Section 1: General provisions

The beneficiaries of automatic financial support are publishers of on-demand audiovisual media services.The beneficiaries of selective financial aid are:1° Publishers of on-demand audiovisual media services;2° Rights-holding companies, other than publishers, which are:a) Either film or audiovisual production companies;b) Or companies that are transferees of exploitation rights or hold marketing mandates for cinematographic or audiovisual works on on-demand audiovisual media services.

To be eligible for automatic and selective financial support, publishers of on-demand audiovisual media services must meet the following conditions:1° They must be established in France;2° They must have a total worldwide turnover excluding tax from the exploitation of cinematographic and audiovisual works on on-demand audiovisual media services of less than €200,000,000 or belong to a group of companies whose total worldwide turnover excluding tax from such exploitation is less…

To be eligible for selective financial support, rights-holding companies must be established in France.

Publishers of catch-up television services are not eligible for financial support for online distribution of cinematographic and audiovisual works.Public institutions and their subsidiaries are not eligible for selective financial support.

Publishers of on-demand audiovisual media services and rights-holding companies ensure that cinematographic works are made available to the public in compliance with the provisions of articles L. 232-1 and L. 234-1 of the Code du cinéma et de l’image animée.