Video Active finished and reviewed

The project Video Active has finished at the end of August and has been reviewed on September 24. The portal contains over 10.000 items: videos, photographs and articles. The history of European television can be discovered through multiple themes. Each of these themes has it’s own showcase, highlighting parts of the collection with additional context information. Various search modes can be applied. The portal will continue to be online.

 

Péter Forgács attends Video Active meeting in Vienna

Acknowledged and award winning media artist and film maker Péter Forgács attended the Video Active meeting in Vienna to discuss the possibilities for a short documentary made of Video Active material. Péter Forgács has made over thirty films and often uses archive  and amateur film material to tell unique stories. His work has been recognized all over the world and he  has had a number of exhibitions in Europe and the United States. Working together with Péter Forgács would be a great opportunity for Video Active.

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Video Active on the EBU Production Technology Seminar

Video Active will be present at the EBU at Wednesday 28 January at the EBU Production Technology 2009 seminar in Geneva. Siem Vaessen and Johan Oomen will present their paper ‘Video Active/EU Screen project: providing access to European Television history’. The seminar “gets professionals together to share knowledge, advice and experiences. Topics addressed include HDTV, 3D-TV, time and sync, gaming, loudness, archives, metadata, media asset management and more.” (EBU website)

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Partner project: the European Film Gateway

European Film Gateway

On September the 21st, with an inaugural meeting in Frankfurt am Main, a new Best Practice Network funded by the European Commission under the eContentplus programme has started: the European Film Gateway (EFG).

This project brings together 20 partners, including 15 European film archives and museums. Their aim is to set up a central point of access to the European film heritage, overcoming institutional and language barriers. The Deutsches Filminstitut is responsible for the co-ordination of the project, which has also the EDL Foundation among its partners. The Deutsches Filminstitut is on the Video Active Advisory Board and the two projects are happy to announce they will work together closely.