Tag: daktronics

Daktronics Announces First Quarter Results

Daktronics, Inc. reported fiscal 2020 first quarter net sales of $180.3 million, operating income of $7.6 million, and net income of $7.0 million, compared to net sales of $154.2 million, operating income of $4.0 million, and net income of $4.6 million, for the first quarter of fiscal 2019. Fiscal 2020 […]

Park Outdoor Grows Its Digital Billboard Footprint with Daktronics

ITHACA, N.Y., Aug. 19, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Passersby in Chemung County, New York, will notice a change in their daily commute. Park Outdoor Advertising installed two double-sided, 16-millimeter digital billboards from Daktronics (DAKT) along College Avenue and the intersection of  East Water Street and Madison Avenue in Elmira, New York. “The signs, offer local businesses a flexible advertising medium that […]

Schmeichel and Furhman on Digital Billboards

Joni Schmeichel and Chaz Fuhrman talk about digital billboards on the most recent edition of the Daktronics Experience podcast.  Some of the highlights. On the difference between static and digital billboard advertising The main question that comes up is why would you purchase an ad spot on a digital versus […]

Making Missouri’s Largest Digital billboard

On Monday Insider wrote about Watkins Outdoor’s installation of a 22’5″ by 36’5″ billboard in Missouri.  Daktronics manufactured the sign.  Insider asked Daktronics project manager Doug Stearns to talk about the project. Give us an overview of Daktronics relationship with Watkins Outdoor Watkins Outdoor has been buying digital billboards from […]

Watkins Installs Missouri’s Largest Digital Billboard

Watkins Outdoor has installed one of the largest digital billboards in the state of Missouri.  The sign measures 22’5″ by 36’5″ and is located at 440 N 190th St in Ozark, Missouri.  The sign is so big it requires two proof of performance and monitoring cameras instead of one.  Daktronics […]

Daktronics Selected by Amherst Media for New Digital Showcase

BROOKINGS, S.D. – Aug. 1, 2019 – Daktronics (NASDAQ-DAKT) of Brookings, South Dakota, was chosen by Amherst Media to design, manufacture and install a new out of home (OOH) digital showcase in Boston, Massachusetts. The display has been encased into the façade of the newly constructed Marriott Moxy Hotel, located in the Downtown Theater […]

Competition For The Largest High School Scoreboard

Shortly after Insider posted the press release on Lightking’s announced second largest high school video scoreboard, we heard the following from Jeff Anderson at VCRNOW. “Last summer we installed Brownsville ISD Scoreboard which is 33′ 7 1/8″ x 65′ 1 1/8″ video screen only. The previous summer we installed PSJA […]

Company of the Day – Stein Sign Displays

Company:  Stein Sign Display Headquarters:  2020 4th Ave SW, Watertown SD Market:  South Dakota Phone: 605.886.4616 Email:     stuart@steinsigndisplay.com Stein Sign Display was founded in 1952 by Clint L. Stein.  After serving in the Air Force and returning from World War II, Clint started working at Ralph’s Neon.  He later purchased it and named […]

Company of the Day: Media Choice

Company:  Media Choice Market:  Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Illinois. Headquarters: 3701 Bee Caves Road, Austin Texas 78746 Phone: 512-693-9905 Email: info@mediachoice.com Media Choice owns and operates over 1000 static and digital faces in Central, South and East Texas,  as well as faces in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and the Chicago DMA. The company was started in […]

DigiOutdoor’s McCord Pleads Guilty

On April 2, 2019 Wash DC out of home executive Don MacCord pleaded guilty and was sentenced to $1.4 million of restitution and 30 months jail followed by 3 years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit wire fraud.  Here’s a list of MacCord’s misdeeds mentioned in the Sentencing Memorandum. […]