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TouchTunes TOUCHTUNES PRESENTS AWARDS TO OPERATOR AND BAR FOR BILLIONTH SONG PLAYED ON ITS DIGITAL JUKEBOXES

Houston Rapper Paul Wall's "Sittin' Sidewayz" Downloaded and Played at Irish-Themed Pub in Indianapolis

Big Smiles at This Bar. From left: TouchTunes Director of Sales Dan Clarton and bartender Dawn Ausmus of Clancy’s Pub, Indianapolis, with TouchTunes’ award to the bar commemorating the billionth song played on the company’s digital-downloading jukeboxes. The song, “Sittin’ Sidewayz” by rapper Paul Wall, was played at Clancy’s Pub earlier this year. The jukebox operator, Just Darts, of Indianapolis, received an identical award.

LAKE ZURICH, Ill., — A recording by a Houston rap artist played in an Irish-themed bar in Indianapolis was the one-billionth song recently downloaded and played on TouchTunes Music Corporation’s digital jukeboxes.

This week, TouchTunes Director of Sales Dan Clarton presented special commemorative awards to the jukebox's operator, Frank Ciaccio of Just Darts, Indianapolis, and the location, Clancy's Pub.

Rapper Paul Wall’s “Sittin’ Sidewayz” (edited version), from his album The People’s Champ on Atlantic Records, was the billionth song played -- a first for the digital-downloading jukebox industry.

“The particulars of this one-billionth play demonstrate that today’s bar and restaurant patrons have wide-ranging musical tastes and can't be pigeon-holed,” says Dan McAllister, TouchTunes vice president of sales and marketing. “With the explosion of musical choices on portable players and on satellite and Internet radio, it makes sense to provide patrons with an online, music-on-demand digital jukebox with access to hundreds of thousands of songs. You can't load a hundred CDs into a jukebox anymore and think you're going to keep everyone happy.”

Wall of Sound. From left: Indianapolis jukebox operator Frank Ciaccio of Just Darts, TouchTunes Director of Sales Dan Clarton, and Nick Ciaccio of Just Darts pose at Clancy’s Pub with a TouchTunes award commemorating the billionth song played on TouchTunes’ digital-downloading jukeboxes: “Sittin’ Sidewayz” by rapper Paul Wall. The song was played on Just Darts’ jukebox at the Indianapolis bar.

Ciaccio of Just Darts agreed, “It was almost impossible for us to know what the patrons [at Clancy's] wanted. They play anything you can imagine. Since we replaced the CD jukebox with the TouchTunes digital jukebox in 2004, the plays are up and we're getting better responses.”

“Our customers play everything,” echoed Clancy’s Pub owner Jessica Pritchard. “It’s a wide variety.

“Sometimes we have ‘jukebox wars’ among the bartenders or patrons. They challenge each other to find the funniest song from a certain era,” Pritchard said.

Bartender Randy Perry says patrons like the jukebox’s touch-screen search function, which allows them to find personal favorites or obscure songs. “We love that, because our clientele is so broad.”

According to Ciaccio, “Digital jukeboxes are a way of life now, and TouchTunes is my jukebox of choice. I haven't bought a CD jukebox in three years.”

Billion-Song Bar. From left: Indianapolis jukebox operator Frank Ciaccio of Just Darts, TouchTunes Director of Sales Dan Clarton, Nick Ciaccio of Just Darts, Clancy’s Pub patron Nick Ryan, and bartender Dawn Ausmus pose with special awards commemorating the billionth song played on TouchTunes digital-downloading jukeboxes. Ryan downloaded and played rapper Paul Wall’s “Sittin’ Sidewayz” at the Indianapolis bar earlier this year.

TouchTunes introduced the coin-machine industry’s first digital-downloading jukeboxes in 1998. Now, with an online network of 16,000 pay-per-play jukeboxes installed in restaurants, bars, and other locations, TouchTunes has an estimated 75 percent share of the commercial digital jukebox market, the company says.

TouchTunes estimates that if usage continues at the present pace, patrons will download and play as many as 450 million songs this year on its jukeboxes.

The jukeboxes are connected to TouchTunes’ central music library via broadband and dial-up data links, providing access to more than 600,000 songs licensed from all major record labels and many independents. Jukebox owner-operators manage their machines remotely via the Internet, using their personal computers.

All Smiles. From left: Indianapolis jukebox operators Frank and Nick Ciaccio of Just Darts, Clancy’s Pub bartender Dawn Ausmus, and patron Nick Ryan pose with special awards commemorating the billionth song played on TouchTunes digital-downloading jukeboxes. Ryan downloaded and played rapper Paul Wall’s “Sittin’ Sidewayz” at the Indianapolis bar earlier this year.

TouchTunes digital jukeboxes, manufactured in the U.S. to TouchTunes’ specifications by the Bose Corporation, come in both floor-standing and wall-mount models. All offer the dual capability of broadband and dial-up data connectivity, so that a TouchTunes digital jukebox can be installed in any location with an electrical outlet and a phone jack.

By providing its own jukebox hardware, operating software, and music services, TouchTunes offers single-source accountability to its customers: jukebox operators and amusement machine distributors.

Incorporated in Nevada, TouchTunes’ North American sales and service headquarters is in Lake Zurich, Ill., a Chicago suburb. The company’s executive offices are in Montreal, Quebec.

For product and sales information, call TouchTunes toll-free at (888) 338-5853 or e-mail sanmi@touchtunes.com. On the Net: www.touchtunes.com.