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The premiere of gamescom will be a major media event, with more than 1,000 journalists from 25 countries already pre-accredited. In 3sat/neues, gamescom and the Cologne trade-fair venue have gained another media partner and public-service television’s leading broadcast format for digital topics. On Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 5 p.m., 3sat will report from the gamescom games trade fair in a current “special” edition of its magazine “neues.” The “neues” reporters, together with presenter Lukas Koch, will search the entire 120,000-square-metre exhibition grounds for distinctive trends and exciting developments in the games market to present exclusively to “neues” viewers. In a second programme, Valentina Hirsch’s documentary “neues spezial: Die Pixelmacher,” airing on Sunday, August 30, 2009 at 4:30 p.m., 3sat will look behind the scenes of the games industry—at the people who develop games and shape their design.
The 3sat magazine “neues … aus der digitalen Welt”—winner of the German Television Award in 2008—has followed the development of digital games from the beginning, reporting on tendencies and trends and observing “homo medialis” in a networked world. “neues” leads viewers into digital worlds of life, showing not only what people do with technology, but above all what technology does to people: “neues” considers its technology topics within a social context.
For the 3sat magazine, being a partner of “gamescom 2009” is an exciting extension of its programming about the interactive-entertainment industry, current developments and the people behind them.
Broadcast dates:
neues spezial … von der gamescom 2009
Saturday, August 22, 2009, 5 p.m., 3sat
neues spezial: Die Pixelmacher
Jobs in the games industry
Sunday, August 30, 2009, 4:30 p.m., 3sat
