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Without metadata, the value of the stock shots archived as audiovisual heritage decreases due to the limitations of content retrieval. A number of archives are not catalogued yet, and others have a metadata structure but need to be re-catalogued and re-indexed. Incomplete metadata, [...]

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The arrival of the digital revolution has modified TVE’s production system, as occurred in other broadcast companies all over the world. This essay offers a view of the daily workflows in a Spanish national television newsroom, and how the work-team manages information used to produce [...]

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The creation of autonomous public Television in the Principality of Asturias inside of digital environment, involved the use of the latest technologies in production of audiovisual content, the MAM (Media Asset Management), specifically the implementation of Dalet Plus. This article [...]

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The identification of individuals on television using facial recognition biometrics can help the work of audiovisual documentation departments. Basic biometrics concepts are presented, as well as some of the biometrics software available. Opportunities and potential uses for onomastic [...]

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The need to preserve audiovisual archives and the possibilities for their dissemination resulting from digitisation have generated a growing interest in the development of platforms to provide access to their content. One of these platforms is VideoActive, a pan-European collaborative [...]

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Television archives are engaged in a significant process of transformation involving everyday functions and procedures as well as their overall role in media organizations. The confluence of two elements produces this change: the complete digitization of the flow of production and [...]

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Although many analogic audiovisual archives are still awaiting a digitization project that guarantees their preservation and public access, a massive generation of audiovisual content is taking place, once the source has completed the transition to digital production and distribution. [...]

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The article presents a survey research in 10 documentation centres of Spanish television stations. The authors analyze first the current situation of television documentation tasks after digitization, and the emergence of journalists participation in some of these tasks. Second, we [...]