<P> The largest internationally operating media companies in Germany are the Bertelsmann enterprise, Axel Springer SE and ProSiebenSat. 1 Media . The German Press Agency DPA is also significant . Germany's television market is the largest in Europe, with some 38 million TV households . Around 90% of German households have cable or satellite TV, with a variety of free - to - view public and commercial channels . There are more than 500 public and private radio stations in Germany, with the public Deutsche Welle being the main German radio and television broadcaster in foreign languages . Germany's national radio network is the Deutschlandradio while ARD stations are covering local services . </P> <P> Many of Europe's best - selling newspapers and magazines are produced in Germany . The papers (and internet portals) with the highest circulation are Bild (a tabloid), Die Zeit, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and Die Welt, the largest magazines include Der Spiegel, Stern and Focus . </P> <P> The German video gaming market is one of the largest in the world . The Gamescom in Cologne is the world's leading gaming convention . Popular game series from Germany include Turrican, the Anno series, The Settlers series, the Gothic series, SpellForce, the FIFA Manager series, Far Cry and Crysis . Relevant game developers and publishers are Blue Byte, Crytek, Deep Silver, Kalypso Media, Piranha Bytes, Yager Development, and some of the largest social network game companies like Bigpoint, Gameforge, Goodgame and Wooga . </P> <P> German cinema has made major technical and artistic contributions to film . The first works of the Skladanowsky Brothers were shown to an audience in 1895 . The renowned Babelsberg Studio in Berlin's suburb Potsdam was established in 1912, thus being the first large - scale film studio in the world . Today it is Europe's largest studio . Other early and still active studios include UFA and Bavaria Film . Early German cinema was particularly influential with German expressionists such as Robert Wiene and Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau . Director Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927) is referred to as the first major science - fiction film . In 1930 Josef von Sternberg directed The Blue Angel, the first major German sound film, with Marlene Dietrich . Films of Leni Riefenstahl set new artistic standards, in particular Triumph of the Will . </P>

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