The Media Management Research section covers those technologies which are essential to handle the increasing volume of purely digital media in broadcasting today. In between Production and Broadcast, and beyond, there are many complex challenges around how a large broadcaster moves, stores, tracks and uses file based video and audio. We're also finding that an advanced understanding of these technologies opens up up new opportunities for creativity and sharing of content across multiple channels, bring new value to our audiences.
The research projects undertaken in this section fall into two broad areas, Automated Production, and Archive Access.
Automated Production
Research in this area has grown out of the development of tools built on standard PC type computers being used to handle the intake of video files in a production environment, such as a TV studio or a filming locations. This initial effort has branched into a number f different areas, so the automated production team are now supporting the development of systems used on current productions, the evolution of a family of fully mature products, and the further development of multisite post production infrastructures.
Archive Access
The BBC has been engaged in research into archive technologies for over a decade now, with a long chain of collaborative projects sharing expertise with broadcasters, academics and industrial partners across Europe. Our archive research today looks at a wide range of challenges, from efficient digitisation, and metadata creation, to advanced digital storage architectures and file formats optimised for long term preservation.
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