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PANTAFLIX and Warner Bros. Entertainment agree on comprehensive content deal for digital business division

01.08.2018 / 12:48
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PANTAFLIX and Warner Bros. Entertainment agree on comprehensive content deal for digital business division

Munich, August 1, 2018.
PANTAFLIX Technologies GmbH and Warner Bros. Entertainment GmbH have agreed on a comprehensive content deal for the media group's digital division adding a powerful entertainment package from one of the world's largest Hollywood studios to PANTAFLIX's portfolio. This includes milestones such as 11 Oscars* for "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" and Til Schweiger's "Head Full of Honey", current feature films such as Fatih Akin's Golden Globe winner "In the Fade" and Steven Spielberg's "Ready Player One" as well as upcoming blockbusters such as "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald", "Aquaman" and " Der Junge muss an die frische Luft (The Boy Must Get Some Fresh Air)" by Oscar-winning Caroline Link.

Karsten Vogt, SVP Distribution Warner Bros. Home Entertainment / Consumer Product:
"We are very pleased to continue the success story also in the digital home entertainment distribution with our local cinema/TV production partner PANTAFLIX."

Stefan Langefeld, CEO of PANTAFLIX AG: "The deal with Warner Bros. Entertainment will enrich our streaming offering with a first-rate film portfolio and generate positive growth dynamics in the end customer business. We are delighted to be taking our long-standing production partnership with this major studio to the next level, as we now embark on our digital cooperation as well."

The Warner Bros. Entertainment package will be made available on PANTAFLIX in the next few weeks, starting in the DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) region.

*"Oscar(R)" is the registered trademark and service mark of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.



About PANTAFLIX AG:
PANTAFLIX AG (WKN: A12UPJ, ISIN: DE000A12UPJ7) is one of Europe's fastest-growing media companies. The company pursues a 360-degree approach to production, distribution, exploitation and marketing of films, series and the related rights. In addition to the traditional film production business PANTALEON Films, the music label PantaSounds and the brand integration unit March & Friends, the cloud-based video-on-demand (VoD) platform PANTAFLIX is also part of the Group. The focus of the VoD platform is on making international content available on a global level. With this move, PANTAFLIX is tapping a vital and continuously growing market and addressing more than 258 million expats and people living outside their native country worldwide.

PANTAFLIX AG cooperates with prestigious partners such as Amazon, Disney, Warner Bros., StudioCanal and Premiere Digital Services. In its home market of Germany, the Group has offices in Berlin, Cologne, Munich and Frankfurt am Main. In digital expert Stefan Langefeld and media manager Nicolas Paalzow, PANTAFLIX AG has a unique management team with deep roots in the film/TV and technology industry.

For further information, visit www.pantaflixgroup.com and www.pantaflix.com.

Corporate Communications:
Felicitas Onnen
Head of Communications
Holzstr. 30
80469 Munich
Germany
Tel.: +49 89 2323 855 0
E-mail: f.onnen@pantaflix.com

Investor Relations
CROSS ALLIANCE communication GmbH
Susan Hoffmeister
Tel.: +49 (0)89 89827227
E-Mail: sh@crossalliance.com



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Language: English
Company: PANTAFLIX AG
Holzstraße 30
80469 Munich
Germany
Phone: +49 89 2323 85 50
Fax: +49 89 2323 85 519
E-mail: ir@pantaflix.com
Internet: www.pantaflixgroup.com
ISIN: DE000A12UPJ7
WKN: A12UPJ
Indices: Scale 30
Listed: Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt (Scale), Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange

 
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