FI-CONTENT 2 OPEN CALL FOR ADDITIONAL BENEFICIARIES

Deadline: 8th January 2014

The FI-CONTENT 2 project, currently active in the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research and technological development, announces its Open Call for new beneficiaries. FI-CONTENT 2 is part of the Future Internet PPP (FI-PPP) program, a joint action by European Industry and the European Commission.

The FI-CONTENT 2 project aims at establishing the foundation of a European infrastructure for promoting and testing novel uses of audio-visual content on connected devices. The partners will develop and deploy advanced platforms for Social Connected TV, Mobile Smart City services, and Pervasive Games. To assess the approach and improve these platforms, user communities in 6 European locations will be activated for living lab and field trials. 

The objective of the open call is to recruit around five to ten new content usage driven partners to complement the three platforms that the FI-CONTENT 2 project is building, by creating new applications or providing missing technologies to extend the platforms' capabilities. It is expected that the new partners will contribute to one or more of the following topics: 

Social Connected TV Platform
• Device Discovery,
• Cross-Device Communication,
• Interactive Content and Services,
• Service and Platform APIs,

• Search and Discovery;

Smart City Services Platform:

• Real-time Translation of text and audio of any Smart City Guide Content,

• Word Spotting / Summarization of Smart City Guide Content,

• Service Continuity / Complementarities Between Devices,

• Rich-Media Ad-Insertion,

• Platform Enrichment (Data and Content);

Pervasive Gaming Platform

• Augmented Reality Tracking,

• Reality Mixer,

• Games with Things,

• Content Creation and Integration,

• Game Social Platform.

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) will be managed according to the corresponding Grant Agreement, Consortium Agreement and Collaboration Agreement, which the new partners shall adhere to.

Expected duration of participation in project: beginning of April 2014 to end of March 2015 (12 months)

Total EC funding available for new partners: up to 1.35 Million Euro 

Number of new partners to be selected: around 5 to 10

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Audiovisual projects on environment

DEADLINE: 13 September 2013

The objective of this call for proposals is to select a proposal to raise awareness of the EU citizens about sustainable development, biodiversity and nature issues by providing financial support to the production of a high quality movie on those subjects for a commercial distribution in cinemas for European audiences, presented by European production companies.

Biodiversity loss and the degradation of nature in the Union have important implications for the environment and are costly for society as a whole, particularly for economic actors in sectors that depend directly on ecosystem services. Biodiversity and nature is vital to countless human activities. Much food production is only possible because of natural benefits like fertile soil and water, and bees that pollinate plants and trees.

 

To that end, the proposed movie subject should relate closely to the thematic priority objective of the Commission’s proposal for a new Environment Action Programme for 2020 “Living well, within the limits of our planet"2 intended to: "Protect, conserve and enhance the Union’s natural capital".

 

The total budget earmarked for the co-financing of the awarded project is estimated at 1.500.000 EUR.

Who can apply? Public or private entities whose main activity is audio-visual production and their Partners. Applicants may act individually or with partner organisations and/or associates.

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European funds for the audiovisual sector

European funds for the audiovisual sector

Deadline: 28th September 2012

Eligible actions

Support for training: this action aims at strengthening the skills of European and third- country professionals:

-Option 1 supports the inclusion of students/professionals and teachers from non-EU countries in initial or continuous training schemes supported by the MEDIA 2007 programme ,

- Option 2 supports the creation of a continuous training scheme specific to MEDIA Mundus.

Support for market access: this action supports projects to promote access to international markets for audiovisual works. These projects concern the development and/or pre-production phases (for example international co-production markets) and activities downstream (events facilitating international sales of the works).

Support for distribution and circulation: this action aims at encouraging distribution, promotion, screening and diffusion of European works in third-country markets and of audiovisual works from third countries in Europe under optimum conditions.

Cross-over activities: this action aims at supporting projects of a cross-cutting nature, i.e. touching upon several priorities of this programme, e.g. trainings with subsequent pitching events at co- production meetings.

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European funds for the audivisual sector

Eu funds: Media 2007 programme - development, distribution, promotion and training
Deadline: 16th April 2012

The programme wants to improve the continuous vocational training of professionals in the audiovisual sector, so as to give them the know-how and skills needed to create competitive products on the European and other markets.

The following actions and their activities are eligible:

- actions aiming at developing the capacity of audiovisual professionals to understand and integrate a European dimension to their work by improving expertise in the following fields:

• training in economic, financial and commercial management,

• training in new audiovisual technologies,

• training in script project development.

Projects shall last for a maximum period of 12 months.

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European funds for the audiovisual sector

 European grants for TRAINING, MARKET ACCESS, DISTRIBUTION AND CIRCULATION OF AUDIOVISUAL WORKS

Deadline: 23rd September 2011

ACTIVITIES:

·         Support for training: this action aims at strengthening the skills of European and third- country professionals:

o        Option 1 supports the inclusion of students/professionals and teachers from non-EU countries in initial or continuous training schemes supported by the MEDIA 2007

o        Option 2 supports the creation of a continuous training scheme specific to MEDIA Mundus.

·         Support for market access: this action supports projects to promote access to international markets for audiovisual works. These projects concern the development and/or pre-production phases (for example international co-production markets) and activities downstream (events facilitating inter­national sales of the works).

·         Support for distribution and circulation: this action aims at encouraging distribution, promotion, screening and diffusion of European works in third-country markets and of audiovisual works from third countries in Europe under optimum conditions.

·         Cross-over activities: this action aims at supporting projects of a cross-cutting nature, i.e. touching upon several priorities of the programme, e.g. trainings with subsequent pitching events at co- production meetings.

BENEFICIARIES:

The coordinator of the group must have its registered office in a Member State of the European.

The group must include at least one co-beneficiary linked to the audiovisual sector which has its registered office in a non-EU country other than Croatia and Switzerland