BVDM Appointed Digital Video Strategy Consultant for CPB
Saturday, July 10th, 2010FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Broadway Video Digital Media Appointed CPB American Archive Strategy Consultant
New York, NY, July 10, 2010 – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is developing an American Archive of public television and radio content. This new initiative will bring together vast quantities of the nation’s public media material in order to both: (1) preserve the content for future generations, and (2) make it available for a variety of different uses.
Currently, hundreds of thousands of hours of original interviews, unique local footage, and treasured national programming, dating back to the 1950s, sit in boxes and closets, completely inaccessible to the public that helped fund its creation. The American Archive will breathe new life into this rich legacy of programming, making cultural, news, and educational content from across the country available in exciting new ways. The initial goal is to have 40,000 hours of content digitized, described, preserved, and—potentially—searchable, and accessible by December 2011.
Broadway Video Digital Media (BVDM) has been awarded a contract by CPB to be the American Archive Strategy Consultant. BVDM’s assignment is to develop a plan for the technology infrastructure implementation that includes preservation of public media content, as well as a distribution strategy to make content accessible to the general public, producers, and educators in ways that best meet their needs.
Media Contact:
Chris Calvosa
Director of Marketing
Broadway Video Digital Media
212-333-0555 xt. 640
Marketing@BroadwayVideo.com
About Broadway Video Digital Media (BVDM):
Broadway Video Digital Media is an industry leader in providing distribution, digital file encoding, duplication, video transmission, closed captioning, and asset management services to organizations of any size. From its state-of-the-art technical operations center in Times Square, BVDM operates one of the largest videotape duplication centers in the nation, supporting virtually all professional formats. Worldwide digital connectivity allows for on-demand distribution to any destination in any file-based or video format. BVDM maintains an extensive complement of HDTV technology and equipment, and has been a pioneer in solving critical issues related to the HDTV transition. Currently, BVDM is helping to form industry wide standards and practices for the restoration and preservation of large-scale video archives. From DVD authoring and replication to broadcast finishing, BVDM is the one-stop source for any organization in need of video and media-related technology solutions. After a successful spin-off from Broadway Video Entertainment in 2007, BVDM remains closely affiliated with the Broadway Video family of companies. BVDM is committed to investing in emerging digital technologies and offering its clients cutting edge solutions, while continuing to support the current, practical, and real world demands facing today’s media industry.
About CPB
CPB is a private, nonprofit corporation created by Congress in 1967 and is steward of the federal government’s investment in public broadcasting. It helps support the operations of more than 1,100 locally-owned and -operated public television and radio stations nationwide, and is the largest single source of funding for research, technology, and program development for public radio, television and related online services.
NHL Chooses BVDM to Preserve Hockey Archive
Friday, June 18th, 2010FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
National Hockey League and Broadway Video Digital Media Address Hockey Archives
New York, NY, June 18, 2010 – Broadway Video Digital Media (BVDM), a leading digital media facility based in Manhattan’s Times Square, announced today that it has begun work on a project for the National Hockey League (NHL). The NHL’s massive archive is the largest repository for U.S. professional hockey history, and the NHL in concert with BVDM has moved to preserve this vital asset.
Working with over 30,000 master tapes from the NHL’s archive, BVDM is digitally preserving and organizing the tapes, creating and sculpting metadata, and delivering the content to online distribution platforms like hulu, MySpace, and iTunes. As an Apple-certified encoding partner for the iTunes TV and Film Stores, BVDM offers the NHL a worry-free and smooth launch for their content.
Dirk Van Dall, CTO of BVDM, expressing his satisfaction about working with the NHL, said, “The NHL is exactly the type of company where we can do the most good because our encoding process delivers three files simultaneously: a lossless format for archiving, a format for broadcast and distribution, and a proxy for easy screening.” Mark Yates, BVDM’s President, added, “We are able to address three challenges at once that haunt all content owners, and do it for an outstanding value.”
With the NHL’s archive being systematically encoded, hockey fans around the world should expect to see more hockey available on more online platforms, but especially on the NHL’s flagship website www.NHL.com.
Media Contact
Chris Calvosa
Director of Marketing
Broadway Video Digital Media
212-333-0555 xt. 640
Marketing@BroadwayVideo.com
About Broadway Video Digital Media (BVDM)
Broadway Video Digital Media is the industry leader in providing distribution, digital file encoding, duplication, HD video transmission, closed captioning, and asset management services to organizations of any size. From its state-of-the-art technical operations center in Times Square, BVDM operates one of the largest videotape duplication centers in the nation, supporting virtually all professional formats. Worldwide digital connectivity allows for on-demand distribution to any destination in any file-based or video format.
About the NHL
The National Hockey League, founded in 1917, is the second-oldest of the four major professional team sports leagues in North America. Today, the NHL consists of 30 Member Clubs, each reflecting the League’s international makeup, with players from more than 20 countries represented on team rosters. According to a Simmons Market Research study, NHL fans are younger, more educated, more affluent, and access content through digital means more than any other sport. The NHL entertains more than 100 million fans each season in-arena and through its partners in national television (VERSUS, NBC, TSN, CBC, RDS, RIS, ESPN America, ASN and NHL Network™) and radio (NHL Radio™, Sirius XM Radio and XM Canada). Through the NHL Foundation, the League’s charitable arm, the NHL raises money and awareness for Hockey Fights Cancer™ and NHL Youth Development, and supports the charitable efforts of NHL players. For more information on the NHL, log on to NHL.com.
