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Out of Home In The Era of Big Data

  By Matthew Noll, Marketing Communications Manager,  EMC Outdoor Byte, KilobyteMegabyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte, Petabyte, Exabyte, Zettabyte, Yottabyte, Brontobyte, Geopbyte.  (Yup… Brontobyte…Sounds like something from the Flintstones, but ok, sure…) We’ve all heard about Big Data, it’s everywhere in the news. But what does this all mean for Out of Home? Let’s start with establishing a sense […]

Company of the Day – Anderson Outdoor Advertising

Company:  Anderson Outdoor Advertising Headquarters: 9 Azalea Drive, Key West, FL 33040 Markets: The Florida Keys Phone: 305.294.5479 Email:  AOAKW@AOL.COM Anderson Outdoor Advertising has been helping brands capitalize for over 22 years in the Florida Keys. They offer solar powered bus shelters, airport LCD monitors and backlit signs at both the airport and ferry […]

LAMAR deploys “Smart” Digital Billboards using Milestone IP Video

Milestone Systems open platform video management software is being used to deploy a unique, video-analytics-based, “smart” digital billboard advertising solution. General Motors (GM) was seeking an innovative way to reach potential buyers and highlight the key features of its new Chevrolet Malibu. Lamar Advertising, one of the largest outdoor advertising […]

Company of the Day: Apple Outdoor

Company:  Apple Outdoor Advertising Markets:  Pennsylvania, Maryland. Headquarters: 950 Smile Way, York, PA  17404 Phone: 717-578-2437 Email: nsterner@appleoutdoor.com Apple Outdoor operates a billboard plant with 489 faces in south central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland. The company has grown internally as well as by acquisitions of BB Martin Advertising (2006) and […]

Clear Channel Wins New Airport Contract

 Milwaukee, WI, USA  –  Clear Channel Airports (CCA), a brand division of Clear Channel Outdoor Americas (CCOA) (NYSE: CCO), and a subsidiary of iHeartMedia Inc., today announced it was selected, through a competitive bidding process, for a new five-year deal with Milwaukee County’s General Mitchell International Airport (GMIA) to provide […]

Kevin Conlin on Solar Powered Billboards

At last year’s Geopath/OAAA convention, Lamar’s CEO Sean Reilly predicted that within 10 years most of Lamar’s billboards would be off the power grid or feeding the power grid due the use of solar power.   Autonomous Power Solutions wants to make this happen.  The company has installed solar powered billboards […]

Dusty’s Outdoor Acquires Moore Outdoor Media

Illinois-headquartered Dusty’s Outdoor Media has acquired Jackson, Tennessee based Moore Outdoor Media.  With the execution of this deal, Dusty’s owns 410 billboard faces in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee.  Insider talked with VP Sales Travis Rhodes about the transaction. Tell us about the Moore plant. The plant consists of 9 […]

Grid Tied Solar Power Billboards

Insider is running a series on solar power and billboards.  Last week Kevin Conlin, the President of Autonomous Power Solutions gave an intro to solar energy and billboards.  Today he talks about grid-tied billboards.  Kevin’s firm has done work for Lamar, Clear Channel Outdoor, Ralston Outdoor and Sign-Ads. Kevin, what […]

Company of the Day – American Outdoor Advertising

Company:  American Outdoor Advertising Headquarters:   1702 E. Highland Ave., Suite 304  Phoenix, AZ, 85016 Markets: San Diego CA, Las Vegas NV and Phoenix Phone: 602.687.9220 Email:   sales@americanoutdoor.net American Outdoor Advertising is a full service outdoor advertising company serving the San Diego, Las Vegas, and Arizona markets. American offers the only Digital billboard in the […]

Company of the Day: Allison Outdoor

Company:  Allison Outdoor Markets: North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee. Headquarters: 35 Outdoor Drive, Sylva, NC  29779 Phone:  828-586-2737 Email: claude.allisonoutdoor@yahoo.com Allison outdoor began in 1958 as a custom sign and billboard company.  Allison has grown to become the largest outdoor advertising company in western North Carolina and Noth Georgia with 1200 […]