AMI NGX Curve · not TouchTunes
Ditch the box that’s holding the room.
We don’t drop a music player and vanish. We hang a revenue machine: video, ads, trivia, tap to pay. TouchTunes made Angelina in 2018 and stayed audio-first. The AMI NGX Curve is what we hang because the room makes more money on it.
The split
CrankCast AMI vs TouchTunes
Flagship vs flagship. NGX Curve on a CrankCast hang against Angelina. If a Rowe or a dead AMI is on your wall, the same swap applies.
Feature
CrankCast · AMI
TouchTunes
Hardware
Dual 18.5" HD screens. Built now.
Single screen. Angelina launched 2018.
Video
40,000+ music videos on demand.
Audio-first. Video is not the product.
Venue ads
AMI Ad Manager. Free. Built in.
Third-party signage. You pay extra.
Trivia
Free mobile trivia on the glass.
A queue. That’s the night.
Indie catalog
Open network. New indie hits the box.
Gatekept. Locals wait in line.
Mic / paging
Internal ducking. Key the mic, music drops.
Often a paid add-on module.
01
Two screens. The room doesn’t freeze.
TouchTunes runs one interface. Somebody parks on a song for five minutes and the whole visual dies. The NGX Curve splits the job: lower 18.5" HD glass for picking, upper 18.5" HD glass for videos, trivia, and your specials. The entertainment doesn’t wait on one thumb.
02
They pay extra to put the video on the TVs.
On TouchTunes they pay to hear it. On a CrankCast hang the box can prompt a premium to throw the official video on the upper screen and the house TVs. Shared picture. Louder room. Operators who run MVOD see jukebox take lift as high as 40% versus audio-only boxes.
03
Your billboard. Already paid for.
Stop writing a check every month for third-party signage software. AMI Ad Manager rides with the hang. Free. Management pushes “half-price apps” or a beer bucket from a phone, off 1,900+ templates, onto the jukebox and the TVs in the room. Zero extra line item.
04
Trivia that doesn’t need a host.
Longer sit, higher tab. Interactive trivia runs on the screens. Guests play from their phones. No charge to them. A dead Tuesday becomes a room with a reason to stay, without hiring a trivia company.
05
The library that doesn’t freeze out independents.
Both platforms carry the majors. TouchTunes gatekeeps indie labels. AMI’s network is open: when a release hits the big distributors, it can flow to the box. Locals, independents, the song somebody actually requests at 12:40. TouchTunes often doesn’t have it.
06
Mic in. Music down. No extra box.
Need the floor? TouchTunes often wants a proprietary module just to hang a microphone. The NGX Curve has internal audio. Standard paging and a DJ mic route in. Key the mic, the music ducks. That’s the hang, not a change order.
Pull it. Hang ours.
Zero to the house. We own the AMI NGX Curve. We pay ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, and GMR for plays on that box. You keep a cut. If TouchTunes is already on the wall, say so — that’s a swap, not a science project.