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Tagesspiegel July 29, 2019

Has the theatre distanced itself from its audience?

Last season many directors tried their hand at #MeToo theatre. But does that face the problem?

Industry news & Market trends July 24, 2019

Working group of film festivals founded in Germany

Over 60 German film festivals have joined forces to found a new working group for film festivals. The aim: to create better conditions for film ...

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Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa July 19, 2019

Decisions on the Capital City Culture Fund for the year 2020

In the first decision procedure for 2020, the Capital City Culture Fund awards around € 4.6 million to 47 projects. There were 193 applications with ...

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Industry news & Market trends June 27, 2019

Large PwC study on media trends: Video streaming to double revenues by 2023, podcasts with greatest potential

The worldwide entertainment industry is facing further upheavals in view of ever more individual user preferences, says the result of the current PwC study. While ...

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Industry news & Market trends March 29, 2019

Potsdam applies as UNESCO Creative City of Film

Potsdam wants to become UNESCO Creative City of Film.

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meedia March 29, 2019

Article 13 is coming

The much-discussed EU copyright reform is over. Without amendments, the European Parliament voted for the Directive including Articles 11 and 13.

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Industry news & Market trends March 29, 2019

9 percent up: German games market grows significantly in 2018

The German games market grew significantly in 2018: with a volume of around EUR 4.4 billion, sales were 9 percent higher than in the previous ...

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Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg March 26, 2019

New funding programme Filmerbe

Good news: On 1 January, the joint Filmerbe promotion programme was launched by the Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM), the federal states ...

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Projekt Zukunft March 21, 2019

Startup-map.berlin goes online

Berlin has a new "startup-map.berlin".

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Gründerszene March 19, 2019

Bad report

Only four of the 25 start-up promises made by the German government have been implemented to date. The industry association Bitkom has taken a close ...

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Projekt Zukunft March 18, 2019

Game streaming to touch in the Berlin CityCube

Trade fairs – also known as conventions or cons – have been an integral part of today's fan culture for quite some time. Cons began ...

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Industry news & Market trends February 28, 2019

GA Radio will be switched off in Berlin on March 1, 2019.

The MEGA Radio station on Berlin's DAB+ channel 7 B will cease broadcasting on 1 March 2019. Too bad. What are the reasons?

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Industry news & Market trends February 19, 2019

Do we need a foundation for our data?

The misuse of user data by platform operators is becoming a major problem. Would foundations be suitable to negotiate terms of use?

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Industry news & Market trends February 12, 2019

Spotify buys podcast label Gimlet

Spotify goes to podcast. The music streaming giant Spotify has now bought the podcast label "Gimlet Media" - probably for the considerable sum of 230 ...

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Industry news & Market trends February 8, 2019

Look here: German animated film is a hit abroad

The animated film seems to be on the advance. At any rate, this is what the figures published by German Films Marketing + Service GmbH ...

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Industry news & Market trends January 24, 2019

Club Transmediale (CTM) starts

On Friday the Club Transmediale (CTM) starts in Berlin. The "Festival for Adventurous Music" takes place for the 20th time. A look back and a ...

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Industry news & Market trends January 22, 2019

German film is becoming more feminine

Last year, the ratio between women and men in the key positions of director and screenwriter at the FFA's project film funding agency was almost ...

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Industry news & Market trends January 15, 2019

Christoph Links hands over his publishing house

Christoph Links sells his publishing house. What's the reason for it?

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Industry news & Market trends January 8, 2019

Free admission to all museums soon?

The new Humboldt Forum in Berlin wants to open its doors free of charge. Minister of State for Culture Grütters sees this as an attempt. ...

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Tagesspiegel December 18, 2018

Association "Pro Quote Stage" takes stock after one year

Last year the association "Pro Quote Bühne" was founded, which fights for equal rights in theatre. In the Sophiensälen now the balance was drawn.

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Industry news & Market trends December 14, 2018

First German Social Entrepreneurship Monitor published

More and more people in Germany are deciding to become social entrepreneurs. Particularly in view of global challenges such as digitization and globalization, the motivation ...

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Industry news & Market trends December 14, 2018

Study: The smartphone is not a book killer

At the end of November, the JIM study on the media usage behaviour of young people was published. Every second girl, but only every third ...

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Industry news & Market trends December 6, 2018

Germans reward social brand commitment

57 percent of German citizens buy as far as possible only from companies that credibly pursue a higher purpose ("Purpose") and thereby earn themselves a ...

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