Insider’s take: Next time you see Broadsign’s CEO Burr Smith at a convention you need to buy him a drink. Broadsign was the only digital sign company to fight back after TRex started suing out of home companies claiming patent infringement. Insider thinks that it’s more than a coincidence that […]
Insider has a regular reader who works as a Permits Coordinator for the Department of Transportation in a western state. He posed us the following question: In transportation, over the last 20 years, the majority of traffic signals in our area have transitioned to LED. During this transition, they have become […]
Digital billboard opponents used to base all their arguments on safety. It’s harder to make those claims in the wake of federal government studies which have found that digital billboards do not distract drivers. Insider is starting to see digital billboard opponents raise privacy as an issue. Here’s a quote […]
Insider heard reports this week that a digital billboard in the northwest got hacked. We asked Formetco’s Jim Shimmin to talk about digital billboard security. Jim, how do Independent Billboard Operators protect their digital billboards from being hacked? The two most important things are Network Security and Password Security. Network […]
Vistar Media’s CEO Michael Provenzano appeared on the Dec 4 Ad Exchanger Talks podcast to talk about programmatic out of home. Vistar’s been on a tear with revenues in excess of $20 million and 65% year over year growth. Here are the highlights. On the digital sign market You’ve got […]
Vistar Media, a programmatic technology company for digital out-of-home (DOOH), announced today the appointment of former Rubicon executive Chris Waterman athe Director of Publisher Partnerships. Before joining Vistar, Waterman was Senior Director of Sales at Rubicon Project, where he led global efforts for digital out-of-home, specifically in North America, and […]
John Miller, Lamar’s SVP of Sales did a 7 minute interview on the out of home industry at the DPAA Video Everywhere summit a couple weeks ago. On how digital signs are transformative I’ve seen a lot of innovation. But sometimes innovation is confused with novelty…What has been true innovation. […]
Formetco of Duluth, GA, celebrates Estus Outdoor as its 300th independent digital billboard customer. Owner of Estus Outdoor, Dick Estus of Savannah, GA, selected Formetco to guide him through the process of owning and operating his first digital billboard. This milestone displays how crucial Formetco’s service and relationship are to […]
OAAA held a Supplier Update Webinar this week, featuring Lightking, with a theme of Turning Static Boards into LED Now. Here are a few of Insider’s take aways from the Webinar led by Timur Colak, President of Lightking. Lightking sees two impediments to converting static structures to digital: Permitting Cost, […]
What’s it like to install your first digital billboard? That’s what Insider asked Brett & Lane Keenan who founded Keenan Media, a Conyers Georgia headquartered company to develop out of home locations in Georgia. Brett & Lane, what prompted you to enter the out of home business. Coming from a […]
