Germany's GEMA Launches €40 Million Aid Program to Help Blunt Economic Impact of Coronavirus

By Elsa Keslassy

Video game usage has seen a big bump amid stay-at-home orders across the globe, Nielsen reports. Nielsen Games polled roughly 3,000 individuals across France, Germany, the U.K.

"It's the safest place in Germany right now"

German performing rights organization GEMA has launched an emergency relief fund worth up to $43 million for its songwriter and composer members, according to Music Business Worldwide.

The cast of Big Brother Germany were introduced to coronavirus on tonight’s new episode.

Contestants on Germany's finally found out on Tuesday night just how much coronavirus has spread. 

Dropping a bombshell. The Big Brother Germany cast were some of the last people to be unaware of the coronavirus but the group finally learned about the global pandemic — on live TV.

For a little while, Germany's Big Brother contestants were some of the only people in the world who didn't know about the current pandemic.  The season started filming in early February, and contestants were kept in the dark as the virus began to spread all over the world. After criticism on social media, producers decided to tell houseguests about what has been happening in a live special, which aired Tuesday.

Germany caused major controversy due to the producers' decision to not tell its current 14 competitors about the worldwide coronavirus pandemic.

Well, that’s one way to quarantine. The 14 men and women who are competing on Big Brother in Germany have not yet been informed about the coronavirus pandemic.

Big Brother may be long gone in the UK, but it is still broadcast elsewhere in the world.