Appendix: GENERAL RULES FOR FINANCIAL AID FROM THE CENTRE NATIONAL DU CINÉMA ET DE L'IMAGE ANIMÉE

Financial aid is granted selectively within the meaning of article D. 311-3 of the Code du cinéma et de l’image animée in order to support the online broadcasting of a programme of cinematographic or audiovisual works comprising at least four works.

The beneficiaries of selective financial support are publishers of on-demand audiovisual media services and rights-holding companies.

European cinematographic and audiovisual works and original French cinematographic and audiovisual works are eligible for selective financial support.

For publishers of on-demand audiovisual media services, selective financial aid is awarded in consideration of:1° The quality of the editorial proposal;2° The technical and ergonomic quality of the service;3° The quality of the broadcasting strategy and, where applicable, the service’s potential for international development;4° The accessibility of the works to the deaf or hard of hearing as well as the blind or partially sighted.

For rights-holding companies, in addition to the criteria laid down for publishers of on-demand audiovisual media services, selective financial aid is awarded in consideration of the prospects for marketing the cinematographic or audiovisual works concerned on on-demand audiovisual media services.