PRESTO: Completed 2002
Partners: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA) (France); Radiotelevisione Italiana Spa (RAI) (Italy)
A 5th framework EU project headed by the BBC, to develop a cost-effective approach to the preservation of broadcast archives, audio and video, through developing workflow efficiency and automation tools to achieve cost reductions in the region of 30% while maintaining quality. Starting with survey, scoping and definition of the issue, moving to developing new technology, integrating and testing and demonstrating that it works. The work of the PRESTO project is currently continuing under PrestoSpace.