MEDIA sub-programme of Creative Europe

MEDIA sub-programme of Creative Europe

Formerly	MEDIA Programme of the European Union (1990–2013)
Company type	Incentive
Traded as	Creative Europe Media (2013–present)
Industry	Film
Founded	1990
Headquarters	City of Brussels, Belgium
Parent	European Union (1990–2013) Creative Europe (2013–present)

The MEDIA sub-programme of Creative Europe ^[1] or simply Creative Europe MEDIA (formerly The MEDIA Programme of the European Union) is designed to support the European film and audiovisual industries. ^[2]

Administration

MEDIA is an abbreviation from French: Mesures pour Encourager le Développement de L'Industrie Audiovisuelle - "measures to support the development of the audiovisual industries. The MEDIA programme used to be jointly run by the European Commission Directorate-General for Education and Culture (DG EAC) ^[3] and the Education, Audiovisual & Culture Executive Agency (EACEA Unit P8), which was in charge of the operational management of the MEDIA programme. Since 2014, it is run by the European Commission Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (CONNECT). ^[4]

See also

• Culture and the European Union
  • Education in the European Union
  • Culture 2000
  • Directorate-General for Information Society and Media
• List of movie-related topics
• Europa Cinemas
• European Cross Media Academy
• European Film Promotion

Notes

1. "The MEDIA sub-programme of Creative Europe". European Commission . 4 May 2019.
2. "For the period 2007-2013 the European Union is supporting the European film industry with a total of 755 million euros" . Retrieved 2011-06-16.
3. DG EAC
4. "Creative Europe's MEDIA moves to DG Connect". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema.

External links

• MEDIA's English Homepage
• Bocholier, Emöke. "Creative Europe Programme: renewing support to the cultural and creative sectors" (PDF). Library Briefing. Library of the European Parliament. Retrieved 12 June 2013.