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Four Big Trends in Transportation

(1)  Transit ridership declined 2 percent in 2018. (2)  Gas prices are down. “Since last Wednesday (May 8),” says AAA, “the national average for unleaded regular gasoline has fallen two cents to $2.86. However, with summer on the horizon, pump prices will likely rebound during the run-up to Memorial Day.” […]

Chesterfield County proposes sign code amendment

The Chesterfield Observer reports that Chesterfield County has reached an agreement with Lamar to amend the county’s sign code.  The changes are the result of a 7 month process including three public work sessions.  Key elements of the agreement include: A cap on the number of billboards in the county […]

IBO Coop Connects with Adomni

Chris Cowlbeck IBOUSA General Manager announced that the IBO COOP Marketplace has been successfully connected to the Adomni Demand Side Platform (DSP) and that IBO’s nationwide inventory of digital screens is now available on the Adomni marketplace advertisers.   “We have thoroughly enjoyed the process of connecting Adomni’s large pool […]

Kurt Tingey, Former Clear Channel EVP and CFO, Joins Blip

Provo, Utah Blip, the self-serve, pay-per-blip digital billboard advertising marketplace, is pleased to announce the appointment of Kurt Tingey, former CFO and Executive Vice President of Clear Channel Outdoor to Blip’s leadership team. Kurt will be leveraging his international and industry networks to further accelerate expansion in the US and […]

Company of the Day: SignAd Outdoor

Company:  SignAd Outdoor Markets: Texas, Western Louisiana Headquarters: 1010 North Loop, Houston, TX  77009 Phone: 713-861-6013 Email: info@signad.com SignAd Outdoor Advertising is a family-owned and operated private company which was started in 1964.  The company operates over 2,200 static and digital billboards in Texas and Southwest Louisiana.  The company has […]

Jeremy Male on Outfront’s Stellar Performance

Here are the highlights from Outfront CEO Jeremy Male’s talk at the JP Morgan Global Technology, Media and Communications Conference Tuesday. On Outfront’s stellar performance Actually the out of home industry is doing really nicely.  Out of Home was up in the U.S. 7% in Q4 which was the fastest […]

Outfront Targets Up Front Execs

OUTFRONT Media is running an interesting set of ads during the May 13-16 television upfronts.  The upfronts are a series of meetings in which the broadcast and cable networks make their annual pitch to media buyers and marketers to secure advertisers for the coming season’s lineup. OUTFRONT is highlighting its […]

Ubimo and Kinetic to provide real-time audience segmentation

NEW YORK, N.Y. (May 15, 2019) – Ubimo, a leading location intelligence technology company will enable Kinetic US, the leading digital innovator in out-of-home (OOH) advertising, to provide real-time audience segmentation to any geographic entity to improve OOH campaign performance for their clients. By incorporating Ubimo’s technology, Kinetic will be able to […]