Producer's Support - TV - Details
Support for Television broadcasting - details
What's NEW?
The Guidelines are permanent, this means that they are valid until 2013.
However, a Call for Proposals will be published annually and will indicate the
deadlines for applying and the available budget.
When should you apply?
The Call for Proposals 23/2011 is open from the date of its publication in
the Official Journal until 11/06/2012.
There are two deadlines: 16/12/2011 or 11/06/2012.
The application must be submitted at the latest on the first day of principal
photography.
What types of companies can apply?
Independent European production companies legally registered in an EU country or a country participating in the MEDIA 2007 programme. Such companies must be owned, and continue to be owned, either directly or by majority shareholding, by nationals of these countries. These companies must be the majority producer of the presented work.
What type of work is eligible for funding?
Fiction, animation and creative documentaries. All such works are subject to
conditions regarding their minimum length and period of general release. Sequels
and series of episodes based in whole or in part on a previous project are not
eligible for funding. Drama and Animation series based on a first single or
pilot episode are eligible for support, even if the first single or pilot
episode has already been co-financed by the MEDIA TV Broadcasting support.
How much funding is available?
MEDIA 2007 funding would cover max 12,5% of your eligible production budget
(with a maximum amount per work of 500.000 €) for fiction and animation, and max
20% of your eligible budget (with a maximum of 300.000 € per work) for
documentaries.
What is the total EU budget available for this and when will the selection results be known?
For this call for proposals, the budget is €10.8 million. The selection results are normally available 3 to 4 months after the closing date for applications.
How likely is your company to receive funding?
Eligible applications are given points according to award criteria set out in section
8 of the guidelines. The Commission selects the projects with the most points, up to the limit of its funding budget. The number of projects selected depends on the number of applications received for each call. Generally speaking, however, the budget is big enough for us to select around a third of the eligible applications.
Under the last Call for Proposals (20/2010), 135 project applications were
received, of which 54 were selected.
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