Applied Media Technologies Corporation

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Applied Media Technologies Corp.
Company type Private
Industry Music, on-hold messaging, in-store messaging, commercial sound equipment
Founded1991 Tampa, Florida
Headquarters Clearwater, Florida
ProductsSirius Music for Business, TelAdvantage
RevenueIncrease2.svg$5.4 million USD (2008)
Number of employees
50
Website www.amtc.com

Applied Media Technologies Corporation (AMTC) was a Tampa, Florida-based provider of commercial sound equipment, "on hold" messaging to US and Canadian businesses under the brand name TelAdvantage, and background music for businesses as a partner of SIRIUS Satellite Radio.

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Products

TelAdvantage

AMTC's clients included Allstate Insurance, Morgan Stanley, Spherion and Raymond James Financial. In 2008, the TelAdvantage offering was expanded to include overhead messaging in retail stores and automotive showrooms. AMTC had manufactured two digital MP3 player devices for this purpose, the iQueue 3.5 and the RemoteLink IP.

Sirius Music for Business

Sirius Music for Business was used in hotels, retail stores, automotive dealerships and restaurant chains, including Piggly Wiggly, [1] Big Boy Restaurants and Huddle House. [2] [3] [4] In 2006, AMTC executed agreements to install Sirius Business in Yum! Brands, Focus Brands and Wendy's stores, among others. AMTC's SIRIUS offering was featured in many of the same automotive dealerships that sell Sirius in cars, including Ford Motor Company, Volkswagen of America, Volvo, Chrysler, Land Rover, Jaguar, and Mazda among others.

AMTC renewed its contract with ABMC[ non sequitur ] in September 2009 for another three years, shortly after ABMC renewed its own contract with Sirius for the same time period.[ citation needed ]

Commercial sound equipment

In conjunction with its two music offerings, AMTC manufactured branded 70 V and 100 V commercial sound equipment. The product line included amplifiers ranging from 8 W to 1400 W, wired and wireless paging microphones, and an array of speakers, including recess-mount models, surface-mount box speakers, and specialty speakers for outdoor use.

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