Lantern Grants

Innovative tools and business models

Funder
European Commission · Creative Europe
Award amount
Not specified
Deadline
January 14, 2027
Eligible countries
European Union

Summary

Open EU call topic CREA-MEDIA-2027-INNOVBUSMOD · CREA Project Grants. Part of call CREA-MEDIA-2027-INNOVBUSMOD: Innovative tools and business models. Next deadline 2027-01-14. Topic page: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/CREA-MEDIA-2027-INNOVBUSMOD

Objective: The Innovative tools and business models action is aimed at encouraging the development and/or the spread of innovative tools and business models to improve the visibility, availability, audience and diversity of European works in the digital age and/or the competitiveness and/or the greening process 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. Expected results - 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.

Description of the activities to be funded The projects can include in particular: - Subtitling or accessibility/discoverability/recommendation tools to be widely used across borders and across platforms in order 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…

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