DANVILLE, Ill. — (February 4, 2019) — Watchfire Signs, a leading manufacturer of LED virtual scoreboards and video boards, is offering a scholarship to recognize a high school student who develops inspiring content for high school Watchfire video scoreboards or displays. Click to Tweet. The Fired Up Watchfire Scholarship will […]
DANVILLE, Ill. — (January 9, 2020) — Watchfire Signs, a leading manufacturer of LED signs, digital billboards, and video scoreboards, grew its sales force by 25 percent in 2019, and announced plans to continue expanding its staff in sales, engineering and software development in 2020. Click to tweet. In order to meet […]
Company: Buckland Media Group Markets: Western Oklahoma Headquarters: Oklahoma City, OK 73112 Phone: 405-219-1800 Email: bucklandmediaok@gmail.com Ben Buckland Media operates 128 faces plus 4 digital billboards in Western Oklahoma. The company is owned by Ben Buckland. Buckland has a background in the radio and publishing business and has also served as the announcer […]
DANVILLE, Ill. — (November 21, 2019) — The last of 59 truckloads of digital signage modules left the manufacturing facility at Watchfire Signs in Danville, Ill. recently, closing out the chapter on the renovation of the world’s largest single video screen, Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas. Watchfire Signs, selected last year for […]
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 […]
Company of the Day: IMAGE MEDIA® Company: IMAGE MEDIA® Headquarters: 5101 Darmstadt Rd. Suite A Hillside, IL 60162 Market: Chicago, IL Phone: (312) 988-4600 Contact email: sales@imageoutdoor.com IMAGE MEDIA operates an out of home plant in the Chicago market. The company was started 35 years ago by Michael Scheid Sr. following a career at […]
Last week Insider asked for reader feedback on refurbishing 10 year old digital billboards. New South Outdoor Owner Neil Bell shares his experience. Neil what digital billboards did you refurbish? I just replaced two 11-year-old Watchfire units with their “Reface” program. It was a great experience. They swapped out the […]
If you’ve ever visited Watchfire’s Danville headquarters you’ve seen this 14 by 48 billboard. Still looks great. It’s a 19mm model which is 12 years old. Watchfire will replace it with a new 16 mm billboard later this summer along with new internal components and wiring. The original structure and […]
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 […]
Company: Viscom Outdoor Markets: California Headquarters: 11199 Shadow Court, Auburn CA 95602 Phone: 877-484-7266 Email: dave@viscomoutdoor.com Viscom Outdoor was founded in 1974. The company operates and represents approximately 30 billboard structures in Northern California. Insider talked with Owner Bob Townsend and Manager Dave Moran. Bob you’ve got a great story about […]
