SERVICE PROVIDER
PRESERVING AUDIO-VISUAL ARCHIVES
V
ectracom is a service company
in shipping archives across. Audio-visual
needs to manage the project in detail,
specialised in preservation
cultural heritage is of great importance
purchase equipment and manage the
and valorisation of audio-
and hence it is necessary to limit the risks
operations. For the end users, Vectracom
visual heritage (films, video
involved.
makes the project simpler and limits
and audio).
When a broadcaster, association or an
the risk. It also replaces large Capex by
Every year Vectracom digitises 100,000
administration has decided to go for a
to 200,000 hours of content regardless
digitisation campaign, Vectracom comes
By doing the job themselves, content
of their physical media type, covering
on site with the required equipment
owners have to deal with five big issues:
broadcasters, administrations, corporates,
and people. The company takes care of
• Find (hire) people with old formats
museums and associations. Vectracom is
everything. The content owner has only to
the leading mass digitisation company
provide or give access to the legacy audio-
in Europe with proven expertise and
visual carriers. At the end of the project,
references for critical and/or large projects.
the company takes back all equipment and
Founded
in
1991,
Vectracom
headquarters is located in Paris, France
the content owner has all their assets in a digital repository.
but the company operates worldwide with offices in Europe, North Africa and USA.
smaller Opex.
expertise for staff management. • Find (buy) the legacy machines to play the original material. • Maintain these players and time to refurbish them. • Take charge of systems design and commissioning.
Service Means Saving Money
• Finally, hire, train and manage staff.
In case of content migration, the
At the end, it is a lot of things to do
On-Site Service
big benefit of sub-contracting with
and many risks to take and once all the
Vectracom has long experience and
Vectracom is the total cost of operation.
material is digitised, the content owner
good understanding of content owners’
It is more expensive for a content owner
pays for equipment that has become
needs. Therefore, for digitisation, the
to do the job internally because they face
useless or redundant. As Vectracom is
company suggests on-site service close
complex tasks and heavy investment. By
the best specialist that you can find, the
to the archives vaults to avoid difficulties
doing the job in-house, a content owner
risk to content owners is reduced.
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