Programme Category
Programme Name
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
Within the specific objective of promoting competitiveness, scalability, cooperation, innovation and sustainability, including through mobility in the European audiovisual sector, one of the priorities of the MEDIA Strand is to nurture talents, competence and skills and to stimulate cross-border cooperation, mobility and innovation in the creation and production of European audiovisual works, encouraging collaboration across Member States with different audiovisual capacities.
The MEDIA Strand shall provide support for the following measures:
- Production of innovative and quality TV content and serial storytelling, addressing diverse audiences, by European independent production companies.
The 3 topics that opened for the submission of proposals, under the present call, are the following:
- TV and online content Animation projects – CREA-MEDIA-2026-TVONLINE-1
- TV and online content Documentary projects – CREA-MEDIA-2026-TVONLINE-2
- TV and online content Fiction projects – CREA-MEDIA-2026-TVONLINE-3
Detailed Call Description
The objective of the support to TV and online content is to increase the capacity of audiovisual producers to develop and produce strong projects with significant potential to circulate throughout Europe and beyond, and to facilitate European and international co-productions within the television and online sector.
The action aims to strengthen the independence of producers in relation to broadcasters and digital platforms, to enhance collaboration between operators, including independent producers, broadcasters, digital platforms and sales agents, from different countries participating in the MEDIA Strand, including from low capacity countries, in order to produce high quality programming aimed at wide international distribution and promoted to a wide audience including commercial exploitation in the multi-platform environment. Particular attention will be given to projects presenting innovative aspects in the content and in the financing that show a clear link with the envisaged distribution strategies.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
The total available budget under the present call is € 22 000 000. The budget is divided indicatively as follows:
- 40% for the 1st cut-off date,
- 60% for the 2nd cut-off date.
For topic CREA-MEDIA-2026-TVONLINE-1 the topic budget is: €5.500.000.
For topic CREA-MEDIA-2026-TVONLINE-2 the topic budget is: €1.760.000.
For topic CREA-MEDIA-2026-TVONLINE-3 the topic budget is: €14.740.000.
The availability of the call budget still depends on the final adoption of the budget 2026 by the EU budgetary authority.
Project budget (requested grant amount): between €70.000 and €2.000.000 per project. The grant awarded may be lower than the amount requested.
The grant will be a lump sum grant. This means that it will reimburse a fixed amount, based on a lump sum or financing not linked to costs. The amount is prefixed by the granting authority at:
| Total production budget | Lump sum |
| > € 20 000 000 | € 2 000 000 |
| >€ 10 000 000 and < or = € 20 000 000 | € 1 000 000 |
| >€ 3 000 000 and < or = € 10 000 000 | € 500 000 |
| >€ 2 000 000 and < or = € 3 000 000 | € 400 000 |
| >€ 1 500 000 and < or = € 2 000 000 | € 300 000 |
| >€ 1 000 000 and < or = € 1 500 000 | € 220 000 |
| >€ 800 000 and < or = € 1 000 000 | € 150 000 |
| >€ 500 000 and < or = € 800 000 | € 100 000 |
| < or = € 500 000 | € 70 000 |
Thematic Categories
- Audiovisual sector and Media
- Culture
- Information Technology
Eligibility for Participation
- Businesses
- Educational Institutions
- International Organisations
- Large Enterprises
- Legal Entities
- NGOs
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
In order to be eligible for funding, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must be:
- legal entities (public or private bodies);
- established in EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs)) or listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Creative Europe;
- 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. When a company is publicly listed, the location of the stock exchange will in principle determine its nationality.
- independent European audiovisual production companies
Consortium composition
Applications by single applicants are allowed (single beneficiaries; affiliated entities are allowed, if needed), as well as proposals submitted by a consortium of at least 2 applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities)
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Organisation of European Programmes & Cultural Relations
Νenant Μbogntanovitz
Business Planning Coordinator
Address: Ifigenias 27, 2007 Acropolis, Nicosia
Telephone: +357 7000 1300
Email: info@epcr.org.cy/ nb@epcr.org.cy