Digitization in the Real World: Oregon State University Libraries
In this chapter excerpt from the book ‘Digitization In The Real World’, Sue Kunda looks at some of the key steps involved in running a […]
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Why Metadata Matters
In this article, Mac Slocum outlines why metadata is so vital to the user experience in his critique of the popular ‘ShowYou’ iPad video app.
“The area where metadata is most important, however, is video. That content is locked within formats that are generally inaccessible to search spiders and aggregation …
Continue reading »Visit Britain Signs Exclusive Film Distribution Deal With Photolibrary Group
As reported on WhichStockAgency.com, the UK’s national tourist agency, Visit Britain has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Photolibrary.com who will promote 600 rare film clips in their collection:
“Photolibrary Group has extended its exclusive distribution agreement with VisitBritain, Britain’s national tourist agency, to include access to it’s collection …
Continue reading »Leipzig Semantic Web Day: 5th May 2011
The Leipzig Semantic Web Day is being held (in Leipzig, Germany) on 5th May 2011:
“The theme this year is “Linked Data for the Masses”, particularly focusing on its use in enterprises. This event will not only give you the opportunity to discuss current developments around semantic web technologies, …
Continue reading »Bursting The “Cloudbursting” Bubble
Chris Hoff, writing on his Rational Survivability Blog discusses his contempt for “Cloudbursting”, this is a corruption of the term ‘bursting’ and refers to a technique where enterprises can increase capacity rapidly for a short period of time by temporarily expanding out into a public Cloud infrastructure:
“Either you …
Continue reading »Risks Of Outsourcing Digital Asset Storage To Cloud Providers
The National Archives of Australia (NAA) has published an article about the risks of outsourcing data storage to external providers who hold records in the cloud. NAA have indicated that most of the risks can be mitigated if recognised:
- Regulatory requirements may be broken
- The storage location may create
45% Of Advertisers Expect Digital Video Ad Spending To Increase In 2011
According to this Digidaily.com article, almost half the agencies and advertisers and agencies in one of their recent surveys are planning to increase their spending on on-line video advertising, with roughly 30% predicting a double digit rise:
“More than half of the more than 100 responding advertisers and agencies …
Continue reading »KIT Digital Buys IP Video Management And Delivery Company Ioko
KIT Digital, provider of video asset management software and related services, have announced the purchase of IP video management and delivery company, Ioko for $91.4 million in cash and stock.
“Ioko provides an end-to-end managed cloud-based platform for multi-screen video delivery over connected IP devices to telecommunications cable, media and …
Continue reading »DAM Best Practices Workshop: April 9th 2011, Philadelphia, USA
DAM vendor, Extensis will be sponsoring a workshop a the Museums and the Web 2011 Conference in Philadelphia this Saturday (9th April). The presentation will be delivered by Edward Smith from Extensis and Maggie Hanson, from Portland Art Museum. It will cover topics such as:
- How to assess your
A Technical Overview Of H.264
Strictly one for the techies, but a comprehensive and confidently written article by Jan Ozer on Streamingmedia.com nonetheless. Jan covers the H.264 specification, codec implementations, licensing and quality relative to other competing technologies plus a number of other fundamental topics. This is taken from the adoption and support section and …
Continue reading »Henry Stewart 2011 DAM Conferences: London & LA Dates Announced (24th June & 14th-15th November)
DAM conference organiser, Henry Stewart, have announced dates of their L0ndon (EU) and Los Angeles (LA) conferences. The London event will take place on 24th June 2011 at the Le Meridien Piccadilly:
“We are delighted to welcome back as chair, David Lipsey, well-known digital media industry founder and contributor …
Continue reading »ResourceSpace 4.1.2567 Released
One of our featured open source DAM vendors, ResourceSpace, have released an updated version 4.1.2567 with a range of fixes and new features, including:
- Video preview in full screen preview pages
- Many translation improvements
- Config option to enable experimental collection sorting mode
- UI tweaks and adding count of