Device and process for remote management of a network of audiovisual information reproductions systems

A method of operating a server in a digital audiovisual distribution system, the digital audiovisual distribution system comprising a plurality of digital jukebox devices, the digital jukebox devices being connectable to the server via respective network connections, the method comprising:

• maintaining a data store configured to store information useful in managing the digital jukebox devices;
• controlling a communication circuit of the server to receive management data generated in connection with the respective digital jukebox devices;
• processing, using at least one processor of the server, the received management data, the processing including identifying which digital jukebox device(s) the received management data corresponds to, and locating update instructions for updating the identified digital jukebox device(s) in one or more tables identifying update instructions and an order of execution for the update instructions and/or a date starting from which the update instructions can be transmitted to the jukebox;
• and
• controlling the communication circuit to transmit the located update instructions to the identified digital jukebox device(s) through the digital audiovisual distribution system via associated network connection(s) in response to the processing, in order to cause a corresponding update at the identified digital jukebox device(s).