Editors’ Picks

Stark Capital Brokers Two More Acquisitions for Lamar, Says the OOH M&A Market Remains Active (Billboard Insider)

Ralston Outdoor Advertising has completed a divestiture of digital and static billboard displays in Shreveport, LA. Earlier this year, Stark Capital provided the funding for Ralston to acquire a portfolio of Texas and Louisiana based billboard assets. Following the acquisition, Ralston elected to strategically spin off the Louisiana assets in order to focus on its primary Texas footprint. […]

billboardinsider.com
Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 11:36 PM

Permalink

Lamar pulls the plug on its $300-million special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) (Billboard Insider)

Billboard Insider’s take: The US SPAC market is in trouble due to terrible IPO performance, high costs, some bad actors and increased regulations. There have been only 67 successful SPAC IPO’s in 2022 versus 613 in 2021. Lamar Partnering joins a growing list of SPAC sponsors who are cancelling planned IPO’s. […]

billboardinsider.com
Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 11:32 PM

Permalink

Miami Developer Markets To-Be-Built Penthouse’s View With 67 Feet Of Virtual Windows (16:9)

Hat Tip to Rene Lopez of Vanguard LED, who in reading about that LED gateway for a Miami residential tower made me aware of ... […]

sixteen-nine.net
Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 10:55 AM

Permalink

Here Are Details And Video Of That Stunning Lenticular LED Wall At Rebuilt Laguardia Airport (16:9)

If you get past the sheer wonder of New York’s LaGuardia Airport going from quite awful to quite nice, one of the true highlights ... […]

sixteen-nine.net
Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 8:22 AM

Permalink

VIOOH says programmatic DOOH is gaining momentum at airports (Open Mic at The Drum)

Promoted content. by Emilia Udale, VIOOH. DOOH has been taking off at airports for the first time. […]

thedrum.com
Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 12:14 AM

Permalink

IOT and smart city infrastructure company Austin GIS names ex-Intel executive Jose Avalos as CEO (AlDiaNews)

Prior to Austin GIS, Avalos was vice president of the Internet of Things Group and General Manager in RBHE Vertical Markets at Intel Corporation. […]

aldianews.com
Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 12:10 AM

Permalink

Microsoft’s Azure Face AI Platform Phasing Out Emotion, Identity Measurements (16:9)

Microsoft is phasing out some key capabilities of its Azure Face audience detection and measurement system, such as identifying age range and gender and ... […]

sixteen-nine.net
Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 11:41 PM

Permalink

Samsung’s micro-LED 4K TVs are further away than we hoped (TechRadar)

The next big thing in the world of screens is micro-LED. This technology works like OLED, in that each pixel generates its own light, and it made its big TV debut in a 110-inch set from Samsung in 2021, with smaller sizes set to follow. But these smaller sizes didn't appear. […]

techradar.com
Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 11:29 PM

Permalink

Enough With The Naked Eye 3D LED Stuff, Please! (16:9)

I have had polite arguments with sales people from a few Chinese LED manufacturers, through Linkedin comments, about their assertions that there is something ... […]

sixteen-nine.net
Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 11:28 PM

Permalink

A complete guide to point-of-purchase displays (Retail Customer Experience)

by Katie Kochelek, Frank Mayer and Associates, Inc. POP displays are a category of retail marketing that helps brands and retailers advertise products and influence purchasing decisions. Often custom, they can range from plastic countertop merchandisers near the register to large, freestanding displays on an aisle end cap — and anything in between. […]

retailcustomerexperience.com
Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 11:28 PM

Permalink

Kevin Gephart Says It’s All Upside When It Comes to Digital Billboards (Billboard Insider)

By Kevin Gephart. Because first of all digital can now be sold like broadcast in that you can sell something today and have it up on Monday and that was unheard of in our business before. The other thing about digital is…high reach. […]

billboardinsider.com
Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 6:11 PM

Permalink

Nearly 60% of Billboard Insider Readers Have Had Covid (Billboard Insider)

58% of Billboard Insider readers have had covid, based on yesterday’s Billboard Insider poll. Looks like this is in line with the rest of the US population. In April the CDC estimated that 60% of US adults and 75% of US children have had covid based on evidence from blood samples. […]

billboardinsider.com
Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 6:07 PM

Permalink

Samsung, Smartify offer to install DOOH ad screens for free in store windows, in exchange for ad revenue share (Billboard Insider)

The program enables any business with store windows – from bodegas to liquor stores to gyms –to immediately start realizing an incremental and recurring revenue stream from digital advertising – at no cost to them and with no management time required The program, which is being conducted in partnership with Samsung C&T, a global construction and engineering company and the parent company of the Samsung Corporation, provides small businesses with installation of 55” Samsung digital screens at no cost which integrate into both the Samsung Ads mediation layer and Vistar Media programmatic platform for immediate revenue generation. […]

billboardinsider.com
Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 6:04 PM

Permalink

AOPEN’s New Ace Series Pushes New Chrome OS Flex Capabilities (16:9)

One of the interesting outcomes of Google’s Chrome OS Flex software is that companies like AOPEN, which has long been selling Chrome OS-based media ... […]

sixteen-nine.net
Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 11:54 AM

Permalink

OIS explains how they verify programmatic DOOH campaigns (Mumbrella)

Justin Singh, CEO, OIS. Initially partnering with programmatic DSP (demand-side-platform) Vistar Media, OIS have already reported on hundreds of millions of impressions from more than 50 brand campaigns across multiple international markets. […]

mumbrella.com.au
Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 12:10 AM

Permalink