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Tagesspiegel March 20, 2020

Financial support for film industry decided

The corona crisis is an existential catastrophe for the film industry. A package of measures has been put in place to mitigate the serious social ...

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Industry news & Market trends March 20, 2020

Senate approves special programme for solo self-employed and small businesses

Emergency aid in the Corona crisis: The Senate is launching an emergency aid package with 600 million euros, the Senate decided at a special session ...

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Industry news & Market trends March 18, 2020

Clubcommission starts crowdfunding campaign to preserve Berlin clubs

The Clubcommission has launched a crowdfunding campaign to preserve Berlin clubs and created www.unitedwestream.berlin. Every day, a different club is streamed from the site. In addition to ...

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Startnext March 17, 2020

Startnext launches crowdfunding aid campaign

No orders, no concerts, facilities have to close due to Corona. So StartNex is running a crowd-funding relief effort.

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Projekt Zukunft February 21, 2020

New in Berlin: ScreenX

Germany has one more cinematic attraction: in December last year, the first cinema auditorium with a 270-degree screen opened in Berlin. ScreenX is the name ...

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Projekt Zukunft February 21, 2020

Ableton Loop: Conference for musicians back in Berlin

Loop, the conference for music professionals, returns to its place of origin, Berlin. From 24 to 26 April, the festival will take place in the ...

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Industry news & Market trends February 21, 2020

Sustainability as a duty

Berlin, Freiburg and now also Hamburg are declaring sustainability as a duty. The Berlin Senate had already obligated companies in which the city has a ...

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Industry news & Market trends February 21, 2020

Recognition of music clubs as cultural sites under building law is drawing near

For the first time, the German Bundestag dealt with the topic of club culture in the Committee for Construction, Housing, Urban Development and Communities. The ...

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Tagesspiegel February 21, 2020

The 70th Berlinale is political before it started

There was criticism of jury president Jeremy Irons. At the start of the Berlinale, the actor made an unequivocal commitment to women's rights and diversity.

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Projekt Zukunft January 10, 2020

Is Berlin a tech talent region?

In the capital region, the demand for digital skills has increased by 20 percent in the past three years. According to the Investitionsbank Berlin, every ...

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Industry news & Market trends January 10, 2020

For the first time more than 100 billion streams in Germany

The Germans stream music like never before. In other countries, though, growth will likely slow down. What’s the reason for that?

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Industry news & Market trends January 10, 2020

Podcast market grows by 20 percent annually

Podcasts are on the rise: in 2020, one in three listens to podcasts. And the end of growth is not in sight yet.

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Tagesspiegel January 4, 2020

Culture has to be there for everyone

Breaking down barriers: Minister of Culture Monika Grütters and Berlin's Senator for Culture Klaus Lederer want museums to become more accessible. How exactly is that ...

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Industry news & Market trends January 1, 2020

Can Berlin play a pioneering role in social entrepreneurship?

The Berliner Morgenpost asked this question Markus Sauerhammer, head of the association of social entrepreneurs. We have of course already conducted an interview with him.

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Tagesspiegel December 9, 2019

Green film: German producers voluntarily commit themselves

Less CO² emissions: the producers' association suggests a voluntary commitment for green production. Berlin companies are among the first signatories.

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Industry news & Market trends November 8, 2019

New report on media windows in Europe published

Films that start simultaneously in the cinema and on DVD/VoD (day-and-date film starts) are still a rarity on the European film market. In the US, ...

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Industry news & Market trends November 8, 2019

Moviemento: operators want to save Germany's oldest cinema - with crowdfunding

On Monday the cry for help came: The premises of the Kreuzberg Moviemento cinema are to be sold, the "oldest cinema in Germany" opened in ...

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Industry news & Market trends November 8, 2019

The hell with it, equal rights

Opposite language is increasingly asserting itself. However, this is by no means reflected in the proportion of women in the film industry: According to statistics ...

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Industry news & Market trends November 8, 2019

Why Spotify is the lonely king on the music market - and Apple is now far behind

Spotify continues to grow: While the streaming service had 191 million listeners a year ago, in the second quarter of 2019 it had already reached ...

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Gründerszene October 1, 2019

Antitrust Office wants to open data from tech companies to competitors

No more "permanent exclusive property"? The Bundeskartellamt demands that even small competitors should in future have access to the databases of large Internet companies. What ...

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Gründerszene October 1, 2019

Pollution: These start-ups want to rid us of plastics

More and more people are trying to avoid plastic. We introduce Cleantech-Startups, which develop alternatives for all areas of life.

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Industry news & Market trends October 1, 2019

Minister of State Grütters supports documentary film project with around 1 million euros

Minister of State Monika Grütters supports documentary film projects with a total of 949,500 euros. Who receives the money?

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Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg October 1, 2019

Golden cinema autumn for Berlin-Brandenburg. Medienboard funding of 7.5 million euros for 38 projects.

In the 4th round of film funding in 2019, the Medienboard committed 38 projects to funding totalling 7.5 million euros. Among the 19 projects receiving ...

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