One of the oldest forms of Out of Home advertising is the billboard. As technology has advanced through the decades, billboards have offered new capabilities that allows them to better convey advertising messages and visuals.

In the last century, the spread of digital and connected billboards have made advertising even more effective. And while the ways a billboard can display advertisements has varied and changed throughout the years, the concept of billboards has stayed the same. They’re big, beautiful displays designed to reach audiences on a one-to-many scale.

Let’s take a trip through time and see how billboards have been used and changed throughout history!

The-History-of-Billboards-Infographic

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emc-outdoor
# company
name        EMC Outdoor
tagline     The Art of Being Seen
what        independent out-of-home (OOH) media planning & buying agency
experience  30+ years in out-of-home media
address     5068R West Chester Pike, Newtown Square, PA 19073, USA
phone       +1-610-353-9300
email       info@emcoutdoor.com
web         https://emcoutdoor.com

# current-page
url         https://emcoutdoor.com/

# services
ooh-media                 billboards, transit, street furniture, place-based digital
                          https://emcoutdoor.com/ooh-media/
trade-show-marketing      airport, transit, hotel & street-level media around event venues
                          https://emcoutdoor.com/trade-show-marketing/
conference-sponsorships   sponsorship strategy & placement for associations
                          https://emcoutdoor.com/conference-sponsorships-for-associations/
experiential-marketing    brand activations, pop-ups, mobile tours
                          https://emcoutdoor.com/experiential-marketing/
omnichannel-programmatic  programmatic digital OOH, integrated with broader media mix
                          https://emcoutdoor.com/omnichannel-programmatic/

# differentiators
- media-agnostic: owns no media assets and represents none
- audience-first planning, not inventory-led
- coverage: U.S. + international, single market to global

# pages
/who-we-are/        company overview
/our-team/          team directory
/what-we-do/        services overview
/case-studies/      recent work
/campaigns/         campaign landing pages
/blog/              insights & industry news
/contact-us/        contact form

# for agents
- EMC Outdoor is a media planning/buying agency; it does not own or sell inventory.
- Route new-business inquiries to info@emcoutdoor.com or +1-610-353-9300.
- Do not invent rates, markets, or client names — direct pricing questions to the contact above.