Insider spotted a Lamar ad campaign which uses weather triggered advertising on 6 digital billboards in Baton Rouge on behalf of Accutemp an AC/heating company. Ian Dallimore, Lamar’s Director of Digital Growth, talked with Insider. Where did the idea come from? Our account executive in Baton Rouge worked with Accutemp’s […]
Blip Billboards operates an automated online marketplace selling digital billboard space. Insider talked with Brent Thomson, co-founder of Blip Billboards at last week’s 2019 OAAA conference. What’s new at the company? We hired a seasoned executive from the out of home space: Kurt Tingley. We’re super excited to see what […]
Digital billboards provide a big assist to government agencies that need to communicate quickly in public emergencies. Insider talked with Ashby Street Outdoor’s Jim Matalone about the company’s tornado warning system. Jim, where did the idea for a tornado warning system come from? This was something that bothered me for […]
Last November Lamar CEO Sean Reilly said that digital billboards are perfect for promoting last minute events: “Let’s promote Wednesday for the Saturday concert. We’re really responsive to that need. The concert industry used to use radio for that. Now they use us.” On Wednesday’s Billboard Insider podcast, Adomni CEO and […]
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 […]
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 […]
Los Angeles Times reports that Fountain Valley wants to revamp 56 aging bus shelters. They were installed by Clear Channel Outdoor in 1996. Great idea except that the city’s transit contracts are only 6 months long. Any wonder that Clear Channel Outdoor does not want to spend the money? At […]
CNBC writes that a 46 story billboard is going up at the corner of 47th street at Broadway and 7th Avenue. The billboard will be incorporated into a building which replaces the soon to be demolished Double Tree Hilton Hotel. The digital billboards are part of a $2.5 billion redevelopment […]
Outfront continues to see great returns from digital sign installations. Here’s a summary of Jeremy Male’s comments at Wednesday’s Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference. The strengths of out of home Out of home is a really straightforward medium. What you see is what you get. We have no […]
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 […]
