Articles by Steph Norbury
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We have been working on the first of our quarterly publications. Click on the link below to read all about it! Soundwaves Issue One, August 2022
More for Less For Our Customers
The team at Soundnet/TouchTunes is determined to help customers make the most of existing equipment, as well as being able to offer flexible deals for those wanting to buy new. “We know that customers have older digital jukeboxes in their estate, or even sitting in warehouses and we have affordable ways to give this equipment…
Fast Pass to Profits
TouchTunes customers are benefiting from a unique feature on their jukeboxes which allows customers to pay more to get their song played quicker. Fast Pass is an option which can be activated by the operator – which moves the desired track up the queue. “It can be frustrating for customers to wait for several tracks…
Second City: Making the most of outdoor space
Fewer than two in five pubs in the UK have a garden or outdoor space for customers to use and never before have these areas been so valuable to landlords. Following the lockdowns, beer gardens were the first areas to be reopened to the public and it is estimated that even in a normal year…
Blind Tiger: Bucking the Trend
Blind Tiger inns was formed in 2017 and started with 10 pubs, made up of Star Pubs leases and private leases. Over the past 5 and a half years the group has grown steadily, sitting now with 17 pubs in the North West. Chris Tulloch, the Managing Director of Blind Tiger, has been in and…
Get the Vibe with the TouchTunes Festival Playlist
With Glastonbury taking place this week, kicking off the UK summer festival season, the team at TouchTunes/Soundnet have launched their free festival anthems playlist incorporating popular headliners. It’s an eclectic line-up at Glastonbury headed by 80-yea-old Sir Paul McCartney, with fellow industry veterans Fleetwood Mac and Robert Plant, bringing the retro vibe. At the other…
Jubilee Gives Royal Boost to Jukes
The recent Queen’s Platinum Jubilee saw a massive 22% upturn in jukebox revenues, says leading supplier TouchTunes/Soundnet. “This is extra cash in the jukebox compared to the previous weeks,” says TouchTunes/Soundnet’s Toby Hoyte. “It is a great result and even better than we had anticipated.” TouchTunes created a dedicated Jubilee playlist for its digital jukebox…
Interview: Toby Hoyte on Park Avenue Open Day
There was good response to Park Avenue’s return last week. What were the highlights from your perspective? It is always good to see customers and colleagues from the trade and the event was very well organised. I would have liked to have seen more customers from the retail sector there of course. It seemed as…
Tempo – The TouchTunes Tool You Can’t be Without
Smart operators are finding that their Tempo online management tool can save them time and money in reducing unnecessary site visits to manage their jukebox estate. “Tempo allows operators to make changes remotely to their jukeboxes, so they don’t need to send an engineer to site every time, which is costly in time and fuel….
Jubilee Playlist for Patriotic Pubs
In honour of the upcoming Platinum Jubilee, Soundnet has created a free special Venue Favourite update with songs that celebrate the Queen’s long-standing reign of 70 years. The tracks include patriotic British songs, celebratory songs, and hits from 1952, the year of the Queen’s accession to the throne. These include: Royal Choral Society – ‘God…