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Digital out-of-home advertising: the complete overview

A practical overview of digital out-of-home advertising — the environments, formats, targeting and reasons brands add DOOH to the media mix.

Where DOOH lives

DOOH spans everything from roadside digital billboards to screens inside everyday venues. In-venue DOOH — sometimes called place-based media — puts screens where people already gather and dwell, such as auto dealerships, restaurants, medical and fitness facilities, retail and professional-services offices.

The formats

Common DOOH creative formats include full-screen video, static display creative, motion graphics and branded campaigns. Video-first formats tend to earn the most attention in high-dwell venues where people have time to watch.

Targeting and planning

DOOH can be planned by geography — neighborhood, city or metro — and by venue category, so a campaign reaches the environments most relevant to its audience. Delivery is typically reported so advertisers can see how a campaign ran.

For most brands, DOOH works best alongside digital and linear channels: it adds a real-world, video-first layer that the on-device channels can't reach.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

On digital screens in real-world environments — from large outdoor displays to in-venue screens inside businesses people visit throughout the day.

Because it reaches people in physical moments of attention that digital and social increasingly miss, with video-first creative that's hard to skip.

On screen, in the moments that matter

Put your brand on screens people actually see.

Get the self-install device for your venue, or plan a video-first campaign across the network.