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Choice Media fights Lubbock TX rules

KSLA reports that Choice Dynamic Media has filed a petition against Lubbock, TX over a subjective sign code.  In April, Choice applied for 5 billboards in Lubbock and was turned down because: adding a billboard may increase traffic permitting a billboard would open the floodgates to undesirable businesses like night […]

Company of the Day – DTO Advertising

Company: DTO Advertising. Market: Texas Headquarters: 4200 Old Omen Rd, Tyler, TX  75707 Phone: 903-520-4122 DTO Advertising operates 10 structures with 34 faces in Eastern Texas.  The signs are 8×24, 10×24 and 10×30.  The company is run by Dennis and Kelli Thompson.     [wpforms id=”9787″]   Paid Advertisement

Daily Billboard’s 3 of a Kind: Atop a Billboard

This month for our ‘3 of a kind feature’, Daily Billboard Blog is sharing three treatments featuring special extension cut-outs of people sitting atop a billboard to stand out in the crowded L.A. skyline. First up is a billboard for the dark comedy superhero movie Kick-Ass spotted along Melrose Avenue on March 26, 2010. It was […]

Have You Cleaned Your Digital Billboards?

Did you know you should clean your digital billboards every four years?  That’s the word from digital billboard maker Daktronics.  Insider talked with Joni Schmeichel, Daktronics Out of Home Strategic Marketing Manager about cleaning digital billboards. Joni, how often do you recommend cleaning a digital billboard. We suggest a cleaning […]

Free OAAA webinar on Industry Trends

The OAAA is offering a free webinar titled Outdoor Advertising Today: Propelling Sales and Protecting Assets on Wednesday July 25, 2018 from 2pm to 3pm eastern time. In a world of clicks, likes, and page views, outdoor or out of home (OOH) advertising is more of a core media buy […]

Company of the Day: Doyle Media

Company:  Doyle Media, LLC. Market: Georgia Headquarters: Dalton, Georgia Phone: 706-217-7715 Email: doylemedia@live.com Doyle Media operates three 14 by 48 billboard structures with 6 faces along I-75 in Georgia at Exit 306. The company was started in 2013.   [wpforms id=”9787″]   Paid Advertisement

Out of the Office: Dave Westburg

Dave Westburg, co-publisher of Billboard Insider and a partner in Circle City Outdoor is an avid fly fisherman.  One of Dave’s highlights was catching an Atlantic Salmon on South Uist Island in  the Outer Hebrides.  Here’s the moment of truth… And the hilarious doctored picture which appeared in a on […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds July 14

“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.  […]

More China Tariffs

Prepare for a price increase on your Chinese-imported LED’s and digital billboards.  This week the Trump administration proposed a new 10% tariff on  a 195 page list of chinese imports.     Here’s the tariff picture in three numbers. $426 billion.  Chinese imports to the US. $34 billion.  Chinese imports subject to […]

Notable Reads July 13, 2018

3 out of home articles caught Insider’s eye this week. The Brookfield Zoo, the Two by Four Agency and Metromedia Technologies placed a 15′ by 15′ fully inflated greenbottle blue tarantuala on a billboard promoting the Brookfield Zoo. New Jersey 101.5 has a flattering story on billboards in Northern New […]