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| MediaPark-Panorama, Photo: Thomas Willemsen |
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In the beginning, there was only a piece of waste land from a former freight depot - and an idea: the creation of a new district to generate fresh impetus for the media city of Cologne, with offices, homes and culture. In other words, an everyday urban quarter. Influential »big names« appeared alongside smaller companies in the thriving media industry to form a self-contained centre of expertise.
It is a successful concept: roughly 5,000 people now work in 250 companies located in the MediaPark. There are approximately 4.5 million visitors per year.
The urban development concept devised by the German-Canadian architect Prof. E. Zeidler has been realised by renowned architects who created eight groups of buildings with pioneering architecture. In addition to the thousands of visitors, the Cinedom also attracts international film premieres to Cologne, whose stars like to stay overnight in the Jolly Hotel MediaPark. Conference and event areas also allow external companies to utilize all the locational advantages of the MediaPark. With its ideal transport connections to the motorway and public transportation network, many small companies decided to settle in the MediaPark with the large corporations in order to gain maximum benefit from synergistic effects. The short communication channels are invaluable for all concerned: television and radio broadcasters such as Terra Nova, EinsLive and Radio Köln, music industry giants such as EMI Electrola, Sony and BMG Ariola, labels such as VeedelTon, IT specialists, software developers, advertising agencies and lawyers, and even the »GEMA« copyright association are located side by side to provide a full service for all areas of music and media production.
The media industry would not be complete without its further training and education institutions. In addition to the Bertelsmann media academy, the pioneering project of the RTL journalism school has found a profitable location in the vicinity of the renowned Cologne journalism school for politics and economics. In the KOMED communication centre, training and education courses offered by an association of 11 institutions point the way to the media world of tomorrow. Both the cultural foundation of the Stadtsparkasse Köln and the Literaturhaus provide impetus for the city`s cultural life.
However, the MediaPark is not only an attractive environment for creative professionals. With its high-speed data networks and modern infrastructure, the location has also attracted Cologne`s most modern private clinic: The "MediaPark Klinik" provides medical innovation on the highest level.
MediaPark Köln Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH
| | Address: | Im MediaPark 7
50670 Köln | | Phone: | 0049-221-5743-7400 | | Fax: | 0049-221-5743-7404 | | E-Mail: | info@mediapark.de |
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