AMI Entertainment Network

AMI Entertainment Network is a company owned by the Gores Group that creates original video content and licenses music, sells jukebox hardware, and offers music video services and Tap TV narrowcast television channels.[1] Its history dates to 1909, when the Automatic Musical Instrument Co., began producing player piano rolls.

AMI Entertainment Network
FormerlyAutomatic Musical Instrument Co.
Founded1909
Websiteamientertainment.com
Not to be confused with AMI Entertainment Group.

History

Automatic Musical Instrument Co. (AMI) was founded in 1909, making player piano rolls.[2][3] It remained focused on automated music and jukeboxes, eventually becoming the releasing the first digital jukebox with licensed content.[2] In 2002, the Harbour Group acquired Merit Industries, makers of Megatouch bartop gaming devices.[1] This division was combined with jukebox maker Rowe International—after it was acquired in 2003—[4] to become AMI Entertainment Network, an Internet-based digital content segment,[1] in 2004.[3] Megatouch, LLC was spun into its own entity in 2013 and closed in 2014.[1] At the time, AMI was described as creating original video content and licenses music, selling jukebox hardware, and offering music video services and Tap TV.[5] narrowcast television channels.[1] It acquired NSM Music Group in 2017.[6] In 2017, AMI was acquired by the Gores Group.[3]

References
  1. "Megatouch Terminates Development And Production; Led Countertop And Touchscreen Coin-Op Video Category For 35 Years". www.vendingtimes.com. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
  2. "About AMI - AMI Entertainment". AMI Entertainment. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
  3. "Investment firm buys jukebox maker". Retrieved 2018-10-18.
  4. "AMI Entertainment moves former Rowe International operations to Wyoming". MLive.com. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
  5. "Tap TV Brings Interactive Trivia to Locations Nationwide". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
  6. "Harbour Group's AMI Entertainment Network, Inc. Acquires NSM Music Group". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
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