Advanced television services in Europe The European Commission, DG X, has published a call for proposals for projects to be funded under the "Action Plan for the introduction of advanced television services in Europe". The call, which is addressed to broadcasters and audiovisual programme producers, covers two sepa... The European Commission, DG X, has published a call for proposals for projects to be funded under the "Action Plan for the introduction of advanced television services in Europe". The call, which is addressed to broadcasters and audiovisual programme producers, covers two separate but related areas of the Action Plan: - Community support for one or more widescreen broadcasting services; - Community support for programme production and conversion in the 16/9 format. Although the Action Plan covers both "Broadcast services" and "Programme production and conversion", the proposals are being assessed separately under different provisions of the Action Plan. Broadcasters wishing to apply for funding in both areas must make a separate proposal for each area. Community resources available for this fifth call for "Broadcast services" will permit the funding of around 6,000 hours of services to be transmitted over the remaining life of the plan. The Commission service responsible for the management of the "Broadcast services" call for proposals is Directorate-General XIII (Telecommunications, information market and exploitation of research). The Commission service responsible for the management of the "Programme production and conversion" call for proposals is Directorate-General X (Audiovisual media, information, communication and culture). Broadcasters wanting to respond to the "Broadcast services" section of this call and requiring further information should facsimile their request, or write, to receive a copy of the document entitled "How to make a proposal for broadcast funding" to: European Commission DG XIII - Telecommunications, information market and exploitation of research Mr. Didier Bouis Head of Sector - DG XIII/A-4 200 rue de la Loi (BU9 1/11) B-1049 Brussels Fax +32-2-2969009 Broadcasters, in their capacity as programme makers or independent producers, wanting to respond to the "Programme production and conversion" section of this call and requiring further information should facsimile their request, or write, to receive a copy of the document entitled "How to make a proposal for programme production and conversion funding" to: European Commission DG X - Audiovisual media, information, communication and culture Mr. Costas Daskalakis Head of Sector - DG X/D-3 200 rue de la Loi (L102 6/25) B-1049 Brussels Fax +32-2-2966992 Equally, those with access to the Internet can obtain the relevant documentation and additional information from the Europa WWW server at: http://europa.eu.int/en/comm/dg10/avpolicy/plan169.html.
