Six Steps For Restoring Your Old Films
Six Steps For Restoring Your Old Films Did you know that 50% of all full-length features produced before 1950 have vanished? Fewer than 20% of features from the 1920s survive in complete form; survival rates of 1910s is <10%? While more than 90% of the world cinema produced before 1929 can no more be restored […]
Key Considerations For Digitizing Hospital Records
Key Considerations For Digitizing Hospital Records With the ever-growing population leading to an increasing number of patients every day, hospital staff and doctors find it difficult to maintain medical records on paper. The traditional system of keeping records is not only cumbersome but also has other challenges like: Slow: With information being exchanged mainly through calls, […]
Five Factors That Damage Audio Tapes
Five Factors That Damage Audio Tapes Cassette tapes were first produced at a mass scale in the early 1960s and became popular in the 1980s. Long before DVDs and cloud storage became popular, audio tapes and reels were used to record information. Magnetic tapes have a lifespan between 10 – 30 years and has been […]
Pros And Cons Of Linear Tape Open (LTO) For Long-term Content Archiving
Pros And Cons Of Linear Tape Open (LTO) For Long-term Content Archiving Originally developed in the late 1990s, LTO (Linear Tape Open) is a magnetic tape data storage technology that offers extensive storage for a variety of applications comprising, long-term archive, data back-up, high-capacity data transfer, and offline storage almost over the past two decades. […]
The Future Of The OB Truck
The Future Of The OB Truck Are OB trucks too expensive to survive in a world that is moving toward digital news delivery and mobile, small-screen news consumption? As Broadcasters shift to 4K UHD live broadcasting and adopt IP for experimenting with more immersive consumer-facing formats, does this pronounce the death of the OB trucks? […]
Six Ways Broadcasters & Media Organizations Are Leveraging Big Data Analytics
Six Ways Broadcasters & Media Organizations Are Leveraging Big Data Analytics Have you ever wondered what led Netflix to invest around $50 million for each season of the ‘House of Cards?’ Or how Chennai Express broke the Box Office collection record in 2013? The answer to all these is advanced data analytics. The media industry […]
How Cultural Institutions Are Leveraging Photo Archiving
How Cultural Institutions Are Leveraging Photo Archiving Museums and cultural institutions play a valuable role in preserving the rich cultural heritage of our planet. By recording the history of different era and communities, such institutions help us understand our history, deepening our knowledge and respect for various cultures and traditions. However, with time, the ways […]
Top 4 Challenges Faced By OTT Players In India
Top 4 Challenges Faced By OTT Players In India McKinsey reports that globally about 2.5 billion less-than-25-years-old digital customers spend 315 minutes daily on an average online. Keeping up with the trend, OTT subscribers in India is also witnessing a growing trend. According to a report by Ernst & Young, India had 250 million video […]
7 Document Management Trends To Watch Out For
7 Document Management Trends To Watch Out For Businesses world over are undergoing a digital transformation and organizations are investing in tools, technology and processes to go paperless by converting their documents to digital formats. These documents may be forms, invoices, letters books, journals, photos, maps, manuscripts, office records or other printed materials. Apart from […]
Photo Digitization: Top Six Mistakes To Avoid
Photo Digitization: Top Six Mistakes To Avoid For centuries, pictures have been documenting history. Long before cameras came into existence, humans used to paint on the walls of the caves to depict scenes from their daily lives, communicate with each other, and pass on their culture to the future generations. Important events like meetings between […]
