Business

Grand Visual hires Bowry and Clissen

Digital OOH production and creative technology company, Grand Visual, has hired David Bowry, who joins as production director, and Ben Clissen, who starts as senior producer, both will be working out of the London office. Bowry started his career in the gaming-industry, lead producing original content for Sony PlayStation. From […]

Airoutdoor says there’s a place for static boards in the UK.

Today’s company of the day has been thriving pursuing a static billboard strategy in the digital billboard centric UK.  It provides a great lesson that there’s still a place for static boards in a digital world. Company: Airoutdoor Markets: United Kingdom Address: Airedle House, 423 Kirkstall Rd, Leeds LS4 2EW, […]

Emarketer Podcast on Autonomous Cars

Marcus Johnson and Ezra Palmer did an Emarketer Podcast titled Autonomous Vehicles: How far down the road are we?   Here are some of the highlights from their conversation. Marcus Johnson on how fast cars will go driverless The amount of investment makes it seems inevitable that there will be […]

Boidman Says Autonomous Cars Are A Long Ways Off

Media investment banker Mark Boidman projects that autonomous cars won’t account for a significant number of vehicles on the roadway for at least 25 years.    Take a look at this slide from Mark Boidman’s presentation to the 58th FEPE Congress. You can download Boidman’s presentation Out of Home Media […]

Floating Billboard Makes Waves

The Destin Log reports that Splashboard Media has mounted a 20′ by 30′ two sided LED electronic sign on the back of a boat and is driving along the Florida coast.  Owner Chris Kopecky plans to operate the board along the shoreline from Destin to Okaloosa Island, Pensacola and Panama […]

OUTFRONT Media Acquires Canadian Digital Billboard Portfolio

NEW YORK, June 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — OUTFRONT Media Inc. (NYSE: OUT) announced today that it has acquired a leading portfolio of digital billboards in Canada with locations in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver. The transaction is structured as an acquisition of the equity interests of certain subsidiaries of […]

Company of the Day – Headrick Outdoor Media

Company: Headrick Outdoor MediaHeadquarters: One Freedom Square, Laurel MS 39440Markets:  Idaho Utah Kansas Iowa Oklahoma Texas Louisiana Mississippi Alabama North & South Carolina Phone: 601.649.1977Email:   sales@headricks.com The Headrick Companies started from very humble beginnings designing, fabricating, and installing signs in a small back yard shop in 1927. Mr. .A. B. […]

O’Connor on what Adquick’s fundraise means for out of home companies.

Yesterday Adquick announced it raised $1.1 million in seed funding to enhance its platform for automating the out of home sales process.  The company attracted a who’s who of Silicon Valley investors including investments by Initialized Capital (a fund whose executive team includes former Y-combinator Garry Tan and twitter co-founder Alexis Ohanian), […]

AdQuick attracts $1.1 million for Expedia Like Platform for Outdoor Advertising

AdQuick, a Venice, CA-based technology company, has announced it raised a $1.1 million seed round to help bring the outdoor and billboard advertising industry online. By collecting new online metrics for the effectiveness and reach of outdoor advertising, AdQuick has been able to give marketers a better understanding of their […]

Company of the Day: HB Outdoor

Company: HB Outdoor Market: Georgia Headquarters: 1775 Woodstock Rd, Suite 150 Roswell, GA  30075. Phone: 770-951-8222 Email: billyharvin11@gmail.com HB Outdoor operates forty faces in Georgia including a double sided trivision in Winder, two-sided digital billboards in Buford and Norcross and a double sided static billboard in Norcross.  The company is […]