FIAT/IFTA WORLD CONFERENCE

15-18 OCTOBER

BUCHAREST 2024

Don’t Believe Me, Just Watch!

Thank you for joining us at the recent conference, Don’t Believe Me, Just Watch!, which took place in Bucharest in October 2024. Reflecting on this engaging event, we explored a multitude of questions around the ever-evolving landscape of media preservation, acquisition, and archiving. Are we truly prepared for the challenges that lie ahead, or are we merely spectators in a rapidly changing arena? How do we navigate the complex intersection of ethics, technology, and skill sets in this digital age?

This conference brought together media managers, archivists, researchers, developers, strategists, as well as service and technology providers, fostering a collaborative environment for the exchange of well-informed opinions. Through presentations, keynotes, workshops, and discussion sessions, participants confronted pressing issues facing the archive industry today.

In the vibrant city of Bucharest, our discussions spanned diverse topics, including the challenges and opportunities in media preservation, ethical considerations surrounding technological transformations, and the strategic choices for archive management teams. Migration, collaboration, AI integration, ecological responsibility, and access to archives were just a few of the subjects explored in depth.

We thank all who attended and contributed their insights as we delved into the intricacies of media archives, embracing the challenges, uncertainties, and opportunities that lie ahead. Together, we worked to uncover the stories that shape our media perspectives and guide our strategic decisions for the future.

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The Ark

Tape Digitisation: We provide a comprehensive tape digitisation service. Older tape formats are susceptible to deterioration over time, making it increasingly challenging to restore and maintain the original content quality. Formats include:

VHS | Digi Betacam | Betacam/SP |

1’’C | U-matic | Hi-8 | DVCPRO | HDCAM/SR

Film Scanning: Preserve the historical and visual quality of your film content, while transforming it into a digital format suitable for modern distribution and future preservation. We can handle complex or deeply damaged film and preserve the quality of the original. Formats include: 8mm | 16mm | 35mm

Restoration of Materials: Restore your scanned material using a selection of the best software options in the industry. Our skilled operators can remove dirt, de-grain, sharpen and work on a frame-by-frame basis to ensure precise adjustments and corrections. Modernising vintage footage whilst preserving its original charm.

Explore the possibilities at The Ark by visiting their official website at The Ark.

Amazon Web Services

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a premier cloud computing platform provided by Amazon, offering a vast array of services designed to meet diverse computing needs. Since its launch in 2006, AWS has become a cornerstone of cloud infrastructure, providing resources such as computing power, storage, databases, and networking. It also supports advanced capabilities like machine learning, data analytics, and the Internet of Things (IoT). With its flexible, pay-as-you-go pricing model, AWS allows businesses to scale their operations efficiently without the need for extensive upfront investment in physical hardware.

AWS operates a global network of data centers, ensuring high availability, low latency, and robust disaster recovery options. Its extensive suite of tools and services enables organizations of all sizes—from startups to large enterprises—to deploy, manage, and secure their applications effectively. Known for its reliability and innovation, AWS remains a leading choice for cloud solutions, offering a comprehensive ecosystem that supports a wide range of industry needs and use cases.

Omnisearch

Omnisearch is a leading provider of multimodal search software. It uses state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms to efficiently index and search petabyte-scale archives of multimedia content such as video, audio and images. From spoken quotes to appearances of people, text, logos, objects and more, Omnisearch makes searching your content as easy as a Google query. It even supports complex scene descriptions. Our product is used by media companies, national broadcasters and online education companies across five continents. Providing both cloud and on-premise solutions, it keeps customers’ content safe and secure while not requiring any extra storage space. Our exceptional engineering team provides customization and integration services to make sure the search functionality fits neatly into the customer’s own workflows.

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Mayam

Mayam delivers workflow orchestration and metadata solutions to professional media organisations around the world. The Mayam Tasks workflow engine software package brings the advanced functionality required by leading media companies. The Mayam Tasks workflow engine is currently in use supporting media and metadata workflows in 15+ countries.

Our team of software and workflow experts have more than 20+ years of experience of implementing integrated media workflows and systems in the media environment. On top of the Mayam Tasks workflow engine, we offer professional services to design and implement orchestrated workflows, metadata managers and system integration services.

This year, Mayam is launching two new products. Mayam JustSKOS is a multilingual thesaurus manager that follows the SKOS-XL standard for knowledge organisation. Secondly, Mayam Core is a metadata manager that implements the EBU Core standards to store and exchange large quantities of complex metadata. For additional information, don’t hesitate to contact us via our website – mayam.com, and request a demonstration!

Mimir

Mimir is a video production and collaboration platform for professionals. The Fonn Group company, Mimir, embodies the front line of cloud-native platforms, redefining efficiency, seamless workflows and collaboration from any location.

Mimir manages your live videos, clips, images, and audio files. It uses AI for automatic metadata logging to power its industry-leading search.

Customers are, amongst others, VRT, NRK, Axel Springer, blinx, GB News, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Formula E, TV 2 FYN, Sky News Australia, The New York Times, News UK, TVNZ, and ausbiz. Mimir has won several prestigious industry awards since its launch in early 2019.

About the Mimir team

The Mimir team has extensive experience in the media technology industry, spanning roles in vendors, public and commercial broadcasters, and media houses. The team possesses a deep understanding of video workflows, cloud-native technologies, and continuous delivery. We are dedicated to creating a new standard in media workflows. Our passion for delivering the best product in the world is our DNA. Visit our website for more information: http://onemimir.com/

MWA Nova: continuity, stability, flexibility

Experience, quality and innovation are three other main characteristics of their systems for audio and film postproduction and archive applications.

MWA Nova currently offers more specialist solutions for the actual physical transfer and replay of celluloid, nitrate and magnetic film for archival purposes than any other single manufacturer.

Our viewing and inspection table spinner V is an example of this.

We want to keep the functionality of the currently used STEENBECK tables – but based on the latest technology, with the possibility to record a viewing copy of various sound and film formats.

Learn more at: https://mwa-nova.com

NOA

NOA Archive Solutions has established itself as a pioneering force in the field of audiovisual archiving and preservation. With a commitment to safeguarding cultural heritage through advanced technology, NOA Archive Solutions offers comprehensive solutions tailored to the unique needs of broadcasters, cultural institutions, and archives worldwide. Their expertise spans the digitization and management of audio and video content, ensuring that valuable historical and contemporary media are preserved for future generations.

At the heart of NOA Archive Solutions’ approach lies a blend of cutting-edge software and hardware solutions designed to meet the challenges of archiving in the digital age. Their systems enable seamless digitization and restoration of analog and digital audiovisual content, paired with sophisticated metadata management capabilities that enhance accessibility and usability. By partnering with NOA Archive Solutions, organizations gain access to a wealth of knowledge and technology aimed at not only preserving but also maximizing the value and accessibility of their audiovisual collections. Explore more about their innovative solutions and their impact on global archiving practices at NOA Archive Solutions.

XenData

XenData, the global provider of active archive systems, has over 1500 installations in more than 95 countries. It is trusted for the long-term retention of media assets by many national and regional archive institutions and broadcasters. All XenData systems integrate easily with other applications and existing networks. We have proven installations with many complementary products, including from Dalet and NOA.

XenData offers data storage systems that archive media files to LTO data tape within a robotic library and scale to 100 Petabytes and beyond. High capacity LTO cartridges provide stable storage with a lifetime of more than 50 years. XenData systems write to LTO using industry standard interchange formats and, where required, make it easy to migrate content away from old legacy LTO formats and applications. XenData systems offer rich functionality including the option to browse video previews, create LTO cartridges for delivery to other organizations and to publish to the cloud.

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