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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 […]

Joe Spina brings Zing to out of home.

Joseph L. Spina entered the out of home business fresh out of college.  He started his own billboard business in 1998 to develop billboard locations in Philadelphia.  After selling most of his billboards by 2014, Spina formed Interactive Location Media, LLC. to develop a message delivery system called Zing which […]

OUTFRONT Media’s Senior Leadership Is Recognized For Technology Innovation

NEW YORK, Jan. 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Today OUTFRONT Media (OUT) announced that two of its senior leaders were recognized for their work in the advancement of programmatic media buying. Joel Melby, Chief Technology Officer, has been awarded an ABBI (Audience Based Buying Innovation) Gold Award from the Global Audience […]

Allen Smith on Metromedia

Insider has asked Allen Smith to write a series of articles on landmark out of home advertising legal cases. Allen Smith is a eminent domain and condemnation expert at Settlepou, a Dallas law firm.  For more information on Mr Smith, please see Smith’s Settlepou bio.  Today Smith discusses Metromedia v City […]

Upper Midwest Road Trip

Insider drove 583 miles  in the upper midwest midwest this week.   First leg: Minneapolis airport to Alexandria, Minnesota to meet with investors.  Insider saw a Minneapolis billboard with a Naegele nameplate.  When will the plate be changed?  Lots of Franklin Outdoor boards on the way to Alexandria off I-94. […]

Daucanski on what to start and stop in 2017

Insider is running a series on out of home sales leadership by Dave Daucanski.  Today Dave talks about what the start and what to stop to lead your out of home sales team to a successful 2017. Stop being busy with the wrong things.   How are you beginning your day? […]