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Vistar and DISPLAYCE Bring DOOH Exchange to France

NEW YORK & PARIS (December 1, 2020) – Vistar Media, the leading global provider of software for programmatic digital out-of-home (DOOH), is partnering with DISPLAYCE, the leading France-based DOOH demand-side platform to launch the first real-time bidding open exchange for OOH in the French market.   This new collaboration with […]

Company of the Day – Premium Outdoor

Company: Premium Outdoor Markets: Florida Panhandle Headquarters: 3001 S. Highway 77, Lynn Haven, FL  32444 Phone: 850-819-5381 Email: LISA@PREMIUMOUTDOOR.COM Premium Outdoor is an independently owned company with over 140 faces located in Panama City and Bay County, Gulf Co., Jackson Co., and Washington Co., Florida. The company operates 14 Watchfire, […]

Lamar to Pay $0.50 per Share 4Q Dividend

Lamar announced its December 2020 dividend at $0.50 per share.  This equates to a dividend yield of  2.5% on Lamar’s current share price of $80. Lamar paid a $1 per share dividend prior to covid which equated to a 4-5% yield.  The company cut the dividend from $1.00 prior to […]

Setting The Stage For Success

By Christina Radigan OAAA, Chief Marketing Officer I am excited to join OAAA as Chief Marketing Officer to help evolve our organization into an even more agile and effective marketer for the OOH industry. I have over 15 years of strategy, marketing, research, and communications experience at Omnicom Media Group’s out […]

Lamar Renews Palm Beach Transit Contract

Baton Rouge, LA – December 1, 2020 – Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), one of the largest out of home media companies in the world, announced that the company has been awarded a new contract to continue managing all transit advertising for Palm Tran, Inc., the public transit system serving Palm […]

Company of the Day: Premier Signs

Company:  Premier Signs Markets: Minnesota, North Dakota Headquarters: 601 1st St N, PO Box 66, Mentor Minnesota  56736 Phone: 218-637-3000 Email: nick@premiersignsmn.com Premier Signs operates 120 static billboard faces and three digital billboards in Northwest Minnesota and Eastern North Dakota.  The firm also has a signboard and banner business.  The firm […]

The Vaccine and Out of Home’s Return to Normal

If you invest in OUTFRONT or Clear Channel or if you own a transit or airport advertising company you should monitor how long it will be until vaccines end the Covid epidemic.   US airport travel was down 60% for the week ended November 29, 2020 versus the prior year. last […]

Advertising Marijuana in California, Part 2

(Part 1, yesterday, Richard Hamlin described a court decision banning all marijuana advertising on Interstate Highways within California and on State Highways that cross its border.  The decision struck down a regulation that banned such advertising only within 15 miles of the state’s border.  The decision found the regulation to […]

Brad Getter on a Great Out of Home Ad Design Tool

Signage Expert Brad Getter (www.bradgetter.com)  highlighted a great design tool while commenting on this week’s Rate This Ad column by Melody Roberts. Melody’s review of the Tachi Palace ad was spot on.  This is an issue I’ve seen far too often, and this kind of art is what gives outdoor […]