Rapid City, South Dakota met last night in an attempt to finalize a settlement with Epic Outdoor at their Monday night City Council meeting. According to city records, in 2012 Epic Outdoor Advertising filed suit against the City based on the initiated sign ordinances which were adopted in 2011. That […]
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Company of the Day – Iconic Outdoor
Company: Iconic Outdoor Headquarters: 24 Vine Street 2nd Floor, Everett, MA 02149 Markets: Massachusetts, California, New York. Phone: 888.542.6642 Formed by outdoor advertising pioneer James O’Neill, Iconic Outdoor offers advertisers premium out-of-home media, with over 20 Billboards & Wallscapes available in the following markets: Boston New York Los Angeles Japan United Kingdom Iconic also […]
Grand Visual hires Bowry and Clissen
Digital OOH production and creative technology company, Grand Visual, has hired David Bowry, who joins as production director, and Ben Clissen, who starts as senior producer, both will be working out of the London office. Bowry started his career in the gaming-industry, lead producing original content for Sony PlayStation. From […]
Clear Channel Outdoor Sues Salisbury
The Daily News reports that Clear Channel Outdoor has sued three members of the Salisbury, Massachusetts Zoning Board of Appeals claiming civil rights violations when the Zoning Board of Appeals granted to Northvision, a local business, the right to erect a billboard on I-95 in preference to Clear Channel Outdoor’s […]
Airoutdoor says there’s a place for static boards in the UK.
Today’s company of the day has been thriving pursuing a static billboard strategy in the digital billboard centric UK. It provides a great lesson that there’s still a place for static boards in a digital world. Company: Airoutdoor Markets: United Kingdom Address: Airedle House, 423 Kirkstall Rd, Leeds LS4 2EW, […]
Link Media Buys Vision Outdoor
Link Media has closed on the purchase of Atlanta-based Vision Outdoor. Vision owns 3 billboard structures structures consisting of 4 Formetco digital billboards and 2 static billboards. The digital signs are on I-285 in Atlanta and Highway 41 in Acworth Georgia. Link Media’s parent Boston Omaha priced its IPO at […]
Digital Immersion & Its Impact on OOH – A Future Look
By Jerry Buckley, Director of Marketing, EMC Outdoor The first time I placed Virtual Reality (VR) goggles on my head, I was not too impressed with the immersion experience that I was having. The goggles were bulky, I was tripping over the tether cord, and I was accidentally hitting […]
Tilley says out of home inspires a new wave of creativity.
An interesting video from Andy Tilley, CSO & Creative Partner at Talon a U.K. based Out of Home agency with a focus on delivering innovative and forward-thinking strategic OOH solutions, integrated with wider communications. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement
Emarketer Podcast on Autonomous Cars
Marcus Johnson and Ezra Palmer did an Emarketer Podcast titled Autonomous Vehicles: How far down the road are we? Here are some of the highlights from their conversation. Marcus Johnson on how fast cars will go driverless The amount of investment makes it seems inevitable that there will be […]
Smirnoff Vodka Ads Get Political
Smirnoff’s new advertisement under its new “Made in America” banner features a Moscow Mule cocktail with text that reads, “But we’d be happy to talk about our ties to Russia under oath,” an apparent nod to the president’s recent comments following fired FBI Director James Comey’s congressional testimony. Interestingly, […]