British Universities Film & Video Council

moving image and sound, knowledge and access

News Archive for January, 2012

  • BUFVC Top TV and Radio Programme requests of 2011

    The most popular titles requested from the from the BUFVC Off-Air Back-Up Service in 2011. Some episodic programmes have been condensed to one entry. 1 MICHEL ROUX’S SERVICE (BBC2) View TRILT record or watch now on BoB National More information is available from the BBC website 2. THE STORY OF FILM: AN ODYSSEY (MORE 4) View TRILT record or […]

  • Call for Participation: Off-Air Recording Union Catalogue Trial

    As announced at the BUFVC AGM in December 2011, the BUFVC is planning to create a trial union catalogue for off-air recordings as part of the Shared Services Project funded by HEFCE. Collections are at risk in many institutions, particularly those held in VHS because it is often seen as an old format which takes […]

  • Latest Gateway Updates

    The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,000 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or amendments, please contact us by email or telephone. Close-Up This is a membership organisation that aims to make film culture and history accessible through its […]

  • For Want of a Cultural Film Policy

    Ahead of a visit to Pinewood Studios today, David Cameron has said that the film industry should support “commercially successful pictures”, in an attempt to prejudge the findings of Lord Smith’s review into the Government’s film policy, due out on Monday. To quote Mike Wayne (writing in 2002 in the print-defunct magazine Filmwaves, which has […]

  • Confused about copyright?

    Attend the Copyright Clearance for Print, Broadcast and Multimedia Production course on Tuesday 13 March 2012, in Central London. Presented by Alma Hales, Head of Intellectual Property at the Open University and Bernadette Attwell, former Deputy Head of Intellectual Property at the Open University and co-owner of Copy-Right Consultants Ltd with Alma Hales, the course will […]

  • Education Technology supports Learning on Screen Awards

    Education Technology – a new print publication, being launched at the 2012 UCISA conference in March 2012, is the  Media Partner for the Learning on Screen Awards 2012.  Education Technology is the only publication dedicated to providing insight and information on the ICT demands of the UK’s education sector. Covering everything from Key Stage 2 all […]

  • 85% of UK HEIs hold BUFVC membership

    BUFVC in numbers 2010/11 The latest data and information on how the BUFVC connects teachers, learners and researchers with moving image and sound content is now available online. Did you know that 85% of UK HEIs hold BUFVC membership or that the off-air recording back-up library now holds around 500,000 hours of television and radio? […]