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 PATHS TO VICTORY
Video consumption continues to migrate to digital
  1         TV Viewing is switching to OTT                2     Massive OTT Audience Growth                    3    Content Investment is a Barrier to Entry

   •   TV viewing is declining as OTT consumption rises   •   YouTube is the dominant AVOD platform with       •    SVOD platforms need to invest heavily in content
                                                              2bn+ MAUs                                             to create/maintain competitive advantage
   •   Largest shift in behaviour in 4-15 year-olds
                                                          •   Worldwide SVOD subscribers forecast to exceed
   •   COVID accelerated these changes – daily US             1bn by 2025
       YouTube viewing up to 97 mins from 57 yoy

        MINUTES WATCHED PER MEDIUM                                  # OF SUBSCRIBERS (000S)                                        CONTENT INVESTMENT
                                                          200                                                                        FY’19 ($ IN BN)1
                                                          180                                                      $19.6
                                                          160
                                                          140                                                              $15.9
                                                          120
                                                          100                                                                  $12.2
                                                           80                                                                          $9.2 $9.3
                                                           60                                                                                      $5.8
                                                           40
                                                                                                                                                          $3.8 $2.6
                                                           20                                                                                                       $2.0
                                                                                                                                                                                     $1.0
                                                            0
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1Excludes sports                                                                                                                                          Moonbug Entertainment Ltd. 2020
Source: Ofcom, Statista, Moffett Nathanson.                                                                                                                       Private and confidential.   2
COVID changed ad spend and viewer consumption
                         Entertainment & Media:                                  SVOD vs. Box Office Revenues
                Digital vs. Non-Digital Ad Spend ($ in bn)                                 ($ in bn)
          IMMEDIATE IMPACT OF COVID ACCELERATING                           MEDIUM TERM IMPACT OF COVID DRIVING
               MOVEMENT TO DIGITAL AD-SPEND                                     REVENUE TO SVOD PLATFORMS
                                       Projected data                                           Projected data

                                                                    $80
 $500
 $400                                                               $60

 $300
                                                                    $40
 $200
                                                                    $20
 $100
     $0                                                              $0
               2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024          2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

                 Digital Ad Revenues      Non-Digital Ad Revenues                          SVOD Revenues

Source: PwC.                                                                                                      Moonbug Entertainment Ltd. 2020
                                                                                                                          Private and confidential.   3
Media services are launching to capture the consumer
Current Stage: Platform Launch                                Stage Two: Platform Growth                                Stage Three: Defending Position
ACQUIRING SUBSCRIBERS
                                                              PROVIDINAG VALUE WITH GREATER                             DEFENDING POSITION AND
                                                              CONTENT DEPTH & PREVENTING                                INCREASING SUBSCRIBER AVALUE
•   Utilizing strong brand association (e.g. Disney, Apple)   SUBSCRIBER CHURN

•   Ringfencing proprietary content (e.g. Mulan on            •   Platforms invest in creating more original IP (e.g.   •   Defend platform position and value
    Disney+, Warner releases on HBO Max)                          Mandalorian, Stranger Things Season 2)
                                                                                                                        •   Ongoing creation and delivery of premium content
•   Creation of unique launch content (e.g. Mandalorian,      •   Platforms broaden content offering by exclusively
    Stranger Things)                                              licensing in key content categories: sports, news,    •   Turned “owned content” into franchises – Mandalorian,
                                                                  (e.g. Disney acquires India Premier League)               Trolls
•   Strategic partnerships to bundle subscriptions (e.g.
    mobile service providers or device manufacturers)         •   Platforms invest in acquiring proven IP to provide    •   Defending against consolidation amongst platforms
                                                                  USP (e.g. AT&T Warner (Batman, Harry Potter,
                                                                  Disney buys Marvel & Star Wars)                       •   Expand revenue streams with bundled offering of value-
                                                                                                                            added consumer services
                                                              •   Loyal audience
                                                                                                                        Tencent cloud gaming, messaging, chat, social, payment,
                                                              •   Creative talent                                       video, music, games, software

                                                              •   Large scale fanbase                                   Amazon prime video, delivery, kindle unlimited, Amazon pay

                                                                                                                                                     Moonbug Entertainment Ltd. 2020
                                                                                                                                                             Private and confidential.   4
THE STREAMING WARS

How the Groups line up
Six groups will compete to own video                         GROUP A                      GROUP B                      GROUP C                     GROUP E                      GROUP F                                GROUP G
consumption globally over the next                      ESTABLISHED ENTITIES               RETAILERS                SEARCH & SOCIAL             OTT PUREPLAYS                      MUSIC                                  GAMING

five years. The fight for brands will be                      1. NETWORKS              1. WESTERN RETAILERS       1. WESTERN SEACH/SOCIAL             1. SVOD                 1. WESTERN MUSIC                   1. GLOBAL (PC & CONSOLE)

a key battle ground                                      Comcast/Universal/Sky               Amazon                 Google / YouTube                   Netflix                     Spotify                             Google Stadia

                                                           AT&T/Warner/HBO                   Walmart                Facebook / Instgram       Disney+ / Hulu / ESPN             Amazon Music                           GeForce Now
                                                                                                                        / Whatsapp
•   Incumbents use infrastructure to try and throttle         Viacom/CBS                      Target                                                                       Apple Music (see OEM)                     PlayStation Now

    competitors                                                Telefonica                                                                                                           Tidal                            Microsoft Xcloud

•   Growth of big tech hampered by regulatory                    2. OEM's              2. EASTERN RETAILERS       2. EASTERN SEARCH/SOCIAL            2. AVOD                  2. EASTERN MUSIC                   2. EASTERN (PC / MOBILE)

    pressure                                                      Apple                      Alibaba                  Alibaba / Youku              Viacom: Pluto             Tencent Music Ent                     Tencent Huya/Douyu
                                                                                                                                                     Fox: Tubi

•   Commoditized networks face consolidation as
                                                                  Sony                  Tencent / JD.com            WeChat (TenCent)              Comcast: Xumo
                                                                                                                                                       Roku
                                                                                                                                                                                   Netease                                Netease

    nation states seek to protect domestic networks             Microsoft                   Pinduoduo                   Baidu / Iqiyi          Amazon Video Direct                                                     Alibaba Cloud
                                                                                                                                                       Youku
                                                                 Huawei                                                   TikTok                        iQiyi
•   Retailers are growing value-added services to
    secure customer relationships while benefiting            ADVANTAGES                   ADVANTAGES                  ADVANTAGES                  ADVANTAGES                   ADVANTAGES                              ADVANTAGES

    from online business                                Thottling competitors via   Wider customer relationship     Deep customer data           Speed & flexibility          Speed & flexibility                     Massive growth
                                                        network, device access or        Wider user data            Brand relationships      Global content budgets vs          Global appeal                          Global appeal
                                                            proprietary billing     Margin & disruption of B&M             Scale                 Local TV budgets              Market maturing                          High margin
•   Raw entertainment platforms are narrowly
    focused and will be squeezed out if they cannot          DISADVANTAGES               DISADVANTAGES                DISADVANTAGES               DISADVANTAGES                DISADVANTAGES                          DISADVANTAGES

    scale and increase subscriber services              Regulatory environment        Legacy bricks & mortar      Regulatory environment      High content investment     Not enough margin to win                  Massive competition
                                                             Legacy capex             Entertainment not core         AVOD not SVOD                  Low margin           video content investment war               Focus is on gaming

                                                                                                                                                                                             Moonbug Entertainment Ltd. 2020
                                                                                                                                                                                                     Private and confidential.               5
THE STREAMING WARS
    GROUP A

Established Entities
Large but Slow
NETWORKS                                                      OEM’S                                                    TOY COMPANIES

Comcast, AT&T, Telefonica, Deutsche                           Apple, Sony, Microsoft                                   Hasbro, Mattel
Tel, T-Mobile, Verizon, BT, Viacom/CBS,                       and Huawei                                               and Spinmaster
Etisalat, etc.
                                                              •   Apple: 1.4 billion devices + $100bn cash – will be   •   Mattel likely to become more of a studio
•   Comcast & AT&T now own major studios and OTT                  investing more into Apple TV+ library by acquiring
    platforms to complement premium video – Warner is             brands                                               •   Hasbro bought E1
    now day and date on HBO Max
                                                              •   Sony: 2.2m gaming subscribers, a top MPAA studio     •   Spinmaster looking for a new Paw Patrol
•   Only global players can realistically compete in video        and continues to acquire brands like Peanuts and
    subscription. Legacy network capex compromises                Silvergate                                           MODEL A La Carte product retail
    content investment.
                                                              •   Microsoft refocused on gaming with Xbox xCloud and
•   Nation states will regulate to protect domestic               Minecraft subscription
    incumbents, but global network consolidation
    continues                                                 MODEL $10-15 /mo for gaming subscription and $400-
                                                              $1,000 for device
•   Capable of throttling competitors (regulator dependent)
    Apple vs Fortnight / Huawei vs Tencent / AT&T and
    Comcast vs Netflix/YouTube

MODEL $15 /mo for video + $30-$100 Internet                                                                                                        Moonbug Entertainment Ltd. 2020
                                                                                                                                                           Private and confidential.   6
THE STREAMING WARS
    GROUP B

Retailers
Winning online & losing in B&M
WESTERN                                                                                EASTERN

Amazon, Walmart and Target                                                             Alibaba, Tencent/JD.com, PinDuoDuo

•   In 2020 bricks and mortar liquidity was strained and sales went into freefall      •   In China Alibaba, JD.com and PinDuoDuo with 80% of online market thrived

•   Stuck at home the consumer accelerated the adoption of digital commerce            •   Alibaba and Tencent/JD.com combine their retail offerings with other diversified
    benefitting Amazon, Walmart and Target.                                                businesses including social, gaming & storage

•   Owning a wider customer relationship, content is used to provide online footfall   MODEL
                                                                                       • Amazon Direct retail, platform for 3rd party retailers, Prime subscription ($12.99 mo)
•   2021 saw Amazon deliver its first $100bn quarter
                                                                                       •   Alibaba Paid search ranking for 3rd party retailers, digital mall service, digital
•   But while Amazon Prime offers video, kindle unlimited, same day delivery,              payments, Youku AVOD
    Prime Now, Prime Gaming/Twitch and Amazon Music next to Alibaba and
    Tencent it needs more value-added services to tie the consumer in                  ENVIRONMENT
                                                                                       • AliExpress has tied up with Mail.ru/VK in Russia and Tencent bought iFlix. Both
                                                                                         invested in payment companies across South East Asia

                                                                                       •   JD continues to integrate into 175 Walmart hypermarkets.

                                                                                       •   Chinese government sanction of AliBaba may signal a new phase of state
                                                                                           intervention in domestic business.                          Moonbug Entertainment Ltd. 2020
                                                                                                                                                                        Private and confidential.   7
THE STREAMING WARS
    GROUP C

Search & Social
China shows the way
WESTERN                                                                          EASTERN

Google/YouTube, Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp                                      Alibaba/Youku, WeChat (Tencent), Baidu/IQiyi, TikTok

•   Google/YouTube – dominate search and has worlds largest AVOD business        •   TikTok is the worlds fastest growing app and if it escapes sanction in the US, the leading
    with 2bn+ monthly users in YouTube                                               video platform for the older kids

•   Facebook / Instagram / WhatsApp – challenging Google’s dominance,            •   Baidu has not only matched video to search but with along Alibaba and Tencent has begun to
    Facebook has 1.25bn monthly users but it’s less clear to the consumer what       convert live streaming to e-purchase in a way that no platform has in the west.
    Facebook Watch or Instagram Reels are for
                                                                                 •   WeChat dominates messaging and WeChat pay became the leading Chinese e-payment
MODEL                                                                                service and now offers short-form video
• Freemium – free with advertising or subscription to remove ads
                                                                                 MODEL
                                                                                 • Freemium – free with advertising or subscription to access wider services
                                                                                 ENVIRONMENT
                                                                                 • US and India regulatory steps signal a more antagonistic global environment to check Chinese
                                                                                   social tech international expansion

                                                                                 •   Competition for brand revenue and subscribers will drive platform content quality & investment

                                                                                                                                                           Moonbug Entertainment Ltd. 2020
                                                                                                                                                                   Private and confidential.   8
THE STREAMING WARS
    GROUP D

OTT Pureplay
Investment in Library Depth
SVOD PLATFORMS                                                                   AVOD & HYBRIDS

Netflix, Disney/Hulu/ESPN                                                        Pluto, Tubi, Xumo, Roku, Amazon `Video Direct, Youku, iQiyi

•   Netflix – 195m global subscribers since 2007, a fantastic 2020 but           •   Viacom: Pluto, Fox: Tubi, Comcast: Xumo and Roku – struggle to compete with unlimited free
    threatened by companies offering more VAS (gaming etc.)                          content on Facebook, YouTube and TikTok

•   Disney+ - 87m global subscribers since 2019 and an additional 46.9m from     •   In China Bytedance dominates short from free video pureplay with TikTok
    Hulu and ESPN. Investing massively in O&O brand production.
                                                                                 •   Amazon’s advertising business jumped 47% to $21bn in 2020
•   Sports rights (Disney Premier League India, Amazon ATP) and hero IP to win
    subscriber loyalty and deep library content to drive retention               •   Youku, Tencent and iQiyi all attract videos users to the platform with AVOD before converting SVOD

MODEL                                                                            MODEL AVOD – free with advertising HYBRID - $2.1 /mo
• Netflix $13.99 /mo
                                                                                 ENVIRONMENT
•   Disney+ $6.99 /mo or $12.99 for Disney+ / Hulu / ESPN                        • US and India regulatory steps signal a more antagonistic global environment to check Chinese
                                                                                   social tech international expansion

                                                                                 •   Talks from Baidu to sell a controlling stake in iQiyi to Tencent or AliBaba are on hold on regulatory
                                                                                     competition concerns

                                                                                 •   Competition for brand revenue and subscribers will drive
                                                                                                                                                          Moonbug Entertainment Ltd. 2020
                                                                                     platform content quality and investment                                      Private and confidential.   9
THE STREAMING WARS
    GROUP E

Music
When it’s not enough
WESTERN MUSIC                                                                   EASTERN MUSIC

Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, Tidal, Google                               Tencent Music Ent, Netease

•   Spotify diversifying offering through investment in podcasts. Spotify may   •   Netease Music in China exclusively acquired the Studio Ghibli catalogue in
                                                                                    2020 and saw off Xiaomi
    diversify into video or be threatened by other global content services
    backed by larger tech partners
                                                                                MODEL
MODEL
                                                                                • Tencent Music $1.33 /mo ….however karaoke users pay up to $15.66
• Spotify $10 /mo                                                                 /mo generating 2/3 Tencent Music’s revenue

•   Apple $10 /mo
                                                                                •   Netease Cloud $2 /mo

•   YouTube $10 /mo                                                             ENVIRONMENT
                                                                                • Amazon, Apple, Tencent and Netease music offerings are underpinned by
•   Amazon $10 /mo                                                                wider customer relationship and greater margin in the rest of their business
                                                                                  to threaten Spotify’s dominance
•   Tidal   $10 /mo

                                                                                                                                                     Moonbug Entertainment Ltd. 2020
                                                                                                                                                             Private and confidential.   10
THE STREAMING WARS
    GROUP F

Gaming
Mobile access, Cloud service
GLOBAL                                                        EASTERN

Google, GeForce (Nvidia), PlayStation Now,                    Tencent Huya/Douyu, Netease, Alibaba Cloud
Microsoft Xcloud
                                                              •   Chinese gaming is led by mobile consumption, accelerating with 5G and underwritten through
•   Most gaming in the west has been led on PC and console.       micro-subscription and ads
    Cloud gaming is a paid monthly subscription               •   Chinese gaming generated $33bn in 2019, generated $10.4bn revenue in Q3 2020 up 15% YoY
                                                                  and is expected to be $46.7bn by 2024
MODEL
• Google Stadia (Free or Pro $10/mo)                          •   TenCent now aiming to increase stake in UMG to 20%

•   GeForce Now (Free or Pro $5/mo)                           MODEL
                                                              • TenCent & Huya/Douyu Live 300m MAU – hourly access
PAID MONTHLY                                                                                              MONTHLY
 SUBSCRIBERS                                     THE                                                    ACTIVE USERS

       200m

               Content & subscriber lead
                          VS
                                           LEAGUE                Music subscription platform
                                                                   looking to diversify VS
                                                                                                       320mau
                                                                                                       130m subs

                1.4bn devices & $100bn                            Fastest growing growing
                                            THE STREAMING WARS               app

       40m                                                                                             167m

        20m
                                                                                                       2,700m +
        26m
                   Money can’t buy:                               King of search and AVOD
                      the libraries                                           VS
                  of the major studios                              the king of social and
                                                                  nearest AVOD competitor
        17m
                                                                                                        2,000m +
       12.6m

       86.8m
                                                                                                       150m
       46.9m
               The vertically integrated                         The gameworld gearing up
                content company VS                               to capture younger users
               World’s largest retailer                                      VS
                with $275bn revenue                              World’s biggest gaming Co
                                                                                                      1,212m
       150m                                                                                            900m
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Consolidation on the way to the final

•   Subscription pressure is mounting on consumer wallets                        STRATEGIC DRIVERS

•   Global platforms content expenditure (Disney $20bn vs ITV $0.3)              •   Own the consumer
•   As platforms consolidate the pressure to own great brands will increase to   •   Own the best Mega Brands
      •   Create depth of exclusive content                                      •   Own the best creative talent
      •   Massive investment on inhouse production to continue accompanied by
          acquisition of third-party mega brands                                 •   Deliver scale

      •   To support retail
      •   To anchor wider consumer offerings with households
•   All have a shared need for more Mega Brands that can become franchises

                                                                                                        Moonbug Entertainment Ltd. 2020
                                                                                                                Private and confidential.   13
ALC & SVOD & App Store
                                         & Apple Arcade

2021-2025                                40m TV+subs
                                         $275bn Rev
                                                                                                                200m subs
                                                                                                                SVOD only
                                                                                                                $25bn FYe 2020

Possible
Streaming                                                     1.4bn devices +
                                                                $100bn cash
                                                                                  Disrupted in 2020
                                                                                    by new SVOD
                                                                                                                                           87m subs + 47m subs (H&E)
                                                                                                                                           SVOD, PayTV, Parks, Retail

Winners     1.2bn WeChat MAU
            0.9bn TC Video subs
                                                            Apple TV+ requires
                                                            content investment
                                                                                 entrants & Fortnite.
                                                                                   Cloud Gaming
                                                                                     next move?
                                                                                                                                           $180bn FYe 2020

            0.12bn gaming subs
            Multiple bus models
            $91bn FYe 2020 Rev
                                              Gaming & retail                                        #1 IP owner in
                                             underwrites SVOD                                            content
                                               Investing in IP

                                                                                                #1 in search & AVOD
                                            Using global data to                               will Stadia finally bring
                                               leverage AI &                                         paying subs?
                                                 move into                                          Now investing
            TikTok expected MAU                                                                        in retail                                    2bn MAU
                                                  gaming
            >1 billion in 2021                                                                                                                      Search, AVOD & Stadia
            AVOD & social model                                                                                                                     $179bn FYe 2020 Rev
                                                                Needs more           Prime Gaming
                                                             consumer services        evolving but
            Bytedance
                                                              to keep up with           overseas
            $30bn FYe 2020 Rev
                                                             Asian competitors        competition

                                                                                                                   150m SVOD subs
                                                                                                                   SVOD, gaming, delivery & Kindle
                                  56m subs
                                                                                                                   $380bn FYe 2020 Rev
                                  Internet & video SVOD
                                  $103bn FYe 2020 Rev                                                                         Moonbug Entertainment Ltd. 2020
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