The company introduced the world’s first digital-downloading jukebox in 1998. Under the terms of the three-year contract, AT&T will provide net access to existing and future TouchTunes digital jukeboxes at bars, restaurants and nightclubs.
Users can choose from over one million songs that are stored on the jukeboxes’ hard drives. Jukebox operators can swap rarely used or older tracks with newer and more popular selections via the internet.
TouchTunes says that by using AT&T’s high speed internet service, it will be able to offer a broader range of new interactive features, including expanded music selections, intravenue connectivity for coordinated/shared music entertainment, live concert feeds, and email/browser functionality for venue owners and managers.
John Perrachon, CEO of TouchTunes says, digital jukeboxes represent a sea change in coin-operated music entertainment, offering performance improvement and a return on investment significantly higher than that of traditional CD jukeboxes. They can also deliver interactive video functionality, including visual advertising, as well as artist features, movie clips and touch-screen music links.
Dan McAllister, SVP of sales and marketing for TouchTunes, noted that companies can use the AT&T high speed internet service for purposes beyond the jukebox, for such applications as email and credit card processing.
