Drama Directory Will Prove to Each MEDIA Desk Providing Information on TV Be a Useful Resource for Television Drama Channels in Its Own Territory
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CONTENTS Acknowlegements ................................................................................... 2 Introduction ............................................................................................... 3 Foreword ..................................................................................................... 4 Support for Television Broadcasting ................................................. 5 Austria ......................................................................................................... 6 Belgium ...................................................................................................... 10 Cyprus ......................................................................................................... 20 Czech Republic ........................................................................................ 26 Denmark .................................................................................................... 32 Finland ........................................................................................................ 38 France ......................................................................................................... 44 Germany .................................................................................................... 62 Iceland ........................................................................................................ 78 Ireland ........................................................................................................ 84 Italy .............................................................................................................. 90 Netherlands .............................................................................................. 96 Norway ...................................................................................................... 108 Poland ........................................................................................................ 114 Spain .......................................................................................................... 122 Sweden ..................................................................................................... 134 United Kingdom .................................................................................... 142 Media Desks Contact Details (for countries listed) .................... 157 This directory is an initiative of MEDIA ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Desk Ireland and MEDIA Antenna Galway. We would like to thank a number of Thierry Leclercq – MEDIA Desk Belgique- Project Management: Alice Butler and people who have made this publication Communauté; possible. Nathalie Goethals, Courtney Phillips- Orla Clancy Sears, Jeffrey De Keyser and Bert Advisors: Eibhlín Ní Mhunghaile and Aviva Silver – MEDIA Programme, Lesaffer – MEDIA Desk Belgium- Siobhan O’Donoghue European Commission Flemish Community; Designed by: Lir Mac Cárthaigh Michael O’Keeffe, Brian Furey and Ene Katrine Rasmussen and Ditte Cohn – Patricia Kelly – Broadcasting Authority MEDIA Desk Denmark; © Copyright 2011, MEDIA Desk Ireland.All Ireland Kerstin Degerman – MEDIA Desk Finland; rights reserved. No part of this publication Constantin Daskalakis, Arnaud Pasquali, Nathalie Chesnel, Christine Mazereau, Nathalie Ducher and Geraldine Haÿez Lilyane Crosnier and Gilda Fougeront – may be reproduced by any process, – EACEA MEDIA Desk France; electronic or otherwise, in any material James Hickey and Marie Louise Heavey – Sigríður M. Vigfúsdóttir – MEDIA Desk form or transmitted to any other person or Matheson Ormsby Prentice Iceland; stored electronically in any form, without Ove Rishøj Jensen – EDN Giuseppe Massaro – MEDIA Desk Italy; the prior written permission of the André Lange & Alison Hindhaugh – Dominique van Ratingen, Andrea publisher. This Directory is inspired by The European Audiovisual Observatory Posthuma and Maegene Fabias – EDN Financing Guide, a guide for financing Marina Yiannikouri-Michaelidou – MEDIA Desk Nederland; Cyprus Radio-Television Authority Kåre Jensen and Sidsel Hellebø-Hansson documentary films published by European Anna Tomba – MEDIA Desk Norway; Documentary Network. Sabrina Koehnke Joanna Wendorff, Dana Pohl – MEDIA (www.edn.dk) Lir Mac Cárthaigh Desk Polska; Cornelia Hammelmann and Jürgen Abel Jesús Hernández and Marisa Portugués – Digital Edition – MEDIA Desk Germany; MEDIA Desk Spain; Gerlinde Seitner – MEDIA Desk Austria; Anders Wilhelmsson, Tobias Hall and The publication of this directory Daniela Staníková and Vladka Chytilova Ulrika Nisell – MEDIA Desk Sweden; – MEDIA Desk Czech Republic; Silvia Sandrone, Sarah Bellinazzi – is supported by the Broadcasting Yianna Americanou – MEDIA Desk Antenna MEDIA Torino Authority of Ireland through its Sector Cyprus; Agnieszka Moody, Jen Wright and Hatice Development Funding Initiative Özdemirciler – MEDIA Desk UK. INTRODUCTION The network of MEDIA Desks and Antennae in This directory is complementary to all market Europe is delighted to publish this inaugural and database initiatives funded by MEDIA Guide to European TV Drama Commissioning with the aim to achieve a transparent single Editors and Buyers. market for all Audiovisual programmes in Europe. Examples of other MEDIA publications We became aware of an information gap in this include the Training and Networks guide and area in our work with clients, in particular with the Markets and Networks Guide which can be applicants for the TV Broadcasting support downloaded from the MEDIA website. scheme. We thought the best way to address this was to make use of our own network, with We hope the Drama Directory will prove to each MEDIA Desk providing information on TV be a useful resource for Television Drama Channels in its own territory. It has proved to Producers and Broadcasters alike. We welcome be a rewarding collaboration – a true European your feedback and suggestions for future co-production. editions. We would like to take this opportunity to THE MEDIA DESKS AND ANTENNAE thank the participating Broadcasters for their generosity in providing the information contained in this Directory, the European Audiovisual Observatory for allowing us to use information from the MAVISE database and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland for sponsoring this publication. FOREWORD One of the priorities of the MEDIA As this scheme requires investment from Programme is to increase the circulation at least three broadcasters in different of European audiovisual works inside and member states of the European Union, outside the European Union. There are it is clear that this Drama Directory will particular challenges involved in seeking prove to be a valuable resource for to boost the circulation of European potential applicants. Drama projects. We therefore very much The collaboration of the MEDIA Desks welcome the initiative of the European and Antenna in creating this Directory is network of MEDIA Desks and Antennae an example of the Network in action and in publishing this Drama Directory which showcases European co-operation at its will be a useful resource for European best. producers seeking investors and buyers for their projects. Aviva Silver Constantin Daskalakis Head of MEDIA Unit MEDIA Head of MEDIA Unit The MEDIA Programme supports Programme European Education, Audiovisual and Television Drama at the development Commission Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) stage through the Single project and Slate Funding support schemes. There is also a dedicated action line to support the Television Broadcasting of European Audiovisual works including TV Drama. SUPPORT FOR TELEVISION BROADCASTING MEDIA offers a funding scheme The MEDIA 2007 Programme aims to promote the trans- • Applications must have 50% of the production national dissemination of European audiovisual works finance for the project in place and the production that supports Television produced by independent production companies by budget must be minimum 50% financed by Broadcasting of European encouraging cooperation between broadcasters on the European sources. Audiovisual Works. one hand and independent producers and distributors on the other. This scheme is open to Independent For Fiction Programming and or Animated projects, European production companies to produce fiction, the maximum sum awarded is €500,000 per work and creative documentaries or animated films. this financial contribution may not exceed 12.5% of the production budget. The maximum sum awarded for a The following criteria apply. Documentary Project is €300,000 and may not exceed 20% of the production budget. • The applicant company must have the commitment In the current MEDIA Programme, there is one call per of at least three broadcasters in different member year and three deadlines per call. states of the European Union for the proposed project. For more information, please contact your local MEDIA Desk – Contact Details are at the back of • The minimum eligible duration for individual drama this guide. project or drama series is 50 minutes; 25 minutes for Creative Documentary and 24 minutes for animation projects • Proposals must be submitted at the earliest 6 months before the first day of principal photography and at the latest on the first day of principal photography. Das Jüngste Gericht, (The Last Judgement), 2007 – Production Company: Lisa Film AUSTRIA AUSTRIA The Austrian television landscape is dominated by the public service broadcaster ORF, which has gradually been losing market share since the introduction of