Tag: daktronics

Daktronics Hires Diane Gonzalez-Ferranti as New Executive Producer of Creative Services

Welcoming a new addition to the company’s Creative Services leadership, Daktronics announces the hiring of Diane Gonzalez-Ferranti as executive producer. She will be tasked with helping the company grow its business in the digital content creation space across all markets from sports to out of home and any application featuring digital signage. […]

My Team Lost…My Industry Won How Sports Connect to Out of Home Media

  By Anna Bager OAAA President & CEO I was bummed when my team (Sweden) lost to Ukraine in soccer…but I was proud of my industry. In the Euro soccer final, England lost to Italy at Wembley Stadium in a dramatic penalty kick shootout. I’m proud because a French company (JCDecaux) […]

Unique Builds: A Park Outdoor Digital

Park Outdoor’s Stephen Frank calls our attention to a new build on land owned by the town of Camillus, NY.  The property had this old wood billboard. Park Outdoor received approval to replace the old wood structure with a 12 x 23 Daktronics digital billboard.  Park removed the old billboard […]

Joni Schmeichel on Digital Billboard Trends

Daktronics OOH marketing strategist Joni Schmeichel talked about out of home advertising trends on the May 26 Daktronics Experience podcast.  Some of the highlights. Out of home is more than billboards Traditionally a lot of people think about roadside billboard displays…But it’s also eye level type advertising, roadside, on the street, […]

Company of the Day: 1107 Outdoor

Company:  1107 Outdoor Markets: Ohio Address: Urbana, Ohio Email: sarah@1107outdoor.com Phone: 740-339-9522 1107 operates a billboard in Urbana Ohio.  One face is static and one face is digital.  The company was founded by Beau and Sarah Sang.    Insider talked with Sarah Sang. What’s it like running your own company […]

Going to the Mat: Small-town Daktronics Lights Up the World

By Robert Moore, President of Riley Outdoor and Patriot Outdoor, Greenville, North Carolina If you wrestled, chances are Daktronics kept score. A half-century ago, small-town startup Daktronics made an electronic wrestling scoreboard that became synonymous with the sport. Now Daktronics (NASDAQ: DAKT) lights up the world. The story of Daktronics […]

Daktronics Digital Banners Highlight Messaging at Emaar’s Marina Mall

24 double-sided LED displays and two link bridge displays were installed and activated early in 2021 BROOKINGS, S.D. – Apr. 13, 2021 – Daktronics has partnered with Emaar Malls to design, manufacture and install 24 double-sided indoor LED banner displays and two link bridge displays at Dubai’s Marina Mall in […]

Daktronics Revenue Down 26% in 3 Months Ended January 31, 2021.

Revenue declined but Daktronics was close to breakeven for the 3 months ended January 31, 2021.  Here are the highlights from the Daktronics 3Q FY 21 earnings release and earnings call. Revenues declined by 26% to $94 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2021 (three months ended January 30 […]

Did Daktronics Make That? (Yes!)

A young congressional staff person posed an interesting question this week:  “who made the (electronic) roll call vote panels at the US House of Representatives?” “It is a Daktronics system, sold through an integrator by the name of International Roll Call,” explained Jeremy Johnson at Daktronics headquarters in Brookings, SD. […]