Month: August 2026

John Murrow on managing lease costs

Neil Bell of the Bell Board Podcast released a podcast interview with Trailhead CEO John Murrow this week.  We will run excerpts from the podcast.  Today Murrow talks about managing lease costs.. Getting started in out of home. I started with Adams Outdoor as a real estate rep. Soon moved […]

“Hey, Let’s Add in a Billboard and See What Happens”.

By Nick Coston Years ago, when I first started out in OOH, say around 2001, Clear Channel Radio bought a well-known OOH company, Eller Media. The new name became Clear Channel Worldwide, combining both the power of radio and outdoor media. The thought was that consumers would be in their […]

JCDecaux renews Hamburg ad contract for 15 years

Paris, August 11th, 2026 – JCDecaux SE (Euronext Paris: DEC), the number one outdoor advertising company worldwide, announces that Wall GmbH, a company that is part of JCDecaux, has been awarded the main advertising contract in Hamburg, Germany’s second-largest city with 1.85 million inhabitants. The award follows a competitive tender […]

Company of the Day: Rex Media

Company: Rex Media Address: 801 Baldwin Park Blvd., Bassett CA 91746 Email: Sales@RexMediaUsa.com Phone: 323.688.3905 Founded in Los Angeles, Rex Media provides impactful and timely advertising messages for both National and Local advertisers in the Greater Los Angeles area of the San Gabriel Valley. Mohadib Bakali is the President of […]

Billboard Insider billboard software poll results

Lots of interest in billboard software to judge from the number of responses to our poll.  Here are the results.  40% of our respondents use Apparatix, 28% use something else, 14% still use an excel spreadsheet, 10% use Billboard Planet and 9% use SignDash.  We’d love to hear more about […]

Dallas Looks to Parks for its Next Billboard Opportunity

By SignValue Dallas’ proposed billboard program is unusual for several reasons. The proposal to the city is coming from the City’s Parks, Trails and Environment Committee. In most markets, parks and environmental interests are more often associated with billboard opposition than billboard development. It also reflects a broader macro trend: […]

DPAA Launches UK Chapter of WE.DOOH

  LONDON AND NEW YORK – August 11 2026 – DPAA, the global trade marketing association, driving the growth and digitisation of out-of-home media and its growing role in the omnichannel mix, has today announced the launch of a new UK chapter of its Women’s Empowerment in Digital Out of Home […]

Company of the Day – Revelation Outdoor Management

Company: Revelation Outdoor Management Headquarters: 420 South Hill Street, Buford, GA 30518 Markets: Georgia, South Carolina Phone: 770-831-3984 Email: morganh@revelationom.com Revelation Outdoor currently operates over 100 billboard faces in the metro Atlanta area. Since its inception, the company has built out markets including Chicago, Oregon, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Alabama, and […]

Daktronics Pulled Into NBA Salary Cap Scandal

Daktronics has landed in the middle of an escalating NBA investigation after reports surfaced that it had a previously undisclosed, multi-million-dollar “sponsorship” arrangement with Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard. The connection between Daktronics and the Clippers isn’t hard to spot on a game night: the company built the massive […]

What software do you use to manage your out of home advertising company?

A reader asks us what software people use to manage their out of home advertising companies.  Some people use an excel spreadsheet.  Signdash makes a simple, easy to use system which is popular with smaller billboard companies.  Apparatix and Billboard Planet have more complicated systems with more capabilities.  What do […]