EuroparlTV Launches Viral Video Competition

BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The European Parliament's web television channel is organizing a viral video competition on Diversity in Europe, calling on the creativity of citizens to create a quality viral spot of 1 to 3 minutes.

The competition will be launched on 9 May 2011. The deadline for submission is 31 July 2011. The spots fulfilling all requirements will be released during one month (15 September - 15 October 2011) on the website of EuroparlTV for public voting. The public voting closes on 15 October 2011.

The voting results will be published on a daily basis allowing the citizens to follow the public voting in a transparent way.

The following prizes are up for grabs: 1st prize: A trip for two people to three European cities of their choice; 2nd prize: iPad; 3rd prize: a Leica camera.

The contest is open to everybody without any restriction of age, gender, race, nationality, religion or profession.

The subject of the video contest Diversity in Europe allows a broad freedom of interpretations: language(s), fashion, music, arts, cooking, architecture, landscape...

For further information please visit http://www.europarltv.europa.eu/contest or contact us at [email protected]

On EuroparlTV

EuroparlTV is the official web television channel of the European Parliament. It offers a comprehensive coverage of parliamentary business with daily news bulletins, magazines, interview and videos for younger audiences, as well as live streaming of parliamentary meetings, in 22 languages.

SOURCE Scholz and Friends European Office