Mood Media, also legally known as Mood Media Corporation or Mood Media, LLC, is an Austin, Texas-based company specializing in in-store experiential media solutions. The company was founded in 2004 as Fluid Music Canada and rebranded as Mood Media in 2010 after acquiring Europe-based Mood Media Group SA. It is a privately held company, having been acquired by private equity firm Vector Capital in 2021. Mood Media employs between approximately 1,353 and 1,722 people and generates estimated annual revenues ranging from $475.1 million to $602.7 million.
Mood Media provides a range of sensory marketing services designed to enhance customer experiences in commercial locations. Its offerings include business music streaming, digital signage solutions, scent marketing, on-hold messaging, integrated audio/video systems, and interactive mobile marketing products. The company serves diverse sectors such as retail, restaurants, financial services, healthcare, and hospitality, reaching over 150 million consumers daily across more than 500,000 client locations in over 100 countries.
In terms of patent litigation, Mood Media operates as an operating company that has been named as a defendant. The company has been involved in 1 tracked case as a defendant and 0 as a plaintiff, indicating a defensive posture against intellectual property assertions. The sole tracked case against Mood Media is filed in the Florida Southern District Court.
The notable case involving Mood Media is Dr. Edwin A. Hernandez et al. v. Stingray Digital Group Inc. et al. Filed in the Florida Southern District Court in 2024, the lawsuit alleges trade secret misappropriation, fraud, and patent infringement related to media streaming technologies. Mood Media is named as a defendant, with the complaint referencing events from 2014 concerning Mood Media's sale of DMX to Stingray Digital Group, during which Dr. Hernandez's technologies and servers were allegedly utilized by Mood Media.