The pricing environment of the media market of OOH advertising in the Czech Republic

This thesis analyses the pricing environment of the OOH advertising media market in the Czech Republic. In the theoretical part, it introduces the concept of marketing and marketing communication, but also touches upon advertising as such and its role in society, which is in many cases controversial. Furthermore, this thesis focuses on a specific communication channel, namely outdoor advertising. It presents its history, development and current trends. It describes the various types of formats offered on the Czech market, including innovative and alternative ones, but also presents the current problems and limitations associated with this medium. Even so, advertisers are currently investing significant sums in standard OOH advertising formats and suppliers are trying to collect increasingly accurate data to increase the effectiveness of this communication channel. The supply of outdoor advertising operators in the Czech market is concentrated in a few large players. The specific demand and offer of OOH advertising suppliers is presented in the practical section in parallel with the offer of the media agencies contacted. In this part, it is analysed and evaluated how the outdoor advertising market reacts in terms of price to the advertising demand of advertisers. The author focuses on the main and..