Month: February 2022

Vistar Releases Enhanced Demand Side Platform

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Vistar Media, the leading global provider of software for digital out-of-home (DOOH), today announced version 6.0 of the Vistar Demand-Side Platform (DSP), which combines a highly visual out-of-home (OOH) media buying experience with the tools for data-driven campaign optimization that today’s digital buyers expect. The Vistar DSP manages […]

Company of the Day: Fruitland Outdoor

Company of the Day:  Fruitland Outdoor Advertising Markets: South Carolina Address: 138 Webber Rd, Faffney, SC. 29342 Email: trey@fruitlandoutdoor.com Phone: 864-425-8259 Fruitland Outdoor is a family owned billboard company that operates in the upstate of South Carolina.   The company is owned and operated by Joey Lemmons who founded the […]

John Bodger’s Toughest Out of Home Build

John Bodger, OUTFRONT’s Twin Cities Real Estate Manager for 33 years, recently retired after a 42 year out of home career.  Bodger built over 500 static billboards and 32 digital billboards during his career.  Last week Bodger talked about R.O. Naegele Sr’s advice on dealing with landlowners.  This week he […]

Don Davidson, RIP

Don William Davidson died on February 8, 2022.  Here’s Davidson’s obituary.  He was 84 years old.  Davidson had several jobs in the out of home business including a stint as CEO of Gannett Outdoor, the largest out of home company in the world at that time.  He also worked at […]

Dave Clayton on Running an OOH Ad Agency

Dave Clayton has over 40 years experience in advertising, including nine years running an ad agency specializing in Out-of-Home.  Billboard Insider talked with Clayton last week. How did you get involved with the out of home advertising business? I had exposure to Out-of-Home working at a couple of large ad […]

VIOOH and JCDecaux Programmatic Digital OOH Takes Off at US Airports

NEW YORK CITY, NY – February 16, 2022 – Today, VIOOH, the leading global digital out of home (DOOH) marketplace, announced the launch of programmatic digital out of home at selected U.S. airports in partnership with JCDecaux North America. The programmatic DOOH (prDOOH) offering will be available at major U.S. […]

Company of the Day – Gigantic Media

Company: Gigantic Media, LLC. Markets: Cleveland, Ohio Headquarters: 5222 Richmond Rd, Bedford Heights, OH 44128 Phone: 216-536-9036 Email: andy@giganticmediallc.com Gigantic Media was formed by Andy Greenwald and David Sternberg to develop wallscapes and billboards in Cleveland.  Insider talked with Gigantic’s founder Andrew Greenwald. How did you enter the out of […]

Justin Powell on growing to 1,800 faces in 13 years.

Today’s podcast guest Justin Powell talks about founding Huntington Billboards in the middle of the 2009 great recession and growing the company to 1,800 displays over 13 years. Some of the highlights. How did you enter the out of home business? I graduated from college.  I was 20 years old…  […]

GEFT vs Marion County 3.0

GEFT has sued the Marion County, Indiana for the third time.  GEFT won the first two rounds:  a 2016 lawsuit over wrongful termination of a billboard permit and a 2017 law suit which voided the Marion County sign code on first amendment grounds.  This time GEFT is challenging the city’s decision […]

Daktronics & YESCO Partner on Semi-Transparent LED Display

Semi-transparent LED technology delivers outward visuals while also allowing light to pass into the windows behind BROOKINGS, S.D. – Feb. 15, 2022 – A new freeform LED display at Security National Financial Corporation in Murray, Utah, has been manufactured and installed by Daktronics (NASDAQ-DAKT) of Brookings, South Dakota, in partnership […]