Virgin Trains is launching an innovative data-driven, dynamic Digital Out-of-Home (DOOH) campaign aimed at UK car drivers to remind them that there is a stress free, fast, viable alternative. The reactive campaign automates messages based on local traffic data and vehicle recognition technology, to add relevance and context to messages […]
The Tampa Bay Times reports that the Pasco County Commissioners have agreed unanimously to let out of home advertising companies convert static billboards to digital billboards. The number of digital signs is capped at 37. For each new digital sign the out of home companies must remove six existing signs […]
By Matthew Noll, Marketing Communications Manager, EMC Outdoor Byte, KilobyteMegabyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte, Petabyte, Exabyte, Zettabyte, Yottabyte, Brontobyte, Geopbyte. (Yup… Brontobyte…Sounds like something from the Flintstones, but ok, sure…) We’ve all heard about Big Data, it’s everywhere in the news. But what does this all mean for Out of Home? Let’s start with establishing a sense […]
At noon Friday January 6, Georgia’s governor declared a state of emergency in 78 counties, including metro Atlanta. Immediately, the state posted weather emergency alerts on donated digital billboards. An innovative public-private partnership enables the state to use live Twitter feeds to update localized alerts on digital billboards. “GEMA (the state’s […]
This week Insider did an interview with the Colorado Sign Association. Thanks to Keith Dobie of the Colorado Sign Association for permission to reprint. CSA: What is Billboard Insider? Billboard Insider provides news and analysis for the out of home advertising business. We write about topics we think will interest […]
Matthew Mollman of Mollman Outdoor operates radio stations and a 200 face billboard plant in southwest Oklahoma. Mollman recently installed his first digital billboard. Daktronics was the manufacturer. Insider interviewed Mollman about his experience as a first time digital billboard buyer. How’s the digital sign working for you? The display […]
AMA Raised Questions About Outdoor Lighting . . .Here are the Answers By Bill Ripp, Chairman of the OAAA Digital Billboard Committee. At Lamar Advertising Company Ripp is vice president of digital development Six months ago, the American Medical Association (AMA) generated headlines by issuing health warnings about outdoor lighting, […]
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) conducted research on digital billboards; it was released in late 2013. Recently a sister agency within US-DOT – the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) – explained this important research in clear terms. In this article, Ken Klein, Executive Vice President of OAAA provides background […]
Insider hears this from time to time: “All LED’s are purchased from the same asian factories so one digital billboard is just as good as another.” Not true. Take a look at the picture below. It consists of a collection of LEDs purchased in Asia. All LED’s are not created […]
Yesterday the outdoor industry won a victory when the US Court of Appeals unanimously rejected Scenic America’s attempt to invalidate federal guidance on digital signs on the grounds that it violated the Federal Highway Beautification Act. You can read the decision here. Here’s an OAAA-prepared timeline of Federal Government […]
