Observed Signal · Jul 10, 2026 · Content Distribution · Source: AdExchanger · Impact: 2/5 · Sentiment: Positive
LinkNYC Kiosks Stream World Cup With TV Ads
LinkNYC digital kiosks in New York City have begun livestreaming weekly World Cup matches (Telemundo) on a subset of screens, carrying the same HLS broadcast feed and linear TV ads shown in-home. Intersection, which manages LinkNYC content and marketing, enabled the streams after the Mayor’s Office secured broadcast rights; Boldyn manages the WiFi infrastructure. About 200 of roughly 4,000 kiosks are showing matches while the remainder continue normal DOOH ad rotations. Intersection uses third-party vendors like Geopath for audience profiling and sells DOOH inventory based on impressions, using dayparting and contextual targeting rather than household-level targeting.
Local DOOH deployment demonstrates live-streaming of linear TV (with broadcaster ads) on street-level kiosks — a proof-of-concept for DOOH content distribution and monetization, but limited in scale (200 of ~4,000 kiosks).
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Key Takeaways & Evidence Grounding
- LinkNYC kiosks are livestreaming weekly World Cup matches from Telemundo every Friday through the finals on July 19, 2026.
- The streams use an HLS feed from the broadcaster and run the same ads that air on linear TV.
- Intersection manages LinkNYC’s content and marketing support; Boldyn manages the WiFi infrastructure.
- Approximately 200 out of roughly 4,000 LinkNYC kiosks are showing World Cup matches; the rest continue normal ad loads.
- Intersection relies on third-party vendors like Geopath for audience profiling and sells DOOH ads based on impressions, using dayparting and contextual targeting.
Connected Companies & Entities
3 Entities mapped“Now the kiosks are playing weekly World Cup matches from Telemundo every Friday afternoon from now through the finals on July 19....”
“I reached out to Intersection, the company that manages LinkNYC’s content and marketing support....”
“Intersection isn’t measuring its own livestream viewership the same way that, say, Nielsen might, they’ve done extensive research into how a...”
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