Author: billboardinsider

What Daktronics Financials Say About the Digital Billboard Market

If you want to understand the digital billboard market you need to follow Daktronics commercial division which includes roadside digital billboards and spectaculars.  Daktronics released 4Q FY 24 earnings last week.  Consolidated revenue and orders were up 3%  and 15%, respectively for 4Q FY 24, but commercial sales and commercial […]

Visit Annapolis Dominates BWI Airport

Baltimore, MD — Clear Channel Outdoor, Airports Division, the Americas-based airports business of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCO), today announced a new partnership and sponsorship with Visit Annapolis & Anne Arundel County (VAAAC), a nonprofit Destination Marketing/Management Organization whose mission is to foster a welcoming destination and promote tourism on […]

Rate This Ad by Greg Callaham

Rate This Ad 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 of the Day: North Jersey Advertising

Company: North Jersey Advertising, LLC. Markets: New Jersey Address: 22 Howard Blv. (202), Mt Arlington, NJ. 07856 Phone: 1-800-472-3033 North Jersey Advertising operates a 7 face digital billboard plant in the following New Jersey communities: Lake Hopatcong Frankford Belleville   To receive a free morning newsletter with each day’s Billboard […]

Should billboard cashflow include a digital billboard replacement reserve?

Justin Powell of Huntington Outdoor asked the following question after reading our article on Billboard Cashflow: I understand that general depreciation shouldn’t count….but how about digital display replacement costs? Those are real and significant expenses you have every 10 years or so. If you don’t include those what you might actually […]

Company of the Day: Nick Signs

Company: Nick Signs Markets:  Minnesota Address: 3735 Hwy 73, Hibbing, MN  55746 Email:  nick@nicksigns.com Phone: 218-263-3044 Nick signs operates a billboard plant in North Central Minnesota with 5 total faces, including 3 digital faces.    In addition the company provides business signs, wraps and logo design.  The company is over 20 […]

What’s Billboard Cashflow?

A Billboard Insider Reader writes: “I have always struggled when talking to owners about selling their signs and get the comment of “My cashflow is X and I heard they are selling for 12 times cashflow!” and then trying to explain to them that its Billboard Cashflow which also has […]

A New Sales Focused Signbird Offer

SignBird’s launched something special for billboard owners, SignBird Owner Package. This is all about helping out-of-home (OOH) media owners like you boost your marketing efforts and attract more advertisers. Here’s a quick rundown of what’s included: Professional Photos and Videos by SignBird Pilot Network A picture is worth a thousand […]

Branded Cities Wins Woodbine Network Operating Rights

Toronto, Canada – June 26, 2024 – Branded Cities, the un-rivaled leader in iconic Out-of-Home (OOH) advertising across North America, proudly announces the acquisition of operating rights to the highly anticipated Woodbine Entertainment digital network. Fresh from their win of the coveted “The Well” in Toronto’s west side, and the […]

Replacement Insurance Woes in Gulf States

Here’s a screenshot of a conversation which a Florida out of home company executive had with an insurance underwriter about the feasibility of digital billboard replacement insurance. Billboard Insider hears stories that replacement insurance is hard to find in the gulf states or is prohibitively expensive.  While there do not […]