Europa Specials

Discover Europe differently.

Europe has extraordinary stories. Europa Specials brings them together: places, people, traditions, food, craftsmanship, design, heritage and the arts, in one place anyone can open, for free.

It is not simply a place to watch. It is a place to discover.

Discover→Explore→Experience→Buy
Submit your content The Fire TV launch
Gondolas moored on a Venetian canal at sunrise
Venice, ItalyEvery city has more stories than visitors ever hear.

Why it is different

Europe's stories are everywhere. But they are scattered.

  1. A beautiful destinationis separated fromits history.
  2. A productis separated fromthe story behind it.
  3. A craftis separated fromthe person who keeps it alive.
  4. A museumis separated fromthe people who might discover it.
  5. A traditionis separated fromthe experience you could have today.

Europa Specials connects these worlds through stories.

Dubrovnik old town seen from Mount Srđ
Dubrovnik, CroatiaA destination
A cobbler repairing shoes in his workshop
Bitola, North MacedoniaA craft
Traditional rabelo boats on the Douro river in Porto
Porto, PortugalA product
Hands making traditional Maltese bobbin lace
MaltaBizzilla, Maltese lace. Who still makes it, and why?

What we mean by Deep Culture

More than beautiful pictures. The reason behind them.

Deep Culture is our editorial line. Every story on Europa Specials helps people understand:

  • Why it matters
  • Who created it
  • Where it came from
  • How it survived
  • What makes it distinctive
  • Why people still care
  • What you can discover, visit, experience or buy today
Poster of the documentary Ainarak

Already on Europa Specials

Ainarak

A singer walks the Pyrenean path once taken each season by thousands of young women who crossed the mountains to make espadrilles in Mauléon. One film, and a whole world opens up.

A story→The Pyrenees→Mauléon's workshops→A pair of espadrilles→A visit

For the people behind the stories

Where do you fit?

Every story on Europa Specials starts with someone who filmed it, kept it or knows it best.

Fire TV launch

Be there at the beginning

The launch
Producers & documentary makers

A second life for your films

For producers
Museums, archives, foundations

Your collections, on screen

For institutions
Broadcasters & VOD platforms

Beyond your borders

For broadcasters
Tourism, regions, universities

Your territory, as a story

For territories

Fire TV launch

Be there at the beginning.

Europa Specials is arriving on Amazon Fire TV as Europa TV, with one month of featured placement on the Fire TV home screen and a launch campaign in Variety. It is the moment the most people will discover us, and the content they find will be yours.

1 monthfeatured on the Fire TV home screen
Varietylaunch campaign in the online edition
300M+Fire TV devices purchased globally (Amazon)

The titles on screen during the launch month are the ones viewers will remember. Launch collections are being programmed now, from the content our partners send us.

Half-timbered houses along the canal in Colmar
Colmar, FranceYour region could open the launch.

Launch collections

Be in the first collections

Selected titles are programmed into the themed collections viewers find when they first open Europa TV on Fire TV.

Your own channel

Your catalogue, around the clock

A larger catalogue can become a free, always-on themed channel that runs your content day and night.

Story-to-commerce

Your story can earn beyond views

Books, places and experiences linked to your film appear next to it, so interest can turn into a visit or a sale.

The most valuable moment is often before a place becomes crowded.

Early content partners help define:

  • Launch collections
  • Themes
  • Cultural categories
  • Channels
  • Destinations
  • Recommendations
  • Future co-productions
Put my content in the launch

Fire TV figure: Amazon, devices purchased worldwide since launch. It describes the platform, not Europa Specials' audience. Amazon, Fire TV and related marks are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Europa TV is the Europa Specials app on Fire TV. Content partnerships are agreed with Europa Specials, not with Amazon.

For content providers

Your content can now travel across Europe.

You made something worth seeing. Europa Specials puts it in front of curious viewers in 28 countries, on their TV, phone and computer, free for them to watch. And now on Fire TV, through Europa TV.

Your content can now be distributed through Europa TV on Fire TV.

Europa Specials is made for the people who make, keep and know Europe's stories:

MuseumsCultural institutionsIndependent producersDocumentary producersArchivesTourism authoritiesUniversitiesCultural foundationsRegional broadcastersFestivalsDistributors

Which of your films, series or collections deserves a second life in front of a European audience?

Submit your content
A ship carpenter's workshop preserved in the Altona Museum
Altona Museum, HamburgEvery archive holds a film waiting to be made.
A potter at work in a traditional workshop
SerbiaA craft, filmed before it disappears.
Old wine presses in the vaulted hall of Eberbach Abbey
Eberbach Abbey, GermanyA place with nine centuries to tell.

The Europa Content Partner programme

Seven things your content gets when it joins us.

One agreement with us replaces a dozen separate negotiations. Here is what comes with it.

Distribution

Every screen, 28 countries

Samsung, Apple TV, Android TV, Fire TV, iOS, Android and the web. No country-by-country deals, no technology to build.

Localization

Understood beyond your language

Subtitles and translated descriptions in more European languages, so a film made for one country is understood in the next.

FAST

Your own free channel

For larger catalogues, a free, always-on themed channel that runs your content around the clock, like television, on today's screens.

VOD

Always one click away

Every title available on demand, free for viewers, whenever they choose to watch it.

Discovery

Found for what it is about

Our search understands subjects, places and moments, not just titles. It can take a viewer straight to the right minute of your film.

Audience analytics

Know who is watching

Where, how long, and what they watch next, title by title. Evidence for your next funding application or co-production.

Commerce opportunities

Your story can sell

Books, crafts, trips and experiences linked to your story appear next to it. When they sell, you can earn a share.

Revenue

Your content keeps earning

Sponsored collections, commerce and a share of advertising, reported title by title.

What it means for you

Whoever you are, your audience is waiting.

Producers & documentary makers

A second life for your films

A film's life doesn't end after its festival run or its broadcast. Give it a European audience, subtitles, data and new revenue.

Museums, archives & foundations

Your collections, on the big screen

Reach the people who will never walk through your door, and invite some of them to come and see for themselves.

Broadcasters & VOD platforms

Your programmes, beyond your borders

Extend your reach across Europe. VOD platforms can have their own branded Corner, as our founding partners WeShort, Neue Visionen, Cortex Media TV and TVP VOD do.

Tourism boards, regions & universities

Your territory, told as a story

Turn your places and your research into films that make people want to visit, study and learn more.

What we look for

We select. That is what makes it worth being here.

Europa Specials is curated. Every title is reviewed by our editors against one standard, Deep Culture, and four simple questions.

Is it anchored?

It speaks from a real place, community or tradition. Not "European food", but the last salt-makers of one island.

Does it reveal?

It shows the viewer something they would not have known or seen without it.

Will it endure?

It will still matter in five years. People come back to it.

Is it honest?

It is made by people who know their subject from the inside.

The content we are looking for now:

Heritage & living memoryMinority voicesAuthored documentaryAuteur cinema & short filmPerforming arts & musicFestivals & live cultureNature & landscapesGastronomy & craftsmanshipArchitecture & designLiterature & ideasTravel & territoriesContemporary creation rooted in a place

You stay in control

Your work. Your rights. Our reach.

  • Non-exclusive by default. Keep selling your content everywhere else.
  • One territory is enough to start. We show each title only where you hold the rights.
  • Your name stays on your work. Every title is credited to you.
  • A clear answer within three weeks. Yes or no, and why.
  • A written agreement before anything goes live. Simple terms, agreed together.

You send

  • Your film or series, in broadcast quality
  • Title, synopsis and credits
  • A poster or key image
  • Subtitles, if you have them
  • The territories and dates you hold rights for

We handle

  • Upload, encoding and quality checks
  • Subtitles and translated descriptions
  • Placement in collections and search
  • Delivery to every screen
  • Showing each title only where you hold rights
  • Audience reports, title by title

How it works

From your shelf to Europe's screens.

  1. 1

    Tell us about it

    Fill in the short form below and book a call.

  2. 2

    Editorial review

    Our editors watch it. You get an answer within three weeks.

  3. 3

    Agreement

    We agree territories, duration and how you earn.

  4. 4

    Delivery

    You send the files. We do the rest.

  5. 5

    Live and reported

    On screen across Europe, usually four to six weeks after signing.

Why now

Collections for the Fire TV launch are being programmed now. The partners who send their content first decide what Europa Specials looks like when the most people discover it. Don't let your best work arrive after the launch.

What story should Europe discover next?

Tell us about your content, then pick a time for a 30-minute call with our content team.

  1. 1Tell us about your content (1 minute)
  2. 2Book a 30-minute call
  3. 3Our editors review it and answer within three weeks

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