DGAP-News: PANTALEON Entertainment AG / Key word(s): Miscellaneous PANTALEON Entertainment AG: 21.11.2016 / 16:13 The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PANTALEON Entertainment AG: pantaflix.com concludes beta phase in December, soon available on 1 billion iOS devices - Innovative VoD platform ends beta-phase successfully; market phase begins - New iOS app extends availability to over 1 billion mobile devices worldwide - By Q1/2017 the film catalogue will surpass major international competitors Berlin, November 21, 2016 - pantaflix.com, the innovative Video-on-Demand (VoD) platform of PANTALEON Entertainment AG, listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange's Entry Standard (XETRA: PAL, ISIN: DE000A12UPJ7), successfully concludes the beta phase. The end of the beta test is scheduled for December 2016, and marks the beginning of the pantaflix.com marketing phase at the same time. With the start of active marketing, numerous new features will be activated, such as curated content in the form of the "Collections", "Wish List" functions and a revised design. Also in December, the pantaflix app will become available to download in the App Store and make pantaflix.com available worldwide on over 1 billion iOS devices, such as iPhones and iPads. Just in time before the Christmas holidays, the first targeted ad campaigns with testimonials and online ads for specific films will be started. A major TV campaign is planned for 2017. Also, in the field of content pantaflix.com is growing dynamically. By the end of the year, the film catalogue will surpass the German-language catalogues of major competitors. By the first quarter of 2017,pantaflix.com will have a larger selection of films than Netflix, for example. "The end of the beta phase is a major milestone for us. We spent longer than expected testing our product, but in that time period, we were able to gather a considerable amount of knowledge about the future potential of our platform, which went into the development the new version," says PANTALEON CEO Dan Maag. "With the latest version, we have not only one of the most sophisticated VoD platforms worldwide, but also laid the foundation for an especially fast scalability of our platform. Now we will focus entirely on the marketing of the platform." About pantaflix.com: pantaflix.com is an innovative and cloud-based Video-on-Demand (VoD) platform, which for the first time enables filmmakers and rights owners to market their productions to a worldwide audience in over 240 territories with just a few clicks. By eliminating the middlemen, pantaflix.com offers immediate market access to the exploitation chain. 75 percent of sales go straight to the producer, 25 percent to pantaflix.com. Thus, producers receive up to 7.5 times as much revenue as from traditional platforms. In 2015, worldwide VoD sales totalled 11.2 billion Euros, a sum which is expected to double by 2020, as viewing habits change permanently - away from linear broadcast TV to flexible VoD services, including on mobile digital devices such as smartphones and tablet PCs. Thanks to its innovative approach, pantaflix.com has the potential for above-average growth in this market. About PANTALEON Entertainment AG: PANTALEON Entertainment AG is one of the fastest growing media companies in Europe. The group, as a leading producer of feature films with world-class distribution partners such as Warner Bros. and Amazon Prime, developed high growth dynamics from the start. The financial success of the content division paid in for the formation of the disruptive video-on-demand (VoD) game changer pantaflix.com, a 100% daughter of PANTALEON that just recently initiated its global roll-out. For more information: www.pantaleonentertainment.com. Contact: PANTALEON Entertainment AG Katharinenstrasse 4 D-61476 Kronberg im Taunus Tel.:+49 6173 3945095 Fax: +49 6173 3945097 E-Mail: [email protected] Investor Relations: CROSS ALLIANCE communication GmbH Susan Hoffmeister Freihamer Strasse 2 D-82166 Gräfelfing/Munich Tel.:+49 89 89827227 E-Mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21.11.2016 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Archive at www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: PANTALEON Entertainment AG Katharinenstr. 4 61476 Kronberg Germany Phone: 06173 - 394 50 95 Fax: 06173 - 394 50 97 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.pantaleonentertainment.com ISIN: DE000A12UPJ7 WKN: A12UPJ Listed: Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange; Open Market (Entry Standard) in Frankfurt End of News DGAP News Service --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 522915 21.11.2016