Rapid City and Lamar have settled their dispute according to the Black Hills Fox. Last Monday the Rapid City council authorized the mayor and finance officer to sign a settlement of a billboard dispute with Lamar. The settlement includes A repeal of the city’s ban on digital billboards. A reduction […]
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Surry County Bd Compromises On Billboards
The Mt Airy News reports The Surry County Board of Commissioners has reached a compromise in a debate regarding billboards in the county. The compromise requires a conditional use permit for construction of a billboard in industrial manufacturing, highway business and community business zones. A more restrictive proposal which would […]
Todd Heller On Digital Billboard Purchase FAQ’s
Todd Heller is an expert on digital signs. He’s VP of Digital Products at Formetco with over 30 years experience in the outdoor business. Insider caught up with Todd after Todd’s recent trip to China to review some frequently asked questions on digital billboard purchases. You can reach Todd at […]
Clear Channel Outdoor Hires Wade Rifkin as SVP Programmic
Insider’s take: Clear Channel Outdoor has hired Wade Rifkin to develop partnerships with data providers and to develop the company’s automated media buying. You can see the importance of the job by the fact that Rifkin will report directly to Clear Channel Outdoor CEO Scott Wells. Here’s the press release. […]
Nancy Fletcher on Digital Billboard Regulation
OAAA’s Nancy Fletcher has published a special report called “Top Regulatory Focus – Digital Billboard Permits.” Some highlights from the report. The number of digital billboards is up to 6,400, up from 6,100 at mid year 2015. Lighting has become a focus of regulators. The OAAA can help arrange a […]
Look Outdoor Advertising
Company: Look Outdoor Markets: Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Kansas. Headquarters: 700 North Florida, Borger, TX 79007. Phone: 806-274-4357. Email: jrusten@lookoutdoor.biz, tgassaway@lookoutdoor.biz Look Outdoor advertising is a family run business that began operating in 1994 with the purchase of four neglected billboard structures near Amarillo, Texas. The company now operates […]
An update on T-Rex Digital Sign Litigation
Who is T-Rex? T-Rex Property AB was founded in 2003 by Mats Hylin, Mats Dahlgren and Fredrik Persson. The company acquired 12 patents for outdoor advertising products.T-Rex Property AB has been suing outdoor companies who use a computer to control digital signs. T-Rex owns US Patent Number RE39,470 titled Digital […]
Doug Robertson On How Fliphound Can Sell Your Digital Sign Inventory.
Douglas Robertson is the CEO and one of the owners of Atomic Billboards (atomicbillboards.com) which operates the largest digital bulletin billboard network in Wichita, Kansas. In addition, Douglas is one of the founders of Fliphound (fliphound.com) the first automated buying platform for the out-of-home industry. Insider interviewed Robertson recently about Fliphound and how it […]
Company Of The Day: Metro Outdoor
Company: Metro Outdoor Market: Yakima, Toppenish, Sunnyside and Granger, Washington. Headquarters: 14362 N Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd, Suite 1000, Scottsdale, AZ 85260. Phone: 866-860-6952 Email: pgrover@metrooutdoorllc.com Metro Outdoor was formed in 2005 by Peter Grover to operate a billboard plant in Yakima, Washington. Metro’s CEO Peter Grover grew up in […]
Marijuna Retailers Want Billboards
Alaska, Colorado, Oregon and Washington permit medical and recreational use of marijuana. Another 19 states permit the medical use of marijuana. KOIN and News 10 have run an articles on the purchase of marijuana billboards by Oregon advertisers and KPLU has written about Washington’s first marijuana billboard advertiser. Insider has […]
