotterill

This week Samsung became the launch partner on London Heathrow’s most recent exclusive large format digital opportunity, namely The Golden Gateway. The Golden Gateway is situated at the entrance to First Wing and the striking six meter high totem dominates the beginning of the route through to the British Airways First Class lounge – it’s […]

#LondonIsOpen for Summer Says @ClearChannelUK

Wednesday, July 26th, 2017

Maddie Cotterill

Clear Channel UK is support the Mayor of London’s ‘#LondonIsOpen for Summer’ campaign, alongside visitlondon.com, on over 100 of their state-of-the-art New World Payphones phone kiosks around the UK’s capital. The campaign, which runs throughout the summer will appear on over 100 Adshel Live screens situated right across the city from Barnet to Bexley Heath […]

Exterion Media Exclusive Partnership w/ @Seedrs

Tuesday, July 25th, 2017

Maddie Cotterill

Exterion Media this week announced an exclusive partnership with Seedrs, the UK’s most active equity crowdfunding platform. Led by Exterion Media Ventures, the division of the company focused on connecting startup businesses with fast growth potential to urban audiences, the exclusive partnership will provide the opportunity for companies raising on Seedrs to promote themselves through […]

JCDecaux Launches London Waterloo Channel

Tuesday, July 25th, 2017

Maddie Cotterill

JCDecaux has launched its Gateline Channel which includes new premium 80-inch digital 6-sheet screens, as well as adding extra locations. The 80-inch screens provide a 23% increase in visual area. With a footfall of 2.2 million every week, JCDecaux can now deliver a combined total of 40 million digital viewed impressions over a week at […]

New Zealand Outdoor Advertising Revenue Shows Impressive Growth in Digital

Tuesday, July 25th, 2017

Maddie Cotterill

The advertising revenue spent through members of the Outdoor Media Association of New Zealand (OMANZ) continues to grow at 29% year on year for the first half of 2017. In the latest quarter, April to June, revenue reached $28.4million, which was 28% up versus the same period last year. All three individual months in Q2 […]

Clear Channel Airports Renews Contract w/ Des Moines International Airport

Thursday, July 20th, 2017

Maddie Cotterill

Clear Channel Airports, a brand division of Clear Channel Outdoor Americas (NYSE: CCO), and a subsidiary of iHeartMedia Inc., today announced it has signed a new five-year partnership with annual one-year options with the Des Moines International Airport (DSM) to provide state of the art advertising solutions. The latest advertising network will allow brands to […]

Ocean Outdoor 8th Annual Digital Creative Competition

Thursday, July 20th, 2017

Maddie Cotterill

Ocean, the premium digital out of home (DOOH) media owner, has launched its 8th annual competition to discover the best creative ideas in DOOH, using innovative and emerging technology and techniques. Ocean’s digital competition is now inviting submissions for bold new creative ideas which set new boundaries from brands, the creative community, agencies and charities. […]

Birmingham, Community Capital of the UK

Wednesday, July 19th, 2017

Maddie Cotterill

Birmingham is the ‘community capital’ of the UK, according to new research from Exterion Media’s award-winning national consumer panel work.shop.play., which reveals how urbanites feel about different cities across the UK. When it comes to what makes a great city, Brummies (a native of the British city of Birmingham) place more emphasis on friendly people, […]