PTV Digital Archive

For those who want to know more about the progress with the deveopment of PBCore:
As many of you are aware, a metadata dictionary used to describe the intellectual content, rights, and formats of public broadcasting media has been developed and made available for your use.
It is called PBCore, or Public Broadcasting Core of Metadata Descriptions [...]

As we fast approach the deadline for the FCC-mandated transition to replace analog television broadcasting with digital service, I thought a little refresher from 10 years ago might be useful —  
Industries Agree on U.S. Standards for TV of the Future
?[From the  New York Times 11/26/1996, AUTHOR: Mark Landler] ??”Ending years of industry squabbling, the broadcasting, [...]

The Association of Moving Image Archivists met in Anchorage earlier this month, and a growing awareness of the importance of preserving television, as well as video on the Internet, was a major point of discussion among many attendees.
One of the more entertaining sessions was a special evening, curated by Jeff Martin, marking the the 50th anniversary of the [...]

Video from all the sessions of the Culture, Commerce and Public Media conference held in June by WNET and Intelligent Television are available for viewing. Highlights include presentations by PBS President Paula Kerger; WNET CTO Ken Devine; PTV Project Director Nan Rubin; Orlando Bagwell of the Ford Foundation, and Mary Rasenberger of the Library [...]

The The Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) has produced an extensive study of locally-based television archives. Local Television: A Guide to Saving Our Heritage examines television preservation at local stations through a collection of case studies:

Local Television: A Guide to Saving Our Heritage
Case Study: KSTP and the Minnesota Historical Society
Case Study: Northeast Historic Film/Maine [...]

Culture, Commerce, and Public Media:
A New Forum for Creators
Co-sponsored by
Intelligent Television
and
Channel 13/WNET
June 5-6, 2006

** Note: The links below are to MPEG-4 video files that can be viewed with Quicktime.
Monday, June 5
8:30 a.m. Coffee and registration
9:00 a.m. Welcoming remarks
Peter B. Kaufman, Intelligent Television

9:15 a.m. Television Production in the Digital Age (part 2)

Ken Devine, WNET
Cara Mertes, Sundance [...]

For More Information, Contact Us:

Nan Rubin
Project Director, PRESERVING DIGITAL PUBLIC TELEVISION
Thirteen
450 W. 33rd St. | New York City, NY | 10001
212-560-2925
RubinN@thirteen.org

  
Project Team
Thirteen/WNET
450 W. 33rd St, New York NY
10001
212-560-1313
Ken Devine – VP Engineering & Chief Technology Officer
Jonathan Marmor – Digital Media Asset Management
Daisy Pommer [...]

General
Why is it important to preserve public television programs?
“The impact of television on our culture is. . . indescribable. There’s a certain sense in which it is nearly as important as the invention of printing.” — Carl Sandburg
Worldwide, more than 30 million hours of unique television programming are broadcast every [...]

AMIA – Association of Moving Image Archivists
In addition to its website at http://www.amianet.org/, AMIA has produced an extensive study of locally-based television archives. Local Television: A Guide to Saving Our Heritage examines television preservation at local stations through a collection of case studies:

Local Television: A Guide to Saving Our Heritage
Case Study: KSTP and the Minnesota [...]

Organizational Partners in this Project

Preserving Digital Public Television is funded by the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) of the Libary of Congress, and is a partnership between:

Thirteen/WNET – TV, New York – A major producer of national programming for public television and lead institution for Preserving Digital Public Television.
http://www.thirteen.org/index.php
WGBH – [...]