There are three reasons to avoid using Adobe’s Flash player to animate your out of home website: (1) Security and performance issues. Hackers have exploited several weaknesses in Flash to do nasty things. Flash also slows down your site and hogs bandwidth. (2) A terrible user experience. Chrome and Firefox […]
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Company of The Day: M&S Signs
Company: M&S Signs Markets: Northeastern Michigan Headquarters: East Tawas, MI 48730 Phone: 989-820-6791 or 989-310-0632 M&S Signs is locally owned and operated by Cliff Miller and Don Seymour. Cliff and Don started M&S Signs in 1992 to make affordable advertising available that would reach both the local customer and tourists in Northeastern Michigan. It […]
OAAA Billboard Operators Seminar
Don’t miss the OAAA Billboard Operators Seminar October 9-11 in Chicago and November 13-15 in Dallas. Lot’s of great sessions as you can see from the agenda. Registration is $295 for OAAA members and $450 for non-members. You can learn more and register here. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement
Out of Home Advertising Up 1.5% in Q2 2017
August 16, 2017 (Washington, DC) –Out of home (OOH) advertising revenue rose 1.5 percent in the second quarter of 2017 compared to the previous year, accounting for $2.38 billion, based on figures released by the Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA). Year-to-date 2017 the OOH industry is up 1.0 percent, […]
Company of the Day – M&M Outdoor
Company: M&M Outdoor Inc. Headquarters: 6473 Cherokee Drive, Indian Head Park, IL 60525 Market: Illinois Phone: 708.784.0886 M&M Outdoor offers 19 Billboard locations & walllscapes all around the metro Chicago, Illinois area. Their Inventory includes 7 locations near Wrigley Field. M&M Outdoor is a member of Geopath and OAAA. [wpforms id=”9787″] […]
Branded Cities Acquires Clear Channel Canada
August 15, 2017 Branded Cities Network Acquires Clear Channel Outdoor’s Interest in Clear Channel Outdoor Canada Establishing 100% Ownership of its Premium OOH Canadian Assets Branded Cities Network (“BCN”), a premier Out-Of-Home and iconic media company in North America, is proud to announce the strategic acquisition of Clear Channel Outdoor’s […]
Company of the Day: Look Billboards
Company: Look Billboards Market: Southern Oklahoma Headquarters: 1500 W. Broadway, Ardmore, Oklahoma Phone: 580-226-0222 LOOK Billboards operates 100+ traditional faces and 5 digital rotary-networked billboards in the following Oklahoma markets: Ardmore, Atoka, Caddo, Durant, Healdton-Wilson, Lone Grove, Madill, Springer and Sulphur-Davis. Most of the billboards are 12 by 24. The company’s digital signs were […]
Link Revenues up 50% in 2Q 2017
Link Media released 2Q 2017 financial results: Billboard Rentals increased by 50% to $1.2 million during the three months ended June 30, 2017 due to acquisitions. The company does not break out billboard expenses and cashflow on financial statements. Link’s CEO Jim McLaughlinin says the company has closed on […]
Company of the Day – Martin Outdoor Media
Company: Martin Outdoor Media LLC Headquarters: 1990 Westwood Blvd, Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90025 Market: California Phone: 310.559.1600 Email: info@martinoutdoormedia.com Martin Outdoor Media’s primary goal is to provide a first class advertising medium at low cost to advertisers while simultaneously offering a premier amenity to the bus riding public of […]
GEFT Sells Indy Signs To Lamar
Indiana out of home advertising company GEFT Outdoor has sold its Indianapolis billboards to Lamar. No price was disclosed. In early 2017, GEFT received approval for two high profile digital billboard structures with 4 faces inside the I-465 beltway in Indianapolis after winning a Reed v Gilbert lawsuit against the […]