The Automotive Broadcasting Network - What are your customers watching?

Welcome to the Automotive Broadcasting Network Official Website. Increase Sales and Service. High quality video content. Customized to your dealership. Turn Key Installation and set up. World Class Support. ABN and CBS will revolutionize the experience your customers have at your dealership by delivering high quality, custom programming. That means Primetime CBS programming straight into your customer waiting areas! Larry Van Tuyl, President of Van Tuyl Automotive Investment Group says: "The Automotive Broadcasting Network has the most unique and compelling marketing tool the automotive industry has seen in 50 years." About The Automotive Broadcasting Network Founded by automotive retail professionals, the Automotive Broadcasting Network was formed to leverage existing dealership assets to assist automobile dealerships with selling more products and services in a totally unique and professional manner. While our primary goal is to increase traffic flow from your Service Department to your Sales, Parts, and Body Shop Departments, there are many other great benefits ABN provides as well including: Increase up sell opportunities in the Service Department. Reduce customer perceived wait times by providing entertaining content that your customers will want to watch. Reduce customer perceived wait times. Improve CSI. Enhance Customer Loyalty. Eliminate your competitors advertising currently playing in your facility

Frequently Asked Questions

WHAT OTHER COMPANIES HAVE PRIVATE TELEVISION NETWORKS?

Circuit City, Wal-Mart, Target, Advance Auto Parts, Sears, McDonalds, Albertson's, GAP, Blockbuster, BestBuy, Costco, Foot Locker, Bank of America, Borders, COMP USA, Burger King, and many others.

WHY ARE DEALERS DEMANDING THIS SERVICE?

Dealers want to take advantage of the increased amount of time customers are spending at their facilities. With customers coming back to dealerships more now than in the past for service work, this provides dealers a unique opportunity to market to their best customers.

In addition to wanting to market to their customers in this new and exciting way, dealers also want to make the customer visit at their dealership more pleasant by providing quality television programming rather than the traditional daytime TV customers watch now.

WHAT TYPE OF ENTERTAINMENT CONTENT WILL BE AIRING ON MY PRIVATE TELEVISION NETWORK?

The Automotive Broadcasting Network™ will only show high quality, fast paced, family friendly entertainment - primetime programming not available during the normal business day - show segments and program shorts that have proven to be popular, lighthearted and entertaining - straight into your waiting areas and aired on your dealership's own television or flat panel monitor.

HOW OFTEN IS PROGRAMMING UPDATED?

50% of the entertainment programming is changed about every 4 weeks. As new entertainment content is uploaded to your network the older is removed.

DOES ABN REALLY HAVE AN IMPACT ON MY CSI?

Initial research conducted indicates that the scores related to the service waiting process and the amenities the dealership offers improves once ABN is installed. We encourage you to track this yourself.

DO CUSTOMERS REALLY WANT TO VIEW WALK AROUNDS AND SERVICE RELATED MESSAGES?

YES! In independant research conducted, 74% of customers indicated that they wanted to see information on your new products and 66% indicated they wanted to view service related tips.

IS ABN AVAILABLE IN HIGH DEFINITON (HD)?

YES! Although ABN delivers most of it's content in Standard Definition (SD), we do have High Definition (HD) programming as well. We anticipate the balance of programming to gradually shift from SD to HD over the next 12 to 18 months.

HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO GET INSTALLED?

Approximately 30 days from the date of receiving your initial payment.

WILL INSTALLATION OF THE SYSTEM INTERFERE WITH THE RUNNING OF THE DEALERSHIP?

No. ABN installers are professional and will do all they can to be invisible to your customers and employees.

WILL THERE BE CONNECTING WIRES STRUNG THROUGHOUT THE DEALERSHIP?

No. All set-top boxes, satellite boxes and satellite equipment will be professionally installed. Our installers are all bonded and insured.

HOW CAN THE DEALERSHIP ADD THEIR OWN CUSTOM CONTENT?

The dealer or their advertising agency simply sends the video files to ABN's production offices via their own dealerships internet remote control portal. A complete description with step-by-step procedures is emailed to you prior to installation in a "Welcome Kit".

WHAT TYPE OF ADVERTISING WILL BE SHOWN ON MY PRIVATE TELEVISION NETWORK?

Only ads and program shorts that promote the products and services from your dealership will be shown.

WILL THERE EVER BE ADS SHOWN FOR A COMPETING PRODUCT?

Never.

WHAT IS THE WARRANTY COVERAGE OF THE SET TOP BOX, SATELLITE AND SATELLITE RELATED EQUIPMENT THAT WILL BE INSTALLED?

ABN warrants all sattelite equipment that is provided by ABN for the life of the agreement term with the dealer.

WHAT IF THERE ARE ANY SERVICE ISSUES?

Simply call our toll free technical hot line at 1-866-626-8226 and speak to a live ABN representative who will troubleshoot the problem over the phone and if there is not a simple solution we will dispatch a technician to your dealership.