Outdoor

Nearly 61% of all U.S. adults have viewed advertising on video screens in public venues in the last 30 days, and more than 64% of them have expressed interest in this form of marketing communication, according to the latest data from GfK MRI.

eMarketer forecasts a fairly rosy outlook for outdoor advertising spending in the US, which is predicted to rise from $6.1 billion in 2010 to $6.4 billion this year and $7.6 billion by 2015. Growth in this area is supported by the continued relevance of outdoor to the daily lives of consumers as well as the growing share of spending devoted to newer forms of outdoor ads that are themselves digital media.

From the airport to the elevator, from the gym to the gas station, digital location-based video ad exposures are seeing marked growth, according to The Nielsen Company’s Fourth Screen Network Audience Report. The quarterly report measures audience exposures by video networks in out-of-home locations like bars, restaurants, retail stores and other place-based venues.

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Telmar announced the first ever market level planning systems for out of home media using the landmark TAB Eyes-On metrics. Clients of Telmar’s software systems are now able to integrate market level data, working up from site level planning to execute media plans.

In the last four months of 2009, adults 18 years or older were exposed to 237 million video ads per month in the ten location-based video networks included in The Nielsen Company’s inaugural “Fourth Screen Network Audience Report.”

Outdoor advertising is feeling the pinch of the recession like all other media, but the small subsegment of digital out-of-home is an up-and-comer.