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Advertising formats and environments

Advertising formats for almost any audience, place or journey

Billboards, transport, cinemas, gyms, retail, forecourts, digital screens and television. Start with the audience and let the right environment follow.

Digital outdoor advertising display in a busy UK street environment

Roadside · Transport · Retail · Leisure · Forecourts · Digital · TV

A wider view of the market

Do not force the campaign into the first format that comes to mind

Outdoor advertising covers far more than a roadside billboard. People encounter advertising while they travel, shop, work, exercise, socialise and watch television, creating different opportunities for reach, repetition, proximity and attention.

The useful starting point is where the audience actually spends time and what the campaign needs to achieve. Media availability, buying rules and costs vary by format, so the plan should be built around audience, location, timing, creative and budget.

Explore the core formats

Choose an environment for the role it can play

Use the pages below to understand what each environment can do, where it can reach people and the practical considerations before buying.

Digital roadside billboard beside a busy UK roadBillboards

01

Billboard advertising

Classic and digital large-format opportunities across roadside, urban and local environments.

Explore billboards
London transportAdvertising panels on the platform at Bond Street Underground station

02

London Underground advertising

Station, platform, corridor and relevant network opportunities built around London journeys.

Explore the Underground
Moving mediaRed London double-decker bus with side advertising

03

Bus advertising

Bus sides, rears, wraps and available interiors moving through selected towns and cities.

Explore bus advertising
Bus shelter advertising beside a UK roadBus shelters

04

Bus shelter advertising

Classic and digital street-level visibility around routes, retail areas and local catchments.

Explore bus shelters
Large digital out-of-home screen in a shopping environmentDigital OOH

05

Digital out-of-home

Digital screens across roadside, retail, transport and relevant place-based environments.

Explore digital OOH
Digital advertising screen in a shopping environment suitable for programmatic DOOHFlexible digital buying

06

Programmatic DOOH

Use eligible digital screen inventory with considered rules for audience, place, timing and creative delivery.

Explore programmatic DOOH
Stations and journeysAdvertising displays inside Fulton Street subway station

07

Rail and station advertising

Reach commuters and travellers through suitable station, platform and network formats.

Explore rail advertising
Passenger journeysLarge digital advertising screen inside an airport terminal

08

Airport advertising

Explore terminal, passenger-journey and premium digital opportunities around selected airports.

Explore airport advertising
Digital advertising display inside a UK shopping centreRetail media

09

Retail advertising

Reach shoppers across supermarkets, stores, retail parks, shopping centres and in-store digital environments.

Explore retail advertising
Cinema auditorium with a large screen and seatingCinema

10

Cinema advertising

Reach audiences through pre-film, foyer and other place-based media across cinema environments.

Explore cinema advertising
Modern gym interior with a digital displayFitness venues

11

Gym advertising

Build repeated visibility through digital screens and other media across gym and fitness environments.

Explore gym advertising
Petrol pump advertising on fuel nozzles at a modern UK forecourtForecourts

12

Petrol pump advertising

Reach drivers through pump-level, forecourt and connected retail media around UK routes and catchments.

Explore petrol pump advertising
Specific audiencesWrapped London black cab used for taxi advertising

13

Taxi advertising

Use wraps, supersides, door panels and available in-cab formats to build city visibility.

Explore taxi advertising
TV advertising creative displayed within a television viewing environmentTV and streaming

14

TV advertising

Add trusted television reach through broadcast, streaming, addressable and newer TV advertising options.

Explore TV advertising

How to choose

Start with five practical questions

The best format is the one that supports the campaign objective in a credible audience context and can be delivered properly within the available time and budget.

01

Who needs to notice or respond?

02

Where do those people move or spend time?

03

What should the advertising achieve?

04

When must the campaign be live?

05

What budget is available for media and creative?

Ready when you are

Bring the audience and objective. The format can come next

Tell DOOH Media who you want to reach, where and when. The team can search the market for the advertising spaces that fit.

Start a campaign conversation