digitisation

Netflix becomes first streamer to have TV series and films preserved in BFI National Archive

Shows such as Bridgerton, Heartstopper and Top Boy will be digitally preserved for generations to come, said the BFI

From archive to asset: Why streamers and broadcasters are doubling down on digitisation

The pandemic saw an archive-based goldmine unearthed as broadcasters and streamers digitised content from previous years. According to Lance Podell, senior vice president and...

Media Management

Canal Plus to turn 110,000 hours of tape archive into streaming content

IMES expects to digitise approximately 95,000 tapes over the next three years

Case Studies

Goals mined as Premier League digitises archive

COVID-19 spurred a huge digitisation effort as rights holders looked to preserve and safeguard their archive and meet the demand for content from broadcasters...

Production & Post

ITV Content Services aims to preserve films for future generations with Prasad Corp agreement

Scanity produces digitisation for new feature films, film archive scanning for mass digitisation, short-form commercials, digital intermediate and new formats like 4K UHD

Media Management

How digitising your heritage can extend ROI beyond preservation

Peter Siegel, owner of Digital Transitions, discusses how broadcasters and content owners can generate new revenue by digitising and cataloguing their content and assets

Business

ES Broadcast acquires Sony’s archiving division

Purchase expands the reach of ES Broadcast and extends its portfolio of services

Media Management

DPP’s latest report looks at maximising the value of content

Report investigates processes from digitisation and ingest to metadata management, and from preservation planning to retrieval and exploitation.

TVBEverywhere

Sony unveils on-demand digitisation service MemnonBox

Helps customers to monetise their archives and generate new content at lower costs

Features

Can you tell me how to archive 50 years of Sesame Street?

Michael Balderston finds out how thousands of hours of the iconic show are being saved for posterity

Content

Blue Peter digitises all its episodes to celebrate turning 60

BBC Archive will release clips on social media next month

Business

Liquid Media Hub nets ATP Media contract

Will provide a full range of services including ingest and digitisation of a large archive of historical footage

Content

Peter Jackson uses restored First World War footage for new documentary

Will be broadcast by the BBC in November

Production & Post

Kodak to provide digitisation service for UK market

New venture with Prasad Corporation will also include archiving services

Business

TVBAwards Infrastructure: The finalists

An often overlooked area of expertise, the Infrastructure category of the TVBAwards highlights the impressive work being done in systems integration, archive digitisation, and...

News

Business

2015 TVBAwards nominations shortlist unveiled

This year’s shortlist for the TVBAwards has now been drawn up following an overwhelming influx of nominations

Videos

Business

Last week to nominate for TVBAwards in Infrastructure and TVBEverywhere

After its successful launch last year, the TVBAwards returns to London this October, and nominations for the Awards are open until the end of...

News Releases

Sony Europe acquires Memnon

Sony Europe has announced the acquisition of Memnon Archiving Services, a Brussels-based company providing a service in the field of digitisation and digital archive...

Business