MEDIA 2007: Call for proposals � EACEA/09/12: Support to Video on Demand and Digital Cinema Distribution

The Video on Demand and Digital Cinema Distribution scheme constitutes one of the ways in which the MEDIA 2007 programme ensures that the latest technologies and trends are incorporated into the business practices of beneficiaries of the programme.

The main objective of this scheme is to support the creation and exploitation of catalogues of European works to be distributed digitally across borders to a wider audience and/or to cinema exhibitors through advanced distribution services, integrating where necessary digital security systems in order to protect online content.

This notice is aimed at European companies whose activities contribute to those objectives and which are established in one of the following countries: the 27 EU Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The following actions are eligible under this Call:
1. 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;
2. digital cinema distribution (DCD): digital delivery (to an acceptable commercial standard) of ‘core content’, i.e. feature films, TV films or series, shorts (fiction, animation and creative documentary) to cinemas for theatrical exploitation (via hard disc, satellite, online, etc.).

New actions must start between 1 July 2012 and 1 March 2013 and must last a minimum of three years.

The total budget available is €6.725 million. The maximum contribution per action will be €1 million.


The financial contribution will take the form of a grant and will not exceed 50% of the eligible costs.

The deadline for applications is 25 June 2012.

Further details are available on the MEDIA website

Reference: 2012/C 88/10

(Added 2012-03-24)