Tag: digital

FBI Activates Digital Billboards Nationwide

On Easter Sunday, a random victim, 74, was killed in Cleveland, OH, by a distraught man who posted the crime on Facebook. The next day (May 17), the FBI activated donated digital billboards nationwide as part of the search for a fugitive.  Immediately, this “wanted” message appeared in Ohio and […]

Branded Cities Network To Launch New Digital Signage In Manhattan

New York, NY – March 2017 Branded Cities Network (“BCN”) and SJP Properties announced today an exclusive representation agreement to sell digital advertising and integrated marketing campaigns on two full-motion LED displays, each sized 20’ x 60’ with 20’x 8’ returns, located at the southeast corner of 42nd Street and […]

Arizona Passes Bill Allowing Additional Digital

Insider has been tracking proposed Arizona legislation sponsored by Senator Sonny Borrelli, R-Lake Havasu City.  The Arizona State Senate agreed this week to allow digital billboards in northwest Arizona. The bill passed, SB 1114, allows for up to 35 signs and includes the following guidelines: Use all commercially reasonable efforts to […]

JCDecaux Loves Changing Weather

JCDecaux Dynamic recently integrated a standard weather data feed into their SmartContent CMS (content management system), and set up some rules. 4 different GORE-TEX videos were uploaded depicting different weather conditions. The campaign was set up so that each panel automatically played the appropriate video that reflected the weather outside. Here […]

A Proposal To Add Digital Boards In Part Of Arizona

Arizona State Senator Sonny Borrelli is proposing to amend a 2012 law which limits digital billboards to a defined area of central and southwest Arizona. Those limits were crafted following negotiations between the sign industry and “dark sky” advocates, including astronomers who said they did not want a new source of […]

Piccadilly Circus Receives Monumental Upgrade

We have previously posted on the Piccadilly Circus project, but this article from Daktronics provides an interesting perspective from the manufacturer. Thanks to Daktronics for their permission to post.   An iconic site, Piccadilly Circus has been shut off for the first time since World War Two. The site that has […]

LAMAR deploys “Smart” Digital Billboards using Milestone IP Video

Milestone Systems open platform video management software is being used to deploy a unique, video-analytics-based, “smart” digital billboard advertising solution. General Motors (GM) was seeking an innovative way to reach potential buyers and highlight the key features of its new Chevrolet Malibu. Lamar Advertising, one of the largest outdoor advertising […]

Mount Olive NJ Considering Digital Boards

The Mount Olive Chronicle reports the Township Planning Board is considering two separate applications for digital billboards in the New Jersey township. The applications, from Eye Spy Media Corp. and Outfront Media would place boards on Route 46 and 206.  Both applications would require variances which the Planning Board will […]

OUTFRONT Media’s Senior Leadership Is Recognized For Technology Innovation

NEW YORK, Jan. 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Today OUTFRONT Media (OUT) announced that two of its senior leaders were recognized for their work in the advancement of programmatic media buying. Joel Melby, Chief Technology Officer, has been awarded an ABBI (Audience Based Buying Innovation) Gold Award from the Global Audience […]