Video Entertainment 2009
The event-of-the-year for the entire video branch, Video Entertainment, celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2009. It took place on November 18/19th at The Westin Grand (in former times ArabellaSheraton Grand) in Munich, presented by the professional journal VideoMarkt and hosted by the publishing house Entertainment Media.
Well-known German and international speakers and their topics made Video Entertainment 2009 – just as usual – the most important business event of the year. The whole German DVD- and Blu-ray industry sent their leading representatives to Munich to discuss the market, present facts and figures and take a look at upcoming trends. Both days of the congress awaited the German and European video branch with exciting discussions and valuable impulses.
On the first evening the attending branch representatives got a possibility to meet clients and business partners in an unconstrained atmosphere at the Get-together. On the second evening the Video Champions were given to the awardees on a memorable gala event.
Some key facts on »Video Night« and the »Video Champions« Award
The Video Champions recognize excellence of professionals in the video and home entertainment industry, including directors, actors and writers.
The Video Night is well known in Germany and attended by a huge amount of press representatives. Newspapers, online services, boulevard magazines and German TV shows present highlights in celebrity news and report regularly on the attending stars and VIPs. Interest in the event has grown a lot over the past 10 years and countless photographers and press members try to get a shot at stars on the red carpet.
In 2009, Hollywood actor Armin Mueller-Stahl was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award, while Germany´s most successful producer, Bernd Eichinger, won a Video Champion for his work. In former years, Video Champions were given to international stars such as Academy Award winners Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová. In addition to that, Dolph Lundgren, Katie Melua as well as numerous German singers, actors and directors like BAP, Howard Carpendale, Xavier Naidoo, Til Schweiger, Volker Schlöndorff, Michael „Bully“ Herbig and many more were honoured with Video Champions.
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Take a look at stars and starlets at the memorable Video Night 2009!
Fotoshow
Das Gipfeltreffen der Branche in Bildern! Werfen Sie einen Blick auf die schönsten Fotos des Kongresses Video Entertainment 2009
