LONDON — Saudi Arabia based electronics company Zonik (part of the Al Fozan Group) has announced the successful rollout out of its digital content kiosk solution for a leading network operator in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The kiosks, based in stores throughout Saudi Arabia, allow customers in stores to browse, purchase and download thousands of legal digital albums, music videos and movies to portable media players or memory devices.
Zonik led the research, development and integration for the entire solution and selected Eagle Eye Technology, a UK-based software specialist, to create the solution incorporating a fully branded customer facing kiosk application and an administration suite of tools that allows managed distribution of the content throughout the geographically diverse kiosk estate.
The software allows intuitive browsing and purchasing of the latest releases of movies and albums along with a strong back catalog of digital content supplied by major international record labels and movie studios and home-grown Saudi Arabian content suppliers.
The kiosk solution supports the download of digital content onto compatible USB drives, Memory Cards, Bluetooth enabled devices, CDs, MP3 and MP4 players, Plays for Sure Devices and the iPod range. Innovative technical solutions enable the digital content to be transferred to a consumer's device in a matter of seconds for music and minutes for full length feature films.
In addition the solution supports tailored charts, managed banner advertising, multiple language capability and multiple currencies to allow the service to be operated internationally.
