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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......
The German Film Academy is responding to current developments in the film industry with new criteria for the 2026 German Film Awards. Creative achievements will be weighted more heavily, international co-productions will be given more leeway - a step......
More visibility for East German perspectives on the big screen - that is the aim of a new workshop programme that PROG (Producers of Germany) is launching together with Netflix. In November......
The German Federal Film Board (FFA) has completed the first funding round of its new automated programme to support German cinemas. A total of almost 4.1 million euros were awarded to 99 projects - a strong signal......
Lionsgate Studios, now independently listed on the stock exchange following the spin-off from Starz, is currently the focus of possible takeover talks. Legendary Entertainment, which recently sold its Chinese investment and......
It was once one of the most lucrative deals in pay TV: Starz secured the exclusive first broadcast rights (so-called Pay 1 rights) for cinema films from Sony Pictures for years. This made the channel for......
Berlin, 9 July 2025 - After years of negotiations, the German Directors' Association (BVR), Netflix and the trade union ver.di have reached a landmark agreement. For independent directors working on German-language......
The MediaTech Hub Conference (#MTHCON25) will take place at Studio Babelsberg from 24 to 25 September 2025. The event brings together experts and creatives to discuss current challenges and innovations in film,......