Ø
Ø
Ø
Ø
Ø
Ø
Glory
Star New Media Group Holdings Limited (GSMG) is a leading mobile
entertainment operator in China. The GSMG ability to integrate premium
lifestyle content, including short videos, online variety shows, online dramas,
live streaming, its Cheers lifestyle video series, e-Mall, and mobile app,
along with innovative e-commerce offerings on its platform enables it to pursue
its mission of enriching people's lives. The GSMG large and active user
base creates valuable engagement opportunities with consumers and enhances
platform stickiness with thousands of domestic and international brands.
GSMG partners with JD.com Inc. (“JD”) is one
of China’s largest e-commerce platforms. As part of the partnership with GSMG,
the company will develop solutions to help JD fulfill their customers’ needs
for premium lifestyle-oriented online content, in the forms of text and
short-form videos. The content production for JD.com is a great
addition to Glory Star’s premium digital client lists which includes Tencent,
Alibaba, Weibo, Iqiyi as well as traditional consumer brand clients such as
Starbucks, Pantene, Louis Vuitton, Samsung and Sony etc.
JD.com
is a leading technology driven e-commerce company transforming to become the
leading supply chain-based technology and service provider. JD.com is the
largest retailer in China, a member of the NASDAQ100 and a Fortune Global 500
company.
Ø
On
March 16th GSMG announced that it had signed a strategic cooperation
agreement with E-Surfing Media Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China
Telecom, to develop new Augmented Reality ("AR")
intelligence solutions for users on both companies' platforms. Under the agreement,
GSMG and E-Surfing Media will conduct in-depth collaborations for 5G and
AR technologies in areas such as AR applications, intelligent on-demand videos,
intelligent retail and more, which will help promote the application of 5G and
AR technologies in both content development and content consumption.
Pursuant
to the agreement, both companies will share content, resolve technological
challenges jointly, and increase their business collaborations. In addition, by
leveraging their industry leadership in digital content and e-commerce, both
parties will enhance their core competencies, bolster their technical
strengths, and further promote the application of AR technologies on the CHEERS
video and E-Surfing Media platforms to further empower users and stimulate new
consumption behaviors through AR technology.
GSMG plans to integrate AR technology into all business
formats going forward, including its CHEERS video application, its CHEERS
e-mall, and within its new economic and cultural industrial park in Wuxi. Furthermore,
upon the signing of the agreement, GSMG will also be able to utilize
E-Surfing Media's 5G technology resources to build an AR platform on its CHEERS
video application. By integrating 5G and AR technologies into its platform, GSMG
can continue to improve and integrate its users' demands for diverse and
personalized entertainment solution, enhance its users' visual and consumption
experiences, and promote the development and application of 5G and AR
technologies in the industry.
Ø
On
March 9th GSMG announced that it has signed an annual content
cooperation agreement with Beijing Youzhuju Network Technology Co., Ltd., a
wholly-owned subsidiary of ByteDance Ltd. Youzhuju is the operating entity of Toutiao,
which is ByteDance's content platform for Chinese language news and
information. Under the agreement, Youzhuju will provide to GSMG Toutiao's
real-time graphics and video content for integration into the Company's CHEERS
video platform. The agreement further provides that both GSMG and
Youzhuju will jointly develop and deploy software development kits and
application program interfaces to ensure the smooth integration and
transmission of Toutiao's provided content on the GSMG CHEERS Platform. GSMG
and Toutiao recognize the enormous market potential of the 5G era and thus plan
to work together going forward in order to explore more innovative
opportunities for cooperation in many other fields, including search and AI.
GSMG has already integrated many forms of content into
its CHEERS app, including CHEERS e-Mall, an original short-form video IP
matrix, high-quality short- and medium-form user generated video content,
audio, self-produced TV dramas and variety shows, the CHEERS series variety
programs, interactive live broadcasts, games, graphics, and more. GSMG
will be able to include Toutiao's high-quality, personalized, and original
content on its CHEERS video platform through its cooperation with Youzhuju.
This will help to further expand the number of content scenarios on the CHEERS
video platform as well as enrich the platform's overall content ecosystem,
which will enable GSMG to satisfy the diverse information needs of its
users and significantly enhance their immersion and activity. More importantly,
the cooperation between GSMG and Youzhuju will play a significant role
in strengthening connections between users, content, and consumption on the
CHEERS video platform as well as improving the GSMG ability to convert
its CHEERS e-Mall traffic.
Ø
On
March 4th GSMG announced that it was honored to receive a
team of Malanshan Video Cultural Park in the company’s Beijing headquarters.
The Malanshan Team was led by Deputy Secretary of the Kaifu District Committee
of Changsha and Secretary of the Party Working Committee of the Park, Benmiao
Zou, and included Member of the Party Working Committee and Deputy Director of
the Management Committee of the Park, Yan Huang, Director of China Merchants
Cooperation Bureau Bin Hu, and others. During the visit, the Malanshan Team
participated in discussions with the GSMG management team, which
included its CEO Bing Zhang, CFO Perry Lu, CIO Qingfei Tang,
and executive assistant Yida Ye.
As
part of the discussion, the Secretary of the Party Working Committee of the
Park, Benmiao Zou shared the Park's recent development and commented that the
Park will focus on the Internet, content production, cloud computing, cloud
storage, 5G, audio-visual technology, e-sports, copyright integrated services,
public services, and other key areas, while promoting the construction and
development of companies and projects by means of supporting infrastructure,
reducing taxes and related fees, supporting cultural and technological
innovation, as well as optimizing the business operating environment.
Following
their discussions, GSMG and the Malanshan Team agreed to establish an
effective communication mechanism, strive to implement the cooperation vision
at the industrial-level, jointly promote the sustainable and healthy
development of the cultural and technology industry, and help promote further
development of the Malanshan network information industry.
Ø
On
March 2nd GSMG announced that its independently developed
in-vehicle audio and video interactive content application for its CHEERS video
platform has entered the internal testing stage of development. Once officially
released, the Application will allow both drivers and passengers to access
interactive audio and video content and services on the GSMG CHEERS
video platform, to be made available through the global mainstream in-vehicle
user interfaces of new energy vehicles.
The
CHEERS video platform's technical team developed the Application which utilizes
the GSMG AI smart recommendation engine to integrate with the GSMG
content ecosystem and will be capable of providing users with an audio and
video entertainment experience that is personalized, immersive, and diverse.
The
development of in-vehicle interactive content is a very important part of the GSMG
business strategy. Such development will provide both drivers and
passengers with a more diverse set of in-vehicle internet services, create
smarter driving experiences for users of the Application, and enhance users'
connections to the GSMG CHEERS platform. In addition, the development of
in-vehicle interactive content will further expand the range of opportunities
for mobile applications on the GSMG CHEERS video platform in the 5G era.
With the iteration of new electronic equipment installed in new energy vehicles
and the widespread adoption of the Internet of Vehicles, the market for in-vehicle
interactive content has already displayed huge potential.
For more information on GSMG visit: http://www.yaoshixinghui.com/
###
