MEDIA sub-programme of Creative Europe

The MEDIA sub-programme of Creative Europe^[1] or simply Creative Europe MEDIA (formerly The MEDIA Programme of the European Union) is designed to support the European film and audiovisual industries.^[2]

MEDIA sub-programme of Creative Europe

Formerly	MEDIA Programme of the European Union (1990-2013)
Company type	Incentive
Traded as	Creative Europe Media (2013-present)
Industry	Film
Founded	1990
Headquarters	City of Brussels, Belgium
Parent	European Union (1990-2013) Creative Europe (2013-present)

Administration

MEDIA is an abbreviation from French: Mesures pour Encourager le Développement de L'Industrie Audiovisuelle - "measures to support the development of the audiovisual industries. The MEDIA programme used to be jointly run by the European Commission Directorate-General for Education and Culture (DG EAC)^[3] and the Education, Audiovisual & Culture Executive Agency (EACEA Unit P8), which was in charge of the operational management of the MEDIA programme. Since 2014, it is run by the European Commission Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (CONNECT).^[4]

See also

• Culture and the European Union
  • Education in the European Union
  • Culture 2000
  • Directorate-General for Information Society and Media
• List of movie-related topics
• Europa Cinemas
• European Cross Media Academy
• European Film Promotion