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30Nov/090

Digital Signage: Economic Growth May Be Closer Than You Think

According to an ABI Research industry analyst, one main reason for the growth is that traditional advertising media are losing their appeal. Possibly unknown only to digital signage newbies; digital signage offers something traditional advertising media can't: the ability to reach buyers with dynamic messaging at the point of sale.

When shoppers are in a store, evaluating which brand to buy, digital signage has the chance to snatch a bit of mindshare at the precise moment a buying decision is being made. Radio, TV, newspapers, magazines and even the Internet cannot make that claim.

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16Nov/090

DOOH (Digital Out-Of-Home) Forecast Dims

From 2002-07, the category grew by double digits, a phase Patrick Quinn, CEO and president of PQ Media, called the "gold rush." Today the medium, growing at a single-digit pace, is in its shakeout and consolidation phase.

"This is a critical phase in the evolution of the business. We'll see acceleration, but there are still issues out there including fragmentation, scalability and measurement."

Growing pains aside, DOOH continues to capture a larger share of the out-of-home market, accounting for 34 percent in 2009, up 13.9 percentage points from 2004. DOOH is forecast to gain another 7.5 points by 2014, expanding to 41.5 percent of the OOH market.

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6Nov/090

WSJ Scores With Out-of-Home Digital Screen Strategy

In past jobs, Jim Harris has been a proponent of "hyper-local" marketing strategies that takes place in the lobbies of office buildings. So it's no surprise he's made that an anchor of the new Wall Street Journal Office Network.

As CEO of the three-year-old company, he oversees a broadcast network of digital screens in more than 800 upscale office buildings in fifteen cities. And this past year, his company has posted a 100% increase in revenue and become a case study in how to boost sales by pairing digital screen ads with in-building product demos.

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