# AMI Entertainment Network

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Not to be confused with [AMI Entertainment Group](/source/AMI_Entertainment_Group).

**AMI Entertainment Network** is a company owned by [the Gores Group](/source/The_Gores_Group) that creates original video content and licenses music, sells [jukebox](/source/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](/source/Player_piano) [rolls](/source/Piano_roll).

## History

Automatic Musical Instrument Co. (AMI) was founded in 1909, making [player piano](/source/Player_piano) [rolls](/source/Piano_roll).[2][3] It remained focused on automated music and [jukeboxes](/source/Jukebox), eventually releasing the first digital jukebox with licensed content.[2] In 2002, the [Harbour Group](/source/Harbour_Group_Industries) 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](/source/The_Gores_Group).[3]

## References

1. ["Megatouch Terminates Development And Production; Led Countertop And Touchscreen Coin-Op Video Category For 35 Years"](https://www.vendingtimes.com/articles/megatouch-terminates-development-and-production-le-8566). *www.vendingtimes.com*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20181019001637/https://www.vendingtimes.com/articles/megatouch-terminates-development-and-production-le-8566) 2018-10-19 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2018-10-18.

1. ["About AMI - AMI Entertainment"](https://amientertainment.com/who-we-are/). *AMI Entertainment*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20181019001515/https://amientertainment.com/who-we-are/) 2018-10-19 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2018-10-18.

1. ["Investment firm buys jukebox maker"](https://www.grbj.com/articles/88537-investment-firm-buys-jukebox-maker). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20181019001542/https://www.grbj.com/articles/88537-investment-firm-buys-jukebox-maker) 2018-10-19 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2018-10-18.

1. ["AMI Entertainment moves former Rowe International operations to Wyoming"](https://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2009/08/ami_entertainment_moves_former.html). *MLive.com*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20181018201553/https://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2009/08/ami_entertainment_moves_former.html) 2018-10-18 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2018-10-18.

1. ["Tap TV Brings Interactive Trivia to Locations Nationwide"](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/tap-tv-brings-interactive-trivia-to-locations-nationwide-211979401.html). *www.prnewswire.com*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20181018201735/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/tap-tv-brings-interactive-trivia-to-locations-nationwide-211979401.html) 2018-10-18 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2018-10-18.

1. ["Harbour Group's AMI Entertainment Network, Inc. Acquires NSM Music Group"](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/harbour-groups-ami-entertainment-network-inc-acquires-nsm-music-group-300405031.html). *www.prnewswire.com*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20171009225854/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/harbour-groups-ami-entertainment-network-inc-acquires-nsm-music-group-300405031.html) 2017-10-09 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2018-10-18.

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