Digital Signs

Mark Boidman: “Short term, it’s defense, Long term, it’s offense.”

  THE rAVE Agency and Zoom partnered for the inaugural LAVNCH Week and Mark Boidman of PJ Solomon provided the Keynote address. Here are highlights from Boidman’s talk: Covid-Specific Media Impact There will be a slowdown in advertising spend as firms cut back on marketing budgets Though Media relating to […]

IRS Covid Public Service Ads

Several readers have received emails asking them to run PSA ads for the IRS.  The readers asked Insider if the campaign is legit.  Insider contacted an IRS representative for more information. Is the IRS running a COVID Tax Relief PSA Campaign? Thank-you so much for reaching out and expressing an […]

Broadsign on the impact of Covid-19 on Digital Out of Home in China and Australia

Broadsign interviewed staff members in China and Australia about the impact of covid-19 on digital out of home.  We’re running the responses below.     We are living in unprecedented times as the novel coronavirus COVID-19 has rapidly spread around the world, and the global population navigates a new normal, many […]

Daktronics Resumes Redwood Falls Production

BROOKINGS, S.D. – April 10, 2020 – Daktronics (NASDAQ-DAKT) of Brookings, South Dakota announced it will resume production at its factory in Redwood Falls, Minnesota, on April 13th as demand for communication products remains steady. “It is essential that we reopen to meet customer needs. Our sister factories in Brookings and Sioux Falls have […]

Yoakum on Digital Billboard Standards

By Kerry Yoakum, VP of Government Affairs, OAAA. Billboard Insider recently published support for standardization for the sake of advancing digital billboards. Here’s a link to OAAA’s webpage on billboard standards which is available to the public. Aspect ratios The first guideline you will find is a document which provides […]

Daktronics Announces Coronavirus Steps

BROOKINGS, S.D., April 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Daktronics, Inc. (NASDAQ – DAKT) today announced its Board of Directors’ and management’s reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve and spread and has already affected people, economies, and businesses around the world. Daktronics is closely monitoring and assessing the rapidly evolving environment and […]

Watchfire, Blip and Greyline to Launch Programmatic Billboard in Times Square

DANVILLE, Ill. — (March 10, 2020) — Watchfire Signs, a leading manufacturer of digital billboards and LED displays, was selected by Greyline Outdoor to manufacture a large digital billboard located in Times Square, a major commercial, tourist and entertainment center in the Midtown Manhattan section of New York City. Click to Tweet. The 8mm […]

Vistar Redefined “the Loop” with Unified Ad Serving

NEW YORK – March 10, 2020 – Vistar Media, the leading global provider of software for digital out-of-home (DOOH), today announced the launch of unified ad serving. This new solution marries traditional ad scheduling (also known as loop-based) and programmatic advertising in one, central platform. Loop-based ad serving offers media […]