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An Out of Home Banker Looks at 2024

Wishing everyone the happiest holidays and best New Year from Billboard Loans.  It has been almost 6 months since retiring from my 40+ year banking career, and I have to say working with billboard people is more fun.  I’ve become a billboard nerd like my partner, Dave Westburg.  I read […]

Greg Callaham Wins Design Award for Fluhman Outdoor Ads

Chattanooga, TN – Greg Callaham Graphic Design has received national recognition for creative excellence in advertising design. Callaham captured four American Graphic Design Awards from Graphic Design USA, a nationwide trade publication, for his work on behalf of Fluhman Outdoor Media and Motion Media. This is the thirteenth consecutive year Callaham […]

Company of the Day: Graham Outdoor

Company: Graham Outdoor Markets: Georgia, Florida Address: 2337 Sylvan Grove Rd, Stapleton, Georgia  30823 Phone: 478-494-3965 Email: grahamoutdooradvertising@msn.com Shannon Graham Graham Outdoor is an independent family owned company which operates a billboard plant with 92 faces in Georgia and Florida.  The company was started in 2003 and is owned by Shannon and Tammie Graham.  In […]

Designing OOH Solar for the Worst Solar Day of the Year

Dec 21 is typically the shortest “day” of the year, and coupled with the longest night, can make running billboard lights from dusk to dawn an expensive proposition. You have the longest night of the year on the same day you have the least amount of sunlight. For this reason, […]

Nurlan Urazbaev On What OOH Must Do Better

Nurlan Urazbaev publishes Digital Signage Pulse, a terrific daily digest of what’s happening in the digital sign industry.  Billboard Insider is running a two part interview with Urazbaev.  Today he talks about what OOH must do better. How did you get involved with the out of home advertising business? Mine […]

Branded Cities Adds Iconic Digital on Wishire Boulevard

New York, NY– December 20, 2023 – 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 the Solair Wilshire, a luxury high-rise residential and commercial complex on Wilshire Boulevard.  […]

Wildstone Acquires M5Tower in West Midlands

Wildstone are pleased to announce their recent acquisition of the M5 Tower in the West Midlands, reinforcing the company’s commitment to innovation and expanding its portfolio of high-quality roadside media assets. The M5 Tower West Midlands is a high-impact, double-sided DM6 structure strategically positioned on the M5 in Birmingham, between […]

Company of the Day – Gilbreath Outdoor

Company: Gilbreath Outdoor Advertising Markets: Southeast Texas Headquarters: 407 South Friendswood Drive, Friendswood, TX  77546 Phone: 281-992-4555 Email: info@gilbreathoutdoor.com Headquartered in the greater Houston area , Gilbreath Outdoor has locations in the following Texas Cities: Alvin, Angleton, Arcola, Baytown, Beaumont, Bergheim, Bertram, Boerne, Brazoria, Brookshire, Bulverde, Caldwell, Cameron, Canyon Lake, […]

Which Out of Home Company Invests Wisely?

After reviewing Billboard Insider’s 10 year financial analysis of Lamar, OUTFRONT and Clear Channel Outdoor, out of home investment banker Jim Johnsen writes, “Thanks for interesting analysis Dave. How about looking at an ROA and an ROE statistic as well as Free cash flow per share? That would give us […]

2023 OOH Tech Review

Insider is continually amazed at how technology benefits Out of Home.  It also changes at lightning  speed and we need to have operating platforms that  can keep pace. We asked Mike Donaldson, Chief Growth Officer, at BillboardPlanet to provide his perspective on 2023 and a look ahead to the new […]