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First Get the Facts Right…

Vader Capital published a report titled Clear Channel Outdoor: Debt is a Massive Risk.  The analyst thinks the USA out of home industry is in decline.  We’ll quote the report: According to IBISWorld, the US market size is $9.5 billion in 2022, which experienced 2.1% decline a year since 2017. I expect […]

Clear Channel integrates Radar with Data Clean Room

New York, NY – Clear Channel Outdoor (NYSE: CCO), one of the world’s largest Out-of-Home (OOH) media providers, today announced new partnerships integrating its CCO RADAR® data platform with best-in-class Data Clean Room (DCR) applications and services from Aqfer, Habu, InfoSum and LiveRamp. This next-generation secure data integration revolutionizes first […]

Company of the Day: Big Outdoor

Company: Big Outdoor Markets: Nationwide Headquarters: 1528 Slocum St, Dallas, TX  75207 Phone: 214-969-5800 Email: info@bigoutdoor.com Big Outdoor owns and operates 618 high profile billboards, wallscapes bulletins and transportation advertising in 11 major US cities.  The company was started in 2013.   Billboard Insider talked with Ian Rappaport, the company’s Chief Revenue Officer. What’s new in […]

Billboard Insider Readers have company cashflow margins in excess of 40%

Billboard Insider readers are an efficient bunch to judge from our poll on out of home EBIDTA cashflow margins.  Yesterday we asked readers what their company cashflow margin was.   Most of our readers work at companies with a cashflow margin (EBITDA/Revenues) in excess of 40%.  Billboard Insider suspects this is […]

Basis Technologies and Place Exchange Integrate to Power Digital-Out-of-Home Advertising Growth

The Collaboration is the First to Use IAB Tech Lab’s OpenRTB 2.6 Specification for Programmatic DOOH Advertising to Power Marketers’ Access Digital Screens Across All Formats and Venues Chicago — July 11, 2023 — Basis Technologies (https://basis.com), a leading provider of cloud-based workflow automation and business intelligence software for marketing and […]

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Company of the Day – Berlin Sign Company

Company: Berlin Sign Company Headquarters: 264 Bahama Street Venice, FL 34285 Market: Sarasota & Charlotte County, Florida Phone: 941.488.1314 In 1952 John Berlin took a correspondence course to become an electrician. He developed an interest in signs, and after visiting Pioneer Neon in Pittsburgh, he decided to give neon tube […]

What’s an Appropriate Cash Flow Margin for an Out of Home Company

The best way to measure your out of home company’s efficiency is by its cash flow margin (e.g. EBIDTA/Revenues).  EBIDTA is earnings before interest, depreciation, income taxes and amortization.  It represents what you’ve generated in cash from operations before you pay the bank or shareholders.  You add back non-cash charges […]

Verde Outdoor Gets Creative For Blackbird Bend Casino

  Reminiscent of the nostalgic multi-sign Burma Shave advertising campaign from the 1920s to the early 1960s, Blackbird Bend Casino partnered with Verde Outdoor to captivate drivers along I-29 with their six consecutive billboard campaign touting the casino’s customer experience and location. Do you have interesting campaigns you are running this summer?  […]

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 […]