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OOH Media Is Not Your Parent’s Split Level Ranch

By Nick Coston Back in fall of 2001, when I moved from magazine ad sales to OOH sales, I sold 14 x 48 bulletins on I 95 north of Baltimore, for $3,500 per month.  No mobile tech add-ons, no eyes-on weekly impressions, no Radar, no real-time vehicle detection data, no […]

ISCO on Outdoor Advertising Design

This week’s out of home design tips come from a blog post by Michael Baily, Graphic Designer, Independent’s Service Corp.  Insider wishes to thank Allen Atkins of ISCO for permission to reprint. Here we have two billboard designs from an advertiser new to out of home advertising.   These two […]

Company of the Day: Arena Outdoor

Company: Arena Outdoor Advertising Markets: Nevada. Headquarters: 1380 US Highway 95A N, Suite 2-209, Fernley, NV  89408 Phone: 775-835-4250 Email: rk@arenaoa.com Arena Outdoor operates a billboard plant in Northern Nevada.  The company’s founder is Robert Kennerson.  The company has been building signs in Nevada along I-80 near the towns of […]

Out of Home In The Era of Big Data

  By Matthew Noll, Marketing Communications Manager,  EMC Outdoor Byte, KilobyteMegabyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte, Petabyte, Exabyte, Zettabyte, Yottabyte, Brontobyte, Geopbyte.  (Yup… Brontobyte…Sounds like something from the Flintstones, but ok, sure…) We’ve all heard about Big Data, it’s everywhere in the news. But what does this all mean for Out of Home? Let’s start with establishing a sense […]

Fonts and Billboard Design

By Chris Cowlbeck Some people know a font as a stone receptacle full of water used in baptisms at churches.  Before computers, most folks had no idea what a font in design might have been, not to mention what a good one was. Fonts are used in typesetting in the […]

Piccadilly Circus Receives Monumental Upgrade

We have previously posted on the Piccadilly Circus project, but this article from Daktronics provides an interesting perspective from the manufacturer. Thanks to Daktronics for their permission to post.   An iconic site, Piccadilly Circus has been shut off for the first time since World War Two. The site that has […]

Company of the Day – Anderson Outdoor Advertising

Company:  Anderson Outdoor Advertising Headquarters: 9 Azalea Drive, Key West, FL 33040 Markets: The Florida Keys Phone: 305.294.5479 Email:  AOAKW@AOL.COM Anderson Outdoor Advertising has been helping brands capitalize for over 22 years in the Florida Keys. They offer solar powered bus shelters, airport LCD monitors and backlit signs at both the airport and ferry […]

LAMAR deploys “Smart” Digital Billboards using Milestone IP Video

Milestone Systems open platform video management software is being used to deploy a unique, video-analytics-based, “smart” digital billboard advertising solution. General Motors (GM) was seeking an innovative way to reach potential buyers and highlight the key features of its new Chevrolet Malibu. Lamar Advertising, one of the largest outdoor advertising […]

Company of the Day: Apple Outdoor

Company:  Apple Outdoor Advertising Markets:  Pennsylvania, Maryland. Headquarters: 950 Smile Way, York, PA  17404 Phone: 717-578-2437 Email: nsterner@appleoutdoor.com Apple Outdoor operates a billboard plant with 489 faces in south central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland. The company has grown internally as well as by acquisitions of BB Martin Advertising (2006) and […]

Clear Channel Wins New Airport Contract

 Milwaukee, WI, USA  –  Clear Channel Airports (CCA), a brand division of Clear Channel Outdoor Americas (CCOA) (NYSE: CCO), and a subsidiary of iHeartMedia Inc., today announced it was selected, through a competitive bidding process, for a new five-year deal with Milwaukee County’s General Mitchell International Airport (GMIA) to provide […]