Business Insider reported that on May 31, 2017 a digital billboard in Liverpool, England was hacked. The hackers were content simply to run a warning message on the screen. See twitter picture on right. It might have been worse. Can’t say it enough. Secure your digital signs and use a […]
Insider notes that June 1 to November 30 is officially hurricane season in the United States which makes this Daktronics article timely. By Daktronics OOH Advertising With summer starting to hit its stride, it’s easy to forget about some of the dangers summer presents to digital billboards. This is especially […]
Andy McRae is General Manager at the digital signage software provider Dot2Dot Communications. Last week McRae gave an OAAA sponsored talk on dynamic digital billboard programming. McRae said companies are not incorporating enough business intelligence into digital sign programming. Andy in your talk last week you said that out of […]
Company: Greensigns Market: Chicago Headquarters: 2700 S. River Road, Suite 203. Des Plaines, IL 60018 Phone: 312-624-8550 Email: info@greensignschicago.com Greensigns operates a network of digital and static billboards in the Chicago area. Joseph Mancino is CEO. David Williams is President. The company’s green commitment is demonstrated in three ways. […]
Hacking continues to make the news. The Mirror report that hackers streamed pornography after breaking into a billboard above an intersection in Buenos Aires. Plant Engineer reports that a digital screen was hacked in the Liverpool city center. A word to the wise. Secure access to your digital signs. Use […]
France’s road safety agency is running a campaign using billboards that play screeching tires noises when pedestrians cross against the red light. Here is a video showing how it works. Insider wants to know if you would run something like this in your market? [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement
While Everett, MA has a 1991 sign ordinance in place preventing building of new billboards. Existing boards can request a conversion or rebuild of a structure to the Zoning Board of Appeals. With the advent of digital technology the city is considering what their response will be to an increasing number […]
DANVILLE, IL–(Marketwired – May 15, 2017) – Following recent allegations of widespread and significant electromagnetic interference in the United States from imported digital signs and billboards, Danville, Ill.-based Watchfire Signs announced an FCC Emissions Guarantee for all its LED signs and digital billboards. The Watchfire FCC Emissions Guarantee states that […]
Watchfire has published a white paper alleging that Asian manufactured LED signs and digital billboards are emitting electromagnetic interference at levels that dramatically surpass FCC limits. Insider asked Watchfire Vice President Darrin Friskney about the issue. What are the FCC emission limits for digital signs and why are they important? […]
This is the fourth in a series of Billboard Insider profiles of the companies who are automating the out of home sales process. We’ve previously written about Adsemble and Adquick, and ADstruc. Insider counts 10 North American companies that are trying to develop websites to facilitate buying and selling out of […]
