Feng Xin, CEO of Storm Group, said: "The storm hit many challenges in the capital market environment and its own development pace in 2017. The core reason why Storm TV successfully obtained 800 million yuan of strategic financing in a difficult environment is that honest people are doing solid work Storm TV strategy in line with the trend of the development of the industry.The success of the storm TV financing is an important milestone in business development is the storm TV accelerated into a new starting point for the profit period.War 2018, Storm Group has three priorities, the Group With a substantial increase in profits, TV and VR accelerated into the harvest period, and AI became the engine of all the Group's businesses. '
IDG Capital Partners Zhongqiu Yue said: 'As one of the earliest investment storm venture capital firm, IDG Capital and Storm team have experienced 12 years together. Storm demolition VIE landed A shares opened more excellent Internet companies boarded A shares , Which will continue to promote the development of China's capital markets and allow investors to share in the value of the new economic growth. We are very pleased to see the Storm Group maintain its original mission of pioneering innovation and are constantly exploring new models and new products. Strategic investors, all of which reinforce our confidence in the future growth and development of the storm. '
Yuan Yonggang, chairman of Suzhou Dongshan Precision Manufacturing Co., Ltd., said: "Dongshan Precision has maintained close cooperation with Storm TV since its inception and we are deeply touched by the dedication, innovation and quality of Storm TV team. Team is currently the strongest team in the field of Internet TV in China and they can also make the best TV products and services.This is the most important reason why Dongshan Precision decided to invest in Storm TV. "Turning to the future development, Yuan Yonggang said: Looking to the future, the cooperation between Dongshan Precision and Storm TV will give full play to the strategic advantages of both parties and bring them together. "Dongshan Precision will give full support to Storm TV for many years in the industry including manufacturing, supply chain, key module and device capabilities , To speed up the development of storm TV.
Rudong Xinhao is a hi-tech industry-led fund set up by the government of Rudong County in Nantong City, Jiangsu Province. Zhai Jianhua, party secretary of Rudong Development Zone, said: "TV is the most important screen in Chinese families. The TV industry is at Occupying a very high position in the national economy. Storm TV is the first industry-wide release of voice-over-IP telephony leader. We very much agree with Storm AI to reconstruct the value of television industry strategy. The strategic investment will be to Storm TV as a leader in Rudong building AI TV industry base, leading the AI TV industry chain upstream and downstream economic development.
The conference, in addition to announced storm TV 800 million yuan strategic investment, storm magic mirror to obtain 300 million investment intention agreement, the Storm Group also proposed the campaign objectives of the three core business of the storm in 2018. Storm video rely on AI force , 2018 target to increase information flow income of 100 million yuan; storm TV2018 goal continued to support AI TV first, single-user profit, home projection market first, the company profitability in 2019. Storm Magic mirror force VR industry applications, Dual-engine development, the company realized profitability in 2018. In the conference, Storm TV also announced the upcoming new Real6 non-screen AI TV, Real6 Max6 will be on the basis of brightness, configuration, sound quality, design and content, such as full range Upgrade.
Storm Group and the interaction between astronomical and strategic cooperation
At the press conference, Storm Group also announced a strategic cooperation with the interaction of the planet as the future operation of the game can be jointly run PC + hand tour + TV + VR platform games; can build a game fund to explore outstanding IP and studio. As a leading game developer and operator in China, Typhoon Interactive will form its own R & D, agency distribution, and after-sales service in 2014, IP authorization, investment incubation of a number of business segments. Have included the "Three Kingdoms Power Edition", "Blood Elves King," many millions of levels of travel, including "spend thousands of bone" is broken by the monthly flow of 200 million The good result became phenomenal mobile tour of 2015. 2017 new game "Drunken" eponymous drama total play volume of more than 10.3 billion, is the next phenomenal video tour linked action.
Mr. He Yunpeng, CEO of Sky Interactive said: "This strategic cooperation with Stormwind Group is rooted in a high degree of recognition by both parties for their future development strategy." The first level, Platform Identity, is based on the consistent concept of the importance of cross-platform collaborative game operations, Astronomical can rely on storm the advantages of PC, mobile phone, TV, VR on the better operation of the game products; the second layer, is the common recognition of teamwork between the two sides. Storm and the sky are the same start-up companies, are a group of people want to do things, capable of doing things People
Storm video 2018 target: fat force AI, 2018 information flow to increase 100 million
At the beginning of the year, Storm put forward its strategy of "fully embracing the information flow", and its core products have all been upgraded to the new version of information flow. After the stream of information was revised, the first screen traffic of the mobile video terminal increased by 80% and the duration increased by 50% Click rate increased 45%, the duration increased by 33%; Storm mirror time increased by 50% .Info advertising began testing in June 2017, third quarter information flow advertising revenue reached 14.47 million.Zhang Pengyu, vice president of Storm Group, said: 'Based on With the rapid growth of information flow business, we propose to increase the revenue by one billion by 2018. We will significantly enhance the information flow of the Storm Group while constantly improving the user experience. "
Storm TV2018 Goal: Focus on AI, Achieve 101 Plans
Storm TV CEO Liu Yaoping said: 'This completed 800000000 yuan of strategic financing, the development of storm TV into the fast lane, to meet the new inflection point 2018. The specific goal is to achieve' 101 plan ', that is, in 2018 to maintain the AI TV first, single-user profitability, home projector share the first. '' In May 2017, Storm TV released the world's first speech-to-speech artificial intelligence TV X5 ECHO, launched in September AI2.0 artificial intelligence system to achieve a far speech voice Interaction, information flow, AI scene service three major aspects of the upgrade.
Artificial intelligence products, user operating data significantly improved.Ai far to speak of voice user usage reached 65%; AI TV users up to 7 hours.Storm TV in the double 11 made AI TV category sales first.In 2018, Storm TV Will continue to focus on AI TV, keep the track lead, continue to maintain the first place in the AI TV industry based on AI to enhance the user experience, storm TV access costs further reduced ARPU users continue to improve. Storm TV target in 2018 To achieve single-user breakeven, to lay a solid foundation for the company's profit in 2019.
Blizzard AI screenless TV Max6 released in the early November after the market has been widely recognized after the release of just 5 days that Jingdong won more than 3,000 yuan high-end home projection sales success 3. 2018, Storm TV will be at home projection Continue to deepen and develop the market, continue to do with the quality of TV to do without screen TV, strive to be the first home projector.
Storm Mirror 2018 goal: dual engine development, to achieve profitability
VR is the general consensus that the next generation Internet will get the industry once and for all, with the breakthrough of VR key technology and the popularization of 5G in 2020, VR will usher in the large-scale profitable and large-scale users in the whole industry. China VR first brand leader in the same time, will also vigorously develop the VR industry application market.In order to better meet the beautiful future, Storm Mirror proposed in 2018 'twin engine' development strategy.
Storm Mirror The signing of 300 million yuan strategic and investment intention agreement with Gui'an New District will help Storm Mirror landed in Gui'an, relying on rich tourism resources in Guizhou, and vigorously develop the application of VR + tourism industry to achieve a breakthrough in the application of VR industry. Magic mirror will work together Gui'an New District, the construction of the three centers, namely the content center, training center and manufacturing center, consolidate the VR industry lay the necessary industrial base resources, training VR industry professionals, a steady stream of high-quality VR content and service.
Huang Xiaojie, CEO of Storm Magic Mirror, said: "As the earliest domestic leader in mobile VR, Storm Magic Mirror has been pushing the scale and level of development of the VR industry in China to be at the leading level in the world after more than three years of hard work. Engine development strategy, vigorously develop the VR industry applications, so that the magic mirror to better meet the VR industry a better future.