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COIN-OP NEWS
Cineplex to acquire
Dandy Amusements
International
Bob Cooney
represents at
Amusement Expo
Cineplex announced that it is acquiring all of the assets
of Dandy Amusements International. Upon completion of
the transaction, which is anticipated to take place this month,
Dandy will become part of Cineplex’s Player One Amuse-
ment Group.
“With Player One, we remain focused on scaling our U.S.
operations through new and existing customer development,
segment expansion, and strategic mergers and acquisitions
like this one,” said Ellis Jacob, president and CEO, Cineplex.
“Dandy is well-known in the industry as a leading amuse-
ment gaming machine operator in the western United States
and we are pleased to have them join our rapidly growing
Amusement Solutions business. This announcement further
strengthens our ability to service customers on a truly North
American scale,” he said.
For more information, visit (www.winwithp1ag.com).
Zero Latency, maker of free-roam virtual reality gaming,
enlisted industry veteran Bob Cooney to staff the Zero Laten-
cy booth during the Amusement Expo International in Dallas
last month. Cooney’s mission was to share a wide range of
details and field questions from potential operators about
how the Zero Latency arenas are “raising the bar for loca-
tion-based entertainment.”
“Pundits are finally realizing that virtual reality is going to
explode out-of-home [entertainment] before it catches on in
the consumer market, and Zero Latency’s game arenas are at
the forefront of this breakthrough,” said Cooney. “While VR
is still relatively new, and even experienced industry insiders
and seasoned operators have questions, Zero Latency has
eighteen months of retail operation experience to share.”
For more information, contact Cooney at (bob.cooney@
zerolatencyvr.com).
TouchTunesTV offers exclusive channel for
operators
TouchTunes has announced
an exclusive partnership with
UPshow, a social marketing and
digital signage company that pro-
vides in-venue social TV entertain-
ment.
The new service, Touch-
TunesTV Powered by UPshow,
transforms a location’s TVs into a
social marketing platform to drive
both jukebox awareness and cus-
tomer engagement.
TouchTunes operators will be
the exclusive channel for Touch-
TunesTV in the independent bar
and restaurant space.
“We are thrilled to be partnering with UPshow to bring
the next evolution of in-venue social TV to market,” said
Ross Honey, president and CEO at TouchTunes. “The
TouchTunesTV powered by UPshow experience is a
game-changer, creating exciting new opportunities for our
operators and their locations.”
With TouchTunesTV, customers can get their 15 seconds
PLAY METER
of fame in the venue by simply including the venue’s desig-
nated hashtag in their Instagram or Twitter photo and video
posts.
TouchTunesTV also allows venues to build a social
database of customers, and features easy-to-use tools and a
mobile app to help venues manage the TouchTunesTV expe-
rience. For more information, visit (www.touchtunes.com).
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APRIL 2017