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Company of the Day: Riviera Billboards

Company:  Riviera Billboards Markets:  Alabama Address:  15810-A State Highway 59, Foley, AL  36535 Phone: 251-978-2462 Rivera Billboards a digital billboard and static billboards in Summerdale AL on the way to the beaches.  Don Stafford is a co-owner of the company. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement

Inflation and Out of Home Leases

Avoid lease inflators in excess of 1-2%/year or your cashflow margin will erode.  That’s the lesson of the chart below which compares US annual inflation with US out of home advertising growth since 2000. Inflation and out of home revenues increased 1.6%/year  and 1.2%/year, respectively since 2008. Inflation and out […]

Using Smartlink to secure your digital billboards.

Yesterday, Insider excerpted the security sections from the Digital Out of Home Primer.   The primer reiterates the importance of physically securing your digital billboards.  DJ Jennings of Smartlink reminds Insider that Smartlink has developed systems to keep your digital billboards safe:  At Smartlink we have been helping to provide ways […]

What the Digital Out of Home Primer Says About Keeping Digital Billboards Safe

The second most popular post on the Billboard Insider website is Hacking Digital Billboards.  There are people out there who would love to hack your digital signs.  The Digital Out of Home Primer which was published last week contains an outstanding summary of the issues relating to digital billboard security […]

Louisiana legislators propose drastic billboard bills.

Two Louisiana Legislators are on the warpath against billboards. Rep Jack McFarland has introduced House Concurrent Resolution 4 in the Louisiana legislature to: Limit the number of billboards to 7,000 in the state Prohibit the conversion of any static billboards to digital billboards. Increase billboard licensing fees from $25/year to […]

Rate This Board by Greg Callaham

Rate This Board allows a billboard designer to rate a random piece of billboard artwork using the following scale: 1 (not good), 2 (below average), 3 (average), 4 (very good), 5 (great). Then the designer talks about what they may have done differently for outdoor advertising. This weeks rating is […]

Company of the Day: Renaissance Outdoor

Company:  Renaissance Outdoor Advertising, Inc. Headquarters:  1121 W. Pointe Vista Path, Hernando FL 34442 Markets:  Florida Phone: 352.533.4330 Renaissance Outdoor Advertising, Inc. (ROA) is a locally owned and operated company that has been in business in Citrus County since 1988.  The company operates in the following markets: Hernando Citrus Springs Crystal River Lecanto Beverly […]

Out of the Office: Ben Ralston

Ralston Outdoor’s Ben Ralston owns the Katy Trail Ice House brewpub in Dallas.  Ralston Outdoor supplied authentic hand painted billboards for a recent patio expansion.  A vintage Pearl Brewing and a vintage Coca Cola ad on old 10’6″ Butler panels. Will someone ask the IBOUSA or OAAA to hold a […]

The FCC LED Signs Initiative

In February 2019 the FCC issued an enforcement advisory out of concern over a “growing number of companies that market noncompliant light-emitting diode (LED signs) in violation of the FCC’s rules.” The FCC had an initial round of enforcement actions in July 2017.  Nineteen digital sign makers were fined. Insider […]

New and Noted April 5, 2019

  Every wonder what it’s like to be Geopath President Kym Frank?  Read TierPM’s A Day in the Life of Kym Frank, President at Geopath. Newsday reports that Standard Diversified, the public company which owns Standard Outdoor, has fired chief executive Ian Estus.  Gregory Baxter has been appointed interim CEO.  […]