Articles by Toby Hoyte
soundjack wins leading marketing award
Soundnet’s innovative app soundjack has won a second award, this time at the influential Marketing on Mobile (MOMA) awards. The award was for Best User Experience and Soundnet shared the winning rostrum with other names such as Kellogg’s, the NHS and Mindshare UK. Last year, Soundnet also won the “highly commended” accolade at the Effective…
EAG sees soundjack reach new Milestones
Last year Soundnet unveiled its innovative soundjack app, which allows users to choose and pay for music using their smart phone. At this year’s EAG, Soundnet announced that soundjack will now be available on the Milestones in Music jukebox platform, as well as unveiling the new background music tablet system which is also soundjack enabled….
Soundnet charts reveal pub favourites – new and old
Soundnet has released its charts revealing the most-played artists, tracks and genres, on digital jukeboxes this year. Once again, there is an eclectic mix of old and new in the charts, reflecting the varied tastes of the pub-going public. While chart hits still dominate – with Ed Sheeran surprisingly hitting the top spot in most-played artists…
Online jukeboxes Break the 2000 Barrier
Following record-breaking of sales of the VHub digital jukebox incorporating the soundjack app, Soundnet has put over 2000 units online so far in 2014. The soundjack app allows customers to choose and pay for their music using a smart phone. It is proven to increase the jukebox cashbox by encouraging more customers throughout the venue…
Soundnet signs VHub rental deals at Autumn Coin Op Show (ACOS) 2014
Soundnet continues its fantastic year with pre-orders for 210 jukeboxes on its competitive rental deal, signed at the Autumn Coin-op Show 2014. VHub, manufactured by Sound Leisure, is now the premier jukebox in the UK, following a number of high profile orders placed since the start of the year when the Gen 2 software was…
Why a teenage dream’s so hard to beat
Why does the music we listened to as teenagers still sound better than anything we have encountered since then? That was the question asked by Mark Joseph Stern a writer for Slate Magazine in a recent, excellent article. The answer is not simply nostalgia – or even that we have become less tolerant of new…
VHub Gen 2 goes from strength to strength
Since the launch of the Gen 2 software in January, the VHub jukebox just goes from strength to strength. This was proved when yet another large order was placed this month at the Park Avenue Open Day, in London by leading independent UK operator Essex Leisure. The order for 50 of the flagship jukeboxes means…
TouchTunes acquisition will mean business as usual for Soundnet UK customers
Soundnet – the leading supplier of digital music to the UK jukebox industry – has been acquired by TouchTunes Interactive Networks, the largest in-venue interactive entertainment network in North America. However, from Soundnet’s existing customers’ point of view in the UK, the acquisition will actually make very little difference to the high level of service…
TouchTunes expands into Europe through Soundnet acquisition
TouchTunes Interactive Networks, the largest in-venue interactive entertainment network in North America, is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of Soundnet, one of Europe’s leading suppliers of audio and visual content to bars, clubs and other venues. The terms of the deal are undisclosed. Soundnet operates throughout the UK and Europe and…
Hats off to Pharrell – he’s had quite a year
Pharell Williams has finally lost his top spot on the Soundnet charts, where he has remained for an amazing 16 weeks with his track ‘Happy’. During the past four months, he has headed off challenges for the top of the Soundnet chart from other artists who reached number one in the Official Chart Company listings,…