The City of Vancouver is trying to decide if it has the ability to regulate a digital billboard which has been deployed on a boat which cruises False Creek and English Bay in downtown Vancouver according to a story in Vancouver Sun. Burke Billboards operates a 65 foot boat which […]
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Daktronics At A Glance
Insider dodged blizzards to visit South Dakota to tour Daktronics manufacturing facilities and meet marketing, sales and manufacturing executives. During the visit Insider interviewed Jeremy Johnson, Daktronics Global Out Of Home Solutions Manager about the digital billboard business. Here’s what Insider learned. Company: Daktronics Products: Advertising displays, including digital billboards, […]
Clear Channel Outdoor Wins DC National and Dulles Airport Contract
Businesswire has announced that the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority has awarded Clear Channel Outdoor a contract to provide advertising at DC’s Washington Dulles and Reagan National airports. Here are the highlights: An 8 term contract term with one 2 year option to extend. 4 digital sign networks, 75 HD screens […]
Appeals Court Rules Against Lamar In Los Angeles
The 2nd District Court of Appeal overturned a lower court ruling that LA’s restrictions on off-site signs violate the California constitutions guarantee of free speech. The decision held that cities can have different on-premise and off-premise rules without violating the first amendment. In 2002 Los Angeles passed a sign ordinance […]
Tax Relief Possible For Broadway Billboards
New York City has a 3.9% commercial rent tax which applies to billboards and advertising signs. The tax applies to businesses south of 96th street with an annual gross rent paid of at least $250,000. Two city council members are introducing legislation to exempt the rental of Broadway billboards from […]
Scott Wells Buys Clear Channel Shares
Microcap reports that Clear Channel Outdoor Scott Wells bought 5,000 shares of Clear Channel Outdoor on March 4. With the purchase Wells directly owns 50,283 shares of stock valued at $209,000. Insider’s take: If Insider were a Clear Channel Outdoor shareholder, he’d be happy that an insider is buying. A […]
Alaska Doesn’t Allow Billboards But Loves Lamar
Alaska doesn’t allow billboards so Insider had a laugh today when he read a story in Hilltop News saying that the Alaska Department of Revenue owned 37,610 shares of Lamar worth $2.25 million at December 2015. Alaska increased the number of Lamar shares it owned by 4.4% during the fourth […]
Company Of The Day: HB Outdoor
Company: HB Outdoor Market: Georgia Headquarters: 1775 Woodstock Rd, Suite 150 Roswell, GA 30075. Phone: 770-951-8222 Email: billyharvin11@gmail.com HB Outdoor operates forty faces in Georgia including a double sided trivision in Winder, two-sided digital billboards in Buford and Norcross and a double sided static billboard in Norcross. The company is […]
Lamar wants new board in Chandler AZ
Lamar has requested a zoning change to put up a digital sign along Loop 202 in Chanler AZ according to AZ Central. It would be the first new sign in 32 years. Lamar would like to put a 70 foot two sided digital billboad on the north side of Loop […]
Old School Billboards Get Results In LA
Variety has an excellent post titled “Billboards in LA: Old School Method Still Gets Results in Busy City”. The movie theater industry spends approximately $250,000 per movie on billboards in LA. Insider was stunned by the prices the boards command: Burbank $3,500-6,500/month Studio City $4,500-7,500/month Century City $6,500-10,000/month West Hollywood […]
