Month: April 2017

Company of the Day: Delaware Outdoor

Company: Delaware Outdoor Advertising Markets: Delaware Headquarters: 7460 Lancaster Pike, Hockessin DE  19707 Phone: 302-234-1975 Email: BKilleen@delawareoutdoor.com Delaware Outdoor advertising operates a billboard plant with 38 faces in the following Delaware communities: Wilmington New Castle & Bear Hockessin The company’s President is Brendan Killeen. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement

Vendor Profile: Fliphound

This is the fourth in a series of Billboard Insider profiles of the companies who are automating the out of home sales process.  We’ve previously written about Adsemble and Adquick, and ADstruc. Insider counts 10 North American companies that are trying to develop websites to facilitate buying and selling out of […]

OOH in a Self-Driving America

A report from the OAAA Fully automated vehicles (AVs) are the future of transportation and mobility in America and will be a disruptive force across the economy. A new report explores the trend toward automated driving. How long will it take? What challenges face automated driving? Are there possible opportunities […]

Company of the Day – Del Outdoor

Company:  Del Outdoor Headquarters:   1702 S. Arizona Ave, Yuma, AZ 85364 Markets: Arizona, California & New Mexico Phone: 928-343-1135 Email:   bwright@deloutdoor.com Del Outdoor is family owned business that was founded in 1986. Del Outdoor is based out of Yuma, Arizona and is part of Western News&Info, Inc.     Del Outdoor has billboard plants […]

Douglas Watts on why OOH is entering a golden age.

Douglas Watts is President of Urban Media Group.  He acted as a brand officer for the OAAA in the lat 80’s and early 90’s.    Here’s a recent email he sent to the OAAA CEO Nancy Fletcher talking about how media has changed and why he thinks out of home is at […]

Colton Tollett on Billboard Design Mistakes

This week’s billboard creative design tips come from Colton Tollett , social media manager at Billboards Etc.  Today Colton talks about common billboard design mistakes. Have you been driving down the highway and noticed a billboard that really stood out? Have you seen a billboard that was so clever or funny that […]

Company of the Day: DDI Media

Company:  DDI Media Markets: Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennesee Headquarters:  8315 Drury Industrial Parkway, St Louis, MO  63114 Phone: 314-423-5040 DDI media operates a billboard plant in 7 states with more than 1,100 faces.   Insider sees lots of great looking DDI billboards when he visits his […]

Peabody says no, West Hollywood yes.

Two cities taking different approaches to billboards. Salemnews.com reports that the Peabody, Massachusetts town council is considering bills to ban any new billboards and to remove loopholes which allow billboard companies to ad screens or alter existing boards.  A council committee will consider the bills on April 27. la.curbed says […]

FBI Activates Digital Billboards Nationwide

On Easter Sunday, a random victim, 74, was killed in Cleveland, OH, by a distraught man who posted the crime on Facebook. The next day (May 17), the FBI activated donated digital billboards nationwide as part of the search for a fugitive.  Immediately, this “wanted” message appeared in Ohio and […]

Public Art – Unexpected Boost For Outdoor Advertisers

By Kevin Bartanian, EVP, Sales and Business Development at StandardVision Some people may be puzzled by the idea of making a significant investment in digital non-commercial content. I’m talking about public art. What is the role of art in an outdoor advertising platform? At StandardVision, two factors drove our decision […]