Tag: daktronics

Daktronics Installs New Product For Lamar Outdoor

High-resolution display options are ideal for close-viewing audiences in urban environments BROOKINGS, S.D. – Apr. 18, 2019 – Daktronics (NASDAQ-DAKT) of Brookings, South Dakota, announced today the release of its small format digital billboard line. Designed for urban environments and wallscapes, the product is intended for close-viewing audiences like downtown […]

The FCC LED Signs Initiative

In February 2019 the FCC issued an enforcement advisory out of concern over a “growing number of companies that market noncompliant light-emitting diode (LED signs) in violation of the FCC’s rules.” The FCC had an initial round of enforcement actions in July 2017.  Nineteen digital sign makers were fined. Insider […]

Company of the Day: Ralston Outdoor

Company: Ralston Outdoor Advertising Market: Texas Headquarters: 13450 N Stemmons Suite 240, Farmers Branch, Texas, 75234 Phone: 972-241-4040 Email: sales@ralstonoutdoor.com Ralston Outdoor is the largest independent outdoor advertising company in North Texas.  The company was founded in Dallas in 1976 by Doug Ralston.  Ralston operates a plant of over 200 faces throughout the greater Dallas-Fort […]

Company of the Day: Premier Signs

Company:  Premier Signs Markets: Minnesota, North Dakota Headquarters: 601 1st St N, PO Box 66, Mentor Minnesota  56736 Phone: 218-637-3000 Email: nick@premiersignsmn.com Premier Signs operates 120 static billboard faces and three digital billboards in Northwest Minnesota and Eastern North Dakota.  The firm also has a signboard and banner business.  The firm […]

Ocean and AGS introduce Scotland’s #1 digital screen

February 25 2019: Ocean Scotland and AGS Airports have launched Scotland’s number one advertising tower on the country’s busiest road which connects the nation’s two biggest cities. The double-sided advertising screen will deliver more than two million impacts a fortnight as motorists and their passengers travel in both directions along […]

Daktronics Selected for LED Installation in Times Square

The Brill Building at 1619 Broadway set to receive six new digital displays BROOKINGS, S.D. – Feb. 25, 2019 – Property owner Brookfield and consultant Sensory Interactive have selected Daktronics (NASDAQ-DAKT) of Brookings, South Dakota, to supply and install a system of large-scale exterior LED displays at the legendary Brill […]

Daktronics Revenue down 12% in 3Q FY 2019

Digital billboard manufacturer Daktronics reported a small net loss for for the third quarter of fiscal 2019 (3 months ended January 26, 2019) although the third quarter is typically weak due to the seasonality of the company’s sports business and a decrease in production days due to the holidays.   Here […]

More on digital billboards and cellular antennas

On Wednesday we posted John Barrett’s thoughts on whether cellular antennas can interfere with digital billboards and vice versa.  Joni Schmeichel of Daktronics tells Insider this: Daktronics digital billboards are designed with EMI in mind and tested in our own EMI chamber in Brookings, SD. Once a product design is […]

John Barrett on Cellular Antennas and Digital Billboards

A reader asks if digital billboards interfere with cellular antennas or vice-versa.  This is a timely question because out of home companies are trying to generate new revenue by installing wireless antennas on billboards.  Insider asked Barrett Outdoor’s John Barrett who has deployed wireless antennas on several billboard structures what he thinks […]

Daktronics Displays at Football’s Biggest Game

BROOKINGS, S.D. – Jan. 28, 2019 – When the best football teams from each conference collide in Atlanta, Georgia, for the biggest game of the year, Daktronics (NASDAQ-DAKT) of Brookings, South Dakota, will have a hand in creating the atmosphere and experience for everyone in attendance. This year, Mercedes-Benz Stadium will host the New […]