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Rate This Board By Greg Callaham

Rate This Board allows a billboard designer to rate a random piece of billboard artwork using the following scale: 1 (not good), 2 (below average), 3 (average), 4 (very good), 5 (great). Then the designer talks about what they may have done differently for outdoor advertising. This weeks rating is […]

Quakertown, PA to approve monument/digital sign

Intell reports that Quakertown, PA will approve a 20 by 40 monument/digital billboard at State Route 309 and 663 in Quakertown.  The board will be constructed by Catalyst Outdoor.  It will have a brick or stone base topped by three circular digital signs.  Catalyst will landscape the site. The city […]

Autonomous Car Update

Insider couldn’t help smiling at this Forbes article in which equity fund investor Randy Rowe of Green Courte Partners, “an expert in urban real estate” predicts that autonomous cars will wipe out the billboard advertising business.  Insider notes with amusement that Rowe’s company is a lead investor in The Parking […]

Grand Junction CO Approves New Sign Rules… More To Come

As a follow up to our post in December, The Grand Junction, Colorado city council this week, approved new regulations for signs in the city related to content neutrality. Outdoor Advertising signs were not included under this ordinance but stay under the existing regulations. Proposed ordinance issues related to electronic […]

Tiffin Metals CEO Dies.

Will Heddles the CEO of Tiffin Metal Products died on January 31, 2017 as a result of injuries suffered in an auto accident.  Heddles was a long-time member of the OAAA. The family will receive  guests from 2pm to 8pm on Friday February 17, 2017 at Hoffman-Gottfried-Mack Funeral Home.  Services […]

Advice to Out of Home Newcomers

Insider is often approached by people who want 100% financing for their first billboard.  Here’s what he tells them. Build your first board with your own money.  Nothing like a cook eating their own cooking.  If you are super confident your project is going to be a success take out […]

Strata Partners with DOmedia for out of home buying tools.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 1, 2016 — Today, STRATA, a leader in media buying and selling software that processes $50 billion of annual ad transactions, announced a partnership with DOmedia, the leading platform for buying and planning out-of-home (OOH) advertising. DOmedia’s demand-side platform (DSP), which automates much of the OOH media […]

Watchfire RSS Feed Updates Billboards and Signs With Super Bowl Scores

DANVILLE, Ill. – (February 1, 2017) – While most people tune into the big football game to watch the ads, Watchfire billboard operators can capture the attention of motorists by displaying the current score. Owners of Watchfire digital billboards can download free widgets to integrate up-to-the-minute football scores for the […]

Company of the Day: Atlantic Outdoor

Company: Atlantic Outdoor Markets: New York Headquarters: 65 Central Park West, Suite 1F, New York, NY  10023 Phone: 212-787-1500 Email: info@atlanticoutdoor.com Atlantic Outdoor was founded in 1997 by Jason Perline (Founder and Chairman of Van Wagner Communications from 1995-1997).  The company operates 7 high profile billboard structures in Manhattan and […]

Drachman says out of home M&A steady.

Max Drachman is an out of home advertising investment banker with Kalil and Co.  Insider talked with Drachman about trends in the out of home transactions market. What’s new on the out of home advertising  M&A front?  Things have been steady.  We just closed a deal in Wisconsin selling Hartlind […]