At last year’s Geopath/OAAA convention, Lamar’s CEO Sean Reilly predicted that within 10 years most of Lamar’s billboards would be off the power grid or feeding the power grid due the use of solar power. Autonomous Power Solutions wants to make this happen. The company has installed solar powered billboards […]
Illinois-headquartered Dusty’s Outdoor Media has acquired Jackson, Tennessee based Moore Outdoor Media. With the execution of this deal, Dusty’s owns 410 billboard faces in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Insider talked with VP Sales Travis Rhodes about the transaction. Tell us about the Moore plant. The plant consists of 9 […]
Insider is running a series on solar power and billboards. Last week Kevin Conlin, the President of Autonomous Power Solutions gave an intro to solar energy and billboards. Today he talks about grid-tied billboards. Kevin’s firm has done work for Lamar, Clear Channel Outdoor, Ralston Outdoor and Sign-Ads. Kevin, what […]
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 week’s rating is […]
Company: Allison Outdoor Markets: North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee. Headquarters: 35 Outdoor Drive, Sylva, NC 29779 Phone: 828-586-2737 Email: claude.allisonoutdoor@yahoo.com Allison outdoor began in 1958 as a custom sign and billboard company. Allison has grown to become the largest outdoor advertising company in western North Carolina and Noth Georgia with 1200 […]
Joseph L. Spina entered the out of home business fresh out of college. He started his own billboard business in 1998 to develop billboard locations in Philadelphia. After selling most of his billboards by 2014, Spina formed Interactive Location Media, LLC. to develop a message delivery system called Zing which […]
Insider has asked Allen Smith to write a series of articles on landmark out of home advertising legal cases. Allen Smith is a eminent domain and condemnation expert at Settlepou, a Dallas law firm. For more information on Mr Smith, please see Smith’s Settlepou bio. Today Smith discusses Metromedia v City […]
Insider drove 583 miles in the upper midwest midwest this week. First leg: Minneapolis airport to Alexandria, Minnesota to meet with investors. Insider saw a Minneapolis billboard with a Naegele nameplate. When will the plate be changed? Lots of Franklin Outdoor boards on the way to Alexandria off I-94. […]
“I think it’s great for the Auburn Mall, I think it’s great for the town, I think it’s going to be a great thing all around,” – Auburn Selectmen Chairman Kenneth Holstrom quoted in the Telegram after unanimous approval of two, two-sided digital billboards. The Telegram reports that the Auburn […]
Insider follows Penneco Outdoor’s twitter feed. Lots of great sign design tips. Here’s one. A picture says a thousand words. Thanks to Penneco for permission to reuse.
