Slides of the FIAT/IFTA World Conference 2016 Breakfast: a newcomer's welcome. With all explanations on how FIAT/IFTA works as an organisation and how new members can get involved!

1. FIAT/IFTA and you!
Newcomer’s Breakfast Session
FIAT/IFTA World Conference, Warsaw 2016 – Brecht Declercq (VIAA) – 14.10.2016

2. WELCOME!

3. who are you?

4. who is FIAT/IFTA?

6. FIAT/IFTA is you!

7. A global network of
broadcast archives
The World's leading professional association
for those engaged in
the preservation and exploitation
of broadcast archives.

8. To help and inspire our members,
wherever they are on the timeline

9. Paris, °1977

10. 250+ members

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14. Mission / Working fields
The Media Management Commission specializes in current and
future trends in metadata and media management and in their
causes and consequences when it comes to:
• The archive as an organization
• The technologies used
• The skills of the archivists
• Different aspects of metadata and media management in general:
– Strategies for Media Asset Management in general, but focusing on metadata
in particular (models, dictionaries, quality criteria …)
– Strategies for enabling search and retrieval: interfaces and presentation of
search results
– Strategies for enhancement and contextualization: linked data and semantics
– Strategies for the flow of media and the creation of metadata.
– The impact of new delivery channels such as multi-media platforms and social
media on the above.

15. How?
• Training, by organizing seminars for
documentalists, media managers, management,
technical archive staff.
• Contributing to the annual FIAT-Conference
• Building liaisons with other professional
organisations (SMPTE, EBU, EDL, JTS, UNESCO,
ARSC, AMIA, PrestoCentre)
• Consulting for FIAT members and non-members
• Publications

16. Members
Eva-Lis Green, Chair – SVT,
Jacqui Gupta – co-Chair -BBC
Adrienne Warburton – RTÉ,
Elena Brodie – Elena Brodie Kusa
Consultant, US
Eric Minoli – TFO
Gerhard Stanz – ORF
Vicky Plaine – BBC Scotland
Xavier Jacques-Jourion – RTBF
Kaisa Unander – SNL
Rita Marques, Globo
Tim Manders – B&G
Sarah-Haye Aziz – RSI
Anne Couteux, INA
Blago Markota – HRT
Jennifer Wilson – BBC Scotland
Eleonore Alquier, INA
Carlos Hernandez
Nobuhisa Yamashita, NHK
Karin van Arkel – B&G
Marcia de Simoni - GloboSAT
Michele Hacker – TVNZ

20. Aspects related to the preservation and migration
of any kind of audiovisual content on a long-time
perspective: analogue as well as digital, and the
different solutions in order to guarantee the
accessibility of audiovisual contents.
• Analogue to Digital preservation processes
• Digital Migration
• Long-term Digital Preservation
• Digital Media Asset Management systems
• Digital Restoration and Quality improvement
• Formats and Standards
Mission / Working fields

21.  Brecht Declercq (VIAA, chair)
 Daniel Teruggi (INA)
 Christoph Bauer (ORF)
 Carlos Hernandez Esteban (ex-RTVE)
 Charles Fairall (BFI)
 Richard Wright (ex-BBC)
 Jörg Houpert (Cube-Tec)
Members

22.  Push forward good practices,
e.g. in tendering for mass digitisation
e.g. in preservation related MAM features
 The legacy of Presto projects (?)
 Enable donation of playback equipment
 Seminars / workshops at the World
Conference
Activities

24. To promote the creative use and exploitation of
audiovisual archives :
 Programs using archival footage
 Online platforms using archival material
 Projects using archival material
Mission / Working fields

25. Designed to honour the most outstanding initiatives that
promote the value and use of audiovisual archives.
 Best Use of Archive
 Most Innovative Use of Archive
 Best Archive Preservation Project
“Initiatives raising the profile of audiovisual archives, Project
showcasing audiovisual archive content
Programs valorizing the use of archive in an outstanding way.”
The FIAT/IFTA Awards

26.  Dorothy Donnan (MBC, chair)
 Ruth Stifter-Trummer (ORF)
 Theo Mäusli (SRG-SSR)
 Billy Segal (IBA)
 Elena Sisani (RAI)
 Maxime Sanson (INA)
 Mette Buchman (DR)
 Roberto Rossetto (RAI)
Members

28. Mission / Working fields
• liaison and pressure group to foster access to media archives and
collections for academic studies
• a platform for the exchange of information and content related
to archive access in collaboration with international associations
• to apply the knowledge gained in professional training activities
• to investigate and promote the uses of digital technologies in the
achievement of these aims
• Its core membership is drawn from FIAT/IFTA members, but it is
intended that the TSC should have an associate membership of
those academics and students interested in the use of media
archives in all fields of academic study.

29. How ?
• presentation of papers resulting from the study of Media Archive
material at FIAT/IFTA conferences
• organisation of thematic seminars in cooperation with academic
bodies
• publication of research in FIAT/IFTA and other appropriate
publications and platforms ( e.g. online journal VIEW )
• fostering research activities by organizing the annual Media
Studies Grant on behalf of FIAT/IFTA

31. Herbert Hayduck - ORF
Dana Mustata – Utrecht University
Liam Wylie - RTE
Claude Mussou - INA
Bas Agterberg – Beeld en Geluid
Steve Bryant - BFI
Members

33. The FIAT/IFTA Executive Council
The President and the Executive Council
determine the objectives and outcomes of
federation’s actions.
Foundation under French Law:
 Administration
 Budget
 Members and partners management

34. Jan Müller (B&G) Jacqui Gupta (BBC)
Herbert Hayduck (ORF) Jean-Gabriel Minel (INA)
Daniel Teruggi (INA) Roberto Rossetto (RAI)
Bríd Dooley (RTÉ) Diarra Bakary (ORTM)
Blago Markota (HRT) Amira Arratia (TVN)
Dorothy Donnan (MBC) Rita Marques (Globo)
Eva-Lis Green (SVT) Brecht Declercq (VIAA)
The Executive Council members

35. Get involved!

36. Not a member yet?
Memberships
 Associate Member (org. / individual)
 Full Member
 Supporting Member
Partnerships and sponsorships
 For commercial companies
 Sponsor an event or partner with FIAT/IFTA
 More info: office@fiatifta.org
www.fiatifta.org / community / become a member

37. What’s in it for me?
Connect to international standards
Learn from publications and guidelines
Work on common challenges
Benefit from the lobby group
Improve the abilities of your workforce
Share challenges
Identify joint opportunities
Influence standard setting
Gain comparative data
Share experiences about equipment and service providers
Learn how to connect to the public
Link with other professional associations
Get a reduced registration fee for the events
Win international acclaim via the FIAT/IFTA Awards

39. Get involved in a Commission?
you’re very
WELCOME!

40. Get involved in a Commission?
Members and partners can become part of a Commission
 Needed: no formal application!
 Needed: just a true commitment to help
 Seek for support within your own organisation
In practice
 1 à 2 live meetings of a commission per year
 Extra telephone / Skype meetings as needed
 Practical preparation for FIAT/IFTA initiatives
 Get in touch with the Commission Chairs!

41. Get involved in a Commission?
Dorothy Donnan (MBC)
Programs & production
Commission
Herbert Hayduck (ORF)
TV Studies & Training
Commission

42. Get involved in a Commission?
Eva-Lis Green (SVT)
Media Management
Commission
Brecht Declercq (VIAA)
Preservation & Migration
Commission

43. Organise an event? Host a meeting?

44. office@fiatifta.org
FIATIFTA
@FIAT_IFTA
FIATIFTA
FIATIFTA

45. THANK
YOU!