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CREATIVE EUROPE – European VOD Networks and Operators – 2026

CREA - Creative Europe aims at preserving, developing, and promoting European cultural and linguistic diversity and heritage and to increase the competitiveness and economic potential of the cultural and creative sectors, in particular the audiovisual sector.

2026-04-08
8 million euros
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Call synthesis

Call reference CREA-MEDIA-2026-VODNET
Programme CREATIVE EUROPE
Institution European Commission
Sectors Culture, Media & Communication Technology & Digital
Beneficiaries Large company (> 250 employees) Media & cultural organisation Smes & Start-Ups (< 249 Employees)

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Call reference

CREA-MEDIA-2026-VODNET



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Priorities and funded actions

Objectives

  • To promote competitiveness, scalability, cooperation, innovation and sustainability, through mobility in the European audiovisual sector
  • To enhance the circulation, promotion, online and theatrical distribution of European audiovisual works
  • To promote European audiovisual works, heritage works, and support the engagement and development of audiences of all ages

Priority

  • To imrove the competitiveness and the attractiveness of European Video on Demand (VOD) network(s) and operators

Among financed actions

  • Joint/collaborative actions across borders with the aim to improve the competitiveness and attractiveness of European VOD platforms
  • Innovative, coherent and focused strategies in order to promote the offer of European content and increase the audience
  • Developing innovative digital promotion, marketing and branding strategies

Eligibility

  • Be a legal person
  • Be a public or private entity
  • 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:
  • Be established in one of the countries participating fully in the MEDIA Strand of the Creative Europe Programme and owned directly or indirectly, wholly or by majority participation, by nationals from such countries.
  • The action is open to European VOD services

A consortium composed of at least two entities, established in at least two different EU Member States or associated countries to the programme must be constituted.

Additional information

  • Initial duration of the action: up to 24 months

Extensions are possible, if duly justified and through an amendment

  • Contact: EACEA-MEDIA-CODEV@ec.europa.eu

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Financement
  • Total budget of the call: 8 million euros
  • Amount of the grant: no limit
  • Funding rate: up to 60% of the total eligible costs