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The German film industry can look forward to a significant cash injection: the German government has announced that it will double state film funding from next year. In future, a total of 250 million euros will be made available annually......
Media giant Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is heralding the next phase of its corporate strategy: The Group plans to split into two independent, listed companies by mid-2026. This is WBD's response to......
Shooting of the tragicomedy "The Great Collapse" has begun in Leipzig. Director and screenwriter Tilman König is directing a new film project that is being produced with the support of the FOKUS funding programme from MDM and......
New York, 25 July 2025 - A new chapter in the US media landscape is about to begin as Paramount Global and Skydance Media have announced that their highly anticipated merger is expected to close on 7.......
In a significant move for the US media landscape, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has officially approved the acquisition of Paramount Global by Skydance Media. The deal, which totals around 8.4......
On 23 July 2025, Minister of State for Culture Wolfram Weimer invited leading representatives of major US streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ and Apple TV+ to a meeting at the Federal Chancellery. The aim of the meeting......
Shooting starts for ARD TV film "Unser Leben mit Louma" (AT): Patchwork family in a state of emergency. Filming for the family drama "Unser Leben mit Louma" (working title) began in Cologne and Hürth on 15 July.......
It has been finalised: After almost a decade of history together, Lionsgate and Starz are going their separate ways with immediate effect. What was once intended as a strategic merger of studio and streaming ended in......
Stuttgart, 19.07.2025 - Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg (MFG) celebrated its 30th anniversary with a festive event in Stuttgart's Wagenhallen. Numerous representatives from politics, the film industry and the media honoured......
From 2026, the previous "Filmtage Köln" will take place in Hamburg for the first time - in a new, expanded form. Together with the KINO film theatre congress of the HDF cinema association, which will also take place in......