Abstract
This paper reports the findings from our research on broadcast archives in the UK, centering on their efforts to make them more accessible and usable. The first installment of this two-part series presents and examines the services of the BBC and the BFI (British Film Institute) as well as their systems to provide archives to educational sites.
[Chapter I]
With its “Digital First” approach, the BBC has established radio and TV channels dedicated to the rerun of archived programs and is making more programs available also on demand on iPlayer and BBC Sounds. In line with this, approximately 280,000 programs are now accessible for viewing via BBC Programme Index—the search site of BBC Archive.
[Chapter II]
The BFI records and archives broadcast programs of each broadcaster, which are viewable at its viewing facility called Mediatheque, which is located within the BFI facility. The BFI has set its own rules for the public access with due consideration so as not to impede the commercial distribution of video archives and to prevent historical works from being overlooked.
[Chapter Ⅲ］
In the UK, more than 3.2 million broadcast archives are accessible to educational organizations. There is an established scheme that a centralized management body, ERA(Educational Recording Agency), grants licenses to educational organizations to use broadcast archives, collects usage fees, and distributes them to rights holders.
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