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*EUscreen Conference: Television Heritage & the Web*

/EUscreen organises its *third and final conference* on the topic 
*Television Heritage & the Web. *The conference takes places at ELTE 
University in Budapest, on Thursday, September 13, and Friday, September 
14, 2012. Attendance is free, but registration is required at: 
http://euscreen2012.eventbrite.com/

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The television landscape is *evolving at tremendous speed*. According to 
Eric Schmidt, former CEO at Google, “the Internet is fundamental to the 
future of TV”. Most broadcasters are struggling to grasp the pitfalls 
and potentials of the net. Emerging viewing patterns involve increased 
interactivity, non-stop availabilty and the evidence of choice.**

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The current shift suggests *new ways of looking*, where a web-centric 
view becomes more and more popular. Broadcasters’ resources are being 
redirected to web based forms of TV and the ‘archive’ increasingly 
becomes an asset, since it can attract potential users online. The major 
question for audiovisual archives, educators  and researchers these 
days, is what the current web-based shift implies for television 
heritage. **

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The EUscreen project puts more than 30.000 televisual items online in an 
act to make historical audiovisual content widely accessible. The 
conference *Television Heritage & the Web *attempts to discuss and 
analyse the potentials and pitfalls of the current media transition.

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*Conference programme*

The programme of the conference will be published soon. You can sign up 
for our newsletter <http://blog.euscreen.eu/>, follow us on Twitter 
<http://twitter.com/euscreen> or register your attendance on 
http://euscreen2012.eventbrite.com to stay up to date.

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*EUscreen***

EUscreen is a three-year Best Practice Network project that will provide 
access to a highly interoperable digitised collection of television 
material. It is supported by the International Federation of Television 
Archives (FIAT/IFTA), the European Broadcasting Union, and the Europeana 
Foundation.

Started in October 2009, the EUscreen project brings together 28 
partners  from 19 countries. The project is funded by the European 
Commission under the e-Contentplus Programme.

The EUscreen portal can be found at www.euscreen.eu 
<http://www.euscreen.eu/>. Find the outcomes of the two preceding 
conferences on http://blog.euscreen.eu/?page_id=811

*Contact*

For more information, screenshots or an introductory video on the 
project, please contact Erwin Verbruggen on +31356771691 or 
(info /at/ euscreen.eu) <mailto:(info /at/ euscreen.eu)>.



*Erwin Verbruggen*
Projectmedewerker R&D

*T* 035 - 677 16 91
*M* 06 -  15 360 371
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