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Rothfelder on Billboard Access and Prescriptive Easements

Virtually every State requires that the operator demonstrate private access for the erection and maintenance of his billboard. The Texas Department of Transportation, for example, states in 43 Texas Administrative Code Section 21.199(a)(2) that it is a ground for cancellation of the permit if the billboard is maintained from the […]

Public OOH Companies are Deleveraging as the Cost of Debt Stabilizes

Here are two tables, prepared by Moorgate Capital Partners, which calculate the weighted average cost of debt and leverage (net debt/adjusted cashflow) for the public out of home companies as of December 2023.  Some observations: The cost of debt has been stable at the public out of home companies, after rising […]

Talon Appoints Ryan Laul as North American CEO

New York, June 4, 2024 — Talon, the global independent Out of Home (OOH) agency, today announced the appointment of Ryan Laul as its North American CEO. Laul will lead the continued growth of Talon’s business in North America, assuming the role on June 23, 2024. Reporting into Sue Frogley, […]

Company of the Day: Mile High Outdoor

Company: Mile High Outdoor Market:  Colorado. Headquarters: 9250 E Costilla Ave, Suite 500, Greenwood Village, CO  80112. Phone: 303-783-4800. Email: sales@milehighoutdoor. Mile High Outdoor was founded in 1996 and owns over 400 billboard faces in Colorado, including 20 digital billboard faces.   Business Times and Watchfire have written about the company’s digital sign installations.  Mile High President […]

101 Mistakes Billboard Companies Make

Chris Zukin at Meadow Outdoor has compiled a list of 101 mistakes billboard companies make.  He writes Billboard Insider: This started a few months ago during a Vision and Strategy meeting.  We are talking about the things we are doing well, and those things that will help us to continue […]

Branded Cities Launches New LA Digital Spectacular

New York, NY– June 3, 2024 – Branded Cities, North America’s premier Out-of-Home and iconic media company, announced today an exclusive agreement with Jamison Properties to represent and sell advertising campaigns on a digital spectacular located at Opus, a luxury high-rise residential and commercial complex on Wilshire Boulevard. At over […]

Tequila Rose Runs New Multichannel Campaign

Today, Tequila Rose, the original strawberry cream liqueur, has launched a new campaign to bring pink energy to summer evenings with a multimedia campaign targeting glamourous, fun, trendsetters. The TV campaign starts tonight alongside popular ITV2 reality show Love Island 2024 and is supported by out of home, PR, events, […]

Canadian Out of Home Award Winners Announced

Toronto (Ontario), June 3, 2024 – On May 30th the second inaugural Canadian Out-of-Home Awards commenced and brands, agencies, and out-of-home (OOH) operators were celebrated industry-wide for their strategic use of the OOH medium. With a full house, the evening kicked off with the welcome address by Lara Menzies, Director […]

Company of the Day – Miller Outdoor Advertising

Company: Miller Outdoor Advertising Headquarters: Tawas City, MI, 48763 Market: Northern Michigan Phone: 998-310-6925 Email: allan@alanmillerconstruction.com In 1992, M&S Signs was formed by Cliff Miller and Don Seymour with one structure to advertise their own independent businesses. After realizing the exponential growth from outdoor advertising, they decided to expand the […]

Clear Channel Outdoor May Sell British Assets to Clairvest

Sky News reports that Clear Channel Outdoor is close to selling its British assets to Clairvest.  The British inventory includes 2,000 sites across Greater London.  Sky News quoted an industry source as saying the price would be several hundred million pounds and the pound is currently trading at $1.25 so […]