Halo, mega column highlight total of 82,500 square feet of LED displays BROOKINGS, S.D. – Nov. 1, 2016 – The largest LED video display in all of sports has been designed and engineered, and is now being manufactured and installed, by Daktronics (NASDAQ-DAKT) of Brookings, South Dakota, for Mercedes-Benz Stadium, […]
Digital Signs
Watchfire RSS Feed Updates Billboards With Real-time Presidential Election Results
DANVILLE, IL–(Marketwired – Nov 2, 2016) – Owners of Watchfire digital billboards can download a free widget that allows marketers to integrate real-time presidential election results on their billboards. Click to Tweet. The widget will allow Watchfire digital billboard owners to display the popular vote total and electoral college vote […]
Gallatin Tennessee Gets Digital Billboard
The Tennessean reports that Gallatin’s first digital billboard is operating. Lamar has converted a billboard on West Main Street behind Krystal from static to digital. Gallatin voted earlier this year to amend city regulations and end a decade long ban on new digital signs and billboards. Lamar is the only […]
Google, Beacons and Digital Signs
Dave Haynes at Sixteen Nine has a fascinating podcast interview with Chris Lydle, Google lead for digital signage and kiosks. Lydle says Google doesn’t want to compete in developing a content management system for digital signage but that it wants products like Chrome, Android and Eddystone to be used as the […]
Daktronics CFO Sheila Anderson on Benefits of Being A Publically Traded Company.
By Sheila Anderson, CFO, Daktronics Every day, our spirit is reflected in the products we build and in the way we interact with our customers. Our ultimate goal as a company is to be transparent, honest, helpful and humble. So it may be no surprise that Daktronics is one of […]
Catalyst and Community Groups at Tree Standoff
Philly.com reports that Catalyst Outdoor and Downingtown PA residents are at a deadlock over trees. Downington is demanding that Catalyst plant a buffer of evergreen trees to prevent light from a digital sign shining into homes. Catalyst has agreed to plant 35 trees but Borough Council members say that will […]
Daktronics Offers Presidential Election Content
Daktronics Offers Digital Billboard Customers Presidential Election Content And Data Package BROOKINGS, S.D. – Oct. 13, 2016 – Daktronics (NASDAQ-DAKT) of Brookings, South Dakota, is helping out-of-home digital signage owners sell advertising while also serving the public with a free 2016 election-targeted content package for Daktronics digital billboards. This free […]
Ripplefeed Software Allows Customers To Control Digital Sign Advertising
Neil Bell owns New South Outdoor which operates 5 digital billboards in Auburn and Opelika Alabama. He also owns Ripple Feed, a company which provides software to allow customers to automatically load ads into a digital sign’s content management system. The system costs $29-$65/month, depending on the number of ads which are […]
West Hollywood Considers Iconic Belltower Billboard.
WEWHOville reports that The West Hollywood City Council will be asked to endorse an iconic proposed billboard known as “The Belltower” on Sunrise Boulevard. The project is a collaboration of Orange Barrel Media, Tom Wiscombe Architecture, the Museaum of Contemporary Art and Walter P Moore engineers. If approved the project […]
50% power savings from new digital billboard.
Digital billboards have become much more efficient. Here’s a September 22, 2016 Daktronics blog post about a customer who reduced his power bill by 50% by replacing a 2005 digital sign with a 2016 digital sign. Long Time Customer Sees Massive power Savings. If you’re an Independent billboard operator and […]