Tag: formetco

More Atlanta Marquee Billboards

Yesterday Formetco’s Britt McConnell talked about the Atlanta sign district and the high-profile digital billboards at Cobb Galleria, Georgia State’s stadium and Georgia’s Own Credit Union.  Today McConnell talks about three more high profile Atlanta digital billboards as well as trends in digital billboard resolution. The Atlanta Sign Blackbird’s The […]

Britt McConnell on Atlanta’s Marquee Digital Billboards

Atlanta is going some amazing things with digital billboards and Formetco is on a roll in Atlanta.  Insider talked to Formetco’s Britt McConnell to learn more. Britt, what do you do at Formetco? I manage the digital sales for the Southeast, North Central US and Puerto Rico. Tell me about […]

Company of the Day: Wagner Outdoor

Company: Wagner Outdoor Advertising Market: Pennsylvania Headquarters: 985 Towne Square Drive, Suite 200, Greensburg, PA  15601. Phone: 724-838-0260 101 Email: bonnie@revest.properties Wagner Outdoor Advertising is a privately held company which operates a billboard company with 30 faces in Pennsylvania.  Wagner Outdoor Advertising is affiliated with Revest Properties, Northpointe Development Group, LLC. and PTC Lodging, LLC.  The […]

Competition For The Largest High School Scoreboard

Shortly after Insider posted the press release on Lightking’s announced second largest high school video scoreboard, we heard the following from Jeff Anderson at VCRNOW. “Last summer we installed Brownsville ISD Scoreboard which is 33′ 7 1/8″ x 65′ 1 1/8″ video screen only. The previous summer we installed PSJA […]

Company of the Day: Venture Outdoor

Company: Venture Outdoor Advertising Markets: Missouri Headquarters: 15664 Barton St., Overland Park, KS  66221 Phone: 913-730-8353 Venture Outdoor Advertising owns 62 billboard structures in Missouri.  The company was started in 2013 by Randy Jackson.  Prior to starting Venture, Jackson was a VP for CBS Outdoor in Los Angeles and a General Manager […]

Jim Poage on the Importance of CPR Training.

Insider asked Formetco’s Safety Director Jim Poage to talk about the importance of safety training.  Someone recently used Jim’s training to save a life. Who at an Out of Home company should receive CPR training? This is one of the most frequent questions I get asked concerning CPR – First […]

Formetco and Vistar enable new revenue for billboard owners

Duluth, GA (May 29, 2019) Formetco recently announced its new enterprise software F360 CMS has successfully integrated with the Vistar Media programmatic monetization platform. IBO’s nationwide inventory of digital screens is now available to Vistar’s advertiser base, including national brands and agencies. With F360 and Vistar, independent operators can access […]

Formetco Advances Ease of Out-of-Home Advertising Buys Through Integration with Adomni

Las Vegas, NV (May 17, 2019) Formetco recently announced the successful integration of its new enterprise software F360 CMS with the Adomni Demand Side Platform (DSP). IBO’s nationwide inventory of digital screens is now available to Adomni’s advertiser base, including national brands, agencies and hyperlocal buyers. With F360, independent operators […]

DigiOutdoor’s McCord Pleads Guilty

On April 2, 2019 Wash DC out of home executive Don MacCord pleaded guilty and was sentenced to $1.4 million of restitution and 30 months jail followed by 3 years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit wire fraud.  Here’s a list of MacCord’s misdeeds mentioned in the Sentencing Memorandum. […]

Company of the Day: Ralston Outdoor

Company: Ralston Outdoor Advertising Market: Texas Headquarters: 13450 N Stemmons Suite 240, Farmers Branch, Texas, 75234 Phone: 972-241-4040 Email: sales@ralstonoutdoor.com Ralston Outdoor is the largest independent outdoor advertising company in North Texas.  The company was founded in Dallas in 1976 by Doug Ralston.  Ralston operates a plant of over 200 faces throughout the greater Dallas-Fort […]