Author: John Weller

Twitter Takes Home Platinum OBIE Award

OAAA presented 48 awards this week at the 75th OBIE Awards Show, held during the 2017 OAAA\Geopath National Convention + Expo in New Orleans, LA. The OBIE Awards recognize exceptional OOH advertising design. Twitter was honored with the first Platinum OBIE Award for its in-house #What’sHappening campaign. Looking to position itself […]

DOmedia Now Tracking Thousands of Out-of-Home Media Assets

Supply-Side Platform Successfully Completes Availability Beta Test; Platform Among Largest in the U.S. May 15, 2017 12:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time COLUMBUS, Ohio–(BUSINESS WIRE)–DOmedia, the leading platform for buying and selling out-of-home (OOH) media, announced that its advanced inventory charting system is now tracking the availability of thousands of U.S. […]

Outdoor Advertising Takes On Its Digital Rivals

An interesting interview with  William Eccleshare, Chairman and Chief Executive of Clear Channel International.  Discussion about believability of digital information and how effectively OOH can compete with other digital advertising products. Discussion includes a mention that Clear Channel in the UK is now receiving more revenue from its digital versus traditional […]

Out of Home Industry Leaders Presented Awards

The out of home (OOH) advertising industry  honored seven industry leaders with its most esteemed awards. Reagan Outdoor Advertising Chairman William Reagan was presented with the highest honor, the Myles Standish Distinguished Achievement Award of Excellence, at the 2017 OAAA\Geopath National Convention + Expo. An active leader in the OOH […]

Company of the Day – EYE Corp Media

Company: EYE Corp Media Headquarters: 48 Wall Street, 29th Floor  New York, NY 10005 Markets: 500 shopping malls primarily focused in the top 20 DMA’s Email: info@eyecorpmedia.com Phone: 646.871.4430 EYE Corp Media is an Out-of-Home media company that reaches consumers nationwide in local communities where they shop, dine, commute and play. They use […]

Everett MA Looking At Digital Conversions

While Everett, MA has a 1991 sign ordinance in place preventing building of new billboards.  Existing boards can request a conversion or rebuild of a structure to the Zoning Board of Appeals.  With the advent of digital technology the city is considering what their response will be to an increasing number […]

Watchfire Signs Unveils New FCC Emissions Guarantee

DANVILLE, IL–(Marketwired – May 15, 2017) – Following recent allegations of widespread and significant electromagnetic interference in the United States from imported digital signs and billboards, Danville, Ill.-based Watchfire Signs announced an FCC Emissions Guarantee for all its LED signs and digital billboards. The Watchfire FCC Emissions Guarantee states that […]

Daktronics Launches New Support Pages On Website

Navigation, mobile optimization included in rollout BROOKINGS, S.D. – May 3, 2017 – Daktronics (NASDAQ-DAKT) of Brookings, South Dakota, recently launched new services support pages on the company’s website at www.daktronics.com/support with advanced navigation, streamlined menu options and a mobile-friendly experience. On the new support pages, visitors can follow the […]

The Value of a Buck

Billups, on their web page, explain that they are the ones agencies and brands call to make amazing happen.  Below is a short video they produced on the power of OOH and their thoughts on the value of Out of Home Media. https://vimeo.com/216539692 [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement

Philadelphia Parking Authority Wants More Billboards

If the Philadelphia Parking Authority has their way, they will add another 45 billboards in neighborhood parking lots.  Phillymag.com is reporting that the 14 billboards the PPA currently has at 4 of its Center City garages earned $60,000 so far in 2017.  In the first phase of their plan the PPA […]