PLAYNETWORK MILESTONES

YEAR

EVENT

NOTABLE CLIENTS

2007 PlayNetwork Assumes All XM for Business Sales and Service GAP, Old Navy, Banana Republic, Holiday Inn, InterContinental Hotel Group, Armani, Under Armour, The Athlete's Foot
2006

Video Media Services and Promotional Services Launched

Christopher & Banks
2005

PlayNetwork merges with Crows Nest Entertainment

Adam Brotman spins off new venture (to be announced later); Lon Troxel takes over as CEO

Deloitte Technology Fast 500

Hollister, Jockey, CompUSA, Petco, Harley Davidson, HMS Host, McCormick & Schmicks
2004

Inc. 500 and Deloitte Technology Fast 500

Industry veteran Lon Troxel joins as Executive Chairman of the Board

Fourth generation of music players (400 Series — Performer™ P400, Combo™ C400, and Producer™ A400) released

Starbucks and TGI Friday’s (multi-year contract renewals), Panchero’s
2003

Inc. 500 and Deloitte Technology Fast 500 national fast-growth lists

Third generation of music players (300 Series — PlayDisc Player P300, E-Player E300D, Combo Player C300D, and PC Player 6.0) released

Dual-zone playback and enhanced rich mixing capabilities

Eddie Bauer, Brinker International (Chili’s, Corner Bakery, Romano’s Macaroni Grill, Maggiano’s Little Italy, etc.), Chico’s FAS, Johnny Carino’s, Hooters
2002

Private financing round of $4.4 million

9th Fastest Growing Private Company in Washington State (Puget Sound Business Journal ranking)

Abercrombie & Fitch, Cooker Restaurant Group, Forever 21, Hot Topic, Houlihan’s, The Picture People, Reebok
2001

Private financing round of $5 million

Market Engineering Award for Customer Service Innovation from Frost & Sullivan for “Great Installations – Great Systems” quality-assurance program

International distribution partnerships: Nippon Rediffusion Ltd. (Japan) and TSC Music Systems Ltd. (England)

Second generation of music playback:
E-Player™, PC Player™ and PlayServer™

PlayNetworkonline.com is launched — a self-subscription music service for small businesses

 
2000

Private financing round of $13 million

Key commercial audio partnerships

dELiA*s, TGI Friday’s, The Finish Line
1999

PlayNetwork moves to Redmond

Cosi
1998

First generation of digital music players released

Starbucks Coffee Co.
1997

R&D focuses on music licensing and proprietary music-management system — Conductor™

 
1996

PlayNetwork is founded (Seattle)

16-20 hour CD-ROM music programming is developed