System for distributing and selecting audio and video information using a coaxial cable network. The system comprises a jukebox unit (1) connected by a modulator (9) to the cable television distribution network characterized in that it includes a channel allocated to the transmission of audio or video information; associated means (T1, 83) for interacting with the television for the remote selection of at least one audio or video information item from the plurality of information items to be transmitted by this channel using the cable network; means for identifying the selection means or the television associated with the selection means; and means associated with a television set for billing selections to the user.