News Archive for May, 2013

  • BBC ‘Our Place in the First World War’ project

    ​As part of its coverage of the centenary of the First World War in 2014 the BBC seeks to explore stories which are linked to a significant place marking the history of World War I. These stories will be drawn from each of the 12 English Regions. The BBC wants to tell those stories through […]

  • 4C Consultation now open

    The 4C Project – the Collaboration to Clarify the Costs of Curation – was launched in February 2013 and aims to help organisations across Europe to invest more effectively in digital curation and preservation. Its partners include Jisc, the University of Essex, the Digital Curation Centre at the University of Edinburgh, The University of Glasgow […]

  • New additions to the Moving Image Gateway

    The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,350 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 or visit the Gateway at http://bufvc.ac.uk/gateway/ Canal-U This French website presents a huge variety of audiovisual resources […]

  • BUFVC Weekly Top 5 TV and Radio Programme Requests

    For the week ending 17th May 2013, the most requested programmes from the BUFVC Off-Air Back-Up Service focus on feature British attitudes to taste, policing, the electoral system as well as undersea HD footage off the English coast. 1. BBC NEWS AT SIX (BBC1) View TRILT record or watch now on BoB National For more information, please […]

  • EUscreen Virtual Exhibitions shortlisted for FIAT/IFTA 2013 awards

    EUscreen virtual exhibitions were shortlisted in the ‘Most Innovative Use of Archive’ category as part of  the prestigious FIAT/IFTA Archive Achievement Awards 2013. These exhibitions, curated by archivists and academics, add new meaning to the rich and varied collection of over 40,000 items of unique television-related material on the EUscreen portal. Showcasing historical events, political debates […]

  • Latest on the BUFVC Moving Image Gateway

    The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,350 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 or visit the Gateway at http://bufvc.ac.uk/gateway/ Chronicle This selection of documentaries from the long-running BBC archaeology series […]

  • World Cinema On-Demand

    World Cinema On-Demand: Film Distribution and Education in the Streaming Media Era 26 June 2013, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland 11am – 4.30pm http://worldcinemaod.wordpress.com/ This workshop is part of the AHRC-funded World Cinema On-Demand networking project that aims to investigate the impact of streaming services on world cinema distribution, consumption and teaching. Speakers will include: […]

  • BUFVC Weekly Top 5 TV & Radio Programme Requests

    For the week ending 10th May 2013, the most requested programmes from the BUFVC Off-Air Back-Up Service focus on drama, music, the history of TV, the consequences of Google’s infringement of literary copyright and the experiences of people recently in jail. 1. UNITED STATES OF TELEVISION: AMERICA IN PRIMETIME (BBC2) View TRILT record or watch now on BoB […]

  • Forget Me Not: Memory and Forgetting in the Digital Age

    Forget-me-not: Memory and Forgetting in the Digital Age 7 June 2013 Nesta, 1 Plough Place, EC4A 1DE, London Forget-me-not is the third Memory Network event, organised in collaboration with the charity that promotes innovation in the United Kingdom, Nesta. The Memory network is a collaborative project by the AHRC, The University of Roehampton (opens in a new window), […]

  • Audio recordings from the ‘Channel 4 and British Film Culture’ conference

    Audio recordings of the papers from the ‘Channel 4 and British Film Culture’ conference can now be found on the project website at: www.c4film.co.uk/conference-2012/schedule This conference, which was held at the BFI Southbank in November 2012, celebrated thirty years of Film on Four/Film4 and was an outcome of an ongoing 4 year (2010-2014) AHRC funded […]