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This article is about the record label. For other meanings, see Europa (disambiguation). Europa is a record label, which belongs to the international records company, Quickborn, which, among other things, made very successful Radio Plays for children and young people. Today the label belongs to Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG).
History of the Europa radio plays Directors There were four main Directors who seriously shaped the company: The seventies A substantial success was made in the 1970s, and in the 1980s they produced H. G. Francis's films, - it was mostly was good quality. Douglas Welbat was responsible for the film scripts of the successful, but disputed series of Macabros and Larry Brent. Carsten Bohn controversy A further success guarantor was the music of Carsten Bohn. In his opinion, however, he was not sufficiently paid for the compositions. This eventually came to a law case between Bohn and the studio, which is still ongoing. Since then, for instance, in the middle of the 1980s, his compositions cannot be used any longerin the radio plays. Decline and Renaissance Starting from the end of the 1980s radio play production slowed down because of bad sales figures. Te main reason was because children and young people were no longer interested in radio plays as computer games became popular. At the beginning of 1990s, Three investigators and TKKG were basically all Europa produced. From end of the 1990s, however, the radio plays have experienced a Renaissance. Due to the rise of the Internet, the listeners gathered interest in the old radio plays, and new productions also rose strongly. A certification for ithe immense number of tapes and LPs were also available. The mostly high prices made a renewed radio play boom possible. Starting from the year 2000, Europa presented the old radio plays under the slogan Rückkehr der Klassiker, which roughly means return of the classical authors again, with success. Additionally there was a large interest in the series of Three investigators, considered the "flagship" of the label. New series were produced, however, only for young listeners. Europa will bring a new series in October 2005 after longer time back on the market. The series Teufelskicker will start with three episodes, as official licensed products of the Football World Cup 2006. | ||||||||
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