Author: billboardinsider

Company of the Day: Stark Outdoor Advertising

Company: Stark Outdoor Markets: Eastern Texas. Headquarters: 1211 N Shore Drive, Isabel, TX  78578 Phone: 800-559-1013 Stark Outdoor operates a plant of 23 single and double-stacked billboards in eastern Texas.  The firm is owned by Herb and Wilma Stark.  Herb has forgotten more about the billboard business than many of […]

Landmark’s Pitch

A Landmark rep called Insider last week to see if he had any outdoor leases to sell.  Here’s what Insider learned from the conversation. Landmark wants to see minimum monthly sign rent of $300/month. Landmark is willing to pay up to 10-10.5 times annual rent for leases which have an […]

Lamar and Pittsburgh in Billboard Dispute

  Lamar is in a dispute with the City of Pittsburgh over a billboard on Mount Washington.  Lamar owns the advertising space on Mount Washington where the old Bayer company billboard was located.  Lamar put vinyl up a 30 feet by 200 feet vinyl on the site last week. The […]

Outdoor Cheaper Than Most Other Forms of Media

I’ve attached a table below taken from Peter J Solomon Company’s Media Monthly newsletter for May 2016  showing the  cost per thousand advertising impressions (“CPM”) of various forms of media.  The chart is based on rate card, not actual rates.  The PJSC newsletter is a great read if you wish […]

Formetco’s High Efficiency LED Technology Outperforms Competitors

Duluth, GA (June 6, 2016) – Formetco’s LED digital screens outshine the best LEDs available.  The largest full-service supplier in outdoor advertising, Formetco features an exclusively designed and manufactured light-emitting diode (LED) in all of their digital billboards, video screens and sports scoreboards.  This LED is created by using the […]

The Buzz on Undisclosed Ad Agency Rebates

Insider wrote Saturday about an Association of National Advertisers study which found that ad agencies are getting undisclosed rebates from radio, TV and outdoor clients.  The study will be released this week.  Insider asked three industry executives whether undisclosed rebates are are a problem in the outdoor industry.  One source […]

Company of the Day: Bella Outdoor

Company: Bella Outdoor Markets:  Montana Headquarters: PO Box 50119, Billings, MT Phone: 406-671-6155 Bella Outdoor was started in 2007 by Joe and Jenifer Mancuso.  The company has twelve  8 by 20, 10 by 24 and 12 by 26 and  structures around Billings.  Prior to starting Bella Mancuso worked in sales […]

Coke Generates Buzz With “Ubiquitous” Billboards.

Coca-Cola has generated positive publicity with 60 Chattanooga area billboards containing one word: ubiquitous.  Times Free Press reports that Coca-cola is using the 60 billboards to advertise its “Share a Coke and a Song” summer campaign.  The campaign generated national media coverage and twitter chatter as people became curious about the billboards.  Coca-Cola […]

Catalyst Addresses Digital Sign Brightness Concerns

Philly.com reports that representatives of Catalyst Outdoor Advertising have offered to plant 35 evergreens at a cost of $50,000 to shield certain homes from light emitted by a digital billboard.  Certain homeowners have complained about the brightness of the sign which is located in Downingtown, PA. Insider’s take: Kudos to […]

Clear Channel Outdoor’s Matthew Dearden Appointed FEPE International President

Barcelona, Spain (June 6, 2016) –   Matthew Dearden, Clear Channel Outdoor’s President, Europe, has been appointed President of FEPE International, the worldwide association of outdoor advertising companies. The news was announced at the 57th FEPE Congress in Barcelona by the current FEPE President,  Antonio Vincenti. In his new role […]