MP3 Music Kiosks

KIOSK Information Systems and Mix & Burn release new MP3 music download service for kiosks

Louisville, CO – February 26, 2009

Music on the go is about to get even more rampant with the announcement of a recent contract between KIOSK Information Systems, Inc. (KIOSK) and Mix & Burn, LLC. The agreement affords new levels of self-service download functionality – specifically, KIOSK is now offering a full DRM-free content library with direct to device download on a self-payment / self-service kiosk.

Even the most demanding music buff can have a selection field day in the Digital f.y.e. Music Store, powered by mix&burn®. The kiosk’s track library features three million DRM-free MP3 tracks from all the major labels, including Universal Music Group, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and EMI Music. Indie artist fans can select content from the largest Indie aggregators including IODA, The Orchard, and CD Baby. It’s the equivalent of a cow in a content cornfield, providing everything from mainstream radio hits to rare & hard to find songs.

Selections made off the kiosk can also be independently transacted on the kiosk – browsing, payment, and direct to device download are all menu driven functions created for consumers in an unattended environment. As transactions complete, the labels and their artists are simultaneously compensated for the use of their content. The MP3 downloads are compatible with the vast majority of iPod® products, USB/memory cards, and MP3 players. Music purchased plays immediately on the device, and transfers easily to add to a user’s home computer library.

Music is the latest feature to be added to KIOSK’s full line up of multifunction café capabilities. Through ZOOX Stations, a KIOSK subsidiary devoted to development and manufacturing of pay-for-use kiosk technology, a single kiosk café can now offer music download, photo printing, internet /email access, office software, and casual user gaming. KIOSK CEO Rick Malone stated, “Adding music download features ultimately enables any broadband-connected kiosk to attract more customers and location traffic by providing continuously refreshed content through digital music downloads. With the new direct to device MP3 format, consumers get instant purchase gratification – three words that go a long way toward feature adoption.”

About Kiosk Information Systems:
KIOSK is a world leader in design, manufacturing, service and support of standard and custom self-service terminals. KIOSK is the OEM manufacturer of self-service terminals for Wal-Mart, USPS, Sony Photo, CitiBank, US Transportation Security Administration, and many other Fortune 500 clients. KIOSK solutions can be found in virtually every self-service vertical market, and are among the most recognized deployments in the world. www.kiosk.com.

About Mix & Burn LLC
Since 2003, Mix & Burn LLC has helped retailers capture the demand of the digital entertainment consumer by operating digital music kiosks in brick-and-mortar retail stores. Mix & Burn LLC provides a content and software bundle, which enables retailers and kiosk operators to instantly offer a huge catalog of digital content in their stores. Mix & Burn LLC customers include chain stores such as f.y.e. and superstores such as Borders.

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Netzoox CyberCafe Announced

New public cybercafe internet multi-station solution from ZOOX Stations.

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LOUISVILLE, Colo., April 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Adding to a growing portfolio of successful pay-for-use Internet, Gaming, and Office kiosk products, ZOOX Stations has announced the Netzoox Self-Service Internet Cafe at the recent Self-Service Expo in Las Vegas. While similar in functionality to previous ZOOX Stations products, The Netzoox cafe platform offers significant hardware cost advantages and very unique cafe payment management software tools.

According to Rick Malone, President of ZOOX Stations and its parent company, KIOSK Information Systems, "Accelerated ROI is the cornerstone of the Netzoox solution design. In the pay-for-use Internet ROI equation, initial hardware costs are traditionally the toughest hurdle to clear. ZOOX Stations has developed an innovative modular solution architecture, which dramatically drops the per-terminal investment -- paving the way for much faster location profitability." The platform leverages single payment and output stations across multiple user terminals, eliminating duplicate investment in more costly items like bill acceptors and laser printers.

Netzoox has a full complement of profitable turnkey packages including Internet / E-mail, office services, casual gaming, and laser printing to help customers manage their busy lives on the road. ZOOX Stations offers unique payment management tools enabling customers to "carry forward" account balances and utilize time on machines at deferred times and alternate locations. "This functionality is not only unique to ZOOX Stations, but very valuable to the operators in terms of building repeat traffic and customer loyalty," added Malone. Additional solution elements include sophisticated remote monitoring, complete installation and field service packages, and consumer help lines to round out a completely turnkey offering.

The modular kiosk booth design can transform beyond just a "one trick pony" added Tom Weaver, Chief Marketing Officer for KIOSK Information Systems. "KIOSK has customers in a number of vertical markets that will jump at the cost benefits of this architecture for their applications. We see a great fit in a number of profitable markets including Education, DMVs, Corrections Facilities, Retailers, and Corporate HR."

To learn more visit ,http://www.zooxstations.com, or call 1-888-661-1697.

About ZOOX Stations, Inc.:
ZOOX Stations manufactures & designs cutting edge business, entertainment, and gaming platforms. The library of games includes titles from Microsoft, EA, Valve, Ubisoft and other leading developers. Products are completely turnkey, but are available in custom branded configurations. Complete installation, service, remote monitoring and activity tracking is provided. Call 1-888-661-1697 for more information or visit http://www.zooxstations.com.

ZOOX Stations, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of KIOSK Information Systems. Kiosk is the world leader in design, manufacturing, service and support of indoor and outdoor kiosks, public Internet stations and other electronic self-service informational terminals. KIOSK is the OEM manufacturer of self-service terminals for Wal-Mart, Hewlett Packard, AT&T, Sony Photo, US Transportation Security Administration, and many others. http://www.kiosk.com/. ZOOX Stations, Inc.

Music Download Kiosk

Interview with Shervin Rashti of Touch n Surf on the Burn A Song self-service music download burning kiosk. Source: KioskCom.com Website Burning a Revolution in Music By Rick Redding You say you want a revolution? That’s what Shervin Rashti believes his Burn A Song kiosk is bringing to the music business. That’s why he and his associates at Los Angeles-based Touch N Surf set out on a path two years ago to build a kiosk for burning CDs, and eventually distributing all sorts of media. The Burn A Song kiosk finished second at the 2005 KioskCom.com Awards in the category of Best New Deployment, Small Deployment. Rashti, who co-founded Touch N Surf with his father Jacob, believes his patience in dealing with the requirements of record label executives is about to be rewarded. He said Burn A Song won’t qualify as a small deployment long, as he expects to have 100 of the kiosks in place this year, and more than 1,000 in locations such as electronic retailers, grocery stores, universities, malls and convenience stores by the end of 2006. In a July 5 interview, Rashti said he expects to have a major distribution announcement later this month. Without doubt, Rashti said the biggest hurdle has been getting agreements from the four major record labels to license musical content. Burn A Song is the first to obtain such an agreement, and he expects to have all of the labels on boards very soon. “It has taken 14 months,” he said of his quest to obtain agreements from the four major record labels. “It’s taken a lot of meetings and stringent requirements. They’re big on security, and they have to OK your whole business model.” Rashti says that in the near future customers will be able to find and download music from the four major labels – Universal Music Group, SONY/BMG Music Entertainment, EMI Group and Warner Music Group – on Burn A Song kiosks. They’ll be able to use the kiosks to compile their own CDs. But more importantly, customers will be able to find and purchase out-of-stock recordings through the kiosk. “We saw this vision two years ago,” Rashti said. “We saw the need and the pain involved in the distribution of music. Retailers can’t offer the shelf space, and consumers can’t get the solution. “We’ve put a major store into a 2 by 2 box. That’s revolutionary,” he said. An industry-leading publication, Billboard, discussed the kiosk’s role in helping music stores reduce physical inventory. A May 21 story about CD-burning kiosks included this quote from record industry executive Gene Fein. “A lot of labels are eliminating low-turning albums from their catalog, and retailers are taking them out of their inventory anyway. We don't think this is going to replace traditional manufacturing, it will complement it.” The Burn A Song kiosk is manufactured by KIOSK InformationSystems, which has several clients pushing to be included in an increasingly crowded market. “They’re the first group to secure major label content,” said Tom Weaver, vice president of sales and marketing for the Colorado-based firm. “This application is still in its infant stages. The biggest issue is content. Indy labels are available, but the question is would anybody buy it?” In fact, Business Week reported on June 20 that a CD burning station, Hear Media, with a catalog of 150,000 songs available, has been a disappointment for Starbucks. Tested in 45 stores in Austin, Texas and Seattle, the early results show customers aren't buying CDs. Still, the chain told Business Week it would roll out the machines eventually to 30,000 stores. Weaver said very few similar CD burning deployments have reached the marketplace, though there are many competitors. KIOSK, in fact, believes digital media downloads, including CD burning, will become a major channel/sector for the kiosk industry. And while the Burn A Song kiosk is poised to stir a music revolution, Rashti says it’s only the beginning in terms of product that can be offered on the kiosk. Ring tones, photos, even movies, are part of his vision of the future. “Other things are definitely coming,” Rashti said.