By Cheng Qian, Chief Product Architect You probably have a great digital location opportunity that checks off all the boxes: Great potential lease deal Great impressions count Great approach and read Great fit with regulatory and permitting requirements Except it’s too close to a light-sensitive area… SITELINE™, by Media Resources, […]
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Billboards on Native American Land
A Tulsa World story about a digital billboard on native american land caught insider’s eye. Some residents are complaining about a 20′ by 60′ Gordon Outdoor digital billboard erected on land owned by the Muscogee Creek Indian Nation. The article correctly points out that the city can do nothing because Native […]
Watchfire Wins $30 million Las Vegas Renovation
DANVILLE, Ill. — (August 13, 2018) — The largest single video screen in the world is getting a next-generation reboot, and Watchfire Signs of Danville, Ill. has been selected to imagine and manufacture it. Watchfire was selected from among 15 digital screen manufacturers from around the world to completely rebuild the canopy that is part […]
More China Tariffs
Prepare for a price increase on your Chinese-imported LED’s and digital billboards. This week the Trump administration proposed a new 10% tariff on a 195 page list of chinese imports. Here’s the tariff picture in three numbers. $426 billion. Chinese imports to the US. $34 billion. Chinese imports subject to […]
Tariffs in effect on Chinese LED’s
If you’re buying a digital billboard soon you might want to ask your digital billboard company what impact, if any, will occur from the imposition of the first round of Chinese tariffs. LED’s, the building block for digital billboards, were on the list of items which faced a 25% import […]
Albuquerque Selects Clear Channel Digitals to Broadcast Emergency Alerts
June 28, 2018 New York, New York – Mayor Tim Keller and Clear Channel Outdoor Americas (CCOA) (NYSE: CCO), a subsidiary of iHeartMedia Inc., today announced that the City of Albuquerque has chosen Clear Channel Outdoor’s digital billboard network to display real-time emergency alerts throughout the metropolitan area. The new […]
Pending Tariff Impacts Digital Billboards.
“No one in the US makes LED’s so what the hell are we protecting.” – A US digital billboard manufacturer on the impending LED tariff. The escalating US-China trade war may be coming to a digital billboard near you. Earlier this week the Trump administration released an updated list of […]
Horton Outdoor Fathers Day Boards
Horton Outdoor ran a fathers day billboard on 20 digital billboard faces throughout Alabama, Panama City Beach, Cartersville/Kennesaw and Northeast Georgia. The message said “Psst…Call your dad today.” TV station WJHG ran a feature story on the fathers day billboards. Horton did a followup board which said Thanks for the […]
Daktronics revenues down for 4Q fiscal 18.
“While overall results for fiscal 2018 were below expectations, we remain optimistic for the future.” That’s how digital billboard manufacturer Daktronics CEO Reece Kurtenbach summarized the firm’s fiscal 2018 performance. Here are the results from last week’s earnings release and seeking alpha earnings call transcript. Sales for the 3 months ended […]
Outfront Liveboards Show Stanley Cup Highlights
OUTFRONT Media has partnered with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Monumental Sports and Entertainment and the Washington Capitals to share highlights from Stanley Cup games (Washington Capitals vs. Las Vegas Golden Knights) with riders throughout the DC Metrorail system. The campaign is further evidence for how out-of-home, with […]