Question 8.

Have you used, or are you using, internal resources or external consults (or company which provides consulting services) to formulate a MAM strategy ? Why did you decided to use the consults ?

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ANTENA 3

• Internal and external. Decission about external resources taken by Engineering Department)

BBC

• Internal expertise within the BBC

BNT

• We used consults - internal as well as external. We decided to share the experience in existence.

CBC - BARBADOS

CBC / SRC

• Up until now, mostly internal resources are used, but the corporation may use consulting services at some point. The obvious reason would be to benefit from a practical experience of other implementations in similar corporations

CBSNEWS

• Library staff and contract hire programmers

CPRDP- PUERTO RICO

• Internal resources and external consultants

CT- CZECH TELEVISION

• Not yet

DR - DANMARKS RADIO

• Primarily DR has formulated the future IT strategy and visions of how to use the new technology in the creation of content. External consultants have been used for a 'Best of Practice Study'.

DUNA TELEVISION

ERTT

• We are planning to do this

ETB

• At the moment we have used internal resources to formulate the MAM strategy. We are also in contact with providers and supliers of equipment and software

GLOBO TV

• Right now we are using our own internal resources.

INA

• Both

KBS

• Our Digital Archival Committee has overseen the general direction and our Administrative Committee consisting of experts in each field has carried out the details of the system
• System was constructed by Samsung SDS, an outside SI consult
• General construction strategy was established using our own broadcast experts. However we utilized an external SI consult in the digital archiving process because our project requires system integration and cooperation of broadcast, computer, network, and contents divisions.

NAA

• MAM strategy and conceptual system design formulated by archive, architecture and builing of system by external consultants and vendors

NBC

• Yes, have used consultants. Often, consultants are involved in projects thus can bring considerable knowledge and experience which would broaden and hopefully add depth to our understanding as we navigate MAM

NHK

• We have internal resources : Multimedia Division / Engineering Division (see 6.)

ORF

• Both, consultants for interviews on current status and user requirements

RAI

• We use internal resources and external consults

RTBF

• If possible, internal

RTSI

• Internal resources

SCREENSOUND AUSTRALIA

• Combination of both internal and external

SF DRS

• Mainly internal resources, one external consul
• The extern consult was engaged because of
  • the advantage of a more or less "objective look" on the situation
  • the internal members of the study-group are all busy with their daily work

SVT

• The project managers have been internal staff. Consults have been used for system architectures and implementation. Mainly IBM- related consultants and SGI. But we do have internal resources and have developed our own basic structure with standard component as the backbone. A complete new infrastructure with networks and servers all over the country.

SWR

TROS

• Yes. We would like to follow the developments

TRT

• No. All the works are carried by TRT

TV4 - SWEDEN

• No external consults yet

TV CATALUNYA

• In the process, there has been the participations of external consultants, but finally the project is realized by our internal resources, with the participation of different external partners.

TVM-TELEVISION MAURITANIE

YLE

• We are basically using internal resources for this evaluation but also using consultancy and references from other broadcasting houses of the same size as ours. We aim at not duplicating mistakes others have done and at a solution that fits our environment, needs and operation procedures.