Ipoh DOOH · Old Town · Ipoh Parade · Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah · July 2026

Billboards in the city of limestone and white coffee

Perak's capital of near 760,000 among the limestone hills, from the Old Town and Concubine Lane to Ipoh Parade, Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah and the cave-temple corridor, bookable by the hour, priced per play, matched to how Ipoh actually moves.

Updated June 15, 2026By Blindspot · location intelligence

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Ipoh, large-format DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
The white colonnades and domes of Ipoh's 1917 railway station, the Taj Mahal of Ipoh, against the limestone hills at dusk · JCDecauxBooked by the hour
The short answer● Quotable

Ipoh billboard and DOOH (digital out-of-home) costs span from a few cents per play on urban panels to premium Old Town / Concubine Lane, Greentown / Railway Station and landmark networks. On Blindspot, Ipoh screens are booked by the hour and priced per play, entry plays start around $0.12, with no contracts or minimums.

The smart Ipoh play isn't one screen for a month. It's the right screens at the right hours: the arteries at commute peak, the malls through the afternoon, the nightlife and tourist cores after dark.

BookingBy the hour
PricingPer play · upfront
MinimumsNone
Go liveWithin hours
DeliveryVerified play logs

Billboard ranking points

Ipoh's billboard spots, ranked

Scored by Blindspot's location intelligence on visibility, dwell time, and footfall (directional, 1–10). Every one is bookable by the hour on the platform.

01

Old Town / Concubine Lane

Best for: Heritage · Food tourism

The Old Town's shophouse grid, Concubine Lane and the kopitiam corners hold Ipoh's biggest weekend footfall, food tourists and locals alike.

Visibility9
Dwell time8
Footfall9
02

Ipoh Parade / New Town

Best for: Retail · Dining

Ipoh Parade and the New Town grid across the Kinta River carry the city's main mall crowds and the dining rows around Jalan Sultan Idris Shah.

Visibility9
Dwell time7
Footfall8
03

Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah / Kinta City

Best for: Malls · Drive-time

Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah runs the eastern retail corridor past AEON Kinta City, one of the busiest drive-time flows in the Kinta Valley.

Visibility8
Dwell time6
Footfall8
04

Greentown / Railway Station

Best for: Offices · Rail arrivals

Greentown's offices and government blocks sit beside the white colonial railway station, where the ETS trains land visitors from Kuala Lumpur.

Visibility8
Dwell time6
Footfall7
05

Gunung Rapat / Cave Temples

Best for: Day trips · South corridor

The southern corridor through Gunung Rapat feeds the Sam Poh Tong and Kek Lok Tong cave temples set into the limestone karst.

Visibility8
Dwell time5
Footfall6
06

Meru Raya / North-South Expressway

Best for: Drive-time · Intercity

The Meru Raya approach and Terminal Amanjaya catch the North-South Expressway traffic and every intercity bus into the city.

Visibility8
Dwell time4
Footfall6

The media estate · operator partners

Ipoh screens, in the wild

Blindspot puts digital out-of-home (DOOH) and classic out-of-home from Ipoh's media owners, Seni Jaya, Big Tree Outdoor, Spectrum Outdoor among them, onto one map, bookable by the hour. Below: real partner screens across the city's prime zones.

Ipoh, Old Town / Concubine Lane · heritage-district digital, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Old Town / Concubine Lane · heritage-district digitalJCDecaux
Ipoh, Ipoh Parade · New Town retail digital, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Ipoh Parade · New Town retail digitalJCDecaux
Ipoh, Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah · drive-time digital, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah · drive-time digitalJCDecaux
Ipoh, Greentown · station-district digital, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Greentown · station-district digitalJCDecaux
Ipoh, North-South Expressway approach · bulletin, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
North-South Expressway approach · bulletinJCDecaux
Ipoh, myBAS Ipoh · Medan Kidd transit screen, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
myBAS Ipoh · Medan Kidd transit screenJCDecaux

Imagery from media-owner/operator partners. Locations indicative; live availability and per-screen pricing show in the platform.

Formats

Every Ipoh format, one map

From a highway bulletin to a single mall screen, Blindspot puts Ipoh's digital out-of-home and classic OOH formats on one map, each priced per play and bookable by the hour. The formats that matter here:

Digital billboards & LED

Large-format LED on highways, bridges and boulevards, motion, dayparting and dynamic triggers.

Street-level & urban panels

Pedestrian-scale panels and citylights in high-footfall retail and downtown corridors.

Bulletins & roadside

Highway and arterial bulletins built for commuter frequency on the busiest routes.

Mall & retail screens

High-intent shoppers from midday to evening across the city's retail destinations.

Transit & place-based

the myBAS Ipoh buses out of Medan Kidd and Terminal Amanjaya, and the ETS trains at Ipoh's 1917 railway station plus stations and place-based screens with captive dwell.

Iconic & landmark

Landmark and spectacular placements for brand statements in the city's signature locations.

Location insights

Where Ipoh moves

Ipoh grew rich on Kinta Valley tin, and its Old Town still shows it: Concubine Lane's shophouses, the white 1917 railway station and the kopitiams pouring the white coffee the city invented pull food tourists every weekend. Ipoh Parade anchors the New Town retail grid across the Kinta River, Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah carries the mall and drive-time flow past AEON Kinta City, and the limestone karst south of town hides the Sam Poh Tong and Kek Lok Tong cave temples. Buy the Old Town weekend footfall and the Azlan Shah drive-time.

Ipoh footfall heatmap · typical weekday● Stylized
Old Town
Ipoh Parade
Azlan Shah
Greentown
Gunung Rapat
Meru Raya
Old Town
Ipoh Parade
Azlan Shah
Greentown
Kinta City
Gunung Rapat
Meru Raya
Perak Tong
Bercham
Falim
QuietPeak flow
Ipoh · DOOH coverage map · stylized● per-play pricing
Stylized map of Blindspot DOOH screen locations across Ipoh Per-play price pins across prime Ipoh advertising zones over a footfall density wash. Stylized; live availability and per-screen pricing are shown in the Blindspot platform. Railway Station ◊ Old Town 60+ $0.22$0.19$0.17$0.14$0.12 $0.24 Ipoh ParadeAzlan ShahGreentownGunung RapatMeru RayaOld Town
FootfallPeak

Footfall rhythm · by hour

Commuterspeaks 7:30–10 AM & 5–8 PM
Shoppers & mallspeaks 12–8 PM
Nightlife & diningpeaks 8 PM–1 AM
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Commuter tide, twice a day

Ipoh Parade / New Town and the main arteries surge 7:30–10 AM and 5–8 PM. Book exactly those hours and your frequency climbs for the same budget.

Retail plateau, all afternoon

Greentown / Railway Station and the city's malls hold heavy footfall from noon to evening, long windows where dwell and shopping intent, not rush, do the work.

Evenings change the audience

Old Town / Concubine Lane shifts from daytime to social and tourism after dark. Different audience, same screens, swap the creative, not the location.

Location intelligence summary

One city, several audiences a day

Ipoh doesn't have one rush hour; it has rotating audiences sharing the same streets. The only buying model that matches that is hourly: pay for the windows when your audience owns the city, skip the ones when it doesn't.

ObjectiveBook these zonesBest hours
Brand launchOld Town / Concubine Lane + Ipoh Parade / New Town6–11 PM
Commuter frequencyJalan Sultan Azlan Shah / Kinta City, Ipoh Parade / New Town7:30–10 AM · 5–8 PM
Retail foot trafficGreentown / Railway Station, Old Town / Concubine Lane12–8 PM
B2B / decision-makersGunung Rapat / Cave Temples, Ipoh Parade / New TownWeekdays 9 AM–6 PM
Tourism & eventsOld Town / Concubine Lane, Meru Raya / North-South Expressway10 AM–8 PM
Match the tide, not the calendar

A month-long 24/7 rotation pays for 3 AM plays nobody sees. Hourly booking concentrates the same budget into Ipoh’s proven peak windows, and typically saves 30%+ versus a flat four-week flight.

Creative by daypart

Morning commuters read in 2 seconds; evening crowds dwell for minutes. Run different creative by hour on the same screens, even trigger swaps on weather or live data.

Proof, not vibes

Every play is logged. Blindspot campaigns report verified plays and attribution, measured against control groups, not estimated reach.

Book Ipoh by the hour

Cite this

Key facts at a glance

Quotable, self-contained, sourced, Blindspot, June 2026

  • Ipoh is home to about 760,000 residents (2020 census), the capital of Perak and one of Malaysia's largest cities, about 200 km north of Kuala Lumpur.
  • The city grew rich on Kinta Valley tin, one of the world's great tin fields, which made Ipoh among the wealthiest towns in Southeast Asia before the price collapse of the 1970s.
  • The Ipoh railway station, completed in 1917 with its white domes and colonnades, is nicknamed the Taj Mahal of Ipoh.
  • Concubine Lane in the Old Town dates to the early 1900s tin boom and is now the busiest heritage-and-street-food lane in the city.
  • Ipoh sits among limestone karst hills more than 250 million years old, home to cave temples like Perak Tong, Sam Poh Tong and Kek Lok Tong, and it invented white coffee, the city's signature brew.
  • On Blindspot, Ipoh screens are booked by the hour and priced per play, entry plays from ~$0.12, no contracts or minimums.

Pricing · updated June 2026

Ipoh billboards: priced honestly

Per-play prices, not CPM mysteries. Live per-screen pricing and real-time availability are on every card in the platform; the ranges below reflect typical Blindspot pricing as of June 2026.

FormatPrice per playTypical presenceWhy it works
Old Town heritage digitalfrom ~$0.23 per playthe Concubine Lane blocksweekend food-tourist footfall
Ipoh Parade retail digitalfrom ~$0.21 per playthe New Town mall coreshopping and dining crowds
Azlan Shah corridor digitalfrom ~$0.18 per playthe AEON Kinta City runmall and drive-time flow
Cave-temple corridor bulletinfrom ~$0.14 per playthe Gunung Rapat approachday-trip and southern traffic
Bus & rail-hub screensfrom ~$0.12 per playMedan Kidd, Terminal Amanjaya and the stationwalk-up commuter reach

No minimums · no contracts · pay per verified play · hourly scheduling per screen

Four things move the price on any Ipoh screen: the format (pricing runs higher on bus & rail-hub screens than on old Town heritage digital), the zone (Old Town / Concubine Lane carries the highest footfall premium), the daypart (peak commute and evening hours price above the overnight lull), and how far in advance you book, since the busiest zones and formats sell out first.

What a campaign costs

Ipoh budgets, three ways

Because you pay per play and schedule by the hour, your budget buys the exposure you actually need, not filler plays, so it works as hard on a big campaign as on a small one, with no minimum. Here's what budgets realistically buy. Live numbers per screen are in the platform.

Heritage-weekend test

$400-$1,200

A weekend of hourly bursts around the Old Town and Ipoh Parade.

Multi-zone Ipoh push

$3,500-$10,000

The Old Town, Ipoh Parade and the Azlan Shah corridor running together across peak dayparts.

Kinta Valley flagship

$18,000+

Full city-core and expressway saturation timed to the school-holiday and festival food-tourism peaks.

FAQ

Ipoh billboard FAQs

Do I need a permit to advertise on an Ipoh billboard?

No. Blindspot books time on screens that are already installed and permitted by their media-owner operators, Seni Jaya, Big Tree Outdoor, Spectrum Outdoor among them, so you're leasing airtime on an existing structure, not erecting a new one.

What creative specs do I need for an Ipoh screen?

Specs vary by screen: orientation, resolution and file format differ from one panel to the next. Every screen shows its exact requirements in the platform before you upload, so there's no separate spec sheet to track down before you book.

Can I book a Ipoh billboard for just a few hours?

Yes, on Blindspot every Ipoh screen is bookable by the hour with no minimum contract, so you can buy only the commute peaks, shopping afternoons, or evening windows that match your audience.

Which DOOH networks can I reach in Ipoh?

Blindspot aggregates digital out-of-home inventory across Ipoh onto one map, roadside and boulevard screens, transit, mall and place-based panels, bookable per play. The wider OOH supply is run by operators such as Seni Jaya, Big Tree Outdoor, Spectrum Outdoor.

How fast can my ad go live in Ipoh?

Often within hours: upload, pass creative pre-check, and digital screens need no printing or installation. Content approval typically averages around two business days across networks.

What can I get in Ipoh for $500?

A multi-day hourly presence on a high-traffic Ipoh Parade / New Town corridor, a concentrated burst across the busiest transit and retail screens at peak hours, or thousands of plays on central urban panels.

Is there a minimum spend for Ipoh billboards?

No. Blindspot has no minimums, retainers or platform fees; you can run a focused hourly burst on a single screen or a full multi-zone Ipoh campaign.

How to book

Live on a Ipoh screen in three steps

No sales calls, no contracts, self-serve from the map to live creative.

01

Pick screens & hours

Open the map, filter Ipoh by zone and format, and select the exact screens and the exact hours your audience is out.

02

See the per-play price

Every screen shows its price per play and real-time availability before you commit. Build the plan; the running total is always visible.

03

Upload & go live

Upload creative, pass pre-check, and go live, often within hours. Track verified plays and attribution as the campaign runs.

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