According to research reported by PQ Media, global Out-of-Home (OOH) advertising revenues increased by approximately 7.5 percent in 2018, representing the fastest growth rate in 11 years. What’s more, following a less impressive 2019, media analysts are forecasting continued record growth for global OOH in 2020. Additionally, the share of global revenues for all Digital […]
On the wings of his firm’s impressive growth, Todd Plain is building a 10,000-square-foot factory for LED signage in his Tennessee hometown. https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2019/sep/10/plainview-build-digital-sign-factoryled-signs/503265/
This temporary action presents an opportunity for local sign advocates to prepare information in advance of the upcoming City Council meeting on November 7, 2019. https://www.blueridgenow.com/news/20190907/hendersonville-passes-temporary-ban-on-animated-illuminated-signs
Contrary to what opponents believe, outdoor, digital signage actually represents a safety advantage for motorists, to the extent that it’s increasingly being specified by authorities in the UK. https://www.smartcitiesworld.net/news/news/uk-installs-next-generation-digital-signage-on-its-roads-4499
Jimmy Buffett launched his latest vacation destination, the Margaritaville Resort Orlando, earlier this year in Kissimmee, FL, just south of Orlando. To create an interactive experience for vacationers, the new resort makes generous use of electronic signs, featuring more than 30 displays, including LCD monitors, freestanding kiosks, plus interior and exterior LED screens. https://www.commercialintegrator.com/digital_signage/margaritaville-resort-digital-display/
The Chesterfield County Planning Commission, which has jurisdiction over a large suburban area located near Richmond, VA, voted last Tuesday to send a new, business-friendly sign ordinance to the Board of Supervisors with a recommendation for approval. The proposed ordinance will simplify the county’s arduous application and approval process for local businesses seeking to install […]
An electronic billboard owned by Be Still Displays was hacked on the night of January 28, 2017 on the main thoroughfare of Washington Road in Augusta, Georgia. A similar hacking occurred in Atlanta in 2015. As of Monday, January 31, neither the display owner, Chris Withers, nor the Richmond Count Sheriff’s Office, could explain how the […]
The 1965 Highway Beautification Act established federal guidelines for off-premise signs (billboards) located within 660 feet of federal highways. When “changeable Electronic Variable Message Signs (CEVMS),” (typically called electronic message centers, or EMCs, in the sign industry), began to become more commonplace, individual states began to establish agreement (Federal/State Agreements — FSAs) with the Federal Highway […]
A significant way to divide the sign industry is into “electric” signs (which have internal illumination) and “commercial” signs, which are non-illuminated. For approximately three decades, a trade journal for the sign industry, Signs of the Times, conducted surveys of sign companies as to how their businesses were faring. These were called State of the […]
A critical aspect of any sign is viewing distance. The appropriate amount of detail varies greatly, depending on the distance from which the sign will be viewed. In digital printing, this “resolution” is determined by “dots per inch,” or DPI. The more closely an image will be viewed, the higher its resolution needs to be, […]