NextTrip, a technology-forward travel and media company defining the intersection of Media and Travel, today announced the closing of its previously disclosed asset acquisition of select content, brand rights, and distribution assets of GoUSA TV, a travel streaming platform originally launched to showcase destinations across the United States.

The transaction represents a strategic expansion of NextTrip’s owned media portfolio and reinforces the Company’s long-term strategy to deploy premium, video-led travel content as scalable demand infrastructure for its booking and commerce platforms.

Strategic Rationale: Media as Demand Infrastructure

GoUSA TV historically reached an estimated 200+ million viewers globally across connected TV, mobile applications, and digital platforms, including Samsung TV Plus, LG Channels, Titan OS, and TCL International. The platform suspended operations in September 2025 following US federal budget cuts, creating a unique opportunity for NextTrip to acquire an established global distribution footprint at an attractive entry point.

Rather than operating GoUSA as a standalone channel, NextTrip plans to integrate the platform into JOURNY, the company’s owned travel media network. GoUSA will serve as a US focused demand-generation layer within NextTrip’s broader media-to-commerce ecosystem.

This approach reflects NextTrip’s core thesis: travel media should not stop at viewership but extend into measurable booking intent and transaction conversion.

“With this transaction, we are not simply acquiring a content library, we are acquiring valuable content assets supported by an established global audience footprint and proven distribution infrastructure,” said Bill Kerby, Founder, Director, and Chief Executive Officer of NextTrip. “As travel discovery continues to shift toward media-driven engagement, integrating the GoUSA platform and content into JOURNY enhances our ability to influence consumer intent earlier in the decision cycle and efficiently convert that demand through our booking and technology platforms, supporting scalable monetisation over time.”

Ian Sharpe, Chief Operating Officer of NextTrip Media, added, “The travel content market is shifting from passive viewing to participatory engagement. By combining GoUSA’s destination credibility with JOURNY’s creator-driven formats and NextTrip’s booking infrastructure, we are building a system where storytelling directly supports measurable travel outcomes.”

Strengthening the JOURNY Platform

The acquisition adds over a hundred hours of US destination programming, including documentaries, travel series, culinary features, and cultural storytelling, to JOURNY’s expanding content library.

Combined with JOURNY’s existing FAST, AVOD, and digital distribution, GoUSA content becomes part of a multi-platform programming and monetization system that supports:

• Advertising and sponsorship revenue
• Destination marketing partnerships
• Creator-led and branded content
• Direct booking pathways through NextTrip’s commerce stack

By embedding attribution, QR-driven engagement, and deep-linking into booking workflows, NextTrip expects to increasingly align content performance with transactional outcomes rather than relying solely on audience metrics.

Content and Production Momentum Into 2026

During 2025, NextTrip materially expanded its owned and licensed content portfolio across travel documentaries, destination series, influencer-led programming, and branded travel entertainment.

With Save Your Day Films joining the JOURNY production ecosystem in 2025, the Company increased its capacity to develop original formats designed specifically for multi-platform distribution and commercial integration.

Planned 2026 programming includes:

• Influencer- and creator-led destination series
• Branded and sponsored travel formats
• Long-form experiential storytelling
• Content structured to support itinerary discovery and booking conversion

This production model is designed to ensure content supply scales alongside distribution and monetization, rather than operating as a standalone cost center.

Transaction Overview

At closing, NextTrip acquired specified GoUSA content, along with associated distribution assets, for a purchase price of $350,000 in cash and $350,000 in restricted common shares of NextTrip. The transaction also includes a performance-based royalty arrangement pursuant to which the seller is entitled to receive 15 per cent of gross advertising revenue generated from NextTrip’s commercialisation of the GoUSA FAST channels and content library, as well as a 1 per cent commission on destination booking revenue (excluding airfare) directly attributable to GoUSA content. The royalty arrangement applies over a multi-year period and includes a minimum guaranteed payment. Additional information, including the full terms and conditions of the transaction, is available in the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

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