Author: billboardinsider

Trevor Project uses Texas billboards to engage in political speech.

Trevor project is running digital billboard campaign across 120 digital faces in Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio, Texas.  This is a great example of the use of out of home for political speech and issue advocacy.  Josh Weaver, VP of Marketing at The Trevor Project tells Billboard Insider this: […]

Tommie Hilfiger Partners with Ocean Outdoor

As Tommy Hilfiger showcases their Spring collection on the famous and iconic Piccadilly Lights in London, they are deepening the customer experience by Augmented Reality triggered via a QR code on the big screen. The AR experience immerses the user in a 3D scene which combines video content using Darabase’s […]

It’s spring and your customers are hitting the streets. Are your ads?

  By Chris Farnkopf, Director of National Sales, Adkom Spring is bringing people out in droves, especially after two years of pandemic-induced seclusion.  Recent research suggests that trends towards getting out and about more are surging, but that a lot of that traffic is within local neighborhoods rather than urban […]

Company of the Day: Huntington Outdoor

Company: Huntington Outdoor Markets: Ohio, Indiana Headquarters: 524 1/2 S. Broadway, Greenville, OH  45331 Phone: 800-704-5973 Email: office@huntingtonoutdoor.com Huntington Outdoor operates a billboard plant with over 1800 displays in the Midwest.  The company was formed by Justin Powell in 2008. Justin, how did you enter the out of home business? I started Huntington Outdoor in […]

Local Media Outdoor Acquires Myrtle Beach Outdoor

April 5, 2022. Local Media Outdoor is pleased to announce that the company has acquired 116 faces in North Carolina and South Carolina from Myrtle Beach Outdoor. Williamson & Associates represented Myrtle Beach Outdoor in the transaction. This acquisition enhances Local Media’s coverage in their core markets of North and […]

Magna Cuts US 2022 Ad Forecast by 1% Due to Ukraine War Uncertainty

Magna reduced 2022 projected US advertising growth from 12% to 11% due to uncertainty caused by the Ukraine war.  US out of home is projected to grow 11% in line with the total ad market.   The sports betting, finance and streaming sectors will boost out of home as along with […]

2022-2023 FOARE Scholarships

Have a college kid?  One of the FOARE scholarships may be for them.  FOARE is accepting applications through June 17, 2022. The 2022-2023 FOARE scholarships are accepting applications As part of its mission to foster research and education that’s critical to the future of out of home (OOH), FOARE awards […]

Firefly Partners with Hyundai

New York, NY – April 4 – Firefly, the nation’s fastest-growing in-car and car-top mobility media company and a Google Ventures-backed startup, today announced that it will collaborate with Hyundai in promoting its vehicles – including EVs – to rideshare fleets and drivers across key US cities. The vehicles will […]

Out of Home Companies Outperform Market in 1Q 2022

The public US Out of Home companies outperformed the market in the first quarter of 2022.  OUTFRONT was up 7% on news that it’s markets are returning to normal.  Clear Channel Outdoor was up 5%.  Lamar was down 2%.  The S&P 500 declined by 5%. The public US out of […]

Mike Neel on Yield Optimization and Out of Home

Hivestack has a Yield Optimization solution to make it easier for an out of home (OOH) company to connect its platform with multiple Supply Side Platforms (SSPs) [think Hivestack, Vistar, Place Exchange, Adomni, OneScreen.ai…].  Billboard Insider spoke with Hivestack Director of Publisher Development Mike Neel about the product Last year […]