Digital Signs

Watchfire Completes Fremont Street Experience.

DANVILLE, Ill. — (November 21, 2019) — The last of 59 truckloads of digital signage modules left the manufacturing facility at Watchfire Signs in Danville, Ill. recently, closing out the chapter on the renovation of the world’s largest single video screen, Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas. Watchfire Signs, selected last year for […]

One Independent’s Digital Billboard Strategy

Allison Outdoor has 1,270 out of home faces and 29 digital billboards deployed across North Carolina and Georgia.  Insider asked Allison’s President Claude Dicks to talk about digital billboards. You’ve got 29 digital billboards.  How do you decide to install or convert a digital? We look at a couple criteria.  […]

Vistar Media Named “Best Ad Platform” by Street Fight

New York, NY, November 14, 2019 – Vistar Media, the global leader in programmatic technology for digital out-of-home (DOOH), today announced it was awarded “Best Advertising Platform” for the 2019 Street Fight Innovator Awards. Vistar Media was selected for its demand-side platform (DSP) that unifies workflows for buying DOOH and offers […]

LED Billboards Can Be Thoughtful Neighbors

In September Insider heard Eric Johnson speak at the IBOUSA show on LED light emissions.  Insider asked Johnson to talk about the role lighting analysis plays in digital billboard design and siting.  By Eric Johnson, Applications Engineer, Daktronics, Eric.Johnson@daktronics.com Digital billboards are often a source of scrutiny, especially when they […]

Dave Etherington: “Privacy in the public space should be held to a higher standard.”

­­­ Today’s podcast guest is Dave Etherington, the Chief Commercial Officer of Place Exchange.  Place Exchange is a programmatic out of home advertising platform spun off by Intersection approximately 2 years ago.  Dave talks about programmatic exchanges, privacy and whether static billboards can be sold programmatically. Give an overview of […]

Media Resources Manufacturers 45′ by 175′ Sign in Vegas

Victory Hill Exhibitions has installed the 2nd largest LED display screen on the Las Vegas strip! The curved 45’ high x 175’ wide 10mm SMD VISIONiQ display features industry-leading redundancy and uptime and is supported with real-time monitoring and alerts. Manufactured by Media Resources for GH Media and installed by […]

Watchfire Integrates with Blip

DANVILLE, Ill. — (November 5, 2019) — Watchfire Signs, a leading manufacturer of digital billboards and LED displays, today announced a partnership with Blip that will allow users of Watchfire’s Ignite software to enable Blip with a single click. Blip is the highest performing self-serve marketplace for small business advertisers in the United […]

Clear Channel Integrates with Broadsign Programmatic Buying

MONTREAL, Canada and New York, NY — November 5, 2019 — Broadsign, the leading digital out-of-home (DOOH) marketing platform and Clear Channel Outdoor (NYSE: CCO), one of the world’s largest OOH providers, today announced a new partnership that enables brands to tap CCO’s U.S. DOOH inventory via Broadsign’s programmatic supply-side […]

LA Metro Unveils Digital Sign Art Series on A Line

With the reopening of the full A Line, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) will unveil new digital amenities, including a digital communications and advertising network and its new digital art portrait series as part of Metro’s “New Blue” rail line improvements. Customers riding the newly dubbed A […]

YESCO and Blip

On yesterday’s Billboard Insider Podcast Pat O’Donnell talked about YESCO’s use of Blip, the automated out of home sales platform. You’ve got something like 46 digital billboards and are using Blip to sell digital space.  Talk about YESCO’s partnership with Blip. For disclosure purposes, Dave, we are a very minor […]