Channel Outdoor (NYSE:CCO)
From its origins as the San Antonio Broadcasting Company, which was founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays, Clear Channel has become the world’s largest outdoor advertising company, with more than 973,000 displays in more than 60 countries across six continents.

In the United States, the company operates more than 167,000 advertising displays in 49 of the 50 top Designated Market Areas. It also operates airport, rail, taxi and mail advertising businesses worldwide.

Its Spectacolor (U.S.) and DEFI (international) divisions are the global market leaders in the field of spectacular sign displays, including one in New York’s Times Square.

Clear Channel Adshel is the company’s international street furniture division. It operates more than 3,500 municipal advertising contracts worldwide.

Clear Channel’s headquarters are in San Antonio, Texas.

In 1998, Clear Channel became the worldwide leader in the field of out-of-home advertising with the acquisition of Eller Media in the USA and Canada, as well as the More Group in Europe and Asia.

In 1999, Clear Channel consolidated its positions in Europe by buying Dauphin, a leader French outdoor advertising company with businesses in Belgium, Italy and Spain. Other major acquisitions allowed Clear Channel to enter the German, Swiss and Eastern European markets. Clear Channel’s outdoor business is now in first or second place in most major European markets.

Expansion into the Asia Pacific region continues. The company has a strong presence through joint venture partners in such countries as China, Hong Kong, India, Singapore, Thailand, New Zealand and Australia.

In 2001, Clear Channel entered a partnership with Independent News & Media to gain market leadership throughout Africa.
www.clearchanneloutdoor.com

Street Furniture
Clear Channel Adshel is the global market leader in street furniture. Adshel’s winning formula provides high-quality street furniture free of charge in return for advertising rights on Adshel bus shelters. Adshel’s innovative product range includes bus shelters, i-plus information units, SmartBike schemes, Automated Public Toilets, as well as a range of other street furniture.  
www.adshel.com

Clear Channel Malls
Clear Channel Malls is pioneering point-of-sale opportunities at shopping centres and supermarkets worldwide. The division provides advertising opportunities at more than 400 shopping centres in the USA. In 2001, Clear Channel secured exclusive worldwide rights to install and sell advertising in the world’s second largest French supermarket chain, Carrefour.   www.clearchannelmalls.com

Clear Channel Spectacolor
Clear Channel Spectacolor offers high profile out-of-home marketing, billboards, wallscapes, and rooftop signage. Our locations deliver significant national and international research and include major global markets such as Times Square, Herald Square, Atlantic City’s famous Boardwalk, as well as a one-of-a-kind events plaza fully equipped with spectacular LED video screens and outstanding projection equipment on the ultra-hot Las Vegas Strip.
www.spectacolor.com

Clear Channel Airports
Clear Channel Airports displays deliver more than one billion targeted advertising exposures annually. On average, air travellers arrive at airports two hours before departure, which means that they have plenty of time to view Clear Channel Airports advertising. Clear Channel Airports advertising captures the attention of passengers along every step of their airport experience – as they go through ticketing, proceed down concourses, enter gate areas and board their aircraft. When returning, they spend time at the baggage claim and in areas where ground transportation services are provided. The power of Clear Channel Airport advertising is omnipresent. For more information, including information about markets, please see www.clearchannelairports.com