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Innovative Tools & Business Models funding encourages the development of innovative tools and business models to improve the visibility, availability, audience and diversity of European works in the digital age. It also seeks to increase competitiveness and greening of the European audiovisual industry including videogames.
The support also aims to enable the European audiovisual industry to better adapt to the opportunities offered by the development of Artificial Intelligence and contribute to the implementation of the Apply AI Strategy.
The information on this page is for general information purposes only. Please download Innovative Tools and Business Models Call 2027 Call Document to check eligibility and requirements.
- Call Number
- CREA-MEDIA-2027-INNOVBUSMOD
- Publish Date
- Sub-Programme
- MEDIA
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- Improve the competitiveness of the European audiovisual industry including videogames and seize the benefits of the innovative developments in technology and business models;
- Improve the adaptation of the European audiovisual industry to the opportunities offered by Artificial Intelligence;
- Improve the greening process of the European audiovisual industry;
- Improve the production and circulation of European audiovisual works in the digital era;
- Increase the number and diversity of European works available online and increase their visibility in order to allow them to reach more audiences.
- 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 (list of participating countries).
- Be established in one of the countries participating fully in the MEDIA strand of the Creative Europe Programme and be owned directly or indirectly, wholly or by majority participation, by nationals from such countries. When a company is publicly listed, the location of the stock exchange will in principle determine its nationality.
- Subtitling or accessibility, discoverability, or recommendation tools that can be widely used across borders and platforms to improve the visibility, the availability and the audience potential of European audiovisual works;
- Business tools improving the efficiency and the transparency of the audiovisual markets: automated rights management system, technology for data gathering and analysis;
- Business models seeking to optimise the synergies and complementarities between the distribution platforms (festivals, cinemas, VOD);
- Business tools exploring new modes of production, financing, distribution or promotion enabled or enhanced by new technology (AI, big data, blockchain, Virtual worlds, NFT, etc.).
- Innovative tools and business models improving the greening process of the audiovisual industry.
- Note: The action does not cover the development of hardware e.g. cameras, virtual headsets.
- Applications should present adequate strategies to ensure more sustainable and more environmentally-respectful industry and to ensure gender balance, inclusion, diversity and representativeness.
- Transparency plays a key role in the action. Therefore, applications should contain plans for the disclosure of the inputs and results of the action, including among others communicating the results to public authorities, Member States and the audiovisual industry.
- Special emphasis will also be placed on attracting private investment and on own investment. Project’s ability to apply for a sound and reasonable level of EU public funding below the 80% authorised will be assessed.
- The information on this page is for general information purposes only. Please download Innovative Tools and Business Models Call 2027 Call Document to check eligibility and requirements.
- Project budget (requested grant amount): No limit.
- The grant will be a budget-based (actual costs, with unit cost and flat-rate elements). This means that it will reimburse ONLY certain types of costs (eligible costs) and costs that were actually incurred for your project (NOT the budgeted costs). For unit costs and flat-rates, you can charge the amounts calculated as explained in the Grant Agreement.The costs will be reimbursed at the funding rate fixed in the Grant Agreement (80%).
- The information on this page is for general information purposes only. Please download Innovative Tools and Business Models Call 2027 Call Document to check eligibility and requirements.
- The information on this page is for general information purposes only. Please download Innovative Tools and Business Models Call 2027 Call Document to check eligibility and requirements.
- Applications for this call will be processed through the European Commission's Funding & Tender Opportunities Portal (F&TP).
- Find detailed information on how to access the F&T Portal.
- Find further information on how to apply.
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