Here are six quotes summarizing Day 1 of the IBOUSA Fall Conference. Becky Smith on the IBOUSA’s growth: Our footprint at IBO is second only to Lamar…We are growing…264 companies…We’ve added 45 new companies this year. Chris Cowlbeck on why the IBO is focusing on the Speedway product to replace […]
Month: September 2022
LA Council Awards Transit/Shade Shelter Contract to Tranzito-Vector
By a vote 12-1 the Los Angeles City Council approved the award of a transit shelter contract to Tranzito-Vector, LLC. to install 3,000 transit shelters and 450 shade shelters. Billboard Insider has not seen the final contract but here’s a link to the April 28, 2022 draft contract between Tranzito-Vector, […]
Hivestack appoints Gonzalez CRO US and Latin America
MONTREAL, CANADA – September 20, 2022 – Hivestack, the world’s leading independent programmatic digital out of home (DOOH) ad tech company today announced the appointment of Hector Gonzalez as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) for the US and LatAm regions. Bringing over 20+ years of experience across the out of […]
Company of the Day – Outdoor Signs
Company: Outdoor Signs Headquarters: 3625 N. Hall St., Dallas TX 75360 Market: Texas Phone: 214.615.2727 Based in Dallas Texas, Outdoor Signs has 4 digital boards in Dallas as well as over 250 static faces throughout Texas. The company is owned by Charles Cooper. Outdoor Signs is a member of the […]
OutdoorLink, Inc Acquires SignBird in a Strategic Move to Offer State-of-the-Art Billboard Marketing Services
September 21st, 2022 Huntsville, AL – OutdoorLink, Inc, the out-of-home industry leader in providing remote control of billboard lighting and digital displays with their patented SmartLink system, is announcing the strategic acquisition of SignBird to bring new state-of-the-art marketing resources to their expansive list of customers. SignBird, a U.S. […]
Scott Wells Says OOH Demand is Strong
Here’s a selection of Scott Wells comments on out of home demand, self service ad models, digital billboard conversions and the European sale at last week’s Goldman Sachs Communicopia conference. Demand is strong The tone with advertisers actually continues to be strong. We are having good dialogs heading into 2023…We’re […]
Pezzello to Oversee Clear Channel Chicago
Chicago, Illinois – Clear Channel Outdoor Americas (CCOA), (NYSE: CCO), announced today it has hired veteran media leader, Chris Pezzello, to oversee and direct all its Chicago market operations including sales, marketing, real estate, public affairs, operations and finance. Pezzello is a sales veteran with over 26 years’ experience in […]
Digital Out of Home a Good Fit for Financial Services Advertising
NEW YORK, NY (September 20, 2022) – Vistar Media, the leading global provider of software for digital out-of-home (DOOH) and MFour, the leader in behavior-driven survey research, today released survey findings on consumers’ financial services preferences and behaviors – from where and how consumers prefer to bank and spend money, […]
Metro Phoenix Bank is Now Alerus
As anticipated, Metro Phoenix Bank has completed their transition to Alerus. You will still see the company as an active supporter of Billboard Insider, now featuring an Alerus banner in our morning email blast. Insider asked both Steve Haggard and Nick Gonzales for their thoughts regarding the transition of Metro […]
Rothfelder & Falick on the IBO Convention
By Mike Falick, Partner, Rothfelder & Falick Chris Rothfelder and I are really looking forward to the IBO Fall Conference on September 21 – 23 in Charlotte, NC! Richard Rothfelder extends his regards as well – he will sadly not be joining us in Charlotte as he will be spending […]