Out-of-home advertising (also referred to as OOH) is essentially all type of advertising that tries to reach the consumer while he or she is not at home. In negative terms: it is neither broadcast, nor print, nor internet advertising. OOH is placed on public property or semi-public property (such as restaurants or subways), or can clearly be made out from there. The most common type of OOH is the billboard. OOH encompasses outdoor advertising but extends to the indoors as well (such as ads in restrooms).
This is a non-exhaustive list. There are virtually no limits to shape and size of out-of-home advertising media.
Selling advertising space
If a private property owner wants to sell a location to one of the outdoor or indoor advertising networks ('media sellers') he or she directly approaches the company. A media seller may also approach the owner of an interesting property and make a bid. If an agreement is signed, the media seller erects the necessary hardware for displaying the ads and rents out the space to the clients. The world's largest media sellers are Viacom Outdoor and Clear Channel Outdoor, both of which also own significant shares of other media such as TV and radio stations.
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AdSmart Outdoor Advertising - Out-of-home media company specializing in billboards, and auto and fleet ads.
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Kartik Advertising - India based advertising agency focused on outdoor campaigns in Indian railway and bus shelters.
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Lamar Advertising Company - Owns and operates outdoor advertising and logo structures. (Nasdaq: LAMR).
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Mobile Billboard Truck - We manufacture tri-paneled rotating signs, rotating billboards, rotating mobile billboard trucks, rotating advertising trailers and rotating mobile billboard trailers.
Mobile Billboard Truck - We manufacture tri-paneled rotating signs, rotating billboards, rotating mobile billboard trucks, rotating advertising trailers and rotating mobile billboard trailers.
Mobile Billboard Truck - We manufacture tri-paneled rotating signs, rotating billboards, rotating mobile billboard trucks, rotating advertising trailers and rotating mobile billboard trailers.
Primedia Outdoor - Provides outdoor advertising and marketing services through billboards, spectactulars, facias, ID lites, posters and signs.
Wilkins Media - Represents out-of-home media companies to ad agencies and advertisers.
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