Today’s podcast guest is Stephen Johnson of Waller Outdoor. He talks about what he’s learned while building and running his first digital billboard in Waller, Texas. Stephen how did you get interested in a digital billboard. My parents started to work in the newspaper business when I was a little […]
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Company of the Day: Keenan Media
Company: Keenan Media Markets: Georgia Address: 1385 Iris Drive SE, Conyers, GA 30013 Email: Info@KeenanMediaLLC.com Phone: 678-806-3473 Brett and Lane Keenan founded Keenan Media to develop out of home locations in Georgia. In October 2018 the company built a digital sign at 1385 Iris Drive SE on I-20 in Conyers […]
Daktronics Sales Decline 1% in 4Q 2020
Here are highlights on Daktronics forth quarter results. Q4 sales decline of 1.3% year to year to $126.1M, reflecting fluctuations in the timing of order bookings, and related conversion to sales, including some shipping and onsite delays caused by COVID-19; and orders declined by 9.4% Y/Y. Sales by segments: Commercial […]
King Outdoor Growing with Daktronics
King Outdoor, a family-owned business in Scranton, Pennsylvania, recently partnered with Daktronics (NASDAQ-DAKT) of Brookings, South Dakota, to install a 10-millimeter line spacing digital billboard, as well as two other 16-millimeter billboards, increasing their ad holdings by 32%. “We wanted to make sure we had the best, newest technology for our […]
Daktronics Resumes Redwood Falls Production
BROOKINGS, S.D. – April 10, 2020 – Daktronics (NASDAQ-DAKT) of Brookings, South Dakota announced it will resume production at its factory in Redwood Falls, Minnesota, on April 13th as demand for communication products remains steady. “It is essential that we reopen to meet customer needs. Our sister factories in Brookings and Sioux Falls have […]
Daktronics Announces Coronavirus Steps
BROOKINGS, S.D., April 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Daktronics, Inc. (NASDAQ – DAKT) today announced its Board of Directors’ and management’s reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve and spread and has already affected people, economies, and businesses around the world. Daktronics is closely monitoring and assessing the rapidly evolving environment and […]
Shoutouts to Watchfire, Reagan, EMC, Stott, Daktronics and Veale
Watchfire is running coronavirus healthcare messages on LED signs atop maintenance trucks. Watchfire has also blogged on using digital signs to promote conoravirus awareness. Reagan Outdoor Advertising has partnered with the Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce to run ads to help unemployed people. EMC Outdoor has a timely post called Weathering […]
Sean Reilly on taking share from TV and adding more digital billboards
Lamar CEO Sean Reilly was entertaining as ever at Wednesday’s Morgan Stanley Tech, Media and Telecom Conference. Some of the highlights. On taking share from local TV and radio I think it’s the next shoe to drop. I’ve seen it in what has happened to print…Our fastest growing and largest […]
Coronavirus and Out of Home: What’s the Chatter
Here’s the chatter about Coronavirus and out of home. The GO2020 Out of Home Media Conference and Expo: Group M’s Brian Wieser quoted in Axios: Outdoor advertising “may be worse off with lower levels of foot traffic in many places.” William Eccleshare, Clear Channel Outdoor Global CEO on last week’s […]
Daktronics Invests in XDC, a Leader in Mass Transfer and MicroLED Technology
BROOKINGS, S.D., Feb. 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Daktronics (DAKT) (NASDAQ-DAKT) of Brookings, South Dakota, announces it has participated in a Series A investment round in X Display Company (XDC). XDC creates and owns leading intellectual property (IP) and capabilities in microLED mass transfer technology. Series A investments will support XDC’s further […]