Author: John Weller

King County Metro Extends Intersection’s Transit Contract

SEATTLE — (April 20, 2017)  —  Intersection, the urban innovation company at the forefront of transforming the way information is shared in cities, transit systems, and airports across the country, today announced an extension of its advertising partnership with the Seattle-based King County Metro Transit system for an additional two years. King […]

OOH in a Self-Driving America

A report from the OAAA Fully automated vehicles (AVs) are the future of transportation and mobility in America and will be a disruptive force across the economy. A new report explores the trend toward automated driving. How long will it take? What challenges face automated driving? Are there possible opportunities […]

Company of the Day – Del Outdoor

Company:  Del Outdoor Headquarters:   1702 S. Arizona Ave, Yuma, AZ 85364 Markets: Arizona, California & New Mexico Phone: 928-343-1135 Email:   bwright@deloutdoor.com Del Outdoor is family owned business that was founded in 1986. Del Outdoor is based out of Yuma, Arizona and is part of Western News&Info, Inc.     Del Outdoor has billboard plants […]

FBI Activates Digital Billboards Nationwide

On Easter Sunday, a random victim, 74, was killed in Cleveland, OH, by a distraught man who posted the crime on Facebook. The next day (May 17), the FBI activated donated digital billboards nationwide as part of the search for a fugitive.  Immediately, this “wanted” message appeared in Ohio and […]

Schenectady County Settles With Lamar

Insider reported in December 2016 that Lamar has sued Schenectady County, New York for $50,000 in compensation after the county terminated a billboard lease as part of a road widening project.  The County offered Lamar $25,000 for the billboard when it purchased the property.  Lamar countered at $82,638 and asked for […]

OAAA Sales Tip

Courtesy of the OAAA. Media Audience Fragmentation Provides Opportunity For OOH In its 2016 annual Pew Research State of the News Media Report, the Pew Research Center documented that 2015 was another year of alarming declines for newspapers — the worst since the 2008-2009 recession. The other local medium suffering […]

Company of the Day – Dangerfield Outdoor

Company:  Dangerfield Outdoor Markets: Atlanta, Georgia Headquarters: 245 University Avenue SW, Atlanta, GA  30315 Phone: 404-418-8417 Dangerfield Outdoor operates a billboard plant with 5 static faces and 1 digital face in Atlanta, Georgia. Two of the faces are 20 by 60, 2 of the faces are 19 by 48 and two […]

Billboard by Elco students intended to save lives

A group of Elco High School students were recognized after winning a billboard contest sponsored by The Center for Traffic Safety and State Farm. The competition was open to all Lebanon County students. The “No Excuses” campaign, sponsored by The Center for Traffic Safety, invited Lebanon County students to create a billboard […]

Company of the Day – Crossroads Outdoor

Company:  Crossroads Outdoor Headquarters: 2487 South Michigan Road, Suite E, Eaton Rapids, MI 48827 Market:  Michigan Phone: 231.683.4224 Email: info@crossroadsoutdoor.com Crossroads Outdoor has billboards throughout Michigan and covers, or at least has a presence in 25 counties including the Grand Rapids Demographic Marketing Area (DMA), Traverse City DMA and Flint DMA. Some of the […]

Grand Visual Launches Independent Ad Tech Business for Digital OOH

PRESS RELEASE: 10.04.17 QDOT is the industry’s first independent ad tech business providing smarter campaign management platforms for digital out of home. The award-winning digital OOH production house Grand Visual, is launching an independent ad tech company in a move to roll out its industry-leading platforms and workflow intelligence to […]