{"id":264,"date":"2018-01-24T15:15:25","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T15:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sound-machine.com\/?p=261"},"modified":"2021-04-05T10:48:06","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T10:48:06","slug":"soundmachine-fusion-research-announce-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev-new.sound-machine.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/24\/soundmachine-fusion-research-announce-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"SoundMachine &#038; Fusion Research Announce Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Los Angeles, CA &nbsp;1\/24\/18 &#8211; &nbsp;<\/strong>SoundMachine announced today that its streaming music service has been added to Fusion Research\u2019s line of music servers. This service will show up as an automatic update on any Summit-based Fusion music server\u2019s configuration utility.<\/p>\n<p>SoundMachine is a top-notch music service that provides a highly-specialized and fully-licensed music platform for business, offering both set stations and custom playlists for companies that require a higher degree of personalization with their music content. They rely heavily on custom installers to promote the service, to whom they offer a Partner Program with a very attractive recurring revenue incentive.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe custom integration market is an extremely important growth channel for us\u201d<\/em>, said Matteo Luppi CEO of SoundMachine, <em>\u201cFusion was the perfect partner to help us in this key market.&nbsp; By having our service included in Fusion\u2019s music servers, we are immediately available to be used in most of the leading automation systems.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This service will be available through Fusion\u2019s partner control companies including Crestron, Control4, RTI, Elan, URC, Niles, Speakercraft, Compass Controls and some Savant systems.&nbsp; Single source servers with Burr-Brown DAC\u2019s start at $499 MSRP and multiple source units start at $799 and can be stacked to increase the number of discrete streams available in a project.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThis has been a very important addition to our lineup and opens the commercial music market to us\u201d<\/em>, said Ingo Schmoldt, Vice President of Sales, Fusion Research, <em>\u201c&#8230;adding SoundMachine with its vast selection of music and playlists, multi-location management and a unique revenue generation model for integrators made it our #1 choice for a commercially licensed music service.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For more information about the SoundMachine service using the Fusion music servers, visit sound-machine.com\/fusionresearch or write us at support@sound-machine.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>About SoundMachine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SoundMachine is a music service company serving businesses around the world. Among its customers are major fashion, hotel, restaurant, and coffee shop chains, as well as several small businesses. Its user-friendly content management platform allows customers to create mixes, schedule content, and handle multiple users. Customers can access music content across multiple platforms including a dedicated iOS app, their own music player, as well as a range of wireless speakers such as Sonos. SoundMachine partners include major telecom companies, such as Vodafone, as well as thousands of AV installers. The company has offices in Los Angeles and Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Fusion Research <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fusion Research is a leading manufacturer of media servers, allowing people to collect, manage, and display their media throughout their home, business or yacht. The company\u2019s products have received numerous awards and industry recognition. &nbsp;Fusion supports Blu-ray, DVDs, music &amp; streaming media. Fusion is an official partner with most control companies and has drivers available for Control4, Elan, Niles Auriel, SpeakerCraft, Savant, RTI, Crestron, Vantage, AMX and URC. &nbsp;Fusion is headquartered in California with engineering in Maryland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SoundMachine announced today that its streaming music service has been added to Fusion Research\u2019s line of music servers. 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