Author: billboardinsider

Company of the Day: Impact Outdoor

Company: Impact Outdoor Advertising Markets:  Texas Headquarters: 5454 La Sierra Drive, Suite 200, Dallas, TX  75231 Phone: 214-373-0200 Email: sq@impactoutdoor.com Impact Outdoor was started in the 1980’s by Terry Kafka.  The company operated a 300 bulletin plant in Texas which it recently sold.  The company’s coverage included Dallas and 18 […]

Philly rejects initial municipal building billboard plan.

Philly.com reports that the Philadelphia Arts Commission has given an initial thumbs down to a plan to put billboards on two government owned buildings but invited Interstate Outdoor to come back with new approaches. Proponents of the plan say that it is an alternative to raising taxes and will raise […]

Celebrate The Exit

Insider fills time in the car listening to business podcasts.  How I Built This is a good one.  NPR interviews business founders about challenges they’ve overcome.  Recode Media With Peter Kafka is good if you want to follow media.  Recode Decode covers tech and is worth listening to as long […]

TRex Litigation Update November 2016

Samsung Electronics America purchased the digital billboard operations of Yesco in May 2015 and rebranded the Yesco’s digital sign operations as Prismview, LLC..  A representative of Samsung Electronics America which owns Prismview LLC.  asked Insider to make two corrections to an article published last week on T-Rex sign litigation. First […]

Company of the Day: Harvest Outdoor

Company: Harvest Outdoor Markets: Illinois Headquarters: 2516 Waukegan Road, PMB 350, Glenview, Illinois  60025-1774 Phone: 847-509-8876 Email: info@harvestoutdoor.com Harvest Outdoor operates a wall and billboard plant in Chicago.  Mike McHugh is the company’s owner.     Paid Ad  

Gallatin Tennessee Gets Digital Billboard

The Tennessean reports that Gallatin’s first digital billboard is operating.  Lamar has converted a billboard on West Main Street behind Krystal from static to digital. Gallatin voted earlier this year to amend city regulations and end a decade long ban on new digital signs and billboards. Lamar is the only […]

Google, Beacons and Digital Signs

Dave Haynes at Sixteen Nine has a fascinating podcast interview with Chris Lydle, Google lead for digital signage and kiosks.  Lydle says Google doesn’t want to compete in developing a content management system for digital signage but that it wants products like Chrome, Android and Eddystone to be used as the […]

Philly Considering Billboards on Public Buildings

Philly.com reports that the Philadelphia Art Commission will have a hearing Wednesday to consider proposals for advertising signs on the Municipal Services Building at 1401 John F. Kennedy Blvd and the One Parkway Building at 1515 Arch St. Billboards have been permitted on city property since 2013.  Interstate Outdoor has […]

Company of the Day: Atlantic Sign Media

Company: Atlantic Sign Media Markets: North Carolina Headquarters: PO Box 4205, Burlington, NC  27215 Phone: 336-584-1375 Atlantic Sign Media is a privately held company which was started in 1958.  Atlantic Sign Media provides custom signs, LED signs and also owns and operates several high visibility digital billboards along the I-40/I-85 […]

Max Drachman on Recent Outdoor Deals

Max Drachman is a outdoor advertising industry investment banker with Kalil and Co.  Insider interviewed Drachman last week about trends in the outdoor advertising M&A market. Max, have you closed any transactions since the last time we checked in with you in early September? Yes, we have closed four more […]