European VOD networks and operators
CREA Project Grants
Basic Information
- Identifier
- CREA-MEDIA-2026-VODNET
- Programme
- European VOD Networks and Operators
- Programme Period
- 2021 - 2027
- Status
- Open (31094502)
- Opening Date
- September 30, 2025
- Deadline
- April 8, 2026
- Deadline Model
- single-stage
- Budget
- €8,000,000
- Min Grant Amount
- 0
- Max Grant Amount
- 0
- Expected Number of Grants
- 0
- Keywords
- CREA-MEDIA-2026-VODNETCREA-MEDIA-2026-VODNETOnline distributionVOD
Description
The objective is to support European Video on Demand (VOD) networks and operators, screening a significant proportion of non-national European works, with the aim to improve their competitiveness and attractiveness.
Expected results:
- Strengthen the cross-border collaboration among European Video On Demand (VOD) platforms through joint/collaborative activities to increase the online audience of European audiovisual content;
- Strengthen attractiveness of eligible European Video On Demand (VOD) platforms for cross-border audiences and online consumption at a larger scale;
- Improve the digital circulation and consumption of European content by boosting its visibility, discoverability and prominence;
- Develop new business models and achieve cross-border economies of scope and scale.
Description of the activities to be funded under the call for proposals:
Joint/collaborative actions across borders with the aim to improve the competitiveness and attractiveness of European VOD platforms offering a significant proportion of non-national European audiovisual works as well as to increase the accessibility, visibility, discoverability and prominence of European content for a wider global audience (European and international).
Applications should present adequate strategies to ensure more sustainable and more environmentally-respectful industry and to ensure gender balance, inclusion, diversity and representativeness.
Eligibility & Conditions
Conditions
1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout
described in the call document.
Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.
2. Eligible Countries
described in the call document.
3. Other Eligible Conditions
described in the call document.
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
described in the call document.
5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes
described in the call document.
5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
Evaluation criteria, scoring, threshold and process are described in the call document.
5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
described in the call document.
Publication of the call: 30 SEPTEMBER 2025.
Deadline for submitting applications: 08 APRIL 2026 17:00 (Brussels time).
Evaluation period: APRIL - AUGUST 2026.
Information to applicants: SEPTEMBER 2026.
Signature of grant agreement: JANUARY 2027.
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
described in the call document.
Call document and annexes:
Application form templates
Standard application form (CREA MEDIA) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System
Information on subscriptions, revenue and catalogue (CREA MEDIA VODNET)
Information on independence and ownership control (CREA MEDIA)
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
Additional documents:
Support & Resources
For help related to this call, please contact/
· your local Creative Europe desk
· or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency
Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ – Submission of proposals.
IT Helpdesk – Contact the IT helpdesk for questions such as forgotten passwords, access rights and roles, technical aspects of submission of proposals, etc.
Online Manual – Step-by-step online guide through the Portal processes from proposal preparation and evaluation to reporting on your ongoing project. Valid for all 2021-2027 programmes.