We had a number of comments from yesterdays’ article, by Richard Rothfelder, on Lamar vs TxDOT including the following post from Richard Hamlin of Hamlin Cody based in California. State officials have two types of duties, ministerial and discretionary. A discretionary duty gives the official room to interpret facts and […]
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See if Your Media Plans are the Cream of the OOH Crop
Calling all OOH advertisers – The 2022 Media Plan Awards are open for entries The numbers don’t lie. The power of OOH keeps growing, so much so that it’s now much more efficient at generating results than TV, video, radio, banner, and print ads. But great OOH campaigns don’t just […]
Geopath Names Chris Luken SVP Product
New York, NY (July 6, 2022) – Geopath, the not-for-profit organization that provides the industry-standard audience metrics for out-of-home (OOH) advertising, has named Chris Luken Senior Vice President of Product. In this new role at Geopath, Luken will focus on accelerating and expanding the suite of Geopath’s OOH audience measurement […]
Company of the Day – Mackay Advertising
Company: Mackay Advertising Market: Texas Headquarters: 2221 Clear Creek Court, Weatherford, TX 76087 Phone: 817-877-1866 Email: Mike@MackayAdvertising.com Mackay Advertising was founded in 1985 and provides outdoor advertising on buses, bus benches, and billboards in the Dallas/Fort Worth market. Mackay also offers graphic design services such as: Logos, Business Cards, Brochures, […]
Rothfelder On Lamar vs TxDOT And Sovereign Immunity
The Texas Court of Appeals, for the 14th District in Houston, issued its opinion on May 12, 2022 in Lamar vs Texas Department of Transportation, holding that TxDOT has sovereign immunity against Lamar’s claims that it’s “officials interpreted the rules incorrectly when more than four years after Lamar last paid […]
Kevin Gephart on Selling in a Recession
By Kevin Gephart Lots of talk whether the Federal Reserve’s efforts to raise interest rates and curb the money supply will put us in a recession. OOH is the Do-More-With-Less medium. As you meet with clients and prospects, ask the high gain question: “If we slide into a recession, how […]
JCDecaux Acquires Majority Stake in DSP Platform Displayce
JCDecaux SA (Euronext Paris: DEC), the number one outdoor advertising company worldwide, has announced the signature of a strategic alliance, including the acquisition of a majority stake, with Displayce, the DSP (Demand Side Platform) leader specialised in the purchasing and optimisation of digital outdoor advertising (DOOH). Displayce, a French start-up […]
Project Yellow Light Winners to Run on 1,500 Clear Channel Outdoor Billboards
Project Yellow Light was established in 2007 by the family of Hunter Garner to honor his memory after his death in a car crash at age 16. In 2020, seven percent of drivers 15 to 19-years-old involved in fatal crashes were reported as distracted. This age group has the largest […]
Company of the Day: MAC Media
Company: MAC Media Markets: Florida Email: macmedia@cfl.rr.com Phone: 407-805-9238 MAC Media operates an out of home advertising plant with over 150 billboard displays including 90 digital displays in Orlando Florida. Richard (“Mac”) McHugh is founder. Richard’s wife Rhonda is CFO. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement
Some Ads Play on Streaming Services Even When the TV Is Off – Some Thoughts From OAAA’s Anna Bager
A recent Wall Street Journal article reports on a lack of communication between TV sets and streaming devices which causes an estimated waste of over $1 billion in ad dollars. In a season where inflation is raging, you would expect an increasing focus by companies on the productive use of […]