Ocean Outdoor
London, GB · Founded 2007 · 146 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors
Ocean Outdoor is an out-of-home (OOH) media owner that operates digital and physical advertising screens across premium locations in the UK, Netherlands, Nordics, and Germany. The company combines branded high-traffic venues—including iconic sites like Piccadilly Lights and BFI IMAX—with neuroscience-driven insights and creative capabilities to deliver multi-sensory brand experiences to audiences.
Also known as Ocean Outdoor UK
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Ocean Outdoor is a digital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising business that sells and delivers brand campaigns on digital screens in selected high-footfall locations, which it markets as "Ocean Places". The company positions its offer around what it calls "The Art of Outdoor" and "Turning Spaces into Places", combining screen inventory with creative, technology and audience insight services.
Alongside media inventory, Ocean operates several in-house units: Ocean Studio, a creative production team providing design, artworking and coding for motion, 3D and social executions; Ocean Labs, a brand experience and innovation team focused on on-screen and off-screen audience engagement; and Ocean Partnerships, which supplies broadcast-style content for its screens. The Ocean Showcase extends its 3D DeepScreen format into additional environments. The company also runs a research programme in neuroscience applied to digital out-of-home, studying attention and memory encoding for advertising.
Business model
Ocean sells advertising space on its portfolio of digital out-of-home screens to brands and their agencies, supported by in-house creative production, brand experience and research services; enquiries are handled through a direct sales team.
Sale of digital out-of-home advertising media space in its screen locations, supplemented by creative production and brand experience services.
Traction
Recent campaigns and contracts include an exclusive Sky Sports partnership covering women's sports, retention of the Canary Wharf DOOH contract by Ocean Outdoor UK, a Pride campaign for rail operator Lumo, and case studies with Sky UK and Revolut for the British Grand Prix.
Latest developments
In mid-2026 Ocean announced an exclusive Sky Sports partnership extending its women's sports portfolio, retained the Canary Wharf digital out-of-home contract in the UK, ran a Pride-themed campaign with rail operator Lumo, and opened entries to the 17th edition of its Digital Creative Competition with a deadline extended to 4 September.
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Market position
Positions its locations as hand-picked sites at the top of the global digital out-of-home market.
Combines curated screen locations with in-house creative production, a brand experience and innovation team, 3D DeepScreen formats, and a decade of neuroscience research into attention and memory encoding for out-of-home advertising.
Technology
Digital screen networks with formats including 3D DeepScreen, deployed through the Ocean Showcase in new environments, plus in-house design, artworking and coding capabilities for motion, 3D and social creative.
Go-to-market
Direct sales to brands and agencies via a sales team, supported by case studies ("Ocean Outcomes"), partnership content, published research and insights, and an annual Digital Creative Competition that awards up to £100,000 in media space and is in its 17th year.
Brands and advertisers seeking large-format digital outdoor campaigns; recent named clients include Sky UK and Revolut Bank UK Ltd.
Geography
Operates in the UK, including a digital out-of-home contract at Canary Wharf in London, with locations described as part of the global digital out-of-home market.
Compiled by commissioned research from 1 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 3
launches, deals, and filingsOcean Outdoor announced an exclusive partnership with Sky Sports, extending its women's sports portfolio.
Ocean Outdoor UK announced it had retained the digital out-of-home advertising contract for Canary Wharf.
Rail operator Lumo used Ocean Outdoor screens to connect the country's Pride events.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
In the news
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primary sources listed
- Ocean Outdooroceanoutdoor.com · web
1 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Ocean Outdoor do?
- Ocean Outdoor is a digital out-of-home advertising company operating curated large-format screen locations for brands.
- Who are Ocean Outdoor's investors?
- Ocean Outdoor's investors include LDC.
- Where is Ocean Outdoor headquartered?
- Ocean Outdoor is headquartered in London, GB.