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2020-08-03 Press Release

SM Entertainment Group Collaborates With NAVER To Enhance Global Fan Club Services And Content!

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Attract 100 billion won investment from NAVER

SM Entertainment (Co-President Lee Sung Su/Tak Young Jun) will work with NAVER (President Han Seong-sook) to enhance global fan club services and content production.

SM has attracted a total of 100 billion won worth of investment from NAVER to SM's affiliates SMEJ Plus, MYSTIC STORY and content funds to expand global fan club services, online concerts and next-generation video business.

In particular, SM unifies and operates fan club services on NAVER VIVE's global community membership platform, "Fanship," to expand and strengthen its global fan club service capabilities, including the world's first online bespoke concert "Beyond Live". In addition to performances, we plan to promote music video content production in earnest. In addition, the two companies will discuss business cooperation plans for video streaming services that specialize in the next generation of music content.

Through this investment, NAVER will expand the global market of V LIVE “Fanship” and make multilateral investment of SM group to discover digital video content, and create a production fund to discover next-generation video content. In order to cooperate with SM.

NAVER Han Seong-sook said, “NAVER is building a new competitiveness in the non-face-to-face digital performance market with advanced live and community platform technology and pay business model based on big data” , Will work more closely with SM to make Fanship more competitive and show new innovations in the global market."

Representative of SM Lee Sung Su said, “In the Ontact era, we can expect synergies between the two companies by holding hands with NAVER, which is a competitive non-face-to-face content platform. SM will provide differentiated content to global fans, We will open up a new era of entertainment."

Meanwhile, the two companies have entered into a strategic alliance to promote a joint global business in order to strengthen the competitiveness of global entertainment in April.

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2020-07-30 Press Release

"Beyond LIVE" photobook released in September!

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SuperM, WayV, NCT DREAM, NCT 127, TVXQ! , SUPER JUNIOR will be released sequentially!

The world's first online-only pay concert "Beyond LIVE" will be released with a photobook containing the performance scenes.

"Beyond LIVE" photobook will be released in April, including SuperM, WayV, NCT DREAM, NCT 127, TVXQ! , SUPER JUNIOR, including the photos of the various performances of the 6 teams that have expanded their performances in great success, a positive reaction is expected.

In this photo book, not only flashy performances on the stage, but also various moments of artists performing performances such as highlight cuts and behind cuts are vividly included.

In addition, the SuperM and WayV photobooks that will be released on September 11th will be available for pre-order from various online stores from July 30th, and the NCT DREAM and NCT 127 photobooks released on September 18th , TVXQ to be released from August 7th to September 25th! And SUPER JUNIOR photobooks can be pre-ordered from August 14th.

On the other hand, "Beyond LIVE" is the world's first paid online concert that combines technology and performance to realize the new culture technology (CT) that SM Entertainment aims for in the field of concerts. Performances will continue.

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2020-07-20 Press Release

SM, '2020 SMile Music Festival' is held

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SM Entertainment will hold a music festival '2020 SMile Music Festival'.

SMile Music Festival, the sixth anniversary of this year since 2015, is SM's representative social contribution program designed to support children and youth who dream through music even in difficult environments. This year, it will be held online.

'SMile Music Festival' is aimed at dance and vocal teams (clubs) composed of 1 to 5 people who have more than 5 months of experience belonging to national junior/high school and youth organizations and organizations, from July 20 to August 6 You can apply by email (2020smfclass@gmail.com) by day, and you can check the SMTOWN website and SMile Music Festival NAVER cafe for details.

In addition, the selected team will be provided with online-based dance and vocal training for 3 months, as well as equipment required for online training and a certain activity fee.

Meanwhile, SM launched the social contribution brand'SMile' in 2014, In addition to'SMile Music Festival', actively engaged in social contribution activities using SM's contents and infrastructure, such as regular volunteer activities for employees, donation of artist talent, and music education support for Asian and domestic children.

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2020-06-12 Press Release

Leaders of K-Pop & K-Classic hold hands!

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SM Entertainment signs MOU with Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra
-The first entertainment-orchestra MOU in Korea
-The first project to be unveiled via SM'STATION' this July

SM Entertainment signs MOU with Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra.

SM and Seoul Township signed an MOU on'Expansion and Development of Cultural Content through Collaboration between Genres' at 5 pm on the 10th, and at the ceremony, SM Lee Sung Soo, CEO, Seoul City Hall, Kang Eun Kyung, CEO, etc. I attended and lit up my seat.

In particular, this MOU was held for the first time in Korea by a representative K-pop entertainment company and an orchestra leading K-Class, and the two companies announced the excellence of K-Pop and K-Class to the world through mutual cooperation, and provided differentiated contents beyond genres. By presenting it, it is expected to lead the development of Korean cultural contents.

In addition, the two companies are planning to unveil the newly arranged and played music from SM's'STATION' in early July as the orchestra version of the SM released song, which was loved by the public as the first project. Since this is the first time, it is expected to present a unique charm.

In addition, since 2016, SM has gained popularity by announcing a wide range of music created through various collaborations through the digital music public channel'STATION'.In the future, the classic label'SM Classics' was established to expand to the classical genre. It will showcase a variety of content fusion.

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2020-06-01 Press Release

KEYEAST subsidiary Japan SMC merges with Japan's K-POP business SMEJ 'Second leap'

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-KEYEAST subsidiary SMC, from K-Drama to K-Pop! Absolute leader of K-Contents Japan distribution!
-SM Entertainment Group, SMC-SMEJ merger, global platform business!

SMEJ is a subsidiary of KEYEAST and SMC, a Korean wave content distribution company in Japan.

KEYEAST is publicly announced by Stream Media Corporation, Inc. (SMC), a subsidiary of SMEJ. Inc (hereinafter referred to as SMEJ) said it had decided to merge. As a result, SMEJ is merged with SMC and destroyed.

SMC operates satellite channels KNTV, DATV, etc. in Japan, and is the No. 1 provider of Korean wave broadcast program CS (communication satellite broadcasting). Fan club business has been in progress.

SMEJ, which is the target of the merger of SMC, is a subsidiary of SM Entertainment, established in April by SM Entertainment Japan in a material division method. I came to run a business.

With this merger, SMC plans to expand the business area to the K-Pop as well as the channel business focused on Hallyu broadcasting content, and promote the content distribution business across the Hallyu to complete a comprehensive media content platform.

“We look forward to SMC's subsidiary, Japan SMC, as a key base for SM Entertainment Group's global content distribution and to expand its business beyond Asia to the world.” As a company that has been leading the distribution of Korean wave content in Japan for a long time, it will increase the efficiency of platform operation by utilizing various contents such as the rich music, entertainment, and drama of SM Entertainment Group. ”

As a result, SMC's corporate value is expected to improve significantly, and the share exchange ratio of SMC and SMEJ is 1 to 90 respectively, and the current market capitalization of SMC is around 30 billion. It seems to be higher.

SMC's merger schedule for SMEJ will be finalized on August 1, 2020 through procedures such as signing a merger agreement, resolution of a general shareholders' meeting to approve the merger, filing an objection by creditors, and issuing new shares.

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2020-05-28 Press Release

SM C & C signs digital content business agreement with skyTV

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Digital content planning and production collaboration
Established a stepping stone to expand business with V-commerce 'expected synergy'
Red Velvet YERI's '예리한 방' scrambled for the first joint content

SM C & C joins hands with skyTV to focus on co-planning and production of digital content.

On 28th, SM C & C and skyTV signed a business agreement for digital contents business at skyTV headquarters. SM C & C's digital-based content production company, “SM CCC LAB,” and skyTV's digital channel “DUM DUM STUDIO,” agreed to cooperate closely in the joint digital content production business.

In particular, the two companies plan to continue to provide web contents of various genres by sharing the excellent production infrastructure and know-how possessed by each company and strengthening their digital content production capabilities through this agreement.

The first collaborative content between SM C & C and skyTV is the '예리한 방' starring YERI from SM Entertainment's group Red Velvet. Invite a special guest to YERI's secret azit and capture YERI's candid appearance in a girl's emotional daily life. It will be released on June 8 through SkyTV's digital channel 'DUM DUM STUDIO'.

At the ceremony, SM C & C CEO said, “We are delighted to be with SkyTV's digital channel DUM DUM STUDIO based on the competitiveness of SM C & C's versatile artists and SM CCC LAB, which possesses innovative planning power. I will do my best to cooperate so that the path can remain as a case of establishing a leading agreement model in the era of diversifying digital media. ”

“As the center of the platform expands from TV to mobile, we will provide quality contents optimized for mobile by actively communicating with the 'Needs' that viewers want,” said SkyTV CEO. "We will lead the digital media market by presenting various short form contents such as original web entertainments and web dramas for a rich digital content life."

Meanwhile, both companies are planning to produce a male idol reality web entertainment targeting the second half of this year. The plan is to expand business by connecting digital video production as well as video commerce. Through the planning video, the company plans to develop a business that can sell goods and private brand goods, which are independent brand products, and continuously cooperate.

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2020-05-02 Press Release

SM, revealing 'Official fanlight sync play service' for the first time, an interactive service that changes the color of the fanlight in line with the live performance sync

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Leading a new future in the culture of performing arts! First public at WayV concert on May 3rd!

SM Entertainment's first real-time official fanlight sync play service will be unveiled through 'Beyond LIVE', an online dedicated paid concert launched with NAVER, leading the culture of watching new performances.

The official fanlight sync play service of 'Beyond LIVE' fits the sync of live video by integrating the support rods of fans all over the world with wireless communication based Sync Play technology and changing the color in real time to match the performance of live broadcasts online. It provides an upgraded service by linking the support rod.

In particular, since this service is linked with a cheering rod to match the performance of live broadcasts in real time, it will present the future of a new performance viewing culture by providing fans with an online and offline connection as if they were cheering together. see.

In addition, this service will be applied from the Android version during the 'WayV-Beyond the Vision' performance of the Chinese group WayV, which will be held through NAVER V LIVE at 3pm on May 3rd (2pm on the 3rd of Beijing time). It is expected that the music fans will be enthusiastic.

In addition, “WayV-Beyond the Vision” is a personalized performance optimized for online, and will show a variety of stages that combine advanced AR technology, real-time 3D graphics, variety of camera walking, and interactive communication to attract world-wide viewers.

On the other hand, ‘WayV-Beyond the Vision’ tickets can be purchased at NAVER V LIVE +.

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2020-04-14 Press Release

SM Enterainment and NAVER sign MOU to strengthen their global entertainment competitiveness

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-The expansion of the global membership community 'Fanship'
-'Beyond LIVE', the concert live stream service starting out
-Combining the expertise of both companies to strengthen the global video content business
-Collaboration will be strengthened from various angles to expand the global entertainment market including KPOP in the future.

SM Enterainment and NAVER sign MOU to strengthen their global entertainment competitive via joint projects. Through the MOU, the two companies decided to secure differentiated partnerships in the global entertainment market and strengthen collaboration in various ways to strengthen global business competitiveness.

Through this alliance, the two companies will combine SM's expertise in global artist discovery and production with NAVER's underlying technologies to expand the global market for the global membership community “Fanship” platform. NAVER's “Fanship” platform, launched last year, is a new global community platform that stars design and build their own memberships for fans based on big data.

In addition, it combines the expertise of both companies to expand the video content business centering on the global market. Adding SM's entertainment content production capability and NAVER's global platform operation experience and technology, it introduces new video contents based on digital technology and infrastructure, focusing on the global market.

As part of this, in mid-April, the live concert streaming service “Beyond LIVE” service will start. The 'Beyond LIVE' service is going to provide online optimized digital concert content beyond relaying existing offline performances online. In particular, as the non-face-to-face culture has recently spread, the two companies expect to lead the digital concert culture that has evolved to a new level by communicating 'Beyond LIVE' services using various digital technologies such as real-time comments and digital support rods. have.

The ‘Beyond LIVE’ service is first introduced at NAVER V Live, and SuperM's 'Beyond LIVE' concert available from anywhere in the world on April 26th.

SM Entertainment co-representative said, "We expect to showcase new entertainment where content and technology meet and expand our global market through collaboration with NAVER, which is equipped with technology and a solid platform."

NAVER CEO said, “NAVER will partner with SM Entertainment with the most influential global artists, and further accelerate the global entertainment market penetration based on digital technology competitiveness.”

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2020-03-10 Press Release

ESteem Academy EStudio Opens Official Website

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EStudio official website open… Expand from model to actor / image creator training area!
EStudio official website opens a communication window with prospective students through the 'Consultation' category

ESStudio's newest artist training agency “EStudio” has opened its official website (www.esteemestudio.com).

Since its establishment in 2006, 'EStudio', which has produced more than 4,000 top models and graduates, is expanding its educational range not only with fashion models but also with actors, video creators, or 'cultivating artists' through a curriculum that reflects its know-how. .

As a part of this, new artists who have completed the academy course have signed 'development' and 'casting crew' management contracts based on internal evaluations, and have supported the growth of artists by investing in film, drama, fashion shows, and advertisements. do. Shooting their own profiles, auditing ESteem models, ESteem Entertainment, SM Entertainment, and other affiliated planning agencies are also part of the curriculum, with a practical focus on fostering artists.

The opening of the official website and the `` counseling '' category on the site are designed to introduce the curriculum process of `` EStudio '' and to facilitate communication with prospective students.

An official of EStudio said, “We are proud that 'EStudio' curriculum that keeps pace with the braille trend is optimized for training artists in various fields. 'We are looking forward to smooth communication with prospective students by opening this official website.” said.

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