SEIKO Holdings Takes On AI Music Service BGM House
An air-conditioning seller is buying a BGM subscription service because store space is sold as a whole environment, and music carries its own cost and rights headaches that the group can now address alongside temperature.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
SEIKO Holdings has brought the in-store music streaming service BGM House into its group, with the transfer from CA dated September 30, 2026. BGM House supplies generative AI music as background sound for restaurants, retail stores, salons and offices from 990 yen a month, excluding tax, and runs only music whose rights the operator manages, so stores avoid individual JASRAC filings within the stated usage conditions.
BGM House starts at 990 yen a month, excluding tax, and runs from smartphones and tablets, with a 7-day free trial that needs no credit card. The service targets restaurants, retail stores, beauty salons and offices, and distributes only music whose rights the operator manages, which removes individual applications to JASRAC and other organizations within the prescribed usage conditions.
SEIKO Holdings frames the purchase as an extension of its store-facing air-conditioning business. The group designs, constructs and sells air-conditioning equipment for stores and offices, and now wants to address other parts of the same space. It says it will keep BGM House running and improve it on user feedback.
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