media founded seattle wa united states 1996 1996 headquarters redmond wa key people craig hubbell ceo darrell champagne coo sue hoover cfo products retail media digital signage audio video licensed music distribution brand development music supervision original video production innovation siriusxm messaging advertising networks systems advantage number of employees 235 website http www.playnetwork.com playnetwork inc. is a provider of in store entertainment for retail restaurant and hospitality environments . playnetwork is backed by private investors chartwell capital playnetwork investors llc joshua green corporation vintage sbic and vintage capital partners ascend ventures ii and ascend ventures mgmt . contents 1 history 1.1 international expansion 2 competitors 3 references history edit the company was founded by kevin robell in 1996 . as a music programmer for the tom selleck owned nightclub black orchid in honululu hi during the 80s kevin noticed the synergetic relationship between customers music and their environment ; he went on to establish playnetwork in seattle with brother gordon robell as a digital music provider for businesses . 1 in 1996 adam brotman who was a consultant to kevin robell became ceo . adam went on to become starbucks chief digital officer in 2009 . 2 in 1998 playnetwork began a partnership with starbucks to provide digital music systems and service to over 1 800 retail locations in north america . by 2001 the company was providing services to more than 3 500 international locations . 3 in 2003 playnetwork is named one of the inc. 500 fastest growing private companies . 4 in 2005 executive chairman of the board lon troxel is appointed as ceo . playnetwork acquires crows nest entertainment digital signage and advertising . 5 playnetwork is named one of the deloitte technology fast 500 . 6 in 2009 playnetwork acquires custom in store television network developer channel m. 7 in 2013 offices in london and hong kong open . international expansion edit playnetwork continues to expand internationally with the opening of office locations in london and hong kong with an additional office in santiago chile in 2014 . competitors edit mood media retail radio pcmusic references edit 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title playnetwork & oldid 735465626 categories companies based in redmond washingtoncompanies established in 1996industrial music services 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 20 august 2016 at 22 35 . 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