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Triad City Refuses to Allow Billboard Expansion

NC- High Point city leaders have shot down an effort that would have expanded billboard advertising in the city, most notably along high-profile corridors such as Eastchester Drive, North Main Street and West Wendover Avenue. The council voted unanimously against the request by Fairway Outdoor Advertising, according to the High Point Enterprise, with city council members

OUTFRONT Media Acquires Canadian Digital Billboard Portfolio

NEW YORK , June 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ OUTFRONT Media Inc. (NYSE: OUT) announced today that it has acquired a leading portfolio of digital billboards in Canada with locations in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver. The transaction is structured as an acquisition of the equity interests of certain subsidiaries of All Vision LLC, which operates under the Dynamic Outdoor name. The Company paid approximately$94.4 million

Liverpool Cyber-Attack Sparks Debate

Industrial computing specialist Distec is calling for businesses to reassess the security of their hardware and software following the latest cyber-attack.   A large digital screen was hacked in Liverpool city centre. The screen, based outside the Liverpool One shopping centre, displayed a relatively friendly message from hackers, warning about the lack of security on

‘Friendly Neighborhood Hackers’ SpoofDigital Billboard at Local Mall

A British shopping center in the vicinity of Liverpool was purportedly defaced with a cheeky message by a group of anonymous hackers on May 29, BBC reports. “We suggest you improve your security,” the collective wrote on the screen, identifying themselves as the “friendly neighborhood hackers.”

Texas Legislature Replaces HBA and Grandfathers Tall Billboards

Richard Rothfelder tells Insider that the Texas Legislature has passed two out of home bills. The Texas Legislature has passedSB 2006in response to the TxDot v Auspro court decision which invalidated the state’s Highway Beautification Laws.  The bill is waiting the governor’s signature. The bill revises the States’s Highway Beautification Act to comply with TxDot

Advertising Rules Moves Forward

The union representing Spokane Transit Authority employees will have an opportunity to continue its challenge to the STA’s bus advertising policy, now that a federal court has denied the transit authority’s motion to dismiss. Like many transit agencies, the STA has an advertising policy.  Until November 2016, the STA delegated administration and enforcement of the

Lamar Launches Personalized Digital Billboard Campaign

 BATON ROUGE, La., June 06, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lamar Advertising Launches Personalized Digital Billboard Campaign using Vehicle Recognition Technology for   Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq:LAMR), one of the largest out-of-home media companies in the world, and Paramount Pictures, a global entertainment company, have unveiled a dynamic, technology-led digital out-of-home (OOH) advertising campaign to promote

Bye-bye, Billboard: Longtime Fixture by the Gervais Street Bridge is Coming Down

Columbia, SC- You know when you drive across the Gervais Street bridge into Columbia, admiring the skyline” Or walking along the r4iverwlk, just trying to get that iconic Instagram shot of the bridge crossing the Congaree? But what’s that lurking in the corner of your pristine view? A billboard. Well. Photographers of Columbia: Rejoice! That

State Rep. Hanes Works on Creation of Statewide Emergency Messaging System

SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE Rep. Edward Hanes, in conjunction with Rep. David Lewis, Rep. Jason Saine, Rep. Ken Goodman, introduced legislation that would establish a public-private partnership between the outdoor advertising industry and the North Carolina Division of Emergency Management, Department of Public Safety, Secretary of State, Highway Patrol, North Carolina Center for Missing Persons,

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