Mark Berry's AMG And China's KDIGITAL Entertainment Group Enter Into Strategic Agreement Significantly Expanding Chinese Music Market

Provides Vast Multi-Platform Distribution and Marketing Opportunities Across China. End Quote

(1888PressRelease) June 29, 2017 - Under the conditions of a multi-year arrangement, KDIGITAL will release songs from AMG's vast roster of recording labels and worldwide recording artists on its own loading platforms QQ Music, KuGou along with Kuwo.

KDIGITAL will become AMG's master licensing agent to completely sub-license AMG's masters and copyrights to third-party audio providers in China. Both parties will work together to discover new marketing techniques to innovate business versions and also to strengthen a strong copyright protection atmosphere. Additionally, KDIGITAL will encourage AMG artists to advertise their songs and perform live in the Chinese marketplace, leveraging KDIGITAL'S internet properties and alternative media outlets.

In China, KDIGITAL has been among the most significant music platforms, supplying over 7 million tunes into 600 million active consumers. KDIGITAL is a powerful advocate of lawful music, and it has earned industry recognition for driving development in the electronic music business.

AMG represents one of the most extensive catalogues of copyrights and master recordings across every multiple genres in cooperation with BMG Music. The business identifies and develops upcoming artists, and also creates international distribution outlets through their critically acclaimed and commercially successful avenues of promotion and marketing, AMG Label Services.

In making the statement, MARK BERRY, Chairman of AMG, stated, "We are excited about dealing with Charlie Ahn's KDIGITAL as we assemble local indigenous performers and repertoire, in addition to international artists, in this energetic and expanding audio marketplace. AMG was participated from the exceptional growth of the nation's music industry and I am excited about dealing with KDIGITAL to attract exciting new musicians and solutions to music enthusiasts across China. Given recent improvements in copyright protection, now's the ideal time to get an advanced strategic partnership with a top Chinese business like KDIGITAL that will meaningfully accelerate the progression of the nation's music ecosystem and, then, stimulate development in creative and industrial opportunities for many musicians."

Charlie Ahn, President of KDIGITAL, stated, "We're regarded as being AMG's master supply and licensing associate in China. With extensive user interaction and deep business understanding, KDIGITAL is your partner of choice to the audio industry to interact with music fans. Our venture with the world's top music labels will show our dedication to cultivating a vibrant ecosystem that gains music fans, artists and songwriters."

Our grand new venture with KDIGITAL will allow AMG to completely handle this opportunity, particularly with the expanding success of QQ Music, KuGou along with Kuwo. Chinese consumers are definitely embracing licensed providers, fuelling growth to China's music market, raising the significance of this industry globally and accelerating the maturation of Chinese musicians for the enjoyment of listeners globally."

Duane Farley, EVP of Operations at AMG, stated, "Leveraging KDigital's licensing capabilities, we could offer a rich and customized experience for tens and hundreds of music fans in China. This strategic agreement will further strengthen our campaigns in copyright protection and also shift the business in the paid subscription model to assist
local musicians create top-quality records for supply in China and throughout the planet."

There are a lot of amazingly talented musicians and songwriters operating in China now and this new venture will provide increased exposure to a classical musical culture and legacy here and across the world.

About Mark S. Berry & AMG:
AMG is a leading Toronto-based entertainment & media company with an unparalleled client list of artists and content creators across film, television, music and digital media. Led by an experienced and innovative management team, AMG was formed in 1998 by international record producer, engineer & mixer Mark S. Berry and operates under his leadership as Chairman. Berry, whose extensive production, engineering & re-mixing talents has earned him 36 international gold & platinum records for such notable Grammy & Juno nominated musical icons as, David Bowie, Duran Duran, Yes, Boy George, Billy Idol, Kool & The Gang, Cameo, Carly Simon, Joan Jett & many, many more. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with offices in NYC, LA, Hong Kong, Seoul & Beijing.

Since its founding, AMG Visuals has executive produced, financed or distributed several movies, including Drake: Homecoming and the upcoming Jeff Healey Band documentary; and has almost an equal amount in development, under production, or completed but not yet released.

Through its partner companies, including award-winning global creative music supervision agency AttackTrax, AMG also provides clients with unique music advertising, music brand integration and marketing opportunities across traditional, social media, mobile, film, television and gaming platforms. Already the owner of an extensive music publishing catalogue in affiliation with BMG Music, AMG's mission is to target potential acquisitions in the music, film & television industries ranging from independent record labels, artists, writers, DVD, feature length films, extreme sports content to purchases in the music publishing sector. AMG's focus is music distribution through its deal with Universal Music Group Distribution, the insertions of music into international feature film & television, as well as the development of reality based and documentary television programming.

About AttackTrax:
AttackTrax is one of the world's leading providers of 100% pre-cleared production music in all media. AttackTrax is committed to quality and offers 10,000+ tracks of music in all genres from world renowned music publishing catalogues. Previous AttackTrax insertions have included Making of The Matrix Reloaded, Coach Carter, Urban Legend, Harvard Man, Dawsons Creek, Roswell, MTV, Viacom, VH1 and many more including major sports programs internationally. The attacktrax.com website has been designed as a state-of-the-art, automated, online customer experience and decision engine that functions on all platforms and complements an already world-class AttackTrax brand.

For more information, please visit:
www.theamgcorp.com
www.attacktrax.com

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