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Big Outdoor Media Starts Applying Smartphone Analytics For Ad Targeting

Clear Channel Outdoor Americas has launched a new service called Clear Channel Outdoor RADAR that uses location-data from smartphones – mashed up with demographic data to more accurately target and measure the impact of conventional and digital Out-Of-Home media campaigns. Clear Channel touts radar RADAR as something that gives marketers the same kinds of sophisticated audience segmentation, targeting and insights marketers already …

Research Firm Peoplecount Launches Audience Analytics Platform Built Around Smartphones Looking For WiFi

Toronto research firm Peoplecount, which has focused for many years on out of home and place-based media, has developed its own WiFi-driven location analytics platform, called Placescount. The system passively detects WiFi-enabled smartphones, delivering real-time metrics on dwell time, return trips and footpath analytics. The turnkey service is geared to out-of-home and place-based media operators, as …