please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message mood media north america type publicly owned by mood media tsx mm industry background music provider headquarters san diego ca website us.moodmedia.com mood media north america formerly consisting of muzak llc dmx and trusonic is a commercial music company and a wholly owned subsidiary of mood media corporation . founded originally in 1999 as a small business unit sbu of the now defunct mp3.com trusonic provided background music to businesses . during the shutdown of mp3.com trusonic inc a new corporation co founded by joe tebo and dan o neill the former vp of engineering at mp3.com purchased the assets technology ip etc of the trusonic business unit including the rights to the majority of the mp3.com independent artist catalog . 1 in october 2007 trusonic inc was acquired by fluid media networks . 2 fluid media networks acquired mood media in 2010 and trusonic inc changed its name to mood media north america in 2011 . the trusonic brand remains as the name of the primary technology trusonic media player in use today . during the shutdown of mp3.com trusonic s independent artists musical recordings were at risk of deletion . as of january 2004 the independent artist catalog was composed of greater than 1.7 million sound recordings from more than 240 000 artists . the recently formed trusonic inc entered into an agreement with garageband.com a website limited to independent artists which allowed the content owners to authorize the transfer of songs from trusonic inc to garageband for public consumption . 3 mood media north american continues to maintain this extensive music catalog under the name trusonic independent artists via the music program terms and conditions license . 4 mp3.com s trusonic business unit was the first to introduce an internet based business music player in july 1999 dubbed the mbox . the mbox requires an internet connection broadband or dial up to obtain music and schedules via its msp protocol . the mbox differentiates itself through an advanced music messaging and daypart scheduling system known as client online account coa . the trusonic system is a local aware event based playback device where each location is individually addressable and each location can have a unique schedule or all locations within a retail chain can be scheduled identically . the coa programmed event lists are dynamically interpreted on each mbox to generate the resulting stream of audio in the retail environment . contents 1 competitors 2 typical customers 3 references 4 external links competitors edit retail radio customtronics sound applied media technologies corporation instore broadcasting network playnetwork xenox music and media typical customers edit levi s new york & company toys r us inc. the container store david s bridal panda express office depot brown shoe company select comfort anna s linens crate & barrel dillard s boston market au bon pain spencer gifts petco references edit s.d. investors get the licenses for 1.5 million tunes . the san diego union tribune . 2004 01 07 . archived from the original on october 11 2004 . cs1 maint unfit url link fluid media networks acquires trusonic inc and creates the largest emerging artist broadcasting platform . 2007 11 01 . http www.garageband.com htdb companyinfo pr042004.html http web.archive.org web 20080827230633 http trusonic.com music program terms conditions.html external links edit mood media north america home page garageband.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title trusonic & oldid 713279257 categories companies established in 1999industrial music serviceshidden categories cs1 maint unfit urlarticles needing additional references from december 2012all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 3 april 2016 at 02 08 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view