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Line 1: {{redirect\|Media Control\|media controls\|media controls\|control by the media\|media influence\|control of media\|media censorship}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=February 2015}} The '''GfK Entertainment charts''' are the official music charts in [[Germany]] and are gathered and published by '''GfK Entertainment ~~GmbH~~''' (formerly '''Media Control ~~GmbH~~''' and '''Media Control GfK International ~~GmbH~~''') on behalf of [[Bundesverband Musikindustrie]] (Federal Association of the Phonographic Industry). GfK Entertainment is the provider of weekly Top 100 single & album charts, as well as various other chart formats for genres like compilations, jazz, classical music, schlager, hip hop, dance, comedy, and music videos.<ref name="Musikindustrie_Systembeschreibung">{{cite web\|url=http://www.musikindustrie.de/fileadmin/bvmi/upload/02_Markt-Bestseller/Offizielle_Charts/Dokumente-zum-Download/bvmi-offizielle-deutsche-charts-systembeschreibung-4.4..pdf \|title=Systembeschreibung der offiziellen Charts \|trans-title=System Description of the Official Charts \|publisher=[[Bundesverband Musikindustrie]] \|language=German \|date=11 January 2017 \|df=dmy }}</ref> Following a lawsuit in March 2014 by Media Control AG, Media Control® GfK International had to change its name.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.media-control.de/media-control-gfk-darf-namen-nicht-mehr-benutzen.html \|title=GfK Entertainment: GfK darf Namen nicht mehr benutzen \|trans-title=GfK Entertainment: GfK must no longer use name \|language=German \|publisher=Media Control GmbH \|accessdate= 3 July 2014}}</ref> Dissemination of the charts is conducted by various media outlets, some of which include [[Viva (TV station)\|VIVA]] music channel, and the Swiss charts website.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.viva.tv/charts\|title=VIVA: Charts\|publisher=[[Viva (TV station)\|VIVA]]\|language=German\|accessdate=11 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.germancharts.com/\|title=germancharts.com\|publisher=hitparade.ch\|language=German\|accessdate=11 January 2017}}</ref> Other entities that present the charts are MusicLoad and MIX 1, both of which are online associations that post almost all the charts published by GfK Entertainment on a weekly basis.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.musicload.de/web/charts\|title=Musicload\|publisher=musicload.de\|language=German\|accessdate=11 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.mix1.de/charts/singlecharts.htm\|title=Mix 1\|publisher=mix1.de\|language=German\|accessdate=11 January 2017}}</ref> Furthermore, GfK Entertainment also runs a dedicated website providing chart-related news and access to most of the charts.<ref name="Offizielle Deutsche Charts">{{cite web \|url=http://www.offiziellecharts.de/\|title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts \|publisher=GfK Entertainment \|language=German\|accessdate=11 January 2017}}</ref>

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