Month: July 2017

Billboard Coating Purifies Air.

Vincent Printing Co. has entered into an agreement with PURETi Group, LLC to market a specialty coating that transforms outdoor advertising materials into light- activated air purifiers. Vincent’s EnhanceAir, Powered by PURETi is to be exclusively sold in the U.S. out of home space by Vincent Printing. “We are excited […]

Cannes OOH Inspire?

This article first appeared in LinkedIn and is republished with permission from the author and Clear Channel Outdoor Americas. Sean Mccaffrey, EVP / Client Strategy & Partnerships at Clear Channel Outdoor       As the advertising world returns from the Côte d’Azur to conference rooms, while still others debate from […]

Billboard Insider turns two

  July is the two year anniversary of Billboard Insider.  We’ve come a long way in the past 24 months.  You can see it in Billboardinsider.com views: July 2015 – 188 views. July 2016 – 18,843 views. July 2017 estd: 38,000 views Thanks you to Shelli Bergren of Outfront and […]

US Out of home stocks lag during second quarter.

US Out of home advertising stocks lagged the Standard and Poors 500 during the second quarter of 2017.  A stock index consisting of Lamar, Outfront and Clear Channel Outdoor declined by 4.2% during the second quarter of 2017 while the Standard and Poors 500 was up 2.7% for the quarter. […]

Rate This Board By Out of Home Creative

Rate This Board allows a billboard designer to rate a random piece of billboard artwork using the following scale: 1 (not good), 2 (below average), 3 (average), 4 (very good), 5 (great). Then the designer talks about what they may have done differently for outdoor advertising. This week’s rating is […]

Company of the Day: JGI Outdoor

Company: JGI Outdoor Markets: Texas Address: 525 Park Grove, Katy Texas, 77450 Phone: 281-992-2828 JGI Outdoor is a privately held company which operates billboards in Texas. The company was started in 1994 by John P Gannon with the acquisition of forty billboards.  Today the company has over 700 billboards in […]

Howard Grenier on Transparency in Today’s Media Landscape

By Howard Greiner, President, Buntin Out of Home I read, with interest, a recent article regarding various pricing strategies taken in the OOH industry – past and present. It sparked for me an opportunity to weigh in on the service: value quotient at all ends of the compensation spectrum – […]

Outfront NYC Market Overview

Insider saw this video from Outfront featuring their New York City market.  Video is a terrific way to promote your boards and territory.  It’s easy to shoot footage with an iphone or drone and upload it to facebook.   [wpforms id=”9787″]   Paid Advertisement

Lamar Sues Weston, WV

The State Journal reports that Lamar is suing the city of Weston, West Virginia in response to rejection of a billboard permit.  The Lewis County School Board approved a Lamar plan to put a billboard on school property in August 2016.  The city asked Lamar and the school board to […]