4K Media Continues to Expand International Streaming Media Partnerships for the Yu-Gi-Oh! Franchise

NEW YORK – May 23, 2016 – Adding to its digital distribution dominance, 4K Media Inc., the Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. subsidiary that manages the licensing and marketing of the Yu-Gi-Oh! brand, and its distribution partner Cinedigm have announced that the brand has added a number of SVOD/VOD partners in Europe to its already impressive roster of global digital partnerships.

Among 4K Media's latest Digital Media Distribution agreements are:

Germany:

236 German-language episodes of the complete series “Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters” and 155 German-language episodes of the complete series “Yu-Gi-Oh! GX,” in cooperation with the German distribution partner KSM GmbH, have been licensed to:

• RTL networks's German online portal ClipFish
• Maxdome, the SVOD platform owned by ProSieben Sat 1. Media
• My Video, one of Germany's most popular online video destinations, also owned by ProSieben Sat 1. Media

Italy:

• TIM will be offering its TIMvision's subscribers all 49 episodes of “Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V” Season 1, the latest series from the franchise.

Multi-Territory Agreements:

• Crunchyroll, the U.S. based international online community focused on streaming Asian media with a special emphasis on anime and manga, has expanded its worldwide (outside of Asia) distribution arrangement with 4K Media with the addition of the original, uncut Japanese-language versions of “Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters” and “Yu-Gi-Oh! GX” series with English subtitles.

• 4K Media joins leading Hollywood studios in partnering with Tubi TV (www.tubitv.com), the world's largest and fastest-growing -- free and legal -- video app on Connected TV devices, Mobile, and the Web. The free, video-on-demand service has licensed 154 original and uncut episodes of “Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's” with English subtitles, as well as 123 English-language episodes of the series.

In commenting on the digital distribution partnerships, Mark Kirk, 4K Media Senior Vice President, Digital Operations, said: “We're thrilled to have episodes of the various

Yu-Gi-Oh! series available to fans throughout the world. 4K Media has been embracing digital media platforms as a viable method for distributing content for over a decade and will continue to do so as the numbers of fans accessing the vast Yu-Gi-Oh! library of episodes online and on mobile devices validates that decision.”

This latest round of digital distribution agreements expands 4K Media's vast number of existing streaming partnerships for the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise, including Hulu (US), Netflix (multi-territory), ClaroVideo (Latin America) and TV4 (Sweden), among others.

The Yu-Gi-Oh! animated franchise, with over 700 episodes available in up to 15 local languages, consists of the original “Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters,” “Yu-Gi-Oh! GX,” “Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's,” “Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal” and the newest installment, “Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V,” as well as the highly popular Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card game, video games, licensed product and feature films.

About 4K Media

New York City-based 4K Media Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.) is a brand management and production company best known for its management of the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise outside of Asia. This year, the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime brand celebrates its 15th anniversary of entertaining and engaging young audiences in the United States and Europe, and 2017 marks its next exciting theatrical release. Beyond Yu-Gi-Oh!, 4K Media is also actively expanding both its licensing and production slate to incorporate other brands including the recently announced representation of Rebecca Bonbon. The Yu-Gi-Oh! website is available at www.yugioh.com