Out-of-Home
Out-of-Home Advertising: Perceptions Versus Reality
Out of Home Media is divided into two segments, traditional and non-traditional media. Traditional OOH media includes the more standard advertising you see from day-to-day like billboard advertising, transit advertising, cinema advertising and mall advertising. Non-traditional outdoor advertising is the out-of-the-box advertising that is often tailored to reach each company’s target market in a unique way. These innovative OOH media techniques can include the use of segway ads, street teams, projection ads, mobile billboard ads, sidewalk decals, sidewalk chalking and yes even restroom stall advertisements. However, like every other industry, out-of-home advertising is subject to regulation. For example, in the United States- Alaska, Hawaii, Maine and Vermont have banned the use of outdoor billboards statewide. Bulletins and posters are zoned out in select cities across the US as well. (Don’t worry, the media department staff here at Matrix Media Services are experts on zoning issues.)
HBO’s TRUE BLOOD Vamps Up Season Three With Digital Subway Poster Campaign
95X83Q2VBV7C HBO’s TRUE BLOOD Season Three rolled out an eye-catching digital subway poster campaign. Located within the Times Square subway station in New York City, ultra-thin 10″ LCD screens are embedded into traditional two-sheet paper posters, allowing for full-motion digital commercials and audio. It’s a unique combination of traditional out-of-home (paper two-sheet platform poster) and newdigital out-of-home (high-definition digital displays). The video two-sheets are an example of the continued convergence of traditional OOH and digital displays, paving the way for ground-breaking campaigns. Think about the possibilities of incorporating QR codes (a two-dimensional quick response bar code scannable by most mobile phones), mobile text campaigns and Facebook contests into the video two-sheets and other DOOH media!