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 europarltv@europarl.europa.eu

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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.