Author: billboardinsider

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 […]

Company of the Day: Regency Outdoor

Company: Regency Outdoor Advertising Markets: California Headquarters:  8820 Sunset Blvd. West Hollywood, CA  90069 Phone: 310-657-8883 Email: info@regencyoutdoor.com Regency outdoor advertising is a privately held company which was started in 1974 and operates a plant of billboards and spectaculars in Southern California.  In July 2018 Regency sold 35 billboards along the Sunset Strip to […]

Lamar Revenue up 7% in 2Q 2026

“Our business is in a terrific place” was how Lamar Advertising CEO Sean Reilly began Lamar Advertising’s 2Q 2026 earnings call. Here are the results of Lamar’s 2Q 2026 earnings release and earnings call, sponsored and analyzed by SignValue. Revenues increased 6.5% to $617 million for the second quarter of […]

Matt Schulze says tie off when you leave the ground

Neil Bell interviewed Matt Schulze on the Bell Board podcast.  Here’s what Schulze said about staying safe on a billboard. Let’s talk safety. The vertical fall-arrest cable on ladders — is that required now? Everything over about 25 feet is required to have a ladder safety cable. Your ladder starts […]

Broadsign Issues 2026 Programmatic Report

Programmatic digital out-of-home (pDOOH) is thriving, bringing digital speed and accountability to a medium built on real-world reach. But as the channel’s capabilities expand and campaigns become more sophisticated, so do the investment strategies behind them. To better understand the trends and shifts defining today’s programmatic OOH marketplace, we analyzed […]

Company of the Day: Reagan Outdoor

Company: Reagan Advertising Markets: Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Nevada, Tennessee, Texas, Utah Headquarters: 1775 North Warm Springs Road, Salt Lake City, UT  84116 Phone: 801-521-1775 Reagan Outdoor was started in 1965 and is privately held.  Reagan is the 5th largest out of roadside billboard company in the US with 9,300 total faces including 300 digital […]

OUTFRONT Revenue Up 14% in 2Q 2026

OUTFRONT had an outstanding second quarter of 2026.  Here are the results of the OUTFRONT 2Q 2026 earnings release, earnings presentation and conference call, sponsored and analyzed by SignValue. Revenue increased by 14% to $523 million.  Billboard revenue grew 8%.  Transit revenue was up 32%. CEO Nick Brien said that […]

Clear Channel Outdoor Revenue up 8.7% in 2Q 2026

Clear Channel Outdoor’s positive momentum continued into the second quarter of 2026.  Here are the results of the company’s 2Q 2026 earnings release and 10Q, sponsored and analyzed by SignValue.  The was no earnings call or financial guidance because the company expects to go private in the next couple of […]

Matt Schulze Says Make the Dig Call

Billboard fabricator Matt Schulze of Selective Structures was a guest on the Bell Board Podcast.  Here’s what he said when Neil Bell asked him about mistakes billboard operators make during construction What are the biggest mistakes you see people make when building their first few signs? The dig call. They […]

Matt Schulze says paint, paint, paint

Neil Bell interviewed Selective Structures Matt Schulze on the Bell Board Podcast.  Here’s what Matt said about billboard maintenance. Talk to me about structure maintenance — painting, head bolts. You bring this up a lot. I asked two engineers the same question around 2009: what’s the life expectancy on a […]