AMI Entertainment Network

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AMI Entertainment Network
FormerlyAutomatic Musical Instrument Co.
Founded1909
Website amientertainment.com

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.

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 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]

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