Related Party Transactions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related Party Transactions

11. Related Party Transactions

(a) $3.0 Million Convertible Note 

On May 10, 2012, the Executive Chairman and Principal Executive Officer, Mr. Shane McMahon, made a loan to the Company in the amount of $3,000,000. In consideration for the loan, the Company issued a convertible note to Mr. McMahon in the aggregate principal amount of $3,000,000 (the “Note”) at a 4% interest rate computed on the basis of a 365 day year. Upon issuance, the conversion price of the Note was equal to the price per share paid for securities by investors in the most recent financing (as of the date of conversion) of equity or equity-linked securities of the Company.

Effective on January 31, 2014, the Company and Mr. McMahon entered into Amendment No. 4 to the Note pursuant to which the Note is at Mr. McMahon’s option, payable on demand or convertible on demand into shares of Series E Preferred Stock of the Company (the “Series E Preferred Stock”) at a conversion price of $1.75, until December 31, 2015. As a result, in 2014, the Company recognized a beneficial conversion feature discount calculated as the difference between the Series E Preferred Stock at its intrinsic value, which was the fair value of the common stock at the commitment date for the Series E Preferred Stock investment and the effective conversion price. As such, we recognized a beneficial conversion feature of approximately $2,126,000 in 2014 which was reflected as interest expense and additional paid-in capital since the note was payable upon demand.

Effective December 30, 2014, the Company and Mr. McMahon entered into Amendment No. 5 pursuant to which the maturity date of the Note was extended to December 31, 2016. The Note remains payable on demand or convertible on demand into shares of Series E Preferred Stock at a conversion price of $1.75 at Mr. McMahon’s option.

On December 31, 2016, the Company and Mr. McMahon entered into an amendment pursuant to which the Note will be at Mr. McMahon’s option, payable on demand or convertible on demand into shares of the Company’s Series E Preferred Stock, provided that the Note will no longer be convertible into Series E Preferred Stock upon the conversion of the Series E Preferred stock owned by C Media into the Company’s Common Stock (pursuant to which all Series E Preferred Stock will be automatically converted) but then convertible only into Common Stock at a conversion price of $1.50, until December 31, 2018.

For the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company recorded interest expense of $30,000 and $30,000 related to the Note.

(b) Cost of revenue

Hua Cheng, the minority shareholder of Zhong Hai Media, charged Company licensed content fees of approximately nil and $56,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, total accrued license fees due to Hua Cheng amounted to nil and $54,000, respectively.

(c) Purchase of Game IP Rights

On April 13, 2016, SSF entered into a Game Right Assignment Agreement with SSS for the acquisition of certain Game IP Rights for cash of $2.7 million (RMB 18 million), which was paid in full in 2016. The Game IP Rights was recorded at cost and then subsequently transferred in exchange for the investment in Topsgame as disclosed in Note 8 above. 

(d) Short term entrust loans

During the first quarter of 2017, the company entered into a series of entrust loans with the entities controlled by Bruno Wu to obtain short-term financial support for the Company’s daily operation. As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Company had such borrowings in the amount of $2,173,891 and nil, respectively. As of the date of this report, all of such entrust loans have been paid back to related parties.

(e) Deposit for Investment in MYP

On September 19, 2016, the Company signed a non-binding term sheet with Sun Video Group HK Limited ("SVG") in purchase for its 51% ownership of M.Y. Products, LLC ("MYP"), a video commerce and supply chain management operator, in exchange for $50 million worth of Wecast Network common stock and $800,000 cash.

In accordance with the Term Sheet, the Company wired $800,000 (or its RMB equivalent) to MYP upon signing the term sheet as Good Faith Deposit. As of March 31, 2017, the transaction has already been closed, and all of the deposit paid to MYP has been transferred into liabilitydue to BT, which is the former shareholder of SVG.