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Company of the Day – Eagle Signs

Company: Eagle Signs Headquarters:  436-B Hackel Dr, Montgomery, AL 36117 Market: Montgomery AL Phone:  (334) 832-4000 Created in 1989 as an outdoor advertising company, Eagle Signs has expanded to address the needs of a growing market area and their clients. Along with their Outdoor signs, they design, manufacture and install […]

Landmark Developing Billboards in Europe

Landmark Infrastructure released fourth quarter 2019 financials last week.  Some highlights from the 10k annual financials, fourth quarter earnings release and earnings call Rental revenue increased 5% to $15.5 million during the fourth quarter of 2019. Net income totaled $1.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2019. The portfolio is […]

OOH Drives Engagement Advertisers Seek With Social Media

Most advertisers invest in social media to generate consumer engagement, prospects and sales, while others pay for social media exposure because their competitors appear in the platforms. OOH delivers on these same metrics, but often with improved results (source: Nielsen):   OOH reaches 90% of US travelers ages 16+ in […]

Company of the Day: Dusty’s Outdoor

Company: Dusty’s Outdoor Media Markets: Illinois, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Missouri Headquarters: 1207 Network Center Blvd, Suite 3C, Effingham, IL  62401. Phone: 1-866-59-DUSTY Dusty’s operates a billboard plant with over 500 faces in five mid-western states.  Founded in 2001, Dusty’s initial growth came from nearly a dozen acquisitions. In 2019, Dusty’s grew their face-count by 25%, […]

367 US Out of Home Companies Ranked by Bulletin/Poster Faces

Billboard Insider has sorted 368 US out of home companies based on their bulletin, poster and wall faces. We assembled the list by canvassing out of home websites or talking to company execs. A face is a face is a face so a digital face or a spectacular get the […]

Coronavirus and Out of Home: What’s the Chatter

Here’s the chatter about Coronavirus and out of home. The GO2020 Out of Home Media Conference and Expo: Group M’s Brian Wieser quoted in Axios: Outdoor advertising “may be worse off with lower levels of foot traffic in many places.” William Eccleshare, Clear Channel Outdoor Global CEO on last week’s […]

Daktronics Invests in XDC, a Leader in Mass Transfer and MicroLED Technology

BROOKINGS, S.D., Feb. 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Daktronics (DAKT) (NASDAQ-DAKT) of Brookings, South Dakota, announces it has participated in a Series A investment round in X Display Company (XDC). XDC creates and owns leading intellectual property (IP) and capabilities in microLED mass transfer technology. Series A investments will support XDC’s further […]

How Tennessee Cities are Responding to Thomas v Bright

Tomorrow the Chattanooga city council will vote on an ordinance instituting a 180 day moratorium on accepting and processing permits for new outdoor advertising signs or permits for the conversion of static billboards to digital  billboards. The moratorium says that the city’s sign ordinance is modeled in part on the […]

Company of the Day – Eastern Outdoor

Company:  Eastern Outdoor Markets:  Maryland, Washington, DC. Headquarters: 7115 Rockridge Road, Baltimore, MD  21207 Phone: 410-464-4440 Email: info@easternoutdoor.net Eastern Outdoor is an independently owned outdoor advertising company which specializes in high profile bulletins within the Baltimore and Washington DC markets. The firm was started by Phillip Greenwell in 1932. Current […]