The PrestoCentre Foundation is a membership-driven organisation that brings together a global community of stakeholders in audiovisual digitisation and digital preservation to share, work and learn. As intermediary, PrestoCentre Foundation offers a valuable platform by connecting and facilitating interactions between these groups:
For smaller archives, we provide services to connect, share experiences and learn from early adopting organisations.
For larger archives, we offer structured ways to collaborate and share knowledge more effectively.
For research and commercial organisations, PrestoCentre functions as a market and technology watch and helps in the evaluation and transfer of new R&D and commercial output.
PrestoCentre also works with advocates, public services and professional associations, to forge closer ties with government, industry, and academia.
What we can do for you
Using free tools and simple strategies we save you money and time, whilst improving long-term access to your digital audiovisual collections. We do this by helping you share your experiences and learn from best practices.
How we work
PrestoCentre works with experts, researchers, advocates, businesses, public services, educational organisations and professional associations to enhance the audiovisual sector's ability to provide long-term access to cultural heritage.
Where we come from
PrestoCentre is the outgrowth of more than ten years of work by several major European organisations and a main outcome of the PrestoPRIME project to:
enhance collaboration between audiovisual content holders;
facilitate coordinated action in the areas of digitisation, digital preservation of and long-term access to audiovisual archival content;
and serve an international community of stakeholders in audiovisual digitisation and digital preservation through online and offline services, publications and training.
Who does PrestoCentre address?
Members of PrestoCentre include: broadcast, sound and film archives; national libraries and national archives; regional, subject specific, small, mid-size, university, and corporate archives; creators of audiovisual materials; independent producers; providers and suppliers; funders; standards efforts, and other organisations concerned with archiving.
Who governs PrestoCentre?
The PrestoCentre Foundation is a legal entity registered as a non-profit foundation that operates through a Board of Directors. PrestoCentre’s governing board includes representatives from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC, UK); l'Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA, France); Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (Beeld en Geluid); Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF, Austria); and Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI, Italy). These organisations provide a basic support for the PrestoCentre and its activities.
The Founders of PrestoCentre have invested millions to develop new technologies and services that serve the public. PrestoCentre provides a structured way for leading organisations to share those results even more effectively, and to accelerate research efforts in new media and education by forging closer ties between government, industry, and academia.
Where is PrestoCentre located?
PrestoCentre operates one office suite inside the Institute for Sound and Vision’s central building near Amsterdam, The Netherlands. However, most of PrestoCentre's activities will consist of collaborative work between co-workers placed in different locations amongst various member organisations. Competence in the AV domain is widely distributed. Providing access to that expertise requires online collaboration in the broadest sense. Online activities will be a primary focus for PrestoCentre and having PrestoCentre's community operate primarily in an online environment has many advantages.
Who we are and what we do
The PrestoCentre Foundation is a membership-driven organisation that brings together a global community of stakeholders in audiovisual digitisation and digital preservation to share, work and learn. As intermediary, PrestoCentre Foundation offers a valuable platform by connecting and facilitating interactions between these groups:
What we can do for you
Using free tools and simple strategies we save you money and time, whilst improving long-term access to your digital audiovisual collections. We do this by helping you share your experiences and learn from best practices.
How we work
PrestoCentre works with experts, researchers, advocates, businesses, public services, educational organisations and professional associations to enhance the audiovisual sector's ability to provide long-term access to cultural heritage.
Where we come from
PrestoCentre is the outgrowth of more than ten years of work by several major European organisations and a main outcome of the PrestoPRIME project to:
Who does PrestoCentre address?
Members of PrestoCentre include: broadcast, sound and film archives; national libraries and national archives; regional, subject specific, small, mid-size, university, and corporate archives; creators of audiovisual materials; independent producers; providers and suppliers; funders; standards efforts, and other organisations concerned with archiving.
Who governs PrestoCentre?
The PrestoCentre Foundation is a legal entity registered as a non-profit foundation that operates through a Board of Directors. PrestoCentre’s governing board includes representatives from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC, UK); l'Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA, France); Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (Beeld en Geluid); Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF, Austria); and Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI, Italy). These organisations provide a basic support for the PrestoCentre and its activities.
The Founders of PrestoCentre have invested millions to develop new technologies and services that serve the public. PrestoCentre provides a structured way for leading organisations to share those results even more effectively, and to accelerate research efforts in new media and education by forging closer ties between government, industry, and academia.
Where is PrestoCentre located?
PrestoCentre operates one office suite inside the Institute for Sound and Vision’s central building near Amsterdam, The Netherlands. However, most of PrestoCentre's activities will consist of collaborative work between co-workers placed in different locations amongst various member organisations. Competence in the AV domain is widely distributed. Providing access to that expertise requires online collaboration in the broadest sense. Online activities will be a primary focus for PrestoCentre and having PrestoCentre's community operate primarily in an online environment has many advantages.