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How to win with TV, IP and Viral Marketing in Mobile Games The Power of TV, World Class IP, and Excellent Monetization Tung Nguyen-Khac

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With more than 85% of smartphone and tablet owners playing mobile games, this presents the question of how to address this massive market using different marketing tools. This talk asks the question: “How can we use TV together with performance and viral marketing to have either a good market entry or expansion strategy into the western mobile games world?” Tung will discuss the different marketing parameters in the Western World and their interdependences: Which marketing methods can help to extend the lifetime of a product? How can the use of TV support mobile marketing or influence the digital marketing channels? Can TV campaigns support the up sale among existing players?

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How to win with TV, IP and Viral Marketing in Mobile Games The Power of TV, World Class IP, and Excellent Monetization

Tung Nguyen-Khac

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ProSiebenSat.1 key financials & Stock market

Revenues

Recurring EBITDA

Net income*

Continuing operations. *Net income after non-controlling interests.

2,605m

790m

360m

Recurring EBITDA margin 30%

** based on 5,585,400 treasury shares. Closing share price on XETRA as of April 1, 2014, at EUR 33.62. *** Source: Deutsche Börse, as of March 31, 2014.

Share price increased by 69% in 2013

Free float market cap ~EUR 7.2bn**

Member of

German MDAX index (rank #2***)

Key financials FY 2013

Stock market

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Introducing ProSiebenSat1

Aeria Games Europe GmbH - ProSiebenSat.1 Games GmbH - Confidential 3

Digital Entertainment

Digital Commerce

Ventures

Games

2 Digital & Adjacent

Format Development

TV Content Production

Digital Production

3 Content Production & Global Sales

Free-to-Air Television

Basic Pay TV

Distribution

1 Broadcasting

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Global Sales

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20 million unique online users per day

Significant TV + Digital synergies

11 million TV viewers per day

Multiple revenue growth opportunities

Leading TV & Digital media company

Early mover with strong position in digital entertainment and commerce

Leader in digital media business innovations

How does the Game business benefit from that?

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Introducing SevenGames

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Access to TV

Access to IP

Ownership of digital reach

The combination of Aeria and ProSieben Games has created the leading publisher in Europe

World leading monetization

Mobile + PC Expertise

Ignite distribution platform

Top publisher in Europe

Unparalleled marketing power + TV

International player base

+ = SevenGames

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It’s been a busy year for us Over the last 6 months, we have successfully completed the merger and consolidated our international operations in Berlin

Completed post-merger integration of Aeria and ProSiebenSat.1 Games ✔ Migrated all games and community onto a single technical platform ✔ Built an international operations team in Berlin with now 300+ staff ✔

Opened a licensing office in Seoul ✔

6 new games ready for launch in Q4 ✔ Aeria Games Europe GmbH - ProSiebenSat.1 Games GmbH - Confidential 6

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We are focused on growing our games portfolio with casual/ mid-core mobile titles aimed at capturing large audiences

The Future is Mobile

PC Mobile

Casual

Midcore

Hardcore

Hard-/Midcore •  Extensive experience •  Stable revenues

through long lifetimes •  Strong monetization

Casual/Mobile •  Large market due to

wider demographics •  TV driven audience

acquisition •  Easy to leverage well-

known IPs/brands

Monster Paradise

Immortalis

GoalOne

Social Casino

Puzzle

Poker

Portfolio Development Strategic Rationale EXAMPLES

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Business Case: Goal1 Constantly analyzing the App Stores to find a gap and potential new markets.

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We have analyzed all relevant games in detailed depth.

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The Idea: A Mobile Football Manager – less crowded and the World Soccer Championships ahead of us (2013)

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GoalOne is a good example of this strategy: In the beginning, this was just another football manager…

GoalOne – A Success Story

•  Co-developed with Bad Monkee GmbH (Hamburg)

•  Development started 12/2013

•  Cross-platform app for iOS and Android

•  Levering years of online football manager experience in the team

•  Deep gameplay and match mechanics

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…until we partnered with the DFB to create a unique football manager game experience with the German national team

GoalOne – World Class IP

•  Partnership with DFB •  Official football manager

of the German National Football team

•  App launched on the first day of the World Cup (Jun-12)

•  Updates during the cup to reflecting the success of the German team

•  >250,000 installs in the first 30 days

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The TV commercial was prepared just in time and went on air with the launch of the app on the App Store and Google Play

GoalOne – The Power of TV

Goal One TV Spot on Youtube

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The spot worked like a charm driving a high volume of installs predictably at very competitive CPIs

GoalOne – The Power of TV

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Goal One – Installs vs. TV Airtime

Installs

GMV

GMV = Gross Media Volume

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Most installs come in the early afternoon and during prime time – most efficient times are after lunch and dinner

GoalOne – The Power of TV

Goal One – Installs vs. TV Airtime (by Time of Day)

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TV power drove the vast majority of installs to date – about 60% of installed base is on Android

GoalOne – The Power of TV

iOS  43%  

Android  57%  

TV  93%  

Other  7%  

GoalOne Installs by Source

GoalOne Installs by Platform

Total: ~500k Installs Total: ~500k Installs

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Our monetization strategy implemented best practices from years of free-to-play experience

GoalOne – Excellent Monetization

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Private  Scout  

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Transfer  Market  

Boosters  

Leveling  Up  

SoJ  Currency  

GoalOne Premium Currency Spending by Item Category

Rebalanced Booster economy

Introduced “Gacha” system

Rebalanced Transfer Market

Focus on first-time buyers

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Careful tweaking and active promotions are boosting ARPU

GoalOne – Excellent Monetization

GoalOne Daily ARPU

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New, larger Booster packs

“Private Scout” discount

“Private Scout” probabilities

improved

First “Mystery Box”

promotion

Launch of “Private Scout”

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With strong user acquisition and improving monetization, we have been steadily climbing into the Top 10 grossing charts

GoalOne – A Success Story

#10 #11 #14

#17 #20 #21

#33

Source: App Annie, October 2014

GoalOne – iPhone Games Top Grossing Rank, Germany

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Combining the power of TV with world class IP and excellent monetization we have created winning title

Summary

+ + +

Great Gameplay

World Class IP

The Power of TV

Excellent Monetization

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Thank You!

Tung Nguyen-Khac