The IBOUSA convention in Jacksonville wraps up this morning. Chris Cowlbeck and the staff at the IBOUSA know that they run a terrific event! Great location, relevant topics and lots of time for discussion and fun with all the members and vendors who attended. So here 7 takeaways from […]
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Borrell on what out of home needs to do to attract political $
Borrell Associates tracks local advertising spending in North America and the UK and conducts research on advertising trends. Founder and CEO Gordon Borrell started the company in 2001 after a career in media. Borrell is an entertaining speaker who gave an outstanding talk titled Out of Home’s Changing Role in the […]
McDonalds Weather-Related Digital Campaign
London, UK (26 April 2018) – Today, McDonald’s is launching a national digital outdoor campaign that uses MET Office real-time data to bring to life April’s unpredictable weather conditions. In order to take part in Britain’s favourite topic of conversation, Leo Burnett London turned the McDonald’s menu into weather icons […]
Solar Billboards in Oregon? Meadow Outdoor shows how.
Meadow Outdoor recently completed a large 3KW solar lighting system, powering 8 lights on a 14’ x 48’ bulletin near Boardman, OR. This is their second successful solar installation, Insider talked to John Lehman, Operations Manager, at the job site. Is Oregon sunny enough for solar to be economical? how […]
Company of the Day: Big Outdoor
Company: Big Outdoor Markets: Nationwide Headquarters: 2315 Routh Street, Dallas, Texas 75201 Phone: 214-969-5800 Email: info@bigoutdoor.com Big Outdoor owns and operates high profile billboards and wallscapes in major US cities. the company was started in 2013 and is owned by SunTx Capital Partners which has allocated $100 million in capital […]
Where have national revenues gone?
It’s been a common refrain from the CEO’s of the Big Three on their 2017 earnings transcripts that national sales have been weak, excepting the fourth quarter of 2017 which had political. Insider asked a senior out of home sales executive for her opinion and here’s what she said: “National […]
Boidman on Privacy, Autonomous Cars and Alternative Out of Home
This week Insider talked with PJ Solomon investment banker Mark Boidman about his recently published book Times Square Everywhere. Boidman argues that out of home will thrive in the future because it’s the only form of media which has a friend in technology. Do recent events (facebook data issues, the implementation of […]
YESCO Grows Revenues 16% with Blip
Insider has written before about how Blip is helping out of home companies sell excess digital sign inventory. YESCO has been used Blip for two years. YESCO President Pat O’Donnell reports that Blip has “fundamentally changed the economics of digital for YESCO.” Some of YESCO’s accomplishments using Blip: An […]
Company of the Day: Blackbelt Outdoor
Company: : Blackbelt Outdoor Advertising, LLC Headquarters: 476 County Road 206, Marion Junction, Alabama 36759 Markets: 5 Counties in Central Alabama Phone: 205.337.5113 Email: dunkin@blackbeltoutdoor.com Blackbelt Outdoor was founded in 2014 by Dunkin Allred. Since then Blackbelt Outdoor has expanded into five counties throughout the central portion of Alabama. They offer both […]
Seeking Alpha Bearish on Landmark
Landmark Infrastructure Partners stock is down 22% since the first of the year. Alacran Investments explains why in a bearish article published at Seeking Alpha. Alacran has a short position in Landmark (LMRK) so take the analysis with a grain of salt. The thesis is that Landmark, a purchaser of tower, out […]