New technologies :: Video on Demand and Digital Cinema Distribution :: Detailed presentation
Video on
Demand and Digital Cinema Distribution – Detailed presentation
When should you apply?
The deadline for submitting an application
under Call for Proposals EACEA/09/2012 is 25/06/2012.
What types of organisations are eligible?
This Call for Proposals
is open to European organisations registered in an eligible country, which have
as their main activity audiovisual production, distribution, exhibition and
aggregation. These organisations must be owned directly or by majority
participation, by nationals from eligible countries, and continue to be owned,
whether directly or by majority participation, by nationals from these
countries.
Broadcasters and telecommunication companies (i.e. companies which have as one of their main activities broadcasting and/or telecommunication activities) are not eligible, neither as an applicant, nor as a co-beneficiary for the purposes of this Call for Proposals.
Any applicant or group of applicants must not have majority control (either in shareholding or commercial terms) by a broadcaster and/or a telecommunications company. Majority control is considered to occur when more than 25% of the company's share capital is held by a single broadcaster or telecommunications company (50% when several broadcasters or telecommunications companies are involved) or when, over a three-year period, more than 90% of the company’s revenue is generated in co-operation with a single broadcaster or telecommunications company.
What type of projects are eligible for Video on Demand and Digital Cinema
Distribution funding?
2 types of services are eligible: "Video on Demand" and "Digital Cinema
Distribution".
- Video on Demand (VoD): Service enabling individuals to select audiovisual works from a central server for viewing on a remote screen by streaming and/or downloading.
- Digital Cinema Distribution (DCD): Digital delivery (to an acceptable commercial standard) of content to cinemas for theatrical exploitation (via hard disc, satellite, online…).
What type of content is eligible?
Proposed projects will have to
offer a European dimension, which means that the offered content must include
audiovisual works from at least five eligible countries representing at least
five different official languages of the European Union.
No more than 40% of the content (in programme hours) may come from a single territory.
There are two types of Eligible Content i.e. Core Content and Alternative Content:
- Core Content, i.e. fiction, animation and creative documentary (according to the MEDIA Programme's objectives), including feature films (i.e. feature length films), TV films or series and short films
- Alternative Content (making-ofs, operas, concerts, performances…)
Potential beneficiaries should have an adequate balance between the two in
any VOD proposal. In order for a VOD proposal to be eligible, the content of the
VOD catalogue MUST consist of at least 60% of Core Content.
In DCD proposals only Core Content will be considered as eligible.
How much funding can your production company ask for?
The amount of co-financing from the Video on Demand and Digital Cinema
Distribution scheme may not exceed 50% of the total eligible costs of the
submitted project.
The maximum contribution per action under these guidelines is EUR 1,000,000.
What is the total budget for Video on Demand and Digital Cinema
Distribution?
Under this Call for Proposals, € 7 million.
How are projects selected?
Projects that meet the eligibility and
selection criteria will be given scores according to the award criteria. Award
criteria will be evaluated by means of an Evaluation Committee advised by
external independent experts.
For more details on award criteria, please refer to section 8 of the guidelines for this call.
When will the results be known?
The funding decision will be made in November
2012.
For more details:
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