By Chris Cowlbeck, General Manager, Independent Billboard Operators IBOUSA has grown over the last decade and started out as a networking group set up as a business that operates on a not-for-profit basis that focuses on the narrow interests of our associates. Along the way, we added some vendor/supplier/consultants to […]
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Company of the Day: Legends Outdoor
Company: Legends Outdoor Market: Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia Email:ssnyder@legendsoutdoor.com, stevesarkady@gmail.com Phone: 410-489-4723 Legends Outdoor operates a billboard plant with more than 100 digital faces and 30 static faces in Maryland, Southeastern and South Central Pennsylvania and Eastern West Virginia. The company’s coverage includes the city of Morgantown, West Virginia. Insider talked with Steve Snyder, […]
Buzzfeed’s Craig Silverman on Online Ad Fraud
Tuesday’s news that the FBI busted cybercriminals for using 1.7 million infected PC’s, 5,000 counterfeit websites and 60,000 digital advertising accounts to get paid for face digital ad placements highlights the prevalence of digital ad fraud. Craig Silverman, Buzzfeed’s Media Editor did a Digiday podcast interview on ad fraud this week […]
Waterman Joins Vistar Media
Vistar Media, a programmatic technology company for digital out-of-home (DOOH), announced today the appointment of former Rubicon executive Chris Waterman athe Director of Publisher Partnerships. Before joining Vistar, Waterman was Senior Director of Sales at Rubicon Project, where he led global efforts for digital out-of-home, specifically in North America, and […]
Creative Circle: Designing for OOH vs Digital
By Nicole Randall, OAAA Communications Senior Director OAAA regularly features Thought Leadership Q&A from its committee members. This month, OAAA spotlights the Creative Committee, asking members: “OOH is an ideal complement to digital advertising, and vice versa. As more brands combine the two for maximum campaign amplification, OOH creatives find themselves […]
Company of the Day – Las Vegas Billboards
Company: Las Vegas Billboards Headquarters: 6233 Dean Martin Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89118 Market: Nevada Phone: (702) 837-7822 Email: info@lasvegasbillboards.com Las Vegas Billboards is a second-generation, family-owned and operated company with decades of experience. The Harris family has been proud to serve the Las Vegas area for over 30 years. Dave […]
Vistar Media’s Provenzano makes ooh predictions
Between now and the end of the year Insider will be asking industry leaders to make predictions for out of home in 2019. Today Vistar Media CEO and Co-Founder Michael Provenzano makes his predictions. Vistar Media operates a platform which enables programmatic buying of digital out of home media. 1) […]
Current Ad Trends from the Sector Level
Last week, OAAA Chief Marketing Officer Stephen Freitas participated on a panel during the annual Wells Fargo Media Summit in New York. The panel, Current Ad Trends from the Sector Level, also featured other trade group executives including, Erica Farber, Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB), and Steve Lanzano, Television Bureau of […]
Transport of London Bans Junk Food Ads
Junk food advertising will be banned on the entire Transport of London network starting February 25, 2019. The mayor of London says the ban is necessary to tackle child obesity. The advertising restrictions include the following: advertisements that directly feature food and/or non-alcoholic drink considered to be high in fat, […]
Company of the Day: Lakeland Outdoor
Company: Lakeland Outdoor Markets: Florida Headquarters: 215 E Bay Street, Suite 7, Lakeland, Florida 33810 Phone: 863-603-0373 Email: koertel@lakelandoutdoor.com Lakeland Outdoor operates a 131 face billboard billboard plant in central Florida including two digital billboards. The firm’s plant is centered on Lakeland, Florida, approximately 45 minutes east of Tampa. Kathy Oertel is the firm’s general […]