germany`s digital powerhouse

NRW joins SXSW
GERMANY’S
DIGITAL POWERHOUSE
North Rhine-Westphalia
City of Cologne
City of Dortmund
NRW joins SXSW
GERMANY’S
DIGITAL POWERHOUSE
North Rhine-Westphalia
City of Cologne
City of Dortmund
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Greetings
Garrelt Duin
Minister for Economic Affairs, Energy and Industry
of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
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Henriette Reker
Lord Mayor of the City of Cologne
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Ullrich Sierau
Lord Mayor of the City of Dortmund
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Germany’s Digital Powerhouse –
North Rhine-Westphalia,
City of Cologne & City of Dortmund
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Ministry of Economic Affairs, Energy and Industry
of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
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City of Cologne
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City of Dortmund
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Cologne Chamber
of Commerce & Industry
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NRW.International GmbH
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Delegation Members
22CONNECT AG
+ANDERSEN & ASSOCIATES
Bavaria Entertainment GmbH
Cologne Conference GmbH
Dear Reality UG
de_zwei_drei GmbH
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DuMont Mediengruppe
E.ON SE
Encoding Management Service – EMS GmbH
gebrueder beetz filmproduktion Köln GmbH & Co. KG
HMR International GmbH & Co. KG
Lagerfeuer Medienproduktion UG
Media Authority of North Rhine-Westphalia (LfM)
Mediencluster NRW GmbH
METRO AG
ndF West GmbH
Oliver Schrott Kommunikation GmbH
Philipp Laude, YT-Tainment GmbH
quintly GmbH
runge.tv GmbH
Rushlake Media GmbH
Sedo GmbH
ShopCo GmbH
Splendid Entertainment GmbH
UFA LAB
VERY US NETWORK
Warner Bros. ITVP Deutschland GmbH
Web de Cologne e. V.
Westdeutscher Rundfunk, WDR
Wotch
ZDF
ZDFneo
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Organisation/Sponsors
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NRW: Digital powerhouse and
industrial strength
For North Rhine-Westphalia, SXSW Interactive is once
again the place to be in March 2016. Our large and diverse
delegation is traveling to Austin to identify new trends,
listen to the interesting speakers and follow the current
discussions in the industry.
This year the NRW delegation reflects the diversity of
the companies in the media and creative sector: Large
and small companies, established industry giants as well
as young startups are making the trip. TV stations, pro­
duction companies and internet companies will provide
a productive mix. This also shows that the media and
creative industries form an important lead market in
NRW. Large TV corporations, many film producers,
publishers, designers, games studios and a lively startup scene benefit from the favorable location conditions.
As a region which is home to major media companies, a
diverse newspaper and book publishing landscape, with
a strong advertising market and numerous important
trade fair formats such as gamescom or dmexco, NRW
is also an excellent partner for foreign companies.
The deciding competitive advantage for companies in
the creative and media industries in NRW is the proximity
to their industrial partners. North Rhine-Westphalia is
regarded as Germany’s industrial core. 16 of the 50 highestgrossing German companies have their headquarters in
NRW. These are the clients of advertisers, film-makers,
music producers and designers. Both sides benefit, and
create added value, made in North Rhine-Westphalia.
This year, we will also be presenting some great ideas
from NRW at the German Haus and in the Trade Show.
You are warmly invited to come and learn about NRW
and its strengths.
Garrelt Duin
Minister for Economic Affairs, Energy and Industry
of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
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Welcome to Cologne –
The Digital Capital of Germany!
Cologne is the fourth largest city in Germany and as
part of the Rhine-Ruhr region also the biggest city in the
State NRW, which has approx. 18 million inhabitants.
With its strong companies, University of Excellence,
the University of Applied Sciences and the Academy of
Media­­­­Arts, embedded into an outstanding educational
region, Cologne is not only an expanding city but also a
magnet for young people. Today 25 % of the residents
are between 18 and 35 years old.
At the same time Cologne has developed into one of the
most exciting sites for digital business, games, interactive
entertainment and e-commerce. There are important
events taking place, i. e. international leading trade fairs
and conferences like the gamescom, the greatest fair
for interactive games or the dmexco, Europe’s leading
conference for digital trading and e-commerce and also
events like the Pirate Summit, StartupCon, internet
week or the digital education days.
Cologne is one of the most important locations for the
inter­net and media business. Two of Germany’s largest
TV stations, WDR and the RTL Group, are located in
Cologne­­­­. Several hundred production companies and
service providers ensure that more than 30 % of the
German­­­­TV program is produced here.
The collaboration with international startup eco-systems
as well as the extension into an international innovation
hub will be intensified by the staff section media and inter­
net business. Visit us at the NRW booth at the German
Haus!
Yours sincerely
With the best extended fiber glass network in Europe and
the highest broadband supply in Germany, Cologne is
well prepared for future developments like VOD and the
digitalization of the entertainment-, media- and internet
industry.
Henriette Reker
Lord Mayor of the City of Cologne
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Amazing Dortmund –
One City Great Opportunities
Dortmund continues to activate the strengths of its
creative­­­­class because studies reveal that creative,
well-educated people are the key to success among the
global competition between communities. This applies
to companies and cities but above all to the people who
live here. The creative class ensures the liveliness and
diversity­­­­of a city and helps to achieve a tolerant urban
community. And it gives important economic impetus
towards­­­­growth.
Dortmund provides its creative class with the right
space in the right place. Today new ideas are already
being­­­­developed as the next creative generation is being
educated in Dortmund’s think-tanks, universities, institutes and at the TechnologieZentrumDortmund. And
Dortmund has the space and initiatives to develop these
ideas to maturity and to transform them into opportu­
nities and products. One example of this is our creative
landmark, the Dortmund U, where creativity and the
visual arts come face to face. Interdisciplinary exchange
like this offers great potential for our future. That is
why the City and the cultural, business and scientific
communities continue working together to support
and promote these resources.
I am very pleased that the City of Dortmund is a partner
of the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia this year
and I wish all participants a successful SXSW 2016!
Ullrich Sierau
Lord Mayor of the City of Dortmund
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Welcome to Germany’s Digital Powerhouse
North Rhine-Westphalia,
City of Cologne & City of Dortmund
Welcome to NRW, one of the most economically powerful
metropolitan regions in Germany and Europe. With over
24,000 companies in the media and communications
sector, more than 412,000 employees, and a turnover of
almost 122 billion Euros, the federal state has developed
into the leading media and creative hub. No federal state
brings more companies and employees together across
the whole gamut of media formats. Whether it is games,
film, television, design and advertising, mobile, IT or
publishing­­­­. NRW has evolved as the Number One centre
of the media and creative industries.
Cologne is one of the leading digital capitals in Germany
with its high creative atmosphere and an outstanding
location­­­­for global events such as gamescom, dmexco, ART
COLOGNE, c/o pop, Cologne Conference or lit.cologne.
Two of the biggest broadcasters, WDR and the RTL Group,
are located in Cologne. Several hundred production
companies­­­­and service providers ensure that over 30 %
of the programs viewed on German television originate
in Cologne.
Dortmund, once a former “steel city”, is now a modern
and cosmopolitan metropolis, acquiring renown all
across Europe as an innovative location for technological
and creative development with key projects like the
Dortmunder U or the Konzerthaus. The city is constantly
working on the expansion of networks, creative businesses, fostering an invigorating startup climate and the
professionalization of entrepreneurship in the creative
sector.
Short Facts
■■ Germany’s leading media, communications and
creative industries location
■■ home to internationally operating media and
telecommunication­companies, e. g. Deutsche
Telekom­, Bertelsmann, Vodafone, WAZ
■■ home to leading TV broadcasters WDR, RTL,
VOX, Super RTL, n-tv, Phoenix
■■ home to 8 of the top 10 TV producers in Germany,
one-third of program minutes produced in
Germany­
■■ highly professional service-providers and
personnel
■■ excellent universities, colleges and hubs
providing a huge talent pool
■■ advertising location with biggest turnover home
to leading design & marketing agencies such as
Grey, BBDO, OMD
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ooming games cluster including global players EA,
Ubisoft, Blue Byte
■■ home to every fourth game developer in Germany
■■ strong web, YouTube and startup scene
■■ lively and creative film scene
■■ financially strongest film funding institution
■■ diverse art and cultural scene featuring
inter­nationally renowned galleries
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Claudia Nussbauer
Head of Section Creative Industries
Roland Berger
Head of Media and
Internet Department
Among Europe’s metropolitan regions, North RhineWestphalia has one of the most powerful economies. The
state is also a national leader. North Rhine-Westphalia is
Germany’s No. 1 industrial region. Our livelihood depends
on industry. Industry sustains and drives forward research,
growth and wealth in our state. Of Germany’s top 100
corporations, 37 are based in North Rhine-Westphalia.
We are home to the global players. At the same time,
NRW is not only the home of large companies; it also
hosts a significant small and medium business sector.
70.8 % of the region’s economic output is generated by
service providers. 6,6 million people work in this sector.
The industry-related service providers play a particularly
important role. 27.5 percent of the sales generated in the
narrower sense by industry-related service providers
in Germany come from NRW. If you think you can only
become a market leader if you are based in New York or
Tokyo, come to North Rhine-Westphalia and think again.
Cologne is the fourth largest city in Germany and the
largest city in NRW as part of the Rhine-Ruhr region with
more than 10 million inhabitants. The Cologne Cathedral
is a world cultural heritage site and an attraction for
tourists­­­­from around the world.
Ministry of Economic Affairs,
Energy and Industry of the
State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Claudia Nussbauer
Berger Allee 25
40213 Düsseldorf, Germany
Phone: +49 211 61772-290
claudia.nussbauer@mweimh.nrw.de
www.economy.nrw.de
Frank Risse
Project Manager Media
and Internet Department
Cologne is one of the most important media cities in
Germany­­­­. Two of the biggest television broadcasters,
WDR and the RTL Group, are located in Cologne. Several
hundred production companies and service providers
ensure that over 30 % of the programs viewed on German
television originate in Cologne. Cologne has also developed
into an important location for the digital business with
leading fairs and conferences, for example the gamescom, the world’s largest trade fair and event highlight for
interactive games and entertainment, and the dmexco,
Europe’s leading exposition and conference for digital
marketing being held in Cologne.
City of Cologne
Roland Berger | Frank Risse
Willy-Brandt-Platz 2
50679 Köln, Germany
Phone: +49 221 221-24101
roland.berger@stadt-koeln.de
frank.risse@stadt-koeln.de
www.stadt-koeln.de/wirtschaft/medien
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Christian Weyers
Head of Cluster Management
Creative Industries
Mathias Härchen
Head of Business Support &
Deputy Director
Like almost no other German city, Dortmund has seen
enormous change in recent years. The former “steel city”
developed into a modern and cosmopolitan metropolis,
acquiring renown all across Europe as an innovative
location­­­­for technological and creative development.
The Cologne Chamber of Commerce and Industry currently
represents the interests of around 150,000 member
companies. The CCI Cologne bundles the interests of
commerce and industry and speaks on their behalf when­­ever their interests need to be represented in dealings
with political or administrative bodies. It is a corporation
governed by public law, service partner of companies,
supports company development with a diverse range of
services, provides advice in times of crisis or mediates
in question of company succession.
But the biggest city in the Ruhr Valley also scores with
a wide range of possibilities in the cultural and sporting
sector, with extensive greens and a high quality of life.
Counting nearly 600,000 inhabitants, the city alongside
the ancient German trading route (the “Hellweg”) is one
of the biggest cities of the Federal Republic of Germany
and the economic and cultural centre of Westphalia.
For startups the CCI Cologne offers a huge range of
services­­­­: support in creating your business model or
business plan, advice on how to cope with loan and other
support programs, information on venture capital and
crowdfunding, consulting in questions of growth or
how to go international ... Your startup matters are
our business!
City of Dortmund
Economic Development Agency
Cologne Chamber
of Commerce & Industry
Christian Weyers
Töllnerstr. 9 – 11
44122 Dortmund, Germany
Phone: +49 231 5029214
christian.weyers@stadtdo.de
www.dortmund-kreativ.de
Mathias Härchen
Unter Sachsenhausen 10 – 26
50667 Köln, Germany
Phone: +49 221 1640-570
mathias.haerchen@koeln.ihk.de
www.ihk-koeln.de
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Almut Schmitz
Managing Director
NRW.International – Partner for worldwide business
NRW.International coordinates the promotion of foreign
trade in North Rhine-Westphalia. In particular, it supports
small and medium-sized enterprises in the development
of important growth markets worldwide. NRW.International
provides a variety of measures tailored to the companies’
needs and is responsible for the organization of joint
trade fair presentations abroad, the coordination and the
support of international trade delegations from North
Rhine-Westphalia to foreign countries as well as trade
fair and delegation scouting.
NRW.International GmbH
Almut Schmitz
Völklinger Str. 4
40219 Düsseldorf, Germany
Phone: +49 211 710671-10
info@nrw-international.de
www.nrw-international.de
Delegation Members
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Aylin Bruns
Head of Business Development
Vidar Andersen
Founding Principal
We are a HR-Tech-Startup building the best matching
technology for the market. Since 2013, we are turning
the traditional recruiting process upside down by disrupting oldschool systems and integrating the learnings
of e-commerce into recruiting tools.
+ANDERSEN & ASSOCIATES helps large companies
inno­vate like startups.
We work with your corporation to enable you to innovate
from the inside out and from the bottom up, reducing
the risk and cost of innovation by using data instead of
random chance to drive the decision making process.
Because we know that “Innovation won’t come from plans
or people outside your company – it will be found in the
people you already have inside who understand your
company­­’s strengths and its vulnerabilities.” – Steve Blank
We believe: Skills are replaceable, personality is not.
More specifically, we help you achieve predictable inno­
vation as a natural perpetual process within the company
and we help you achieve it by combining entrepreneurship
with science.
Our customers include Deutsche Telekom and BARCO.
We provide the comprehensive products including edu­
cation, training, methodologies, processes, innovation
KPIs and the digital management tools to help you achieve
predictable continuous innovation as a data-driven process.
22CONNECT AG
+ANDERSEN & ASSOCIATES
Aylin Bruns
Domstr. 55 – 73
50668 Köln, Germany
Phone: +49 221 8200690
aylin@talentsconnect.com
www.talentsconnect.com
Vidar Andersen
Wildenbruchstr. 46
40545 Düsseldorf, Germany
Phone: +49 151 40133149
v@plusandersen.com
www.plusandersen.com
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Oliver Fuchs
Managing Director
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Tobias Gerlach
Managing Director
Bavaria Entertainment is an award winning German TV
production company that produces and distributes real
life entertainment content for a variety of broadcast
networks and other distribution platforms.
With its headquarters in Munich and Cologne, Bavaria
Entertainment was founded in 2002 and it operates as a
subsidiary of Bavaria Film GmbH founded in 1919. Bavaria
has a strong reputation for the production of highly enter­
taining prime time shows such as the internationally
success­ful science quiz “Nature’s Best Inventions” as
well as other formats such as docutainment, factuals,
music specials and comedy.
We attach great importance to independently developing
formats and the elaboration of ideas while being able
to resort to a vast network of international partners.
We consistently provide programs that inform, inspire
and always entertain.
Johannes Hensen
Head of Program
The Cologne Conference, founded in 1991, is Europe’s
leading festival for extraordinary television and independent film productions. It is as much devoted to the
trendsetting medium TV as to the new media languages
and market trends in advertising, internet, film and
mobile­­­­entertainment. The Cologne Conference is unique
in being a festival for TV professionals and aficionados
alike; many consider it to be – in the words of the leading
trade magazine Variety – the “Gateway to Europe’s Most
Dynamic TV Market”.
The festival gives leading media professionals the opportuni­ty to contemplate the latest media developments.
The workshops, lectures and works series, held by internationally renowned guest speakers, outline the core
global industry trends as well as their impact on the
German­­­­market.
Bavaria Entertainment GmbH
Cologne Conference GmbH
Oliver Fuchs, Tobias Gerlach
Hans-Böckler-Str. 163
50354 Hürth, Germany
Phone: +49 221 67787660
oliver.fuchs@bavaria-entertainment.de
tobias.gerlach@bavaria-entertainment.de
www.bavaria-entertainment.de
Johannes Hensen
Am Hof 28
50667 Köln, Germany
Phone: +49 221 788785-10
johannes.hensen@cologne-conference.de
www.cologne-conference.de
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Achim Fell
CEO & Co-Founder
Christian Sander
CEO & Co-Founder
Dear Reality, we create games, interactive sound
design and 3D audio solutions for VR.
Our software dearVR is a professional audio engine for
positional 3D audio and ultra-realistic acoustic room
virtuali­sation – easy to use with the game engine Unity
and suitable for all platforms. With dearVR audio becomes
a full 360° sound experience for headphones. The sound
is no longer inside your head but out in the environment,
where it belongs. Using the dearVR 3D audio technology
our audiogame “39” was a huge success in the App Store
and nominated for the German Computer Award 2015.
Marc Radermacher
Managing Director
de_zwei_drei is an independent IT software development
company for the entertainment industry. From prototypes
to market-ready products, our strength is the management
of digital media products and their life-cycles. Examples
are Musik Promotion Network (MPN), Digital Sales
Services (DSS) and the EMS – Encoding Management
Service which provides fast and secure encoding and
delivery of audio and video to digital retailers/aggregators
worldwide. We aim for the highest quality standards.
Long-established partnerships with our clients confirm
this.
Achim Fell used to work as a sound engineer for radio
play and film production and received­­­­a Master of Arts
degree in Game Development and Research.
Christian Sander has a degree in audio and video
engineering­­­­and is specialized in DSP development
and spatial audio sound design.
Dear Reality UG
de_zwei_drei GmbH
Achim Fell | Christian Sander
Oberbilker Allee 53
40223 Düsseldorf, Germany
Phone: +49 211 93896882
achim@dear-reality.com
christian@dear-reality.com
www.dear-reality.com
Marc Radermacher
Bismarckstr. 48a
51373 Leverkusen, Germany
Phone: +49 214 31272-0
sxsw16@de-zwei-drei.com
www.de-zwei-drei.com
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Otto Christian Lindemann, Vice President Business Information & Services
Dr. Christoph Bauer, CEO DuMont Mediengruppe
Stefan Hütwohl, CFO DuMont Mediengruppe
Thorsten Kühnel
VP of Digital Transformation
Family owned DuMont Mediengruppe is one of the
leading media companies in Germany with its headquarter
in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia.
E.ON is an international privately-owned energy supplier
which will be focusing entirely on renewables, energy
networks and customer solutions. Within the renewables
segment, we are one of the world’s leading companies.
Around 33 million customers purchase gas and electricity
from E.ON.
Digital activities include transformation of its regional
media activities in Cologne, Berlin, Hamburg and Halle
as well as digital expansion through M&A and venture
funds.
Business information and media services are also core
of DuMont’s business strategy.
DuMont Mediengruppe
E.ON SE
Otto Christian Lindemann
Dr. Christoph Bauer
Amsterdamer Str. 192
50735 Köln, Germany
Phone: +49 221 224-0
otto.christian.lindemann@dumont.de
christoph.bauer@dumont.de
www.dumont.de
Thorsten Kühnel
Brüsseler Platz 1
45131 Essen, Germany
Phone: +49 160 3675483
thorsten.kuehnel@eon.com
www.eon.com
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Irmin Wiechmann
Managing Director
Christian Beetz
CEO
EMS is an independent technological service provider,
offering superior digital logistics and infrastructure solutions at a high and secure quality standard. Our systems
power the complete technical side of your requirements
– from metadata management to quality assurance and
timely delivery to your retail partners world-wide.
gebrueder beetz filmproduktion is one of Europe’s leading
non-fiction film and crossmedia producers. Under the
leadership of Christian Beetz, the company has realized
more than 120 award-winning documentaries. Most recently,
gebrueder beetz filmproduktion won the Special Jury Award
at Sundance IFF for The Land of the Enlightened. In 2015,
the documentary The Yes Men are Revolting competed
at the Berlinale and won the 2nd audience award. The
co-production Open Heart was nominated for an Academy
Award® in 2013, and in 2014, the documentary The Wagner
Files was nominated for the International Emmy® Award
for Best Arts Programming. The company produces cuttingedge interactive formats for the international market, including webdocs, apps and new interactive TV formats. The
webdoc Falciani’s SwissLeaks won the German Economic
Film Award in 2015. The provocative sexuation series MAKE
LOVE was one of the most popular tri-media formats on
German broadcaster ARD and broke all VoD records on
ZDF. In 2015, the transmedia event SUPERNERDS about
digital surveillance was a great success, combining a live
TV show and a stage play with interactive storytelling. It is
nominated for the Interactive Innovation Award at SXSW.
We can handle audio, video and mixed media repertoire.
You are always in control of all relevant administration
and management aspects regarding your catalogues,
including­­­­sales analytics. Companies such as !K7, GoodToGo, Indigo, SPV, tonpool and Zebralution trust in our
independent services. Get in touch for your individual
scenario assessment.
Georg Tschurtschenthaler
Creative Producer
Encoding Management Service –
EMS GmbH
gebrueder beetz filmproduktion Köln
GmbH & Co. KG
Irmin Wiechmann
Bismarckstr. 48a
51373 Leverkusen, Germany
Phone: +49 214 892219-0
sxsw16@media-ems.com
www.media-ems.com
Christian Beetz | Georg Tschurtschenthaler
Breite Str. 108
50667 Köln, Germany
Phone: +49 221 280 659-0
c.beetz@gebrueder-beetz.de
g.tschurtschenthaler@gebrueder-beetz.de
www.beetz-brothers.de
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Dr. Martina Richter
Managing Director
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Sarah Recht
Project Manager
HMR International is one of the leading consultancies for
media companies in Germany. HMR was founded in 1995
and offers integrated consulting services in the media
and television industry.
Intensive and ongoing observation of the international
market and program developments combined with the
company’s distinguished contacts in the German and international media market from the basis of the company’s
activities. HMR is currently operating in the following
four business areas: consulting, research, publications
and events. National and international broadcasters,
producers­­­­, distributors as well as associations, public
institu­tions, banks and industrial companies are among
HMR’s clients.
HMR International GmbH & Co. KG
Dr. Martina Richter | Sarah Recht
Am Hof 28
50667 Köln, Germany
Phone: +49 221 788785-50
martina.richter@hmr-international.de
sarah.recht@hmr-international.de
www.hmr-international.de
Till Stein
Managing Director
The development and production of audiovisual content
has been the business of Till Stein for more than 20 years.
In 2012 he founded the production company Lagerfeuer
Medienproduktion. The clients are broadcasters, telcos
and production companies. To enable and guarantee
high quality content for any target group we work with a
network of experts in all kind of media – TV, web, public
relations – so that every project is developed and realised
by individual specialists.
In addition to this, Lagerfeuer consults media companies
and broadcasters in questions of program strategy,
producing­­­­and content managing. Another strong focus
of Lagerfeuer and its special expertise is the development
of non fictional formats like docutainment, reality and
entertainment shows and infotainment programs, also
in cooperation with brands.
Lagerfeuer
Medienproduktion UG
Till Stein
Am Hof 28
50667 Köln, Germany
Phone: +49 221 788785-56
till.stein@lagerfeuer-medienproduktion.de
www.lagerfeuer-medienproduktion.de
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Dr. Jürgen Brautmeier Sabrina Nennstiel
Director
Digital Expert
Till Hardy
Consultant
Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting in North RhineWestphalia. Licensing and monitoring radio and TV,
promoting media literacy, safeguarding plurality, net
neutrality etc.
The Media Cluster NRW is the contact point for the
digital­­­­media scene in NRW. It offers startups and young
companies a comprehensive range of services and information. It connects, consults and informs about funding
and financing, and looks after companies during the
process­­­­of locating, founding and expanding their digital
business models. It creates visibility for the sector at
trade fairs and markets at home and abroad, thereby
contributing actively to the networking and further
develop­ment of NRW as a hub for digital media.
Media Authority
of North Rhine-Westphalia (LfM)
Dr. Jürgen Brautmeier | Sabrina Nennstiel
Zollhof 2
40221 Düsseldorf, Germany
Phone: +49 211 77007-0
jbrautmeier@lfm-nrw.de
snennstiel@lfm-nrw.de
www.lfm-nrw.de
Mediencluster NRW GmbH
Till Hardy
Kaistr. 14
40221 Düsseldorf, Germany
Phone: +49 211 9305042
till.hardy@medien.nrw.de
www.medien.nrw.de
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Jewell Sparks
Global Head of Innovation
Scouting and Inclusion
Hansjörg Füting
CEO
METRO GROUP is one of the most important international
retailing companies. It generated sales of some € 59 billion
in financial year 2014/15. The company oper­ates over
2,000 locations in 29 countries and employs­­­­more than
220,000 people. The performance of METRO GROUP is
based on the strength of its sales brands, which act independently on the market: METRO/MAKRO Cash & Carry,
the international leader in the self-service wholesale
trade; Media Markt and Saturn, the European market
leader in consumer electronics retailing; and Real hypermarkets.
Founded in 1947, the ndF: stands on the forefront of film­
makin­­­g for nearly 70 years and today it is one of the leading
independent producers in Germany. The programs range
from series, multi-part dramas, films for television or
event co-productions, feature films and cartoons, right
through to information and health programs, comedies
and show events. The best ratings are obtained by ndF:
series and films for television, a clear indicator of the
quality and marketability of the productions.
In 2014 METRO GROUP Business Innovation was formed
to implement innovative solutions throughout the
organization­­­­and its sales brands. Most recently, a second
business unit HoReCa Digital was established to focus
on METRO Cash & Carry’s core customer group – Hotels,
Restaurants and Caterer (short: HoReCa) – in order to
offer support for digitalization processes.
METRO AG
Business Innovation
Jewell Sparks
METRO AG 8
40235 Düsseldorf, Germany
Phone: +49 151 58221610
jewell.strong-sparks@metro.de
www.metrogroup.de
Due to its productions of all popular fiction formats as
well as show and entertainment programs, ndF: has
proved to be a most competent production partner for all
German speaking TV stations and a reliable international
co-producer.
ndF: productions are not only successful on the German
TV market, they are distributed across the world and
well known in about 50 countries on all continents. This
qualifies the ndF: not only as a major national but also
as a significant international production company.
ndF West GmbH
Hansjörg Füting
Kiefernweg 11
48346 Ostbevern, Germany
Phone: +49 89 958260
hansjoerg.fueting@ndf.de
www.ndf.de
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Oliver Schrott
Managing Director
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Oliver Nermerich
Online/Social Media Manager
OSK is Germany’s fourth-largest PR agency; focused
on the intelligent handling of key topics, content with
substance, intensive dialogue, powerful imagery and
memorable experiences inspiring media, influencers,
employees, business partners and consumers on behalf
of our clients and their brands.
Philipp Laude
Online Video Producer
Philipp Laude is founder, producer and artist of the
most successful German youtube comedy channel
Y-Titty, and founder of the youtube original channel
Ponk.
Oliver Schrott
Kommunikation GmbH
Philipp Laude
c/o YT-Tainment GmbH
Oliver Schrott | Oliver Nermerich
An den Dominikanern 11 – 27
50668 Köln, Germany
Phone: +49 221 3390-140
o.schrott@osk.de | o.nermerich@osk.de
www.osk.de
Philipp Laude
Sömmeringstr. 24
50823 Köln, Germany
Kontakt@yt-tainment.de
www.y-titty.de
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Alexander Peiniger
Founder & CEO
Rudolf Runge
Managing Director
Niklas Runge
Business Development
quintly is a web-based tool to help brands, agencies and
media companies to analyze, benchmark and optimize
their social media performance. The tool can collect
numbers for all the major social networks in one place
and gives insights by comparing these numbers with the
competition. On top of that, it also helps to establish
reporting­­­­processes within the client organization so
that the right numbers are send to the right people at the
right time. By using quintly, companies can save a lot of
time through automation and focus their resources on
executing their strategy.
runge.tv is an well-established full-service provider with
strong competence in the area of TV- and Media-pro­
ductions. runge.tv has reached to become a full featured
studio­­­­capable of handling TV projects of all sizes. Furthermore we are a documentary and current affairs production
company with a long history of making creative films for
all major German broadcasters. Our staff is made up of
creative individuals who are interested and passionate
about making a difference in television.
In cooperation with the client, runge.tv creates an individual concept and realizes the entire production process
including the areas of camera, lighting and sound management, post-production including sound recording or
dubbing­­­­, graphics and quality control. It is the objective
of every production that the project is comprehended in
the right way, the best teams are used for the production,
all opportunities of a professional production are utilized.
runge.tv today employs more than forty people and has
two business locations in Germany, one in Berlin and
one in Cologne.
quintly GmbH
runge.tv GmbH
Alexander Peiniger
Neusser Str. 93
50670 Köln, Germany
Phone: +49 221 67775812
alex@quintly.com
www.quintly.com
Rudolf Runge | Niklas Runge
Widdersdorferstr. 190
50858 Köln, Germany
Phone: +49 221 4998115
runge@runge.tv
www.runge.tv
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Philipp Hoffmann
Managing Director
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Lena Werle
Project Manager
Rushlake Media is a digital distribution company, which
represents producers and rights holders with their films
or program libraries in the international market place. We
develop targeted strategies in close cooperation with our
clients. It is key for us to find a common understanding
with them in which markets the film or the program should
be positioned in order to reach the defined goals and
audiences­­­­.
Rushlake Media also develops new and innovative distribution products like KINO ON DEMAND, which is an innovative
service for cinema owners to offer their local audiences a
premium VOD service through their own website for a home
movie experience. In addition, Rushlake Media runs the
first B2C VOD service under the brand of the Berlin International Film Festival.
Rushlake Media received the ECO INTERNET AWARD
2015 in Streaming Media for KINO ON DEMAND.
Tobias Flaitz
CEO
Christian Voss
CMO
Sedo, an acronym for “Search Engine for Domain Offers,”
is the leading domain marketplace and monetization
provider­­­­. Headquartered in Cologne, Germany and with
an office in Boston, USA, Sedo has assembled the world’s
largest database of domain names for sale with more
than 18 million listings. The success of Sedo’s model has
attracted a client base of more than 2 million domain
professionals in 180 countries worldwide. The company’s
support team speaks 25 languages natively while its
award-winning interactive marketplace seamlessly services
client needs in six different languages. Sedo’s global
services­­­­offer to anonymously reach out to domain owners
and negotiate deals on behalf of interested parties. As
well, Sedo offers exclusive brokerage on behalf of domain
owners to sell their the most valuable domain names.
A full suite of services like domain consulting, domain
appraisals, pricing guidance and anonymous negotiations
supports the selling and purchasing (acquiring) of domains
on behalf of Sedo’s clients. With more than 15 years of
experience, Sedo is trusted by organizations and indi­
viduals around the globe as neutral partner for buying,
selling and parking domains.
Rushlake Media GmbH
Sedo GmbH
Philipp Hoffmann | Lena Werle
Karolingerring 31
50678 Köln, Germany
Phone: +49 221 58832180
info@rushlake-media.com
www.rushlake-media.com
Tobias Flaitz | Christian Voss
Im Mediapark 6
50670 Köln, Germany
Phone: +49 221 34030230
tobias.flaitz@sedo.com
christian.voss@sedo.com
www.sedo.com
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Jay Habib
CEO
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Martin Kassing
CBDO
ShopCo has developed a technology to buy anything
online with just one click. No more registrations, passwords and checkouts. Our app can be downloaded from
major browser stores (Chrome, Safari, Firefox). Further,
the technology can be used by business partners to sell
any product online with just one click.
Martin von Winterfeld
Managing Director
Splendid Entertainment GmbH is a division of the
Splendid­­­­Medien AG based in Cologne, Germany. In
addition­­­­to the production of theatrical motion pictures,
Splendid Entertain­ment GmbH develops national and
inter­national television formats. Such as in the American
studio system, Splendid Entertainment GmbH consolidates the expertise of independent creative professionals
and production companies under one roof. National and
international long-term partnerships and financing agree­
ments provide a broader access to content, writers,
producers­­­­/show runners and production capacity as well
as an improved usability of financial sources and funding
instruments.
ShopCo GmbH
Splendid Entertainment GmbH
Jay Habib | Martin Kassing
Rheinort 5
40213 Düsseldorf, Germany
info@shop.co
Homepage: www.shop.co
Martin von Winterfeld
Alsdorfer Str. 3
50933 Köln, Germany
Phone: +49 221 9542320
info@splendid-film.com
www.splendidentertainment.com
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Kristian Costa-Zahn
Head of Creation
Dennis Grimm
Content & Marketing Director
UFA LAB is the digital studio of UFA GmbH, Germany’s
market leader in film production, with offices in Berlin
and Cologne. UFA LAB creates and produces innovative
and award-winning multi-platform formats and explores
new trends and business models in transmedia, virtual
reality and online video.
VERY US NETWORK is a division of WVG Medien GmbH
(Hamburg) and a member of the Splendid Group
(Cologne). Splendid Medien AG is a medium-sized,
integrated media group established over 40 years ago,
mainly operating in German-speaking areas of Europe
and the Benelux countries. Our subsidiary companies
market films and entertainment programs for cinema,
home entertainment and television and perform a wide
range of services for the film and television industry.
Moreover we founded our Multi Channel Network for
Web-talents in 2015. The long-term development of
“new media artists” (entertainment, music, lifestyle etc.)
and building bridges between old and new economies are
the main business objectives of VERY US NETWORK.
Selected product highlights of our companies: The
Expend­ables 1–3, The Walking Dead, Fear The Walking
Dead, Sherlock, Planet Earth, LEMMY – The Movie.
UFA LAB
Kristian Costa-Zahn
Siegburger Str. 215
50679 Köln, Germany
Phone: +49 162 2038473
kristian.costa-zahn@ufa.de
www.ufa-lab.com
VERY US NETWORK
a division of WVG Medien GmbH
Dennis Grimm
Neumühlen 17
22763 Hamburg, Germany
Phone: +49 40 89085503
dennis.grimm@wvg.com
www.wvg.com | www.very-us.com
www.splendidmedien.com
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René Jamm
CEO
Chérine De Bruijn
Managing Director
Warner Bros. International Television Production Germany
Ltd. (WBITVP Germany) is a subsidiary of Time Warner
Inc. – one of the largest internationally operating media
companies. WBITVP Germany Ltd. is a creative production
company that develops and produces content in all major
genres: entertainment, reality, documentaries, comedy,
producing TV series and high quality TV movies for all
main German, Austrian and Switzerland broadcasters.
Productions in fiction and non-fiction include successful
formats such as The Bachelor, Wilsberg, Who Wants To
Marry My Son?, Marie Brand, Cash for Collectibles, Lottery
Kings, Disney Magic Moments as well as the Ranking
Shows The 10/The 25.
Web de Cologne is an initiative of Rhineland-based
companies­­­­, which generate sales in or through digital
media. They are all members of the growth industry
“Inter­net”, which constitutes a relevant economic factor
for the region of Cologne and North Rhine-Westphalia.
Since 2009, the association is committed to the networking of Internet decision-makers and key industry
players – this includes the strengthening of the “online
valleys” in the Rhineland and the support of startups and
enterprises. Therefore, the members organize regular
networking events and conferences (f. e. INTERACTIVE
Festival), on which critical issues of the digital future and
online industry are discussed on a professional level.
http://webdecologne.de | @webdecologne
fb.me/webdecologne
Warner Bros. ITVP
Deutschland GmbH
René Jamm
Richmodstr. 31
50667 Köln, Germany
Phone: +49 221 934708-101
rene.jamm@warnerbros.com
www.wbitvp.com/germany
Web de Cologne e. V.
Chérine De Bruijn
Im Mediapark 4a
50670 Köln, Germany
Phone: +49 221 2942-419
cdb@webdecologne.de
www.webdecologne.de
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Matthias Kremin
Head of culture &
science television
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Arne Orgassa
Social Media Specialist & Consultant
to the Deputy TV Program Director
Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) is the German state
of North Rhine-Westphalia’s public broadcaster. Based
on the number of employees, it is the largest media
organi­sation in Germany and the second largest in Europe,
after the BBC. It is a member of ARD and produces
approxi­mately a quarter of the nationwide network’s
programming­­­­: “Das Erste”, Channel 1, is the country’s
primary and longest-running German TV program.
Founded in 1956, WDR is obligated to serve the public
interest­­­­, independent of government control and the
influence­­­­of private interest groups. It promotes social
inte­gration and cultural diversity in Germany and Europe.
As the primary information medium for the population
in Germany’s western-most state, WDR focusses both
on events in the region and the world. In this manner,
WDR’s radio, television and Internet platforms reach
86 % of the population in NRW every week.
Mauricio Piper
Founder & CEO
For hundred of years watches have been more than only
a decorative piece of jewelry with a certain emotional
value, in particular when it was a present or an heirloom,
a “status symbol” or an object bought for a considerable
amount of money. Smartwatches come with extended
functionalities and benefits as applications are increasing,
but won‘t ever be able to replace the classic timepieces.
The Wotch E-Strap is a breakthrough product, combining
the functionality of a smartwatch and fitness tracker,
whereby the consumer does not have to replace his existing
watch. Watch lovers no longer have to choose between
the beauty of a Swiss Watch and the digital functionality
of a smartwatch.
Wotch is the first company to launch a high quality jewelry
grade E-Strap for watch fans and the watch distribution
channels. 2 years of development have been invested to
find the right balance between digital technology and
traditional­­­­watch making.
Westdeutscher Rundfunk WDR
Wotch
Matthias Kremin | Arne Orgassa
Appellhofplatz 1
50667 Köln, Germany
Phone: +49 221 220-3100/-3003
matthias.kremin@wdr.de
arne.orgassa@wdr.de
www.wdr.de
Mauricio Piper
Im Mediapark 5
50670 Köln, Germany
Phone: +49 221 168 10 140
mauricio.piper@wotch.de
www.wotch.de
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Thorsten Haas
Head of Strategic Development/Entertainment
Dr. Simone Emmelius
Senior Vice President
ZDF (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen) is a public-service
German television broadcaster based in Mainz (Frankfurt
area). It is run as an independent non-profit institution,
which was founded by the German federal states in 1963.
In 2015 ZDF was Germany’s #1 network.
Among the ZDF channels ZDFneo is a young and independent brand, serving as a platform for innovation and
for the development of new formats, talents and genres.
ZDFneo is targeting 25 to 49-year-olds and strives to
make information and entertainment – two traditional
hallmarks of ZDF programming – more accessible to
younger audiences. ZDFneo approaches topics from new
and unusual perspectives, and often experiments with new
ways of storytelling across different media. The online
presence of ZDFneo is designed to work as a platform
both for on-demand content and for the exchange of
opinion with users.
ZDF
ZDFneo
Thorsten Haas
ZDF-Str. 1
55118 Mainz, Germany
Phone: +49 6131 701-9275
haas.t@zdf.de
www.zdf.de
Dr. Simone Emmelius
Otto-Schott-Str. 9
55127 Mainz, Germany
Phone: +49 6131 701-6339
emmelius.s@ZDF.de
www.zdfneo.de
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BenjRose
Publisher: BMG Rights
Current album: BenjRose
Website: www.benjrose.com
Contact/management: Ralf Schröter,
Sound&Scripture GmbH
Bands
At the age of twelve Benjamin Rose signed his first record contract with
BMG Records. In 2015 he and his band BenjRose have been touring
all around Germany supporting rock legend Marius Müller Westernhagen. In the years between the singer/songwriter met producer
and keyboardist Rami Jaffee (Foo Fighters/Wallflowers) who added
his vast experience and musicianship for the new sound of rock.
COMA
Label: Kompakt
Current album: This Side Of Paradise
Website: www.coma-music.de
Contact/management:
anton@mansionsandmillions.com
Both producers of COMA are more ardent perfectionists than
hyped-up egomaniacs. But Marius Bubat and Georg Conrad found their
own way to break down the barriers between club culture and live concerts, they win over the audience almost immediately with pop-infused
electronics including laptops, guitars, synthesizers and microphones.
STABIL ELITE
Label: Italic Recordings
Current album: Spumante
(being released May 20, 2016)
Website: http://italic.de/stabil-elite
Contact/management: press@italic.de
Eventually STABIL ELITE was founded, when their own desire for a still
unexplored pop hybrid grew too strong and had to become a reality. In
addition the German lyrics’ meaning is only revealed when not looking
for it: Melodic, scenic descriptions of abstract imagery, which embrace
pop from an avantgarde perspective – more Dada than Gaga.
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Organisation/Sponsors
A project of
Sponsored by
Partner
Organised by
NRW.International GmbH
Völklinger Str. 4
40219 Düsseldorf, Germany
Phone: +49 211 710671-10
Fax: +49 211 710671-20
info@nrw-international.de
www.nrw-international.de