CFPs: Innovative Tools and Business Models

Deadline: 7-Apr-22

The European Commission (EC) is now inviting proposals for the Innovative Tools and Business Models to strengthen the competitiveness, scalability and sustainability of the European European players, as well as to improve the visibility and availability of European works and increase audiences in the digital environment.

The aim is to support projects focusing on the specific challenges of the audiovisual sector such as discoverability, sequencing of release windows, financing and territoriality in order to enable strong and visible offers of European works online and across borders to a wide public.

Objectives

Within the specific objective of promoting innovation, competitiveness and scalability of the European audiovisual sector, one of the priorities of the MEDIA strand is:

• to enhance the circulation, promotion, online and theatrical distribution of European audiovisual works, within the Union and internationally in the new digital environment; including through innovative business model.

Funding Information

The available call budget is EUR 7 000 000.

Expected Results

• Improve the competitiveness of the European audiovisual industry: transparency, data collection and the appropriate use of big data, adaptation to the challenges and opportunities driven by the ongoing changes in the audiovisual markets;
• Improve the greening process of the European audiovisual industry;
• Improve the production and circulation of European audiovisual works in the digital age;
• Increase the visibility, availability and diversity of European audiovisual works in the digital age;
• Increase the potential audience of European audiovisual works in the digital age.

Eligibility Criteria

In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:

• be legal entities (public or private bodies)
• be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
  • Creative Europe Participating Countries:
    • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
    • non-EU countries:
      • listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Creative Europe Programme or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature.

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