MetaMedia Named Exclusive Livestreaming Partner for ESPN and Theater Sports Network Partnership to Livestream NCAA College Football Games into U.S. Cinemas

August 29, 2023

LOS ANGELES, CA – MetaMedia, the world’s first global entertainment platform that delivers
movies, premium content and live events to cinemas and other venues, today announced that
the company will serve as the exclusive livestreaming partner for Theater Sports Network and
its theatrical distribution agreement with ESPN to livestream regular season Atlantic Coast
Conference (ACC) college football and major New Year’s Bowl games into U.S. cinemas.

Jason Brenek, CEO of MetaMedia said, “We believe that Theater Sports Network has identified
an unmet demand for families and fans to view live sports on massive movie theater screens
and are thrilled to be selected as their livestreaming partner.”

Scott Daw, President and COO of Theater Sports Network said, “We believe movie theaters
are the next great frontier for live sporting events, and we are elated with this unprecedented
agreement with ESPN. We look forward to bringing these games to ACC football fans. We
believe that theaters have the ability to generate excitement around live sporting events. These
events will replicate the feel of a football stadium experience as fans gather and fill theaters to
watch the games on the big screen. As we move forward, we hope to add games from
additional college football conferences as well as other live sporting events.”

The ESPN and Theater Sports Network agreement covers the New Year’s Six Bowl games
including the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl,
the Capital One Orange Bowl, the CFP Semifinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl, the CFP Semifinal at
the Rose Bowl Game, and the College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by
AT&T. In all, the agreement includes approximately 75 games during the 2023-24 college
football season.

ACC games that air on ESPN platforms are available for Theater Sports Network distribution in
the away team markets– or in both home and away markets for neutral site games. The cost of
attendance to watch the games will be determined by participating local theaters. For more
information and a schedule of games in specific areas, fans can visit theatersportsnetwork.com.
MetaMedia is the world's first global, cloud-based entertainment delivery platform for cinemas,
drive-ins, and other out-of-home venues. Currently connected to more than 5000 screens

across the US and Canada in all the top 50 cities, MetaMedia seeks to expand and redefine the
cinemagoing experience. ESPN previously teamed up with Cinemark in 2021 and 2022 to make
the NCAA College Football Playoff semifinal games and National Championship game available
to fans in cinemas.

About MetaMedia 
MetaMedia is the first global entertainment platform that delivers movies, premium content
and live events to cinemas. MetaMedia’s global cloud-based platform provides for the secure,
rapid and cost-effective delivery of premium, big-screen entertainment to cinemas, drive-ins,
arenas and other commercial venues. MetaMedia is headquartered in Los Angeles. For more
information, please visit www.metamedia.global.

About ESPN
ESPN, the world’s leading multiplatform sports entertainment brand, features eight U.S.
television networks, the leading sports app, direct-to-consumer ESPN+, leading social and
digital platforms, ESPN.com, ESPN Audio, endeavors on every continent around the world, and
more. ESPN is 80 percent owned by ABC, Inc. (an indirect subsidiary of The Walt Disney
Company) and 20 percent by Hearst.

About Theater Sports Network
Theater Sports Network partners with media rights owners and cinema operators to bring live
sporting events to global audiences on movie theater screens using proprietary and disruptive
distribution technologies. Theater Sports Network is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. For
more information visit theatersportsnetwork.com.

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Jason Brenek

Chief Executive Officer

Leveraging two decades of senior executive experience across multiple sectors of the film and entertainment industry, Jason Brenek assembled a group of powerful industry leaders with incomparable experience and relationships to forge the building blocks of MetaMedia. As Chief Executive Officer of MetaMedia, Brenek focuses intently on realizing the operational, economic and programming benefits of creating a next-generation distribution network, which are mutually-beneficial to content producers and cinemas around the world.

Prior to MetaMedia, Brenek was President of IMAX HOME at the IMAX Corporation, where he led business and engineering teams around the world to develop and launch multiple new products, technologies, and platforms. Before IMAX, Brenek spent over a decade in senior management roles at The Walt Disney Studios. While serving as Senior Vice President of International In-Home and Head of Global Business Development and Strategic Partnerships, Brenek established partnerships with global brands including Netflix, Google, Amazon, Apple. and Samsung to distribute Disney-owned content across new digital/OTT platforms, television, and retail. Brenek previously served as Disney's Senior Vice President of Worldwide Digital Cinema and Cinema Programming, overseeing the company's global transition from analog to digital cinema. Brenek also developed and co-produced two Disney feature films and multiple live sporting events in cinemas with ESPN. Brenek received his Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School and his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin.

Danny C. Stein

Chairman

Danny Stein is a seasoned, growth-oriented media and technology executive with 30 years of operating and investment experience across media, technology, and consumer businesses. Stein has managed across the full life-cycle of deal origination, deal execution, business building and exit for small and mid- cap public, private and distressed companies. Stein is a digital media innovator having built a portfolio of businesses as CEO of Dimensional Associates 2003-2014, including as the Executive Chairman of the Orchard Enterprises, a global music and entertainment company, specializing in media distribution and 1091 Pictures, a digital and theatrical distribution company. From 2015-2016, Stein was the Senior Vice President, Growth Investments of MacAndrews and Forbes Holdings, Inc., a company that acquires and manages a diversified portfolio of public and private companies across various industry segments.  In that role, Stein’s focus was on building and investing in digital media and technology-enabled businesses. Through MacAndrews and Forbes, Stein also served as President of New Media and Corporate Development at Deluxe Entertainment (a wholly owned subsidiary of MacAndrews of Forbes), responsible for Corporate Development, M&A, Strategy, Digital Media and Innovation.

Chuck Goldwater

President, North America

For over two decades, Chuck Goldwater has served as a senior executive in the entertainment and cinema exhibition industry which has earned him incomparable industry-wide trust and respect. As President, North America for MetaMedia, Goldwater draws upon his broad understanding and deep connections to exhibitors and studios across the country to create a robust network of exhibitor and studio partnerships for MetaMedia. He also applies his knack and experience for building successful entertainment startups to MetaMedia's growing infrastructure and success.

Prior to MetaMedia, Goldwater was co-founder and CEO at cinema chain New Vision Theaters. Before that, Goldwater served as Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at Carmike Cinemas, which acquired Digiplex Destinations, a cinema chain where Goldwater served as Executive Vice President and a member of the Board of Directors. At New Vision, Carmike, and Digiplex, Goldwater was an energetic and effective advocate for alternative programming and “event cinema” as a means of increasing seat utilization and creating incremental revenue for exhibitors. Before Digiplex, Goldwater was President of Cinedigm (formerly known as AccessIT), the company credited with deploying the first digital cinema infrastructure and electronic delivery network. Previously, Goldwater was selected by the then seven largest Hollywood studios to serve as Chief Executive Officer of Digital Cinema Initiatives (“DCI”), a joint venture that created the industry-wide specifications and the technical quality and security architecture for digital cinema systems. Goldwater was also inducted into the industry’s ShowEast Hall of Fame and is a Will Rogers/Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation Board Advisory Member.

Shaiwal “Shay” Priyadarshi

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

A dynamic inventor with over a dozen patents, Shaiwal "Shay" Priyadarshi is a trusted leader and mentor to high-performing tech teams, executives and business partners. For over 25 years, Priyadarshi has assembled and led front-end and back-end engineering teams, developed market-leading products and intellectual property that spans from embedded systems and data centers to leading cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and Oracle Cloud. As chief technology officer (CTO) for MetaMedia, Priyadarshi continues to maintain his exemplary track record of overseeing innovative products from concept to delivery.

Prior to MetaMedia, Priyadarshi was CTO of IMAX Home, where he developed the world's highest-quality, internet-delivered video playback system needed to support IMAX Corporation’s pioneering technologies. Before IMAX, he served as CTO of PRIMA Cinema where he led the research, development and approval processes of the world's first and only movie service that was authorized to distribute new Hollywood movies to private home theaters. And previous to PRIMA Cinema, he worked as director of engineering at DivX, where he led the development of new technologies that power many leading streaming services today. Priyadarshi received his Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Electronics from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.