Media Release:
On Sunday, October 27, Tape Ark, a global leader in historical digital preservation, joins forces with the broadcast and entertainment sector to raise awareness about the critical need to safeguard audio-visual archives.
Audio-visual archives are invaluable resources that narrate the stories of diverse cultures and communities around the world. They serve as a testament to our collective memory and provide insights into our cultural, social, and linguistic heritage. By preserving these materials, we ensure that future generations can access this rich legacy, fostering understanding and appreciation of the world we share.
As defined by library and archival science, digital preservation is the formal process that guarantees long-term accessibility and usability of digital information of enduring value.
Tape Ark, specialists in digital preservation, excels in rapidly migrating content to the cloud, regardless of media type or volume. With extensive technical expertise in various tape media and data formats, Tape Ark is well-equipped to handle the increasing demands of digital preservation through its robust global cloud networks.
Jeremy Nottle, Tape Ark’s Senior Vice President of IT Innovation and Strategy, brings a wealth of experience in audiovisual archiving and digital curation. He has been involved in numerous digital preservation projects, emphasising the urgency of the task at hand.
Nottle states, “The volume of data in the industry is increasing exponentially, and today’s content is yesterday’s archives that we need to protect.”
This year, UNESCO’s theme for the World Day for Audio-visual Heritage is “Your Window to the World.” Audio-visual materials serve as vital documentary heritage, offering us a window into events we cannot experience firsthand, allowing us to hear voices from the past, and enabling us to craft stories that both inform and entertain. As our engagement with audio-visual content grows, it becomes increasingly important to understand and preserve these resources.
UNESCO is The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, a specialised agency of the United Nations with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.
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About Tape Ark
Tape Ark is liberating the world’s largest collections of data, held on backup tape, making it securely and efficiently available to the application of data analytics tools, artificial intelligence, and machine learning technologies by providing safe and secure high-volume migration of ageing corporate data from archive tape media to the cloud. Tape Ark helps innovative clients transform forgotten and decaying data, sitting in storage cost centres, into a valuable business asset and revenue stream.
Previous preservation projects for Media & Entertainment and Broadcast industry
Tape Ark Ingests Newly-Bought Content For Massive Media And Entertainment Company
Media And Entertainment Customer Migrates Their Content To AWS
Tape Ark Makes AWS The Repository For Almost A Billion Assets For A Broadcasting Giant
Tape Ark Helps Television Broadcasting Group To Transition To AWS
Tape Ark Preserves Rock and Roll History
Tape Ark collaborates with Microsoft on new trial for long-term archival storage “Project Silica”
