In a recent lawsuit, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine is requesting removal of a number of brightly-lit electronic signs erected downtown to play advertisements. The complaint at D.C. Superior Court names Digi Media Communications and a number of downtown property owners and operators for “illegal construction,” calling for injunctive relief. The […]
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Independent Seeks Approval For Milford Digital Billboards
The Milford Mirror reports that attorney Winthrop Smith has proposed a regulation change to the Milford Planning and zoning board on behalf of Independent Outdoor to permit electronic billboards along I-95. The change was proposed at the Board’s August 16 meeting. The proposal has been submitted to the city attorney, […]
Lamar Mt Washington Sign Dispute Continues
Pittsburgh Post Gazette reports that Lamar was found not guilty of maintenance violations relating to the 32 by 225 foot long Mt Washington billboard which Lamar installed in May of this year. The City of Pittsburgh is attempting to make Lamar take the sign down by saying that the sign […]
Texas Appeals Court Voids Part of Texas Highway Beautification Act
Citing Reed v Gilbert the Texas Court of Appeals Third District this week voided two sections of the Texas Highway Beautification Act because they place content-based restrictions on free speech. The sections which were severed from the Texas Highway Beautification Act included: Subchapter B – Regulation of Outdoor Advertising Generally […]
Why Digital Billboards Shouldn’t Be Banned
Insider would like to thank Jorg Cieslok, President & Chief Executive Officer at Cieslok Media, for allowing us to print his article. In Dave Meslin’s article “Driven to Distraction” he links the distraction caused by digital billboards to automobile accidents as a leading cause of death; he suggests billboards […]
Houston Reduces Billboards
Click2Houston reports that the Houston City Council recently passed an ordinance approving a contract agreement with JGI Outdoor to reduce the number of its billboards in the city. JGI has agreed to remove 13 billboards around the city and in turn the city has extended the terms on four other JGI […]
Fresno Approves Digital Signs
As a follow up to our May post the Fresno City Council voted unanimously Thursday to approve a 20-year lease with Outfront Media to erect five digital billboards on four different city-owned properties around town. Outfront will put up the digital billboards along Highway 180 at Al Radka Park, on […]
Hawthorne Looking to Move Billboards
The City of Hawthorne, California is moving to entice the owners of more than five dozen old billboards to take them down in residential areas. Since Hawthorne imposed a citywide ban on new billboards, the owners have been prevented from legally upgrading or modifying their billboard structures. But this week, the […]
How To Hack A City Billboard Ban
Dave Haynes at the digital signage blog Sixteen Nine has an interesting post about a company which is skirting Sao Paulo’s billboard ban by using 19 laser projectors to turn the face of a citibank branch into a digital billboard. You can read a press release about the project here. Click on […]
Adams Sues Dane County Board Over Board Removal
Channel 3000 reports that Adams Outdoor has sued Dane County over the improper termination of billboard leases at the Dane County airport. Various predecessors to Adams have had a billboard lease at the Dane County airport since 1966. Adams and the Dane County airport executed a lease in 2006 which […]
