Programmatic is not the same for all publishers. This is especially true in a legacy media channel like OOH.
The rise of programmatic is both a boon to OOH, and a challenge to how the sector has operated historically. As such, the degree to which DOOH companies embrace programmatic varies across media owners. This is reflected in how much inventory is made available to exchanges, and whether or not a media owner exclusively transacts through Programmatic Guaranteed or Private Marketplace Deals.
For some DOOH companies, largely those that operate digital place-based networks, programmatic is at the heart of their businesses. Programmatic is, and should be, a significant share of their total revenue. For the largest OOH media owners, programmatic is a fraction of their overall digital business lines. And, until the programmatic tide truly shifts to more than 50% of all DOOH transactions, it will likely stay that way by design.
It's for all of these reasons that analyzing the benefits and growth impact of programmatic to the OOH market, solely through the lens of the largest OOH media owners' quarterly sales figures, is a flawed premise.
It's more important to weigh the impact of programmatic on the OOH market across all of the constituencies in our sector. That includes media owners, technology providers, agencies, advertisers, and everything in between.
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