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Piccadilly Circus Receives Monumental Upgrade

We have previously posted on the Piccadilly Circus project, but this article from Daktronics provides an interesting perspective from the manufacturer. Thanks to Daktronics for their permission to post.   An iconic site, Piccadilly Circus has been shut off for the first time since World War Two. The site that has […]

Company of the Day – Anderson Outdoor Advertising

Company:  Anderson Outdoor Advertising Headquarters: 9 Azalea Drive, Key West, FL 33040 Markets: The Florida Keys Phone: 305.294.5479 Email:  AOAKW@AOL.COM Anderson Outdoor Advertising has been helping brands capitalize for over 22 years in the Florida Keys. They offer solar powered bus shelters, airport LCD monitors and backlit signs at both the airport and ferry […]

LAMAR deploys “Smart” Digital Billboards using Milestone IP Video

Milestone Systems open platform video management software is being used to deploy a unique, video-analytics-based, “smart” digital billboard advertising solution. General Motors (GM) was seeking an innovative way to reach potential buyers and highlight the key features of its new Chevrolet Malibu. Lamar Advertising, one of the largest outdoor advertising […]

Company of the Day: Apple Outdoor

Company:  Apple Outdoor Advertising Markets:  Pennsylvania, Maryland. Headquarters: 950 Smile Way, York, PA  17404 Phone: 717-578-2437 Email: nsterner@appleoutdoor.com Apple Outdoor operates a billboard plant with 489 faces in south central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland. The company has grown internally as well as by acquisitions of BB Martin Advertising (2006) and […]

Clear Channel Wins New Airport Contract

 Milwaukee, WI, USA  –  Clear Channel Airports (CCA), a brand division of Clear Channel Outdoor Americas (CCOA) (NYSE: CCO), and a subsidiary of iHeartMedia Inc., today announced it was selected, through a competitive bidding process, for a new five-year deal with Milwaukee County’s General Mitchell International Airport (GMIA) to provide […]

Mount Olive NJ Considering Digital Boards

The Mount Olive Chronicle reports the Township Planning Board is considering two separate applications for digital billboards in the New Jersey township. The applications, from Eye Spy Media Corp. and Outfront Media would place boards on Route 46 and 206.  Both applications would require variances which the Planning Board will […]

Kevin Conlin on Solar Powered Billboards

At last year’s Geopath/OAAA convention, Lamar’s CEO Sean Reilly predicted that within 10 years most of Lamar’s billboards would be off the power grid or feeding the power grid due the use of solar power.   Autonomous Power Solutions wants to make this happen.  The company has installed solar powered billboards […]

Dusty’s Outdoor Acquires Moore Outdoor Media

Illinois-headquartered Dusty’s Outdoor Media has acquired Jackson, Tennessee based Moore Outdoor Media.  With the execution of this deal, Dusty’s owns 410 billboard faces in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee.  Insider talked with VP Sales Travis Rhodes about the transaction. Tell us about the Moore plant. The plant consists of 9 […]

Grid Tied Solar Power Billboards

Insider is running a series on solar power and billboards.  Last week Kevin Conlin, the President of Autonomous Power Solutions gave an intro to solar energy and billboards.  Today he talks about grid-tied billboards.  Kevin’s firm has done work for Lamar, Clear Channel Outdoor, Ralston Outdoor and Sign-Ads. Kevin, what […]

Rate This Board by Owen Design

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 […]