A group of Elco High School students were recognized after winning a billboard contest sponsored by The Center for Traffic Safety and State Farm. The competition was open to all Lebanon County students. The “No Excuses” campaign, sponsored by The Center for Traffic Safety, invited Lebanon County students to create a billboard […]
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Neil Bell Says Art Sells on Digital Billboards
This is the third article in a series by Neil Bell of New South Outdoor on Selling digital billboard space.New South is the company that put a tiger tail on an Auburn Alabama billboard to tie into hometown football loyalties. Neil’s previous articles were Getting the Most out of […]
Huntington Outdoor Buys Echo Outdoor
Huntington Outdoor has recently acquired Echo Outdoor billboards located in Sidney, Ohio. Huntington Outdoors mission is to help small businesses thrive and the buyout of Echo Outdoor provides Huntington with more opportunities to achieve this mission. “We are thrilled to announce the buyout of Echo Outdoor,” said Justin Powell, CEO […]
Company of the Day: Daily Billboard/B&B Billboards
Company: Daily Billboards/B&B Billboards Markets: Florida Headquarters: 215 Osceola St Jacksonville, FL 32204 Phone: 904-281-0000 Daily Billboards owns 16 full size 14 by 48 billboards which can be changed every day in Jacksonville and two mobile billboards. The changeable billboards are not digital but use letters. The Company’s affiliate B&B […]
Clear Channel and JCDecaux Execs join FEPE Board
FEPE International, the global Out of Home advertising association, has elected two new members to its board. Philippe Baudillon will be the Clear Channel representative and Daniel Hofer, who is rejoining the board, is from JCDecaux, in place of Karl Javurek of Gewista in Austria, who is retiring. Baudillon is […]
Vendor Profile: ADstruc
This is the third in a series of Billboard Insider profiles of the companies who are automating the out of home sales process. We’ve previously written about Adsemble and Adquick. Insider counts 9 US companies that are trying to develop websites to facilitate buying and selling out of home advertising: […]
Outdoor Legal: Don’t Prepay Your Lease Unless You’ve Got a Refund Clause
Many out of home leases require lease payments annually in advance. Is prepaid rent recoverable if a lease terminates early? Not unless you have a refund clause. That’s the lesson of Eujoy Realty v Wagner Communications. Here are the facts: In 2000 Van Wagner Outdoor signed a 15 year lease […]
Company of the Day – Crossroads Outdoor
Company: Crossroads Outdoor Headquarters: 2487 South Michigan Road, Suite E, Eaton Rapids, MI 48827 Market: Michigan Phone: 231.683.4224 Email: info@crossroadsoutdoor.com Crossroads Outdoor has billboards throughout Michigan and covers, or at least has a presence in 25 counties including the Grand Rapids Demographic Marketing Area (DMA), Traverse City DMA and Flint DMA. Some of the […]
New Digital Billboard in Meriden, CT
Insider has edited a previous version of this article to correct some errors. The sign which is the subject of the article is on private land, not on city land and was not subject to any local disputes. myrecordjournal has an article about a new Meriden, CT digital billboard constructed […]
Nick Coston on the 2017 Digital Signage Expo
Nick Coston is an Out Of Home Consultant and Media Buyer with 20 years experience in the out of home industry. Nick is also contributes to Billboard Insider. Today Nick gives his impressions of the 2017 Digital Signage Expo. This was my second trip to the Digital Signage Expo, held […]