Out of Home advertising glossary

Explore clear, simple definitions of key Out of Home advertising terms, formats, and concepts used across the industry. From classic billboards and digital formats to planning, measurement, and environments, this glossary explains the language of Out of Home advertising and how it’s used in real-world campaigns.

Click on any term to learn more about what it means, how it works, and how it applies within Bauer Media Outdoor’s network.

OOH terms

A

Adshel Live

Advertising Agency

Audience

Artwork

Asda Live

ASA (Advertising Standards Authority)

B

Backlit

Bus Shelter

Billboard

Billboard Live

C

Campaign

Coverage

Classic OOH

Cross-channel advertising

Creative

Create

Creative Solutions

Cromination

CPM

D

Digital High Street

Digital Rail

DOOH (Digital Out of Home)

Dynamic DOOH

DBA - Distinctive Brand Assets

Dwell time

E

Environment

Eye-Level Billboard

F

Format

Frequency

Footfall

G

Geofencing

H

High Street

Hoarding

HFSS

I

Impressions

In-charge calendar

J

K

Kiosk advertising

L

Large format digital

Location-based advertising

M

Malls digital

Malls Live

Media owner

Mockup

N

National coverage

Network rail

O

OOH

P

Premium large format

Programmatic DOOH

PrOOH

Q

R

Rail network

Retail digital network

Route

Retail media

Roadside

Reach

S

Sainsbury's Live

Shopping centre network

Station Live

Storm

Street furniture

T

Sharddsde ofvoice (SOV)

Coverage

F

Campaign

Coverage

F

Campaign

Coverage

F

Campaign

Coverage

F

Campaign

Coverage

F

Campaign

Coverage

F

Campaign

Coverage

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