RRsat Brings Historic Video Archive Online for British Pathe
May 06 2014 - 7:00AM
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RRsat Brings Historic Video Archive Online for British Pathe
RRsat's Unique Content Management Capabilities Enable British
Pathe to Reformat and Archive Historical Content in High
Definition
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwired - May 6, 2014) - RRsat
Global Communications Network Ltd. (NASDAQ: RRST), a leading
provider of digital content management and global content
distribution services to the broadcasting industry, today announces
the completion of its latest project for British Pathé, the world's
leading multimedia resource, reformatting and delivering one of the
largest archives of historic audiovisual content to online video
platform, YouTube.
Consisting of over 85,000 pieces of video content, the archive
contains footage from some of the most significant moments in 20th
Century history, including newsreels from the First and Second
World Wars, the 1937 Hindenburg disaster and the Titanic. Audiences
can now access 3,500 hours of the high-resolution content on any
device for free on YouTube, providing an enhanced overall user
experience.
Held as both tape and digital formats in the RRsat archive, the
team worked alongside British Pathé to reformat the extensive
collection so that it is compatible with YouTube. The process
involved RRsat creating a complete metadata package for each of the
85,000 clips, digitising the full library, enabling users to access
the video content more effectively on YouTube with a simplified
search process.
Roger Felber, CEO of British Pathé says: "By working alongside
RRsat, the leader in the online video space, we are now able to
offer global audiences a glimpse in to 20th Century British History
in high resolution. It has been a trouble free process, with RRsat
providing us with the video content conversion transformation
expertise to make the archive available for new audiences around
the world."
Simon Kay, Managing Director of RRsat Europe says: "The scale of
this project and level of detail required very careful planning and
management. The process involved fulfilling rigorous metadata
collection and implementation across the library to meet the
specifications required for YouTube video content. This content is
now available to global audiences and allows viewers better search
and access to this historical video archive on any device at
anytime."
About RRsat
RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd. (NASDAQ: RRST) provides
global, end-to-end, digital content preparation and management, as
well as content distribution services to the rapidly expanding
broadcasting industry, covering more than 150 countries. Through
its Global Network, composed of satellite and terrestrial fiber
optic capacity and the public Internet, RRsat provides high-quality
and flexible global content distribution 24 by 7 services to more
than 630 channels reaching multiplatform operators, Internet TV and
direct-to-home viewers worldwide. In addition, the company offers
worldwide content management and distribution services for sports,
news and other live events. More than 130 channels use RRsat's
advanced production and playout centers, comprising of
comprehensive media asset management services. Visit the company's
website www.rrsat.com.
About British Pathé,
British Pathé was once a dominant feature of the world cinema
experience, renowned for first-class reporting and an informative
yet uniquely entertaining style. Now considered to be the finest
newsreel archive in the world, British Pathé is a treasure trove of
90,000 films unrivalled in historical and cultural significance.
Spanning the years from 1896 to 1976, the collection includes
footage from around the globe of major events, famous faces,
fashion trends, travel, science and culture. It is an invaluable
resource for broadcasters, documentary producers, and archive
researchers worldwide.
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