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KCON:TACT Season 2 Starts This Weekend!

October 17, 2020October 20, 2020 Mai

OVER 20 K-POP ACTS TO PERFORM AT GIANT INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL FAN FESTIVAL – OCTOBER 16-25

KCON:TACT season 2 TO SHOWCASE KPOP’S HOTTEST STARS

AND THE FUTURE OF LIVE EVENTS

What: KCON:TACT is back this fall with “KCON:TACT season 2” virtual festival. For ten

days, “KCON:TACT season 2” will be packed with concerts, meet and greets and chances for fans to interact directly with their favorite stars on stage, live. Full details on programming, artist lineup and more important information are below:

When: October 16-25, 2020

**Live Concerts and Meet & Greets Stream Daily 8 AM ET / 5 AM PT

**New On Demand and Streamed Content Available 24/7

Where: Live and On Demand Streams Available on the KCON Official YouTube Channel (www.youtube.com/kcon) & Mnet K-Pop YouTube Channel

(www.youtube.com/mnet)

How: For $19.99, fans get access to the YouTube channel’s content and live streaming feed for a full month. For $24.99, fans get access to additional

features and content including FanCams and Concert VOD available immediately after the live stream only for premier access holders. Press interested in reviewing the show, please inquire about a limited number of passes.

PROGRAMING HIGHLIGHTS:

KCON:TACT season 2 includes a wide variety of live and on-demand content — from daily concerts, meet & greets to behind the scenes footage, and more

LIVE CONCERTS WITH AUDIENCE INTERACTIONS: Select performances with games and fan interactives will broadcast on select days at 8AM ET / 5AM PT
MORE LIVE AND ON DEMAND CONVENTION PROGRAMMING: From Monday to Thursday KCON:TACT will operate more like a convention and feature additional live artist meet & greets, classes (panels/workshops), and the KCON Studio. The livestream of the weekday artist meet & greets are only available to members and will begin at 8AM ET / 5AM PT.
KCON STUDIO X DIA TV DELIVERY: KCON:TACT will feature a KCON Studio populated by influencers from DIA TV. All videos will be available on demand with new videos uploaded daily.
POP UP CLASS: Organized in partnership with UNESCO, will feature artists airing daily at 6:30 AM ET / 3:30 AM PT.
LIVE PREMIERE is a special live fan meeting with select artists before their KCON:TACT concert performance. Fans can submit messages they want to hear from the artist and the artist will read it to them face-to-face via Zoom! Enjoy a very special 45-minute meeting with your favorite artists and get in the spirit for KCON:TACT through live Q&A, dance challenges and more!
KCON:TACT ALL ACCESS – A brand new behind the scenes series taking fans deep backstage of KCON:TACT 2020 Summer featuring unseen footage of the artist’s journey through the massive event.

Increased Fan Interactive Elements:

Live-KCON-er allows a group of KCON:TACT members to join the concert and meet & greets as a live audience on Zoom with their faces shown on the broadcast.
Fan Cam enables fans to switch views the way they want to get a closer look at their favorite artist members and better enjoy the show.
Fan Zone will include submitted photos from fan’s rooms decorated with fan items will be shared with the artists and celebrated during the broadcast.
Fan Featuring is back from the summer and invites fans to be featured on broadcast as a part of the performance of their artist of choice by submitting videos and photos of them dancing, singing and cheering.
Fans can also decide the set list of the lineup artists through Fan Requests.

Daily Concert and/or M&G Lineup: