AMI Entertainment Unveils Latest Innovations at Amusement Expo
Touchscreen leader announces new products, partnerships, and progressive pots
BRISTOL, PA, March 1, 2011 – AMI Entertainment Network Inc., the global leader in on-location digital entertainment, arrived at the 2011 Amusement Expo ready to showcase a slew of new revenue opportunities for operators ranging from a revolutionary new jukebox with infinite possibilities to cash tournaments for Prize Farm, and much more.
AMI dropped the curtain on the NGX, their all-new Rowe-branded jukebox that offers any location a fresh look and fantastic value. The NGX was designed to promote effortless serviceability, requiring only 1 person to install and no tools for common service. In a move that revolutionizes the jukebox industry, AMI has ensured the look and shape of the NGX can be changed instantly, right on location, with a variety of unique skins. The NGX Standard, Premium and Custom skins easily attach to the face of the jukebox in just seconds. NGX skins can even communicate with the V3 software, automatically adding special on-screen graphics and features. Operators can now offer locations a customized jukebox that best fits their unique motif and complements their decor. For more information on the NGX and to see all the NGX skins AMI currently offers, visit http://www.amientertainment.com/ngx.
On the game side, AMI announced the debut of two new cash tournaments, including the industry’s first progressive tournament, for their popular Prize Farm machines. The Prize Farm Progressive Tournament features a prize pool jackpot that increases as new participants log on to play. At the end of each nationwide tournament, 5 winners will collect a cash prize. Prize Farm also offers a second, location-based Instant Tournament featuring the new hidden object game House of Tiny Treasures, which pays out a cash prize directly from the Prize Farm machine. The new Instant Tournament offers cash prizes of $10, $25, and $50. To locate states with Prize Farm availability, visit http://www.amientertainment.com/games/prizefarm.
AMI also announced a new partnership with On-Premise Media and Bud Light to introduce its Toast or Roast jukebox application for AMI’s line of jukeboxes. Toast or Roast enables patrons to create a personalized song which can play immediately on an AMI jukebox or be emailed to a friend or special someone. Customers also have the option of building their song offsite via Facebook or Bud Light mobile apps to play later on an AMI jukebox. Once a song is created, an email is sent to the person of honor so they can play their personalized Toast or Roast over and over again. Earnings from this application are incremental to the operator and are not shared with the location. Operators and patrons who have experienced the Toast or Roast application have enjoyed its uniqueness and overall entertainment in the bar environment.
In addition to those music and game innovations, AMI also introduced ami.tv, the re-branding of their bar TV network, formerly known as TAP.tv. AMI will run the operations and customer service for the network, as well as releasing all-new video content later this year.
“We promised to develop new revenue opportunities for our operators and the things we’ve announced at AE deliver on that promise,” said Mike Maas, AMI Entertainment’s CEO. “The NGX is unlike any juke the industry has seen, it’s a hundred jukeboxes in one, just an incredible value. When players see that jackpot number rising in the progressive Prize Farm tournaments it’s really going to take off, and through ami.tv, our bar TV network will remain a strong part of our overall business and continue to add great value to locations.”
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