PlaySCAPES: Set-the-Stage Report on Sustainable Climate Transition and VOD platforms

StreamSCAPES brings together a consortium of twelve organisations, composed of academic institutions and key representatives of creative and cultural industries (CCIs), to explore the under-utilised strengths, existing challenges and knowledge, practice and policy gaps in the Video-On-Demand (VOD) services in Europe, which hinder or enable their sustainable climate transition (SCT). As VOD platforms are increasingly important nodes within audiovisual and cultural ecosystems, StreamSCAPES focuses on this dynamic intersectional juncture of technology, business models, consumption habits and meaning makers to develop and pilot solutions to untap the potential of VOD platforms to support the green transition.
This project deliverable is the outcome of the research activities organised in Work Package 1 – PlaySCAPES: Stakeholder workshops. WP1 aims to establish contacts between the audiovisual sector, academia, the CCIs, and local, national, and international authorities, by bringing key stakeholders together to identify common challenges and needs, generate ideas and challenge established thinking. Five online workshops with 24 participants were organised between June and September 2025 to discuss 1) the social relevance and understanding of SCT, 2) the SCT in production and distribution, and 3) policies and initiatives related to the SCT. The workshop data were analysed by using the qualitative thematic analysis method.