Stories of Migration: People on the Move
Migration is a powerful driving force that is constantly changing the face of Europe. It shapes the economic, political and social relations and touches many
Call for Papers: FIAT/IFTA Media Studies Seminar ‘1989: Mapping New Frontiers of Europe and Beyond’
The Media Studies Commission of the International Federation of Television Archives (FIAT/IFTA) announces its forthcoming international seminar ‘1989: Mapping New Frontiers of Europe and Beyond’. The event will take place on 14 March 2019 in Luxembourg…
VIEW Journal Call for Papers on “Canned Television Going Global?”
The issue of audio-visual content international distribution and circulation is one of the most relevant in recent debates in Media and Television Studies: in the “age of plenty” (Ellis: 2000) distribution presents innovative features relating to both the introduction of new digital platforms and the diverse developed by…
Europa TV: the European Broadcasting Dream
In 1985, five European public broadcasters came together to start Europa TV, the first multilingual television channel for Europe. But already in the fall of
How Television Used To Be Made
Digitisation has enabled archive footage to travel far and wide, but this has created a new problem. It’s easy to misunderstand the origins of that
History Televised: the Fall of the Berlin Wall
On the 9th November 1989 the first blocks of the Berlin Wall that for decades divided East and West Germany were taking down. The event
Call for Papers: Tele(visualising) Health: TV, Public Health, its Enthusiasts and its Publics Conference
ERC The Healthy Self as Body Capital & Centre for History in Public Health London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine are pleased to announce
After the Great War Exhibition: EUscreen and European Film Gateway to Commemorate WWI
On 15 October 2018, an outdoor exhibition dedicated to the Great War and its aftermath premiered in Prague. The Czech Republic is the first stop
Call for Papers: Sensory Moving Image Archives Conference
EUscreen is excited to share the news about the upcoming conference Sensory Moving Image Archives: Visualization, Exploration and Reuse of Moving Image Data which will be
Collection Highlights: Celebrating European Languages
On the 26th of September, we celebrate the European Day of Languages. There are more than 200 indigenous languages spoken across all the European countries, and
Europa TV: The early experiment of a European channel
The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision is, among other things, owner of a unique collection of material of the channel Europa TV. To gain
Top 5 Archive-Based Films Selected by the Expert
In this weeks’s top five best archive-based films, Richard Misek, filmmaker and Senior Lecturer in Film at the University of Kent, selects his five favourite
Europeana’s Impact Playbook: the cultural heritage professionals’ guide to assessing impact
As a cultural heritage institution it can be quite a challenge to demonstrate the impact of your work. What is the effect it has on
Audiovisual Heritage in Education and Beyond: The Annual EUscreen Network Meeting
On July 5 and 6, EUscreen’s network members met at Charles III University’s beautiful Puerta de Toledo Campus in Madrid. The light-induced, rationalist building stems from 1934.
Video Collection: Football
Did you know that until the 19th century, football had been played in various forms, but using a multiplicity of rules under the general heading
The Shaping of News: An Analysis of Actors in the News
Last April, the paper ‘Look Who’s Talking – An Analysis of Actors in Television News (2003-2016)’ was published by Kathleen Beckers and Peter Van Aelst.
This Is How Open Publication of Broadcasting Content Can Make a Difference
Last year, the Dutch public broadcaster VPRO produced a ten-part documentary series titled The Mind of the Universe, in which leading scientists from various fields
Top 5 Archive-Based Films Selected by the Expert
A truly special list all coming from the archive of Czech Television, as archivist Martin Bouda lets us know his top archive-based films and series.
