In early April, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice placed four counties under a state of emergency just hours after a major line of storms moved through packing 80 and 90 mph winds. Unfortunately WV Outdoor was greatly impacted by the storms as we wrote about on April 5th. Thus week […]
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Are Some Automated Out of Home Platforms Slow-pay?
There are numerous automated out of home sales platforms (e.g. Adomni, Adquick, Blip, OneScreen.Ai, Place Exchange and Vistar to name a few). Billboard Insider is hearing disconcerting reports that some automated out of home platforms are slow pay. We thought one of the benefits of automated out of home platforms […]
Intersection to Manage Lyft Taxi Tops in New York City
New York, NY – May 20, 2024 – Intersection, an experience-driven out-of-home media and technology company, today announced a partnership with Lyft, to manage advertising sales for their fleet of digital taxi tops on Yellow Cabs in New York City. The addition of Lyft’s digital taxi top fleet adds to […]
Company of the Day – Mesa Outdoor
Company: Mesa Outdoor Headquarters: 582 Market St., San Francisco CA 94104 Markets: California, East Bay Area Phone: 925.386.6372 Email: info@mesaoutdoor.com Mesa was founded in 2008 in Contra Costa County with the goal of developing outdoor advertising structures. To receive a free morning newsletter with each day’s Billboard insider articles […]
US Out of Home Grows Faster than US Economy in 1Q 2024
Nice to see the US out of home industry growth picking up after a weak 2023. Here’s a table comparing US out of home revenue growth with the US economy and inflation for the past two years. US out of home revenues grew 6.8% in the first quarter of 2024 […]
Build to code – or above.
A terrible story Billboard Insider has been following in India. Last week a large billboard blew over in the wind, killing 16 people and injuring 75. The billboard did not have a permit. The owner of the billboard has been arrested. Billboard Insider’s take: Never cut corners when it comes […]
Rate this Ad by Greg Callaham
Rate This Ad 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: Media Outdoor Displays
Company: Media Outdoor Displays Markets: Texas Headquarters: 14731 Bulverde Rd. San Antonio, Texas 78247 Phone: 210-860-9414 Email: info@mediaoutdoordisplays.com Media Outdoor Displays operates 140 static billboard faces in the San Antonio Metro Market and surrounding counties. Most of the billboards are 12 by 24 or 14 by 48. The company was formed […]
Billboard Insider Classifieds May 18, 2024
Billboard Insider Classifieds work: “Billboard Insider classifieds section is where everyone in OOH goes to find job openings, equipment, and everything between. A great resource for Out-of-Home!” John James, SignBird “We got a big boost in qualified applicants from running our Ad on your site.” Rodney Davis, Transformation Media “I’ve […]
Boston Omaha Reports Link Media Revenue Up 3.8% in 1Q 2024
Boston Omaha released 1Q 2024 financials. Here are the results for Link Media Outdoor, Boston Omaha’s wholly owned out of home subsidiary, sponsored and analyzed by SignValue. Revenues increased 3.8% to $10.6 million reflecting an improvement in rate and occupancy. At March 31, 2024 Link Media Outdoor operated a plant […]