A Season of Opportunities

In OOH News By Nabamita Chatterjee - September 08, 2014

The Durga Puja (Durgotsav) is the season of hope for the OOH industry in Kolkata and rest of West Bengal. Every year, brands of all hues make their presence on permanent and temporary outdoor media available in the region to connect with a large out of home audience.

OOH research is going to be as good as it gets: Gallen Yip

In Viewpoints By M4G Bureau - July 21, 2014

Gallen Yip, Research Director, Kinetic Worldwide, Asia Pacific, says OOH is here to stay in the long foreseeable term. Yip shares his thoughts on the emerging trends in the global OOH industry.

Digitisation, standardisation, collaboration key to growth: Nabendu Bhattacharyya

In OOH News By VJ Media Bureau - July 08, 2014

Indian OOH industry should look to leverage the new technologies to forge ahead in business, says Bhattacharyya

Kerala OOH: Gearing up for the next growth wave

In OOH News By Rajiv Raghunath - June 16, 2014

The Kerala OOH industry is assiduously etching a new growth story that revolves around self-regulation, good governance, social responsibility, and above all, client-centricity. The OOH industry enjoys high visibility in the God's Own Country by virtue of the expansive spread of outdoor media assets, hoardings in particular, across all cities and towns in the state. Rajiv Raghunath caught up with senior office bearers of Kerala Advertising Industries Association (KAIA) to get a sense of the local industry's business dynamics.

Large formats work best in Bihar & Jharkhand: Reliance Communications

In Viewpoints By M4G Bureau - June 11, 2014

Reliance Communications prefers to use the large formats to reinforce its OOH presence in Bihar and Jharkhand. While the brand acknowledges the relevance of the medium in connecting with consumers in the two states, Vikas Singh, Marcom Head - Bihar & Jharkhand, Reliance Communications, believes the local OOH industry needs to adopt a more professional approach to business. Excerpts from the interview:

Form a Joint Industry Committee to develop OOH metrics: Tony Jarvis

In Viewpoints By M4G Bureau - May 26, 2014

Most mature OOH markets around the world have adopted their own audience measurement and rating currency with great success. Time is rife for the Indian OOH industry to take similar recourse. Global advertising and research architect Tony Jarvis, Proprietor & Research Architect at Olympic Media Consultancy, asserts that the Indian OOH industry should lose no time in developing and launching an OOH audience measurement and rating currency, while being aware that the metrics will evolve as per industry requirements. Jarvis advocates a step-by-step approach toward building, enhancing and including the currency. In an exclusive interview with Rajiv Raghunath of Outdoor Asia, he says the measurement system will become more refined and multi-layered as it gains wider acceptance. Jarvis cites the adoption of a comprehensive OOH currency system in Australia to underline that once the teething troubles are sorted, the system will catalyse significant industry growth. The following are edited excerpts of the interview:

Ad Touch appoints Dinesh Panjabi as Head - West & South Zone

In OOH News By Nabamita Chatterjee - May 14, 2014

Panjabi has over 12 years of experience in the OOH industry and five years in film production & ATL activities

Go green and be cost effective

In Viewpoints By M4G Bureau - March 18, 2014

Aditya Sikri, CEO -- Propcare Mall Management (Mantri Square), tells Outdoor Asia what more the OOH industry players can do to drive greater brand usage of the medium in Bangalore.

'We just need a tipping point to be creative'

In Viewpoints By M4G Bureau - February 04, 2014

In the midst of the collective push towards larger than life, is the OOH industry losing out on original creative thinking? Why are there so less of the likes of Amul and Economist, brands who in their own ways trail-blazed creativity in OOH? Aneil Deepak, also known as Andee, Head - Ideas & Planning, DDB Mudra Group, in a chat with Outdoor Asia answers some of these questions and more in the context of creativity in OOH.

Sun Sign & Technologies brings Star's new signage product

In OOH News By VJ Media Bureau - January 22, 2014

Starflex offers two new Signage products which are compatible with the Indian OOH industry requirements.