Month: February 2021

Vendor Spotlight – PlainView LED

The corporate philosophy of Chattanooga, TN based digital signage provider, PlainView LED, is to strive to offer the best quality, performance and confidence in our products to better serve our Dealers and Out of Home Operators. Billboard Insider sat down with both Todd Plain, CEO, and Daryl Thomson, VP of […]

WBEZ on What’s Up With All Those Billboard Ads For Lawyers?

Last week OAAA’s Anna Bager and Billboard Insider’s Dave Westburg were interviewed by WBEZ for a podcast titled What’s Up with All Those Billboard Ads For Lawyers?  Here’s what they said. OAAA CEO Anna Bager on why lawyers like billboards When you’re driving down the highway you’re not on your […]

Daily Billboard Blog’s 3 of a Kind: Hearts

Valentine’s Day is the special time of year when love is all around and so to mark the occasion, today Daily Billboard thought we’d look at three different ad creatives using hearts to help them stand out. First up is a teaser billboard for the computer animated/live-action movie, Hop, from February […]

Company of the Day: Stellar Outdoor

Company: Stellar Outdoor Advertising Markets: Ontario Address:  3080 Yonge Street, Suite 5012, Toronto, Ontario M4N 3N1 Email: info@stellaroutdoor.com Phone: 800-268-0099 Stellar Outdoor Advertising operates a network of 500 billboards in Ontario.  The company was formed by the merger of Annis-way Signs and Specific Hi-way Signs in January 2012.  Sara Hunkley […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds February 13, 2021

Billboard Insider Classifieds work: “We got a big boost in qualified applicants from running our ad on your site.”  Rodney Davis, Transformation Media “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 […]

California Cannabis Billboard Update

By Richard Hamlin, Hamlin Cody California’s Bureau of Cannabis Control allowed cannabis advertising on interstate highways if at least fifteen miles from the state’s border.  In late November 2020, a judge in San Luis Obispo ruled that the regulation was illegal.  The court formally entered its judgment on January 11, […]

Trailhead Buys Ike Wingate’s Tennessee Assets

Trailhead Media has purchased Wingate Media’s Tennessee billboards (excluding Nashville).  Readers are asking Insider about Trailhead.  The company keeps a low profile and flies below the radar.  Here’s what Insider knows. Low profile. Trailhead avoids interviews and asks sellers and investment bankers not to talk.  The Trailhead Media website contains […]

“I like billboards a lot”…What Senator Mikulski said about billboards

Wednesday we ran a post about the successful effort to defeat draconian anti-billboard legislation in the (federal) 1991 Highway Surface Transportation Efficiency Act. Our united industry convinced the US Senate to remove the anti-billboard provisions; the bipartisan vote was 60-39. Today we’re publishing excerpts from Senator Barbara Mikulski’s articulate support […]

Outfront Running Goody Campaign for Valentines Day

NEW YORK – February 11, 2021 – OUTFRONT Media Inc. (NYSE:OUT) leads first out of home campaign for Goody, an app that makes gifting easy this Valentine’s Season. Goody’s creative will be featured on OUTFRONT’s highly visible OOH assets across New York City when love is top of mind. Goody […]

Harris Poll shows increased visibility of out of home.

WASHINGTON D.C. (February 10, 2021) – Increased appetites for outdoor and shared experiences are leading consumers to: hit the highways and seek out of home activities, notice their surroundings with fresh eyes, take comfort in public safety messaging, and embrace new contactless technology. At the same time, digital device burn […]