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moters of the CTS Eventim Group, DEAG or
the musical company Stage Entertainment
AG, besides one to three single promoters.
bdv now counts nearly every promoter in
the pop and rock field as its members.
VIP-News: What is the most important issues
that IDKV has dealt with since it’s beginning
in 1985?
We are proud that we were able to provide
professional education of the young
generation through the establishment
of an official apprenticeship. More then
8.000 (!) young people were approved
as “Event Managers” since 2001. We had
decisive influence in the German tax legislation,
mainly the withholding taxation
in the beginning of this century and the
later transfer of the ruling of the European
Court into German Law as well as the artist
social security fund legislation, which
we constantly try to keep as practicable as
possible.
We started in the 80’s to develop standard
form contracts for promoters, agents and
managers, which are used today by almost
all companies. Since 1995 we have been
releasing constant statistical data on the
German concert and event market provid-
ing the only statistic information available
to the branch.
Just now we are working on the foundation
of a bdv-collecting society in the interest
of more efficient recognition of the ancillary
copyright of the promoter. This will be
unique in Europe. Our members are paying
the monthly artist social fund contribution
via an association ruled organisation. This is
a unique relief on administration.
And finally we succeeded in establishing,
with LEA - The German Live Entertain¬ment
Award, a highly renowned media event,
which inimitably gathers every participant
of the branch for one night in one location.
By this, LEA has become ‘the’ yearly German
meeting point for the whole industry
and a most helpful voice for all issues of
our business.
VIP-News: What is the biggest challenge
for bdv in the years to come?
Jens Michow: Every year brings new challenges.
If you had asked me five years ago,
I wouldn’t have dreamt of what we have to
deal with today. One of my personal aims
is that the withholding taxation system
gets totally abolished as in the Nether-
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lands for example. I can’t see any reason,
why at least European artists and production
companies shouldn’t be taxed in their
country of residence as is common procedure
for all other companies.
I am personally most involved as a lecturer
in business education - be it in business
schools or universities like the Pop-Academy
Mannheim or the high school in Munique.
Also the 2 ½ year apprenticeship of the
event manager must become a more highly
recognised qualification in the school system
responsible for the theoretical part as
well as by the companies responsible for
the practical part of the education. The time
of learning by doing has long expired. The
industry needs real professionals, mainly
with serious mercantile knowledge.
Last but not least: although an association
can’t do much about it: the industry has to
make strong efforts in order to maintain
control over artist fees and in consequence
ticket prices. In Germany for two years in a
row we have been faced with a substantial
downturn in the turnover of the concert
and event market. So far, it might not have
led to severe consequences for many promoters,
as sometimes less may even mean
more, however: the writing is on the wall!
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