News Archive for October, 2013

• Channel 4 Press Packs 1982-2002

  Published: 10 October 2013

  Channel 4 Press Packs 1982 – 2002 is a new online resource providing search and browse access to over 1000 press packs (exclusively by UK Higher Education/Further Education and BUFVC members) together with research case studies and articles. A Pioneering Channel Brookside? The Tube? Four Weddings and a Funeral? Big Brother? Whatever your view of Channel 4, […]

  Categories: Archives and Footage, General News, Projects and Research, TV and Radio

• EU is Opening up Education

  Published: 10 October 2013

  ‘Opening up Education‘ is a new European Commission initiative that aims to stimulate ways of learning and teaching in schools and universities through ICT and digital content, mainly through the development and availability of open educational resources. To kick-off the initiative, the Commission launched a new website, Open Education Europa, to allow students, practitioners and educational institutions to […]

  Categories: EUscreen, General News, Projects and Research

• BFI launches movie player

  Published: 9 October 2013

  The BFI Player was launched today to coincide with the opening of the London Film Festival. This new video-on-demand platform aims to support the UK’s film industry by offering new distribution opportunities while making great film accessible to the widest possible audience across the UK. Offering a mix of free (approx. 60%) and pay-per-view (approx. […]

  Categories: Archives and Footage

• New on the BUFVC Moving Image Gateway

  Published: 8 October 2013

  The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,400 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/ Backstage Science Series of videos sponsored by the Science and Technology Facilities Council, which offer […]

  Categories: Moving Images Gateway

• Archiving Tomorrow 2013 – reduced rate for BUFVC members

  Published: 2 October 2013

  The Archiving Tomorrow Conference 2013 will take place on 20-22 November 2013 in Manchester. The conference will bring together Archivists, Academics and Film Makers, Editors, Producers, Directors, etc, to discuss, debate and learn about the indepth revolution that is the transitional period between Film and Digital. Through interviews and presentations, workshops and panels with producers, technologists, […]

  Categories: Archives and Footage, Events, General News

• Event: Broadcast & Copyright in Education

  Published: 2 October 2013

  Friday 29 November 2013 (11am-3pm), The Geological Society, Piccadilly, London Join us at a forum to discuss the latest updates to copyright and BUFVC broadcast resources. Hear how the new changes to the copyright legislation in April 2014 may affect your work, and that of your institution, from both the point of view of a licence […]

  Categories: BOB, BUFVC Courses, Events, General News, Trilt, TV and Radio