Intersection wants to install up to 100 smart screen kiosks around Philadelphia. Philly.com reports that PennDOT has sent a letter to Philadelphia’s mayor and city council president suggesting that the kiosks may be considered advertising subject to PennDOT regulation. PennDOT is concerned that it may lose federal transportation funding if […]
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Company of the Day: Park Outdoor
Company: Park Outdoor Advertising Headquarters: PO Box 4680, Ithaca, New York 14852-4680 Markets: New York, Pennsylvania. Phone: 607-257-1477 Email: rick.steele@parkoutdoor.com Park Outdoor operates a billboard plant with 1,500 billboards in upstate New York and northern Pennsylvania. Park operates regional offices in Binghamton, Finger Lakes, Utica and Syracuse. Rick Steele is the company’s Vice […]
Billboard Insider Classifieds March 2, 2019
“The response has been excellent. Excellent investment.” Out of home broker Stephen Minnich. “…we have received no less than 15 responses the ad you ran for us to sell our Quad Cities billboard plant…” David Buring “FYI, today we got two requests from out of home companies to sign up. […]
Jeremy Male says Outfront gets 20% IRR on digital billboards
Outfront continues to see great returns from digital sign installations. Here’s a summary of Jeremy Male’s comments at Wednesday’s Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference. The strengths of out of home Out of home is a really straightforward medium. What you see is what you get. We have no […]
Scenic America President Wades Into Pittsburgh Controversy
Lamar and the city of Pittsburgh have been having a long running dispute over the Mt. Washington sign. Scenic America’s President Mark Falzone is going to wade into the controversy. Here’s what he said yesterday on an interview on KDKA When you come to Pittsburgh next week who are you […]
New and Noted March 1, 2019
Geopath President Kym Frank gives a five sentence summary of out of home’s value proposition in a Media Post Interview: “OOH is a unique channel that is immune to many of the issues faced by other media. It cannot be blocked or skipped. It is not subject to ad fraud […]
Company of the day: Page Outdoor
Company: Page Outdoor Advertising Markets: Missouri Address: 1046 Osage Beach Rd, Osage Beach, Missouri Phone: 573-280-2030 Page Outdoor operates a static billboard plant in Lake of the Ozarks, Cole County and I-70 in Saline County in Missouri. The firm is owned by James Page. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement
Reilly on Acquisitions, Programmatic, Outfront and Clear Channel
At yesterday’s Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference Lamar CEO Sean Reilly referenced two pending purchases: a midwest out of home advertising company and a sizable transaction in Los Angeles which is tied up in litigation. Insider surmises that the LA transaction is Regency Outdoor Advertising. Regency owns billboards […]
Outfront Yields Rising
Here’s an interesting slide from this week’s Outfront conference call presentation. Outfront’s billboard yield (average monthly revenue per display) increased by 10% to $2,217 during the fourth quarter of 2018. Static yields were up 7% to $1,828 and digital billboard yields were up 4% to $19,148 which suggest a yield […]
Skyline Sells Billboard to Outfront
Skyline Outdoor has sold a billboard in Atlanta’s West Midtown neighborhood to Outfront Media. Williamson and Associates brokered the transaction. Insider talked with Marty Williamson. Marty, tell us about the transaction. The 14 x 48 bulletin is located on Marietta Street in the West Midtown area of downtown Atlanta, which […]