Media and Games

Berlin-Brandenburg, the German Capital Region, is a major centre in the digital world, with more than 5,700 digital enterprises headquartered here accounting for some 3.3 billion euros in revenues. Industry giants such as SAP, Sky, eBay and Oracle have set up shop in Brandenburg, alongside Amazon and Zalando. Moreover, young people who graduate from such renowned institutes as the Konrad Wolf Film University Babelsberg, the Media Innovation Center Babelsberg (MIZ) and the Hasso Plattner Institute run by Potsdam University are particularly attractive for pioneers of Web 2.0 such as Flightright, Clipnow, Castaclip and iVersity, as well as for companies such as Interlake, Rotor Film and Experimental Game.

The German Capital Region is the nationwide leader in the number of start-ups founded since 2004. One reason for this positive development is the fact that Berlin-Brandenburg is very quick to recognize new trends in digital technology and content — and can even set new standards. WFBB offers a full range of services for companies in the region’s digital media industry that intend to enjoy the excellent promotional programmes offered by the ILB Bank and Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg.

Berlin-Brandenburg’s first virtual reality association (Virtual Reality e.V. Berlin-Brandenburg) was founded in April 2016 in Potsdam-Babelsberg. Members include Studio Babelsberg, UFA LAB, Exozet, SMI, Metropolis VR, Babelsberg Film University, HPI School of Design Thinking and fifteen renowned film and television producers, technology enterprises and research institutions that operate in the region. The newly established association combines the expertise in Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) that is available in Berlin and Brandenburg in order to streamline the competitiveness of the German Capital Region in this industry.

The German games industry, with some 1,500 companies, as recorded its strongest growth figures in Berlin-Brandenburg. Its business volume today amounts to over 1 billion euros annually. Firms such as Bigpoint, Gameduell and Yager develop exciting and innovative online and offline games. Partners including Hitfox and GameGenetics provide marketing support. The “games.net berlinbrandenburg” network and the SIU foundation have been strengthening the industry in Berlin and Brandenburg since 2012. Moreover, the German Capital Region boasts two research institutes that specialise in games: DIGAREC (Potsdam University) and Gameslab (Berlin University of Applied Sciences).