Month: October 2016

Texas Asks Court to Reconsider Billboard Decision

Chron reports that the Texas Attorney General’s Office has filed a motion to reconsider the Third District Court of Appeals Sept decision which threw out most of the Texas Highway Beautification Act on grounds that it violated the first amendment.  Harris County, the Texas Municipal League and Scenic Texas have […]

Vertical Bridge Completes $196 Million Debt Offering

RBR.com reports that tower owner Vertical Bridge finalized the closing of $196 million initial principal amount of Series 2016-2 Secured Tower Revenue Notes in a private asset-backed securitization transaction. The notes have an anticipated repayment date of October 2021 and final legal maturity of October 2046. The proceeds of this offering will […]

Grit and Outdoor Advertising.

Angela Lee Duckworth says that grit is more important than IQ in separating successful people from people who struggle.  She says top performers are willing to fail and do not consider failure as a permanent condition.  Here’s her 6 minute Ted talk. Insider thinks that grit is more important than […]

Pasco County Considers Digital Billboards

Tampa Bay Times reports that Pasco County Florida has scheduled a hearing on October 24 on a rule which would permit outdoor companies to install new digital signs if they take down existing static signs.  The existing proposal calls for 14 static billboards to be removed for every new digital […]

Company of the Day: Kentucky Outdoor

Company: Kentucky Outdoor Markets: Kentucky Headquarters: PO box 917, Bowling Green, KY  42102 Phone: 270-842-6828 Email: kyoutdoorads@twc.com Kentucky Outdoor operates a billboard plant with 60 structures with 100 faces incluing many structues on I-65 from the Kentucky-Tennessee state line through Kentucky mile marker 66.  The plant covers the following communities: […]

Daktronics Offers Presidential Election Content

Daktronics Offers Digital Billboard Customers Presidential Election Content And Data Package BROOKINGS, S.D. – Oct. 13, 2016 – Daktronics (NASDAQ-DAKT) of Brookings, South Dakota, is helping out-of-home digital signage owners sell advertising while also serving the public with a free 2016 election-targeted content package for Daktronics digital billboards. This free […]

Know Your Opponent

Scenic America held its 2016 meeting in Salisbury, NC in October 2016.  You can download the presentations directly from the Scenic America website. There was a legal presentation on Reed V Gilbert and a presentation on the highway beautification act by Charles Floyd.  Most of the examples of ugly billboards […]

Sriubas and Melby on Outfront’s new CTO position.

Last week OUTFRONT hired Joel Melby as chief technology officer.  Melby will oversee the development of Outfront Media’s On Smart Media platform and report to Andy Sriubas, EVP – Strategic Planning and Development.   Insider talked with Andy Sriubas and Joel Melby about the hire this week. Andy, is chief […]

Wrapify Turns Cars Into Moving Billboards

CCTV America shares a story of a new California startup taking advantage of the ability to track vehicles by turning them into moving billboards and generating some cash for the owners. Wrapify operates a crowdsourced advertising platform that connects drivers and brands to create on-vehicle advertising. We wrote about them […]

Company of the Day: Kelso Outdoor

Company: Kelso Outdoor Markets: Florida Headquarters: 7208 W. Sand Lake Rd, Suite 303, Orlando, FL  32819 Phone: 407-648-7001 Email: Info@KelsoOutdoor.com Kelso Outdoor Advertising is a rapidly growing full service outdoor advertising company which develops and operates high quality billboards in large and mid-sized markets throughout Florida.Kelso Outdoor Advertising, LLC was […]