Life in Programmatic Digital OOH

In the season four finale of the Life in Programmatic DOOH podcast, members of the JCDecaux Programmatic team discuss their favourite campaigns of 2024. Tune in to hear how brands such as Eurostar, Regatta, Boots, and OVO leveraged the power of programmatic to achieve scale and precision in strategic and creative ways.

Today, more than 90% of advertisers are partnering with retailers to reach existing and prospective consumers. However, there is more to retail media than online advertising and programmatic DOOH (pDOOH) is emerging as a powerful channel within the broader retail media ecosystem. The challenge for many marketers is how to most effectively define and manage retail media campaigns across all touchpoints. In this podcast, Dan Larden, Head of Media at ISBA joins Jon Mundy, Associate Director – Programmatic Demand at JCDecaux to unpick how brands and agencies can best navigate the constantly evolving world of retail media and integrate pDOOH for maximum results.  

From receiving a brief to measuring campaign performance and everything in between with Jennifer Richards, Group Sales Director, Hawk and Aaron Gautier-Lamb, Senior Digital Media Director, UM Central, hosted by Dave Mullan, Account Director – Programmatic, JCDecaux UK. In this episode of Life in Programmatic DOOH we delve into the agency and demand-side platform perspectives on audience planning, omnichannel activation, and measurement of omnichannel programmatic campaigns.  

JCDecaux has recently partnered with ExchangeWire to produce a definitive guide to programmatic DOOH (pDOOH) featuring eight case studies from brands including Lucozade, Maltesers, Dell, and Costa. In this episode of Life in Programmatic DOOH, Philippa Evans, Head of Programmatic Operations at JCDecaux UK is joined by John Still, Head of Content at ExchangeWire to discuss the many proven benefits of pDOOH. Listen to discover how pDOOH can help you to boost brand awareness, grow return on investment, and form part of a modern, privacy, marketing strategy. Download the report here. 

New research from leading premium global supply-side platform (SSP) VIOOH, JCDecaux’s SSP partner, reveals that UK advertisers have strongly embraced programmatic DOOH. In the past 12 months, half (47%) of all DOOH campaigns bought by participants in the research were always or usually exclusively programmatic. Furthermore, investment in pDOOH is set for substantial growth, with research participants predicting a 29% average increase in spending over the next 18 months. In this episode of Life in Programmatic DOOH, Philippa Evans, Associate Director, Programmatic, JCDecaux UK is joined by Gavin Wilson, Chief Global Customer and Revenue Officer, VIOOH to discuss the findings in more detail.  

DMEXCO is one of the biggest events dedicated to digital marketing, and for many years, it has served as a key meeting place for key players in the industry. This year the atmosphere was as vibrant as ever and the agenda was packed with insightful content covering all the usual themes but with a big focus on retail media, sustainability, AI, and data-driven but cookie-free targeting. In this episode of Life in Programmatic DOOH, JCDecaux UK’s Director of Programmatic, Mark Halliday and Jon Mundy, Associate Director – Programmatic share their DMEXCO 2024 highlights and share insights from interviews with Diederick Ubels, Managing Director, EMEA, Vistar Media, Remi Boudard, VP Sales, Displayce, Walter Kraus, Commercial Director, JCDecaux Netherlands, and Julia Linehan, CEO, The Digital Voice. 

In this episode of Life in Programmatic DOOH, Dom Kozak is joined by JCDecaux UK's new Director of Programmatic, Mark Halliday. The pair discuss the latest trends in programmatic DOOH (pDOOH) and how to overcome misconceptions about the channel. Mark shares his experiences as a Chief Data Officer agency-side and the reasons behind his return to pDOOH. Meanwhile, Dom shares his take on the rapid growth of pDOOH in the UK and what is needed to grow the channel further in the UK and beyond.

Over the years there’s been a lot of talk about in-housing, especially programmatic channels. In this episode of Life in Programmatic DOOH, our Associate Director – Programmatic, Jon Mundy is joined by Dan Larden, Head of Media at ISBA to unpick what it is that drives the longevity of the in-housing conversation, current trends, benefits, and what media owners can do to support brands that choose to in-house some or all of their programmatic DOOH planning and buying.