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Industry news & Market trends April 3, 2020

Special news: KreativKulturBerlin expands its consulting and online programme at short notice

IMPORTANT: The Soforthilfe is paused until Monday, April 6, and will possibly be transferred to a federal program (as of March 30). Follow our news ...

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Industry news & Market trends March 23, 2020

Corona: Emergency measures of the Gema

Gema is also reacting to the Corona crisis: For licensees, all monthly, quarterly and annual contracts are suspended for the period during which a company ...

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Tagesspiegel March 20, 2020

PEN demands unconditional basic income

The Writers' Association wants to support self-employed people in the cultural sector. Initial surveys show that they could lose almost their entire income.

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Projekt Zukunft March 20, 2020

Survey on the impact of the Corona crisis

The COVID 19 pandemic has a serious impact on the economy as a whole. The measures for social distancing and the massive restrictions on cultural ...

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Industry news & Market trends March 20, 2020

Survey of the Landesmusikrat Berlin e.V.: What impact does Corona have on the Berlin music landscape?

The Landesmusikrat Berlin e.V. has launched a survey for music professionals: What effect has COVID-19 ("Coronavirus") on the Berlin music landscape?

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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 February 21, 2020

Berlin start-up survey 2020: ongoing

For the third time, an association of ten universities, coordinated by the Centre for Entrepreneurship at the TU Berlin, is conducting the "Harmonizing Start-up Survey ...

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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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