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The EU aims to significantly strengthen links between the African and European film and audiovisual industries. The programme „Africa-Europe Partnerships for Culture: Audiovisual Sector“, presented at the Hamburg Film Festival, is intended to create new......
Studio Babelsberg is expanding its technological infrastructure with a view to further strengthening its position in the international competition for film and content productions. With the LEDCave and the new „Grey Stage“, the studio has......
There is a new provider of analogue film production and post-production services in Vienna. Manuel Götz, Stefanie Weberhofer and Markus Maicher have founded Character_, a company offering services relating to......
In the US, the planned nationwide tax incentive for film and TV productions has taken a decisive step forward: on 24 September, the relevant bill, the Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalisation Act......
The Bundestag is discussing the proposed Media Services Investment Obligations Act (MedienInvestVG) for the first time today. The first reading is scheduled for Thursday, 24 September. The government’s draft bill is then to be referred to the relevant committees; the lead committee is to be......
Claus Grewenig remains Chairman of the Board at VAUNET. At the general meeting of the Association of Private Media, the Chief Corporate Affairs Officer of RTL Deutschland was re-elected for a further term of office. Michael Müller also......
Studio Hamburg Production Group (SHPG) is expanding its AI strategy and will in future centralise the relevant activities across the group. To this end, the production group has set up a new „AI Transformation“ function. The role will be headed by......
The way is largely clear for Paramount Skydance’s planned takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. Following the agreement with twelve US attorneys general and the settlement of the Writers Guild’s lawsuit......
Toronto has held its first official film market. The inaugural event has attracted significantly more industry attendance, although it remains to be seen whether the new market structure will also translate into a corresponding increase in deals. With 1,473......
According to the Association of Technical Services for Film and Television (VTFF), support for Germany’s film heritage should be continued on a permanent basis beyond 2028. In a new position paper, the......