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Proposal Could Increase TX Billboard Electric Costs

  Insider learned this week that Oncor Electric Delivery Company has filed an Application for Authority to Change Rates with the Public Utility Commission of Texas.  The overall rate increase is 7.5%.  Insider has been told, however, that the rate which impacts billboard companies (Primary DL<=10kW)  will go up by […]

Company of the Day: Cuerden Sign Co

Company:  Cuerden Sign Co Markets: Arkansas Headquarters: PO Box 187 Conway, AR  72032-0187 Phone: 501-329-6317 Email: cuerden@swbell.net Cuerden Sign Company was founded in 1920 by Henry Cuerden.  The firm originally painted signs.  Over time it entered the neon sign and billboard business.   The firm is owned and operated by […]

Grand Visual Launches Independent Ad Tech Business for Digital OOH

PRESS RELEASE: 10.04.17 QDOT is the industry’s first independent ad tech business providing smarter campaign management platforms for digital out of home. The award-winning digital OOH production house Grand Visual, is launching an independent ad tech company in a move to roll out its industry-leading platforms and workflow intelligence to […]

J. Allen Smith on Cincinnati v Discovery and Ladue v Gilleo

Insider has asked J. Allen Smith to write a series of articles on landmark out of home advertising legal cases.  Mr. Smith is a eminent domain and condemnation expert at Settlepou, a Dallas law firm.  For more information on Mr Smith, please see Smith’s Settlepou bio.  In January Smith discussed Metromedia.  Today […]

Montville Allows One of Two Proposed Digital Boards

Outfront Media had a request last week before the Montville NJ Township Zoning Board to replace two static billboards for new digital billboards.  Tap into Montville reported that a proposal on #1 Route 46 East would replace a two-sided 238 square foot board that had been in place for 60 […]

Company of the Day – CRG Advertising

Company: CRG Advertising, LLC Market: Connecticut Phone: 860-961-4818 CRG Advertising operates 2 digital faces and 9 static faces in Connecticut.  The signs range in size from 10.5 by 22 to 14 by 60.   The firm was founded in April 2009 by Charlie Ghione after stints as an outdoor exec […]

Lightking receives patent for Air Series LED Billboard

Large, medium, and small billboard operators have begun placing dozens of orders for Lightking’s Air Series LED billboard. Through its light-weight air flow-through design, Air Series is half the weight and 20% less wind load than standard box-type LED signs, saving billboard owners tens of thousands in structural reinforcement costs, […]

Lori Sieler on Digital Billboards

Here are some excerpts of a talk Lori Sieler gave on Product Management as part of the Daktronics Work Smarter webinar series.  Lori is a digital billboard product manager at Daktronics with 20 years’ experience in engineering and product design. What Should You Think About When Purchasing a Digital Billboard? […]

Digital Billboards Help FBI Solve Another Case

FBI headquarters provided this update to the Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA): “Fugitive Demeko Wells was featured on digital billboards in the Tampa, FL, area. The pressure created by the billboards influenced Wells to turn himself in the day after the billboards were posted. “After turning himself in, Wells […]

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 […]