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Friday 26th September 2003
Jukebox goes online 12:06PM, Friday 26th September 2003
A manufacturer of vintage, 50s-style jukeboxes has built a new model that gets its music not from vinyl records or CDs but streamed over the Internet.

Rock-Ola's E-Rock has been developed inconjunction with Ecast's Location-Based Broadband Network, which delivers licensed music, video and games to public access consoles across the US.

The E-Rock's 19in touch screen display gives access to Ecast's ever-expanding library, currently comprising more than 130,000 songs licensed from the five major record labels and 'many' independents. The music is played back though dual amplifiers with seven-band graphic equalisers producing 900W.

'There was a time when the jukebox was a marvel of modern technology,' said Rock-Ola CEO Glenn Streeter. 'By equipping the new E-Rock with broadband access to what may be the largest collection of recorded music available on a pay-per-play basis, we hope to be bringing some of that fascination back.'

Ecast CEO Robbie Vann-Adibé added, 'Ecast puts the online music revolution inside the jukebox, a device people have been comfortable paying to hear music for decades.'

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