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PANTAFLIX AG holds its ground in the COVID-19 dominated first half-year - significant increasing demand for VoD-technology - Seite 2

During the first half of 2020, the focus of activities was on the further establishment and technical diversification of the VoD-platform PANTAFLIX and the expansion of the content catalog. By expanding the platform into the B2B segment, the PANTAFLIX Group opens up new revenue and sales opportunities. Thanks to the successful development of the B2B2C business, the demand among professional users for a state-of-the-art video streaming solution has been growing significantly, continuously and across industry boundaries. Weltbild, for example, one of the largest and most traditional booksellers, as well as Airbus, on behalf of the German Federal Armed Forces, rely on PANTAFLIX technology for their streaming offerings. In the field of classical cinema, where PANTAFLIX streaming solutions are used for numerous film festivals, PANTAFLIX is taking advantage of the opportunities arising from the push to digitalization given by COVID-19.

Encouragingly, production activities were resumed at the end of the first half of 2020. These include, among others, the shooting of GENERATION BEZIEHUNGSUNFÄHIG, which was completed at the beginning of July 2020 after being interrupted. The release in movie theaters is planned for the first half of 2021 in the distribution of Warner Bros. Pictures. A similar situation applies to the production of OSKARS KLEID. The shooting was also successfully completed at the beginning of the second half of the year. Warner Bros. Pictures is currently also planning to release the film in the first half of 2021. The first international production RESISTANCE will be shown in German cinemas from November 5, 2020.

The PANTAFLIX Group was also able to realize exciting projects in series productions. Since September 17, the six-part dramedy series DAS LETZTE WORT, produced by PANTALEON Films and starring Anke Engelke, has been available from NETFLIX. For the streaming service Joyn, PANTAFLIX Studios is producing DAS INTERNAT. The series can be streamed free of charge on Joyn from October 15, 2020.

"Overall, in a challenging environment, we are well on track adapting to the new general conditions in order to achieve the best for PANTAFLIX. The growing demand for our platform technology by professional users and the productions we have already completed offer sufficient potential to hold our ground in an environment characterized by low visibility," says PANTAFLIX CEO Nicolas Paalzow.