Tag: digital signs

Football’s Biggest Game Features Daktronics Products at Hard Rock Stadium

BROOKINGS, S.D. – Jan. 29, 2020 – The biggest football game of the year is set to kick off this Sunday in Miami, Florida, at Hard Rock Stadium, a venue featuring multiple Daktronics (NASDAQ-DAKT) LED displays. The four corners of the stadium will bring video content to fans while the longest ribbon board […]

Prismview and Yesco Partner on Vegas Digital Billboard

Digital billboards are making the one-premise and off-premise signs more and more alike.  One case of this is the digital billboard located at American Eagle’s new building in Las Vegas.  The project was a joint venture between Yesco and Prismview. History For decades, the Prismview team operated under the YESCO […]

Kevani Wins Ad Rep Contract for “i10 BEACON” Sign

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — KEVANI, Inc. (“KEVANI”), LA’s market leader in digital out-of-home media sales, has been selected for a multi-year advertising representation contract for a double-sided digital display on Interstate 10. KEVANI has branded the display the “i10 BEACON,” referencing both the location and monumental size of the […]

Michigan Billboard Hackers Caught

Insider posted an article in October 2019 about a digital sign that was hacked on I-75 North  in Auburn Hills MI and showed an adult video for 20 minutes to the public. Maybe the best way to deter hackers is to make known there are consequences to their actions.  Insider […]

John Barrett on 6-8 Second Digital Flips

Insider posted yesterday on the regulatory history of the 6-8 second digital sign flip.  Barrett Outdoor’s John Barrett – who’s been in the industry longer than most of us – says this: It is frightening as I get older to discover how often I have ended up as one of […]

Daktronics on Where 6-8 Second Flips Come From

Newman Outdoor’s Brett Waldera asked Insider the following question: I am looking for some documentation for the suggested ad display time on a digital billboard.  I have heard somewhere that the industry standard is 7 seconds…but I can’t seem to find any documentation… Insider posed the question to Roger Brown, […]

Scott Wells on Growth, Static Billboards, Digital Sign Pics and Lease Costs

Clear Channel Americas CEO Scott Wells had a wide-ranging interview at the Wells Fargo TMT conference yesterday.   Some things Insider learned: On the current market It’s been a good market.  If you look at our last twelve months through Q3 we’ve been growing a little less than 8% with the […]

Jeremy Male: “It was another terrific performance.”

“I think you’ll agree it was another terrific performance for our business” was how OUTFRONT CEO Jeremy Male summarized OUTFRONT’s the third quarter financial results yesterday.  Here are some other comments from the earnings call. On the increase in yields First, we’re getting a nice increase in static billboard yields […]

Watchfire Integrates with Blip

DANVILLE, Ill. — (November 5, 2019) — Watchfire Signs, a leading manufacturer of digital billboards and LED displays, today announced a partnership with Blip that will allow users of Watchfire’s Ignite software to enable Blip with a single click. Blip is the highest performing self-serve marketplace for small business advertisers in the United […]