Taoping Alliance Receives $17.6 Million Ad Distribution Order from Ju’an Home


SHENZHEN, China, July 26, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Taoping, Inc. (NASDAQ: TAOP), a leading provider of internet-based ad distribution and ad display terminal sharing systems in China, today announced that Taoping Alliance, a new media operating organization founded by TAOP and Shenzhen Taoping New-Media Limited, have entered into a contract with Ju’an Home, a nation-wide in-home care and service platform. The contract is expected to generate $17.6 million revenues for Taoping Alliance within the next twelve months.

According to the contract, Ju’an Home’s real-time ads, including brand promotions, lock hardware products announcements, and in-home care and service announcements, can be distributed on the selected cloud-based ad terminals respectively owned by local members of Taoping Alliance throughout 22 cities in China. As the developer and technology/ service provider of the Taoping new-media eco-system and the founder of Taoping Alliance, TAOP is expected to receive approximately 15% of the total revenue generated from the contract.

“We are pleased to partner with Ju’an Home,” said Mr. Jianghuai Lin, the Chairman and CEO of TAOP, “By utilizing its nation-wide networks and TAOP’s sophisticated new-media distribution and sharing platform , Taoping Alliance provides local communities the convenience service and adds value to the consumers.”

Taoping Alliance is a nationwide advertising resource sharing platform jointly founded by TAOP and Shenzhen Taoping New-Media Limited. Since its establishment in May 2017, the members of Taoping Alliance have increased to fifty-six members with the coverage of over twenty-five provinces and provincial cities throughout China.

About Taoping Inc.

Taoping Inc. (formerly known as China Information Technology, Inc.) Nasdaq: TAOP, is a leading cloud-based ad terminal and service provider of digital advertising distribution network and new media resource sharing platform in the Out-of-Home advertising market of China. The Company provides the integrated end-to-end digital advertising solutions enabling customers to distribute and manage ads on the ad display terminals. Connecting cloud-based ad terminal owners, advertisers and consumers, it builds up a resource sharing “Smart IoT Terminal - Taoping Net/ App – Taoping E-store” media ecosystem to ultimately achieve the mission “our technology makes advertising and branding affordable and effective for everyone.” To learn more, please visit http://www.taop.com/.

About Ju’an Home

Ju'an Home is an in-home care and service platform. The Company provides over 300 kinds of convenience services across China, including locks repair, housekeeping, babysitting and maid service, in-home care, legal services, moving services, plumbing, driver’s training, fitness, etc. To learn more, please visit http://www.juanzhijia.com/.

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