August 15, 2017 Branded Cities Network Acquires Clear Channel Outdoor’s Interest in Clear Channel Outdoor Canada Establishing 100% Ownership of its Premium OOH Canadian Assets Branded Cities Network (“BCN”), a premier Out-Of-Home and iconic media company in North America, is proud to announce the strategic acquisition of Clear Channel Outdoor’s […]
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Company of the Day: Look Billboards
Company: Look Billboards Market: Southern Oklahoma Headquarters: 1500 W. Broadway, Ardmore, Oklahoma Phone: 580-226-0222 LOOK Billboards operates 100+ traditional faces and 5 digital rotary-networked billboards in the following Oklahoma markets: Ardmore, Atoka, Caddo, Durant, Healdton-Wilson, Lone Grove, Madill, Springer and Sulphur-Davis. Most of the billboards are 12 by 24. The company’s digital signs were […]
Link Revenues up 50% in 2Q 2017
Link Media released 2Q 2017 financial results: Billboard Rentals increased by 50% to $1.2 million during the three months ended June 30, 2017 due to acquisitions. The company does not break out billboard expenses and cashflow on financial statements. Link’s CEO Jim McLaughlinin says the company has closed on […]
Austin rewriting billboard code
mystatesman.com reports that Austin, Texas is rewriting billboard and sign rules as part of a large project called Codenext to rewrite the cities development code. The project is motivated in part by the need to get the city’s code in compliance with Reed v Gilbert. Reagan Outdoor has a pending […]
Company of the Day – Martin Outdoor Media
Company: Martin Outdoor Media LLC Headquarters: 1990 Westwood Blvd, Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90025 Market: California Phone: 310.559.1600 Email: info@martinoutdoormedia.com Martin Outdoor Media’s primary goal is to provide a first class advertising medium at low cost to advertisers while simultaneously offering a premier amenity to the bus riding public of […]
Piccadilly Lights: Physical Installation Complete
The journey of LED display cabinets from Brookings, South Dakota, to London’s iconic Piccadilly Lights location is complete. The new massive, curved 4K LED display has been put into place on the building side in London’s Piccadilly Circus. This final cabinet was put in place last week completing the […]
Why 5 times cashflow is your debt capacity.
On Friday Insider wrote that debt for an out of home advertising company should not exceed 5 times cashflow (earnings before interest, depreciation and amortization) or 3 times revenue. This is the upper limit. It’s OK to operate way below this if your risk tolerance is less. This analysis is […]
GEFT Sells Indy Signs To Lamar
Indiana out of home advertising company GEFT Outdoor has sold its Indianapolis billboards to Lamar. No price was disclosed. In early 2017, GEFT received approval for two high profile digital billboard structures with 4 faces inside the I-465 beltway in Indianapolis after winning a Reed v Gilbert lawsuit against the […]
Rate This Board By Out of Home Creative
Rate This Board allows a billboard designer to rate a random piece of billboard artwork using the following scale: 1 (not good), 2 (below average), 3 (average), 4 (very good), 5 (great). Then the designer talks about what they may have done differently for outdoor advertising. This week’s rating is provided […]
Company of the Day: Logan Outdoor Advertising
Company: Logan Outdoor Advertising Markets: Florida Headquarters: 1716 W. Lemon Street, Tampa, Florida 33606 Phone: 813-253-3367 Email: info@loganoutdoor.com Logan Outdoor operates a billboard plant in Central Florida. The company’s markets include: Tampa, St Petersburg, Clearwater and the surrounding counties. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement