Month: March 2020

Premier Outdoor Rolls Out Coronavirus Prevention Billboards

Mt Laurel based Premier Outdoor initiated a digital billboard campaign to promote wellness during the Coronavirus outbreak.  Two of the company’s digital billboards are displaying handwashing prompts.  The boards are at Rt 42 south of Rt 295 and I-76 and I=295 south of Rancocas Road.   Premier Outdoor President of Sales […]

Rate This Board by Greg Callaham

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 […]

Female Quotient and Clear Channel Honor International Women’s Day

New York, NY – Clear Channel Outdoor Americas (CCOA) (NYSE: CCO) today announced it will honor three global female leaders with a national digital out of home (DOOH) campaign timed with International Women’s Day: a day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. In partnership with The […]

Company of the Day: Effective Sign

Company: Effective Sign Company Markets: Alabama Headquarters: 1978 South College St, Auburn, AL  36832 Phone: 334-749-0001 Effective Sign Company designs, fabricates and installs on and off premise signs and operates  a billboard plant with more than 22 structures in Alabama and Florida John Persons is the company’s CEO. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement

Out of the Office – Steve McNeely Brings Stealth Bomber to Indy Speedway

B2 Stealth Bomber During Fly Over Out of home investor Steve McNeely was instrumental in involving the Stealth Bomber in the Indy 500 festivities.  Here are  Steve’s words. I was an Air Force pilot and when I got out I had a latent need for speed…I ended up driving endurance […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds March 7, 2020

Billboard Insider Classifieds work: “Thanks to you and your website I’ve hired a General Manager.  We received several qualified applicants in response to our Billboard Insider classified”  Justin Powell, Owner, Huntington Outdoor “I bought my General Liability from Stu at Bassler and Co that I learned about on Billboard Insider.  I told […]

Cree Responds to Watchfire Lawsuit

  As a follow up to our story this week about Watchfire and Cree, the Triangle Business Journal reports that Cree pushed back by filing a counter suit on February 28th. The litigation surrounds a Cree product called C4SM – oval LEDs designed for full-color video screens, digital billboards and […]

JCDecaux Expects 1Q 2020 Revenue to Decline 10% Due to Coronavirus

JCDecaux delivered record 2019 results but said it expects first quarter 2020 revenues to decline 10% due to the conoravirus.  Here are the results from the 2019 earnings release. Adjusted revenue increased by 7.5% to 3,890 euros in 2019 due to strong growth in digital advertising.  CEO Jean-Francois Decaux said […]

LA Request for Info for New Street Furniture Contract

Los Angeles, CA (March 4, 2020) – The City of Los Angeles released a Request for Information (RFI) formally beginning the process to identify an experienced business partner to develop a self-sustaining, world-class street furniture program. A briefing session for the Out of Home, Digital Online, Wireless and Design industries […]