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The 2021 US OOH Recovery In One Slide

Yesterday’s OAAA Lunch Break was titled Driving Success with Research and Data.  One slide prepared by OAAA VP Steve Nicklin caught Billboard Insider’s eye.  Magna forecasts 12% growth in US out of home revenues in 2021 versus growth rates of 8% for digital media, 5% for national TV and 1% […]

Branded Cities Names Gupta US President

Phoenix, AZ – April 28, 2021 – Branded Cities, a premier Out-of-Home and iconic media company in North America, today announced the promotion of Vaibhav Gupta to President for its United States division. Vaibhav will retain his Chief Operating Officer role. Steve Ellman, Chairman and CEO of Branded Cities remarked, […]

Bell and Xandr Join Forces to Create Canada’s First Self-Serve Advertising Platform for TV and Digital

TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Bell, Canada’s largest communications company, today announced a strategic alliance with advanced advertising technology company Xandr to leverage its world-leading platform to deliver a proprietary omni-channel demand-side platform (DSP) for advertisers. The new Bell Media product, branded SAM DSP and powered by Xandr’s buying platform, Xandr Invest, will enable Canadian advertisers to easily plan, […]

Company of the Day – Waller Outdoor

Company:  Waller Outdoor Headquarters: P.O. Box 2004 Waller, TX Market: Waller Texas Phone: 346.306.4643 Email: sales@walleroutdoor.com Stephen and Linda Johnson have started a new Outdoor Company, Waller Outdoor, initially serving the Waller Texas community.  They have recently installed their first structure with two digital faces.  Insider caught up with Stephen to discuss […]

Women Account for 35% of US OOH Board Seats

The US public out of home companies are giving women more board opportunities than the typical Russell 3000 company but need to do a better job appointing minorities to boards. Non-Executive Board Members of OUTFRONT, Lamar and Clear Channel Outdoor 2020 Clear Channel pays board members the most (in excess […]

Lamar Wins Tucson Transit Extension

Baton Rouge, LA – April 27, 2021 – Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), one of the largest out of home media companies in the world, today announced that the company has been awarded a contract from the City of Tucson to continue managing advertising displays for Sun Tran, the public […]

OOH Geopath Conference Agenda Released

The OAAA/Geopath 2021 Conference Agenda has been released.  Billboard Insider doesn’t want to miss the Leadership Outlook panel. Plenty of other great panels. US House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn and Ken Klein on Political Issues Alexis Ohanian and Adquick CEO Matt O’Connor on OOH for Social AmpliAnna Gager interviews […]

Company of the Day: Wagner Outdoor

Company: Wagner Outdoor Advertising Market: Pennsylvania Headquarters: 985 Towne Square Drive, Suite 200, Greensburg, PA  15601. Phone: 724-838-0260 101 Email: bonnie@revest.properties Wagner Outdoor Advertising is a privately held company which operates a billboard company with 30 faces in Pennsylvania.  Wagner Outdoor Advertising is affiliated with Revest Properties, Northpointe Development Group, LLC. and PTC Lodging, LLC.  The […]

Company of the Day – Watkins Outdoor Advertising

Company: Watkins Outdoor Advertising Headquarters:  969 East Ironbridge Circle N Springfield, MO Markets: Springfield, Missouri Phone: 417.862.0003 Email:   gwatkinsoutdoor@sbcglobal.net Family owned since 1998, Watkins Outdoor Advertising has been dedicated to bringing the highest quality service and visuals to the Ozarks and Springfield MO. The company has 3 digital faces  and 7 static faces in the […]

Autonomous Car Sees Billboard with Stop Sign and Brakes

Getting autonomous cars right is harder than you think.   Twitter user Andy Weedman noticed his autonomous car stopped after he passed a billboard with a stop sign in the ad.  Level 5 autonomy is harder than you think.  Here’s the video showing what happened. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement