Yesterday the outdoor industry won a victory when the US Court of Appeals unanimously rejected Scenic America’s attempt to invalidate federal guidance on digital signs on the grounds that it violated the Federal Highway Beautification Act. You can read the decision here. Here’s an OAAA-prepared timeline of Federal Government […]
Other News
“Vote to Count” Campaign Seeks to Drive More Americans to Polls
New York, Sept. 6, 2016: As election season kicks into high gear, the Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA) and its members today announced the launch of a national out of home (OOH) public service advertising campaign that aims to convert the negative connotation of labels into a higher purpose: […]
Darrin Friskney on Watchfire’s 5 Year Guarantee
Last week Watchfire announced a five-year brightness guarantee, uniformity guarantee, parts and labor guarantee and a money back guarantee relating to its new MV Class digital billboards. Insider interviewed Darrin Friskney, Watchfire’s VP of Digital Outdoor and Marketing about the announcement. Darrin, how are Watchfire’s MV class digital billboards different […]
Company of the Day: Fox Outdoor
Company: Fox Outdoor Markets: Georgia Headquarters: 6350 Lake Oconee Parkway, Suite 102, PMB 113, Greensboro, GA 30642 Phone: 770-765-2510 Email: sales@foxoutdooradvertising.com Fox Outdoor owns static, trivision and digital billboards in the North Georgia Market including the following the following communities: Cornelia Baldwin, Stephens County Eastanolle Toccoa Augusta Martinez Chris Harris […]
Digital Billboards Win In Court
In a victory for digital billboards, a federal appeals court today said the government acted properly in guiding states to regulate this new product nearly a decade ago. Here are two key points from the unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District […]
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 week’s rating is […]
Company of the Day – Wingate Outdoor
Company: Wingate Outdoor Advertising, Inc. Headquarters: 112 East Church St, Berryville, AR 72616 Markets: Southwest Missouri and Northwest Arkansas including Benton and Carroll County locations. Phone: 870-423-4707 Email: ken@wingateoutdoor.com Ken Wingate has been the owner/operator of Wingate Outdoor since October 2009. Paid Ad
5 Ways Small Business Can Profit from Local Billboards
Business 2 Community published an article explaining to retailers why billboard advertising can be a great benefit to a small local business. The article talks about how small businesses must do their best to leverage cost-effective marketing channels such as social media, as this will help them to optimise their ROI and […]
Patrick Quinn on Outdoor Revenues and Trends
Patrick Quinn founded PQ Media LLC in 2002 following a distinguished career as an award-winning journalist, editor, market research analyst and management consultant. PQ Media provides independent market research on the media business including the just released US Digital Out-of-Home Media Forecast 2016, the first installment in the Series to […]
Company of The Day: Wicks Outdoor
Company: Wicks Outdoor Advertising, Inc. Markets: Pennsylvania Headquarters: 769 Bloody Spring Rd, Bethel, PA 19507 Phone: 610-488-7588 Wicks Outdoor Advertising Inc. is an independent billboard company owned and operated by Lucas Wicks. Wicks Outdoor has billboards including bulletins and posters on primary roads in Berks, Schuylkill, Columbia and York Counties […]