2012 UPDATE CONTENTS Acknowlegements ................................................................................... 2 Introduction ............................................................................................... 3 Foreword ..................................................................................................... 4 Support for Television Broadcasting ................................................. 5 Austria ......................................................................................................... 6 Belgium ....................................................................................................... 9 Cyprus ......................................................................................................... 20 Czech Republic ........................................................................................ 25 Denmark .................................................................................................... 30 Finland ........................................................................................................ 36 France ......................................................................................................... 41 Germany .................................................................................................... 59 Greece ........................................................................................................ 77 Iceland ........................................................................................................ 80 Ireland ........................................................................................................ 85 Italy .............................................................................................................. 90 Netherlands .............................................................................................. 96 Norway ...................................................................................................... 108 Poland ........................................................................................................ 114 Spain .......................................................................................................... 120 Sweden ..................................................................................................... 131 Switzerland .............................................................................................. 139 United Kingdom .................................................................................... 144 Media Desks Contact Details (for countries listed) .................... 159 This directory is an initiative of MEDIA ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Desk Ireland and MEDIA Antenna Galway. Project Management: Alice Butler and We would like to thank a number of people and organisations who have made this publication possible. Orla Clancy Advisors: Eibhlín Ní Mhunghaile and Aviva Silver – MEDIA Programme, European Commission Siobhan O’Donoghue Constantin Daskalakis, Arnaud Pasquali, Nathalie Ducher and Geraldine Haÿez – EACEA Designed by: Lir Mac Cárthaigh Michael O’Keeffe, Brian Furey and Patricia Kelly – Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Matheson Ormsby Prentice for Legal advice © Copyright 2012, MEDIA Desk Ireland. All the staff at the European MEDIA Desks and Antennae All rights reserved. No part of this All the Participating Broadcasters Ove Rishøj Jensen – EDN publication may be reproduced by any André Lange & Alison Hindhaugh –European Audiovisual Observatory process, electronic or otherwise, in any Anna Tomba, Alice Butler & Sabrina Koehnke material form or transmitted to any Lir Mac Cárthaigh other person or stored electronically in any form, without the prior written permission of the publisher. This Directory is inspired by The EDN Financing Guide, a guide for financing documentary films published by European Documentary Network. (www.edn.dk) Digital Edition The publication of this directory is sponsored by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. INTRODUCTION The network of MEDIA Desks and Antennae This directory is complementary to all market in Europe is delighted to publish the second and database initiatives funded by MEDIA edition of the Drama Directory, a Guide to with the aim to achieve a transparent single European TV Drama Commissioning Editors market for all Audiovisual programmes in and Buyers. Europe. Examples of other MEDIA publications include the Training and Networks guide and We had become aware of an information the Markets and Networks Guide which can be gap in this area in our work with clients, downloaded from the MEDIA website. in particular with applicants for the TV Broadcasting support scheme. We thought We hope the Drama Directory will continue to the best way to address this was to make use be a useful resource for Television Drama of our own network, with each MEDIA Desk Producers and Broadcasters alike. We welcome providing information on TV Channels in its your feedback and suggestions for future own territory. It has proved to be a rewarding editions. collaboration – a true European co-production. THE MEDIA DESKS AND ANTENNAE We would like to take this opportunity to 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 and Animation projects, the maximum European production companies to produce fiction, sum awarded is €500,000 per work and this financial creative documentaries or animated films. contribution may not exceed 12.5% of the production budget. The maximum sum awarded for a Documentary The following criteria apply. Project is €300,000 and may not exceed 20% of the production budget. • The applicant company must have the commitment of at least three broadcasters in different member In the current MEDIA Programme, there is one call states of the European Union for the proposed annually with two deadlines per call. project. For more information, please contact your local • The minimum eligible duration for individual drama MEDIA Desk – Contact Details are at the back of projects or drama series is 50 minutes; 25 minutes for this guide. Creative Documentary and 24 minutes for animation projects • Proposals must be submitted at the latest on the first day of principal photography. auSTRIA The most important broadcaster in Austria is still the public service ORF, which has gradually been losing market share since the introduction of private television. The channels ORF1 and ORF2 had a combined average market share of 37% in 2010 (down almost 10% since 2006). ORF2 is still the most popular channel, with 22.5% of viewers on average. German television is also popular in Austria. The main German private channels have Austrian versions, with a combined audience share in 2010 of more than 25% (the most important of these being RTL Österreich, Sat1 Österreich and Prosieben Austria). German public service channels had a combined audience share of more than 10%. The main private channel is ATV (launched in 2003) with an audience share of 3.4% in 2010. More private channels have recently been launched: Austria 9 TV, (Burda Verlag) in 2007; and Puls 4 (ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG) in 2008. In 2009 Salzburg TV was rebranded as Servus TV and became a national channel. (Audience data source: Eurodata TV Worldwide/ AGTT / GfK Teletest). Following an investigation completed by the European Commission in 2009 regarding the financing and remit of the public