Glory Star New Media Holdings Outlines Vision for Future in Interview with Chief Entertainment Officer Magazine

Rhea-AI Summary

Glory Star New Media Group Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: GSMG) announced an interview with CEO Bing Zhang, sharing insights on the company's live streaming and e-commerce integration. The CHEERS App features curated lifestyle content, attracting 106.5 million downloads with 4.1 million daily active users. Glory Star has partnered with 450 brands, aiming for 1,000 by year-end, offering over 19,000 SKUs. The company emphasizes quality over low pricing in live streaming and plans to foster user engagement through innovative features, enhancing its business model and user experience.

Positive

• CHEERS App downloads exceeded 106.5 million, with 4.1 million daily active users.
• Established partnerships with 450 brands, targeting 1,000 by end of 2020.
• Offers over 19,000 SKUs across various categories on the CHEERS platform.
• Emphasis on quality products in live streaming, contrasting with competitors' low pricing.

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• None.

BEIJING, July 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Glory Star New Media Group Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: GSMG) (“Glory Star” or the “Company”), a leading mobile and online digital media and entertainment company in China, today announced that the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Bing Zhang, was interviewed by Chief Entertainment Officer Magazine on July 13, 2020. Chief Entertainment Officer Magazine is a social media group focused on covering online entertainment in China. The full transcript of the interview can be accessed on the Company’s investor relations website at http://ir.gsmg.co/. The following excerpts are English language translations of key highlights from the interview.

Integrating E-Commerce into Live Streaming Content

Mr. Zhang commented, "The premium content on our CHEERS App plays an essential role in our integration of live streaming services with e-commerce services. This premium content can take the form of videos, short-form videos, games, and interactive live streaming. Our professionally curated lifestyle content has enabled us to attract a healthy following of users in pursuit of increasingly modern lifestyles. Our extensive user base of this targeted demographic has made us an ideal partner for premium lifestyle brands and businesses in China. As we continue to leverage the quality of our professionally generated content as well as our market-leading content production capabilities, we will also continue to expand our business partnerships and user base.

Meanwhile, we have adopted a comprehensive brand selection process to ensure the quality of all products on our platform, evaluate each brand’s track record, and maintain robust customer support capabilities. To date, we have integrated cosmetic, personal care, and food products as well as a wide range of digital products into our live streaming & e-commerce model."

A Unique Live Streaming & E-Commerce Business Model

Mr. Zhang highlighted, "The uniqueness of our business model is a result of our strategic focus on our platform's products and users. As of now, we have established distribution agreements with 450 brands and are on track to partner with up to 1,000 brands by the end of 2020. Our partner brands now offer more than 19,000 SKUs across nine different categories on our platform for our users to access while enjoying our curated live streaming content.

Total CHEERS App downloads exceeded 106.5 million as of April 30, 2020, while CHEERS App average DAUs reached 4.1 million during the first quarter of 2020. In addition, our products, which are both cost-effective and of a premium quality, as well as our content production expertise have helped to ensure the quality of our user base. During the 6.18 e-commerce shopping festival, for example, half of the paying users on CHEERS e-Mall came from first- and second-tier cities, which is a group of consumers generally characterized by above-average purchasing power.

In order to fully utilize our massive base of highly-targeted users and encourage higher user engagement, we have launched four new interactive features on our CHEERS e-Mall platform. Going forward, we plan to continue introducing more innovative ways to foster interactions between users and live streaming hosts on our platform. Such user engagement will enable us to both convert and monetize our user traffic. Ultimately, our goal is to create a platform through which all parties can host live streaming sessions and market any product during these sessions at the same time."

Glory Star’s Future Plans for Its Live Streaming & E-Commerce Model

Mr. Zhang added, "In the current live streaming market, most brands still rely on a low pricing strategy to attract consumers and facilitate transactions. As a consequence, businesses are not able to generate any profit from the sale of products through live streaming content. We believe that live streaming platforms will have to shift their focus from a low pricing strategy to a strategy based on quality products and services in order to ensure their business model sustainability and attract more users going forward.

Our live streaming content mainly consists of professionally generated content, which has allowed us to better control and standardize our platform’s content quality. Looking ahead, we plan to utilize our live streaming tools in order to help our users create and share their own content, socialize within their individual networks, and integrate their content with products on our CHEERS App to earn rewards. In fact, one of our key strategies for the second half of 2020 is to create a mutually beneficial environment for our users, our partner brands, and our platform."

About Glory Star New Media Group Holdings Limited

Glory Star New Media Group Holdings Limited is a leading mobile entertainment operator in China. Glory Star’s 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 Company’s large and active user base creates valuable engagement opportunities with consumers and enhances platform stickiness with thousands of domestic and international brands.

Safe Harbor Statement

Certain statements made in this release are “forward looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this press release, the words “estimates,” “projected,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “forecasts,” “plans,” “intends,” “believes,” “seeks,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “future,” “propose” and variations of these words or similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, conditions or results, and involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside the Company’s control, that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Important factors, among others, are: the ability to manage growth; ability to identify and integrate other future acquisitions; ability to obtain additional financing in the future to fund capital expenditures; fluctuations in general economic and business conditions; costs or other factors adversely affecting our profitability; litigation involving patents, intellectual property, and other matters; potential changes in the legislative and regulatory environment; a pandemic or epidemic; and other factors listed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2019 and in other filings made by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law. Such information speaks only as of the date of this release.

Contacts

Glory Star New Media Group Holdings Limited
Yida Ye
Email: yeyida@yaoshixinghui.com

ICR Inc.
Jack Wang
Tel: +1 (646) 308-0546
Email: gsnm@icrinc.com  

FAQ

What did Glory Star New Media Group Holdings Limited announce on July 13, 2020?

The company announced an interview with CEO Bing Zhang discussing their live streaming and e-commerce integration.

What is the main feature of the CHEERS App by Glory Star?

The CHEERS App integrates premium lifestyle content with live streaming and e-commerce, attracting a significant user base.

How many brands has Glory Star partnered with as of July 2020?

Glory Star has partnered with 450 brands and aims to reach 1,000 by the end of 2020.

How many downloads does the CHEERS App have?

The CHEERS App has exceeded 106.5 million downloads as of April 30, 2020.

What strategy is Glory Star adopting for its live streaming model?

The company plans to focus on quality products and services instead of low pricing to sustain its business model.