Tag: digital billboards

Watchfire Announces Partnership With Blip

DANVILLE, Ill. — (August 29, 2017) — In another advancement for digital billboard operators, Watchfire Signs announces an industry-exclusive pre-sale advertising plan available on the next 50 billboard purchases. Click to Tweet. The Watchfire Advertising Plan connects billboard operators with Blip Billboards to deliver pre-sold advertising that dramatically reduces the upfront price of any new […]

New South Uses Blip for Digital out of home sales

Montgomery, AL (8/23/17) – New South Outdoor, LLC (New South) today announced a partnership with Blip, a pay-per-flip digital out of home (DOOH) advertising platform, to eliminate the cost and contract barriers that have historically prohibited smaller organizations from utilizing billboards. Blip’s online marketplace will now enable advertisers who aren’t […]

Watchfire Appoints Ben Barr Director of Sign Sales East Coast

DANVILLE, Ill. – (August 23, 2017) – Watchfire Signs (www.watchfiresigns.com), a manufacturer of digital on-premise and outdoor LED signs, announced that Ben Barr has been promoted to director of sign division sales, East Coast, succeeding John Kunze, who is retiring after 26 years with the company. Barr joined Watchfire Signs […]

Fall River Plans 8 digital billboards on city property

The Herald News reports that Fall River, Massachusetts expects to earn $8-10 million upfront and rental fees of $650,000/year for 20 years in exchange for permitting Boston based out of home company Capital Associates to put digital signs on 8 sites owned by the city. Mayor Jasiel Correia’s comment says […]

Bullhead City OK’s Digital in Highway 95

The Mohave Valley Daily News reports that the Bullhead City Arizona city council approved a Lamar proposal for a digital billboard on the west side of Highway 95 between Riverview Drive and North Oatman Road. Lamar will: Remove a static billboard near Riviera Boulevard and Plaza Drive Pay the city […]

Lamar Launches Personalized Digital billboard Campaign Using Vehicle Recognition Technology for Transformers: The Last Knight

Baton Rouge, LA – June 6, 2017 – Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), one of the largest out-of-home media companies in the world, and Paramount Pictures, a global entertainment company, have unveiled a dynamic, technology-led digital out-of-home (OOH) advertising campaign to promote the upcoming film release of Transformers: The Last Knight, […]

Palmer, PA resets digital billboard rules.

Lehigh Valley Live reports that Palmer Township, Pennsylvania is revising digital billboard regulations.  The revision follows a November 2015 legal decision to scrap the towns digital billboard ordinance after neighbors complained about billboard lights.  The new ordinance will keep digital signs away from residential areas and require that digital billboards […]

Can You Read This Ad?

By  Melody Roberts I like to ride the market to see who is advertising, what outdoor advertising creative is working or what could possibly be improved upon. This lets me to see how my billboard design concepts translate to the real world location of the structure. By doing so, it […]

Lori Sieler on Digital Billboards

Here are some excerpts of a talk Lori Sieler gave on Product Management as part of the Daktronics Work Smarter webinar series.  Lori is a digital billboard product manager at Daktronics with 20 years’ experience in engineering and product design. What Should You Think About When Purchasing a Digital Billboard? […]

Vendor Profile: AdSemble

 This is the first in a series of profiles of the companies who are trying to automate the out of home sales process. Insider counts at least 13 companies which are trying to develop websites to facilitate buying and selling out of home advertising: AdBidx (Australia), ADstruc, AdSemble, Adquick, Bitposter (UK) […]