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Sunday, April 26, 2015 Sun, Apr 26, 2015

Lamar Advertising: An Undiscovered High-Yield REIT (gurufocus)

Lamar Advertising sells advertising on billboards, buses, shelters, benches and logo plates in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico. The company owns and operates approximately 145,000 billboards (including 1,880 digital billboards), 120,000 logo-advertising displays and 38,000 transit-advertising displays. While simple, this profit-generating business has been around for over a century. […]

gurufocus.com
Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 12:07 AM

Saturday, April 25, 2015 Sat, Apr 25, 2015

Australia: Opposition claims WA freeway billboard advertising could lead to accidents; Minister says drivers will keep eyes on road (abc news au)

Selling billboard space on Perth's Kwinana and Mitchell freeways, which will raise more than $7.5 million, may lead to more road accidents, according to the Western Australian Opposition. Transport Minister Dean Nalder said the Government was not sending mixed messages on road safety by allowing billboards on freeways while threatening heavy criminal penalties for distracted drivers. […]

abc.net.au
Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 3:06 AM

Friday, April 24, 2015 Fri, Apr 24, 2015

16:9: Nielsen Screen Wars Research Dissects TV Everywhere Phenomenon

If your business is about competing for eyeballs and ad dollars in digital OOH, you’ll probably find piles of useful insights and data in this new report from Nielsen that looks at the video everywhere phenomenon – analyzing how people watch video in and outside the home, and breaking it down by regions. Not surprisingly, habits vary by regions (watching video on phones in N. […]

sixteen-nine.net
Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 9:29 AM

When Stuck in Miami Traffic, Developers Want You to Check Out 58-Story Billboard (dailybusinessreview)

Miami drivers may be in for a distraction of titanic proportions. Developers are proposing a 633-foot-tall video billboard near I-95 and I-395, creating a tower of light that would be visible for miles. Michael Simkins and David Lombardi have submitted plans to build the 58-story tower on the corner of Northwest 10th Street and First Avenue close to the biggest downtown highway interchange. […]

dailybusinessreview.com
Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 1:49 AM

Australia: Minister orders freeway electronic billboard turned off over safety concerns (watoday)

State Transport Minister Dean Nalder on Thursday ordered an electronic billboard on the Kwinana Freeway to be turned off pending a safety review. Mr Nalder said he knew the public was concerned the billboard, on a bridge overlooking the freeway in Bull Creek, was distracting drivers and so directed the Public Transport Authority to turn it off for the time being. […]

watoday.com.au
Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 1:16 AM

Thursday, April 23, 2015 Thu, Apr 23, 2015

MediaPost: The Beacon Trajectory: More Money, Uses, Numbers, Features

After a year of trials and experiments, beaconing is not only getting serious but also expanding into new territories. The money also is following the market, as can be expected. Some recent research from the IHL Group, exclusively reported here last week (37% of Large Retailers to Deploy Beacons This Year), projected significant beaconing growth, especially among large retailers. […]

mediapost.com
Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 4:35 PM

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