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Bay Bridge Goes Digital! Lighting up a landmark in San Francisco CBS Outdoor launched an iconic digital Billboard on the Oakland approach to the Bay Bridge. The 20’ x 60’ back-to-back display enables advertisers to broadcast their message inboth directions, reaching traffic traveling between San Francisco and the Oakland/ Berkeley areas.With slow-moving traffic, the 280,000 vehicles that cross the bridge daily will surely get an eyeful of the hottest digital screen to hit the West Coast. The 16-bit, full-color display givesadvertisers unparalleled prominence to a captive audience on the busiest toll bridge in the US. The relative lack of other signage at this landmark location, the ability to day-part, andto execute multiple messages make this double-faced sign a triple threat!Other “A-list” locations will be rolled out this summer in top DMA’s including Chicago, LA, Miami, Detroit and Atlanta. Mall of America Digital Network The Mall of America, the country’s largestshopping mall now features a digital signage network capable of displaying full-motion video and audio content. A total of 100 screens, located on all four sides of 25 malldirectories at key choke points throughout the mall, operate in unison to broadcast ad messagesto shoppers as they traverse the mall’scongested corridors. The units are positioned eight feet above the ground, ensuring their full visibility to mall patrons, and sound is audiblewithin a radius of 10 feet from the directories.Screen time will be composed of 50% advertising and 50% other content, such as news, sportsand gossip beaming from CBS Network and its affiliates, as well as information about the mall. The Mall of America is more than 4.2 millionsquare-feet, with more than 520 stores and over 80 restaurants and specialty food shops,and several entertainment attractions, includinga theater complex and amusement park withinits walls. The mall attracts 40 million visitorsper year, with metro-area shoppers taking an average of 7.2 trips to the mall every threemonths; and 42% of tourists to Minnesota cite adesire to experience the Mall of America as their primary reason for visiting the state. BlueTooth Shelters Help Activate Pepsi AdsPepsi is using Bluetooth technology to transform its Pepsi Smash Outdoor campaign into an entertaining and engaging exchange with consumers. CBS Outdoor partnered with Qwikker, a mobile content provider, and equipped Bus Shelters in Denver and Los Angeles among other markets with Bluetooth distribution technology. The Pepsi campaignthen encouraged cell phone users to download free video clips provided by Yahoo! Music. After downloading, consumerscould send and share the content with others, adding a viraland networking component to an already exciting Outdoor effort. The campaign is Pepsi’s second to employ Out-of-Home’s interactive capabilities. A similar Bluetooth campaign for Diet Mountain Dew proved to be a success with young consumers.
In anticipation of its annual convention, REMAX created an Out-of-Home campaign that lit the Atlanta city streets.Featuring illuminated ads using GlowSkin ActiveIllumination technology on both Buses and Billboards, the campaign encouraged home buyers / sellers to visitRemax-GA.com. This is the first campaign in North America to employ GlowSkin on both transit and traditionalOutdoor media, and represents the largest use of GlowSkin in an Out-Of-Home campaign.n Atlanta played host to more than 150,000 visitors and guests during college basketball’s March Madness tournament playoffs. Orkin Pest Control targeted this audience using Station Domination atthe GA Dome / WCC / Philips Arena / CNN Center MARTA stop, the most-traveled station during the Final Four weekend. Orkin blanketed the station, covering the entire available traditional and nontraditionalspace with its creative, including small adhesive images of ants “crawling” throughout the entire upper and lower levels - letting consumers know “The Final Elimination Begins Here”.n Hot Property! Semonin Realtors, Kentucky’s largest real estate firm, is using CBS Outdoor media to help transform itsimage from staid to hip. With the help of Red 7e, Louisville’s hottest ad agency, and some prime 30-sheet locations,Semonin crafted a location-specific campaign that broadcasts its understanding and appreciation of the Louisvillereal estate market.n Reaching New Yorkers on another level…CBS Outdoor is moving up in New York City with the acquisition of over 100 elevated Above Ground Shelter-Sized Displays! With locations above the entrances ofparking garages at key trendy points in NYC – SoHo, Greenwich Village, East Village, Chelsea, Chinatown, and the Theatre District – advertisers can bring their message to new heights. These vibrant and affordable displays break through the everyday clutter and send advertisers' messages all the way down the street!n Fox pitches a shut-out in Detroit! After the Tigers’ winning 2006 season, FSN Fox Sports Net wanted to make a big splash in Detroit for the MLB’s Opening Day 2007 by taking advantage of the city’s currententhusiasm for baseball...Fox left no base uncovered by purchasing CBS Outdoor’s entire arsenal of Detroit Out-of-Home products: Bulletins, 30-Sheet Posters, Full Wraps and Ultra Kings with Headers.n Chicago is now offering targeted coverage on its PACE suburban bus inventory. The packaging is based on route and target audience, with upscale and Latino audience coverage among the options.n Wrapping it up in Minneapolis/St. Paul! Advertisers now have the “total” package….literally! Wrapped Shelters give advertisers the freedom to extend their message beyond the limits of normal displaysand create a lasting experience for each passerby. Located at all thekey points throughout the city, Wrapped Bus Shelters don't just send a message – they “create permanence”.n McDonald’s broke new ground with CBS Outdoor Los Angeles this March to unveil the new 1/3 PounderHamburger. The comprehensive campaign included coverage in the new LA Rail and tipped the scales with aninnovative 3D Freeway Spectacular.We're Lovin' It!n Beantown Boards! Nearly 30 boards impact drivers traveling throughout Boston and surrounding areaswhile additional locations are expected soon. Now, advertiserscan get the same CBS Outdoor service in one of thenation's top markets.n Chicago Motor City? Two car manufacturers have taken CBS Outdoor media to the next dimension to reach theiraudience in Chicago. Ford Motors used one of its permanent units to mount a 3-D prop of its latest model, and BMWincluded a time-and-temperature LED unit to the creative for its newest convertible.BMW gets personal! BMW Mini used CBS Outdoor Billboards to connect one-on-one with Mini enthusiasts in Chicago, Miami, New York and San Francisco. Utilizing standardLED displays and Radio Frequency Identification technology, the messaging unit on the board scrolled personalized callouts to specific motorists. After registering and answeringquestions about themselves online, drivers received specialized key chains that allowed the boards to recognize the specific Mini owners as they passed. When not displaying customized messaging, the units showed general Mini-related ad content.CMT Teases! Country Music Television wanted to generate excitement among viewers and fans for the 2007 CMT Music Awards, and the network's permanent CBS Outdoor spectacular providedthe perfect platform to do so. Located near Nashville's Music Row, the West End board initially displayed bubble-wrapped packaging and then unveiled the famous CMT buckle announcing the award show. The exciting news was too big to keep buckled in!UPS Returns to OOH! After a ten-year hiatus from Outdoor advertising, UPS reentered the market in a big way with its “White Board” campaign, which transformed CBS OutdoorBulletins into oversized message boards complete with larger-than-life Styrofoam markers.Running in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco, the customized boards attracted attention in high-profile locations while driving commuters online for more information.For UPS, Outdoor delivers! Full Throttle Full Throttle Shows Its Strength! Coca-Cola recently introduced Full Throttle BlueDemon, an energy beverage named after the famous Mexican wrestler. The new drink isCoke's first-ever product line to feature packaging written in both English andSpanish. Consequently, Coke used CBS Outdoor Bulletins in predominantly Spanishspeakingneighborhoods throughout Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles and Miami to effectively launch the new product. And with a “powerful” creative execution, Full Throttle BlueCBS Outdoor is now able to offer advertisers an interactive method of reaching New York City's “mobile” pedestrians and subway riders - Urban Panels, located in 19 keyManhattan locations, wired with Bluetooth transmitters. The units beam a text message to passers-by, offering the option to send ad material to a user's Bluetooth-enabled mobile device, and/or allow the user to subscribe to an advertiser's customer databaseto receive news and updates about products and services.Bluetooth Urbans efficiently target an audience comprised largely of tech-savvy young adult and upscale users, adding dimension to an ad campaign by giving New Yorkers,tourists and commuters something to take with them – a video clip, ringtone, podcast or any number of other types of mobile downloads. As a traceable, measurable form ofadvertising, Bluetooth also offers advertisers verifiable results that interactive advertising has not always provided in the past. TunnelVision CBS Outdoor, working with SideTrack TechnologiesInc., has launched new motion picture video walls in the tunnels of San Francisco’sBART subway system. The ads appear on tracks between Embarcadero and Montgomerystations and cover a distance of 800 feet. Combining traditional animation theory withadvanced digital technologies, the displays are composed of 375 individually illuminatedposter boards. Viewed from a moving train, theimages blend together and the riders perceive the blended images as a 15-second “videowall” or “movie” outside the train window.Retail giant Target, always quick to embrace new advertising opportunities, will be the first advertiser featured on the units, followed by Microsoft, Disney and Honda, among others. Says Scott Slater of Haworth Marketing & Media,the agency for Target, “Motion picture video walladvertising provides an opportunity to engageconsumers in an unexpected, impactful way.” “We are always looking for opportunities toprovide our clients with new, effective and entertainingoptions for delivering their message tothe important commuter audience that BART ridersrepresent," said Larry Levine, President ofCBS Outdoor’s Transit Division. "SideTrack'stunnel ads fit the bill in a manner that adds to the overall effectiveness of the transit advertising platform.”Love at First Sight!Robbins Brothers first-ever venture into Out-of-Home a success!Earlier this year, Robbins Brothers, L.A.’s largest engagement ring retailer, decided to try on something new for the launch of its annual Holiday Engagement Ring campaign. Having relied solely on radio advertisements in the past, Robbins Brothers opted instead to use CBSOutdoor Bulletins and 30-Sheets to spread its fresh and fun messaging throughout Southern California. According to Diane Ferraro, Director of Marketing at Robbins Brothers,“CBS Outdoor made this new process seamless! Our highly targeted and aggressive Outof- Home campaign far exceeded expectations.”To “spread the love”, Robbins Brothers helped a customer pop the question on Valentine's Day by posting a personalized message on one of its units located along Los Angeles'busy Ventura Boulevard. The larger-than-life proposal received not only a “yes”, but also widespreadmedia coverage and consumer attention. Robbins Brothers creative marketing efforts and CBS Outdoor's unparalleled coverage make a great match!The first-ever subway Station Dominations in Los Angeles – featuring McDonald’s ThirdPounder, Shrek 3 and Bodog Fight – have launched , all using station sponsorships in conjuction with traditional Outdoor campaigns in order to make a big impact.The Dominations are available at select stations along the Redline including North Hollywood, Universal City, Hollywood and Highland, Metro Center and Union Stations.Traveling to and from the city, the Redline targets the Valley’s studios, Hollywood’s hip and trendy scenes, and downtown’s financial district. With ridership approaching 8 million monthly (a 17% increase from May 2006), L.A. Station Dominations attract attention from agrowing and diverse commuting demographic – and stand apart from advertising clutter.Andres Torrente, Media Supervisor at Castells & Asociados Advertising – the agency responsible for McDonald’s domination campaign – said “Since Los Angeles is one of thebusiest mobile consumer markets in the country, OOH should be an integral part of everymedia buy. McDonald’s has always been a leader in its industry, and we were the first to utilizeOOH year round in support of broadcast to address reach. It would stand to reason that we should also be the first to utilize a fresh new vehicle like Station Dominations.”Not only was the campaign among the city’s first-ever station sponsorship, but the campaignwas also the first of its kind to feature both English and Spanish copy. “By doing bilingual messaging we guaranteed a total market Hispanic consumer reach as well as spillto other English-speaking consumers that may use the subway system,” says Torrente. “The campaign is making a big impact in the market, and the sales of our new burger products are exceeding our projections and expectations.” |
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