Also new from Soundnet is the VHub AV system, which provides 30,000 songs and 7000 music videos for the VenueHub digital jukebox. It is also priced at £27.50 monthly for the first year, and the firm expects custom from venues such as student bars, sports bars and gay pubs, all seen as especially keen on music video.

Said the firm’s spokesperson Toby Hoyte: “Video jukeboxes can take a lot of money.  Customers see video and consider it a premium service; in the right site they will pay a premium price. VHub AV has a comprehensive catalogue and the addition of three decades’ worth of music videos brings the colour and excitement of customers’ favourite artists to any music-orientated venue.”

Features include a search-by-date facility, which Soundnet expects consumers will use to find songs that were in the charts when they were born or married.

And a partnership with Last.fm, an Internet radio service, lets them select tracks and receive recommendations via an app that echoes the Last.fm interface.

Said Sound Leisure managing director Chris Black: “The way people listen to music at home is changing and our agreement with Last.fm means that VHub can reflect people’s new listening habits. By enabling access to playlists created at home and offering suggestions on track selections, the customer experience is more personal and interactive.”

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