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European Television Memories

28th June 2013 No Comments

Third issue of the peer-reviewed, multi-media and open access VIEW Journal for European Television History & Culture highlights debates on how television fosters the moving borders of national memories.

Virtual Exhibitions shortlisted for FIAT/IFTA’s Archive Achievement Awards.

29th May 2013 No Comments

EUscreen’s Virtual Exhibitions entered the second round of one of the most prestigous competitions in the audio-visual archiving domain: FIAT/IFTA’s Archive Achievement Award 2013. It

Crossing Boundaries for AV Preservation

5th April 2013 No Comments

Screening the Future is a two-day conference with a focus on the preservation of digital media.This international conference brings together leaders in the fields of technology and research and those with a strategic responsibility for digitisation and digital preservation in the creative and cultural industries. The annual showcase by PrestoCentre takes place from May 7-8 at the Tate Modern, London, UK. Visit the conference website (http://2013.screeningthefuture.com) to find out more about the programme and speakers.

Call for Papers on the Hidden Professions of Television

29th March 2013 No Comments

VIEW, the Journal of European Television History and Culture, is the first peer-reviewed multimedia e-journal in the field of television studies. The theme of the fourth issue is Hidden Professions of Television, which can be interpreted broadly within the European television context. Paper proposals are invited to shine a light on the ‘behind the scenes’ activities of television and their hidden, often unrecognised and uncelebrated personnel and processes.

Citing Films, Television and Audio in your Content – Could it be Easier?

27th March 2013 No Comments

In the era of YouTube, podcasts and vidcasts new pioneering guidelines, launched today, will be crucial for students, researchers and academics when they cite moving image and sound sources, or provide advice on referencing them.

The Value of Audiovisual Archives

4th March 2013 No Comments

Try imagining all the world’s existing audiovisual material: all the films ever made, plus the television footage ever shot, plus all the sounds once recorded

Metadata as the Cornerstone of Digital Archiving

21st February 2013 No Comments

The International Federation of Television Archives (FIAT/IFTA)’s Media Management Commission organises an international seminar on metadata and it’s significance for digital AV-archiving on the 16th and 17th of May 2013 at the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision in Hilversum.

Transnational Mediascapes Conference

29th January 2013 No Comments

The conference ‘Transnational Mediascapes: Sound and Vision in Europe’ will take place at the Department of Media and Performing Arts of the Catholic University of Milan on May 14th-15th, 2013. Abstracts are invited for contributions to the two main topics of the conference: Day 1: Transnational Television: Towards a Comparative TV History / Day 2: Transnational Soundscapes: Sound and the Media in Europe.

Guidelines to Properly Cite Audiovisual Productions

14th January 2013 No Comments

In the era of YouTube videos, podcasts, adverts, off-air recordings and DVD extra features, it is crucial for students, researchers and academics to be able to cite these sources properly. The BUFVC’s AV Citation Guide brings together academics, archive historians, journal editors and researchers to address the complexities of audio-visual citation.

SOIMA2013 Expert Course

8th January 2013 No Comments

Safeguarding Sound and Image Collections DATES 23 September – 16 October, 2013 PLACE Nairobi (Kenya) with study visits to partner institutions Today sound and image