International Federation of Television Archives

The International Federation of Television Archives (FIAT/IFTA) was started in 1976, the first conference was held in 1977. The goal of the federation is to create cooperation among television archives, multimedia and audiovisual archives and libraries. To meet these goals, FIAT/IFTA provides forums to share knowledge and experience. Some of FIAT/IFTA’ s main objectives are to provide a forum for exchange of knowledge and experience between its members, to promote the study of any topic relevant to the development and use of audiovisual archives and to establish international standards on key issues regarding all aspects of audiovisual media archive management. FIAT/IFTA has over 250 members. [1] The office is situated at the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision.


FIAT/IFTA Archive Achievement Awards

FIAT/IFTA Archive Achievement Awards is a series of three annual awards given for the best use of archival material, the best archive preservation project and the most innovative use of archival material. Several other categories have come up and disappeared over the course of the nineties and 2000s.

FIAT/IFTA World Conference and other events

The FIAT/IFTA World Conference is held each year. The 2014 FIAT/IFTA World Conference was held in Amsterdam. The 2013 FIAT/IFTA World Conference was held in Dubai. The 2015 edition will be held in Vienna. In the even years the World Conference also holds a General Assembly, during which the new president and a part of the Executive Council is elected. The Conference features keynotes speakers, panels discussions, workshops, classes, case presentations, social events, and networking opportunities.[2]

Next to this, FIAT/IFTA organises regional seminars around the globe. The Media Management Commission also organises a biannual seminar called 'Media Management Seminar' since 2003.

Year Location Host Kind of event
2015 Vienna ORF World conference
2014 Amsterdam Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision World conference and General Assembly
2013 Dubai Middle East Broadcasting Center World conference
2012 London BBC, British Library, FOCAL International World conference and General Assembly
2011 Turin RAI World conference
2010 Dublin RTE World conference and General Assembly
2009 Beijing CCTV World conference
2008 Copenhagen DR (broadcaster) World conference and General Assembly
2007 Lisbon RTP World conference
2006 Madrid Universidad Carlos III de Madrid World conference and General Assembly
2005 New York CBS World conference
2004 Paris Institut National de l'Audiovisuel World conference and General Assembly
2003 Brussels VRT, RTBF World Conference
2002 Antalya TRT World Conference and General Assembly
2001 London BBC, British Film Institute World Conference
2000 Vienna ORF World Conference and General Assembly
1999 Santiago de Chile Televisión Nacional de Chile Seminar
1998 Florence RAI World Conference and General Assembly
1997 Budapest MTV Hungary Seminar
1996 Paris Institut National de l'Audiovisuel World Conference and General Assembly
1995 Washington together with AMIA Seminar
1994 Bogensee together with IASA World Conference and General Assembly
1993 Sofia Bulgarian National Television Seminar
1992 Genève SRG SSR, then known as SSR World Conference and General Assembly
1991 Turin RAI Seminar
1990 Tokyo BPCJ World Conference and General Assembly
1989 Lisbon RTP Seminar
1988 Hilversum, The Hague Nederlands Omroepproduktie Bedrijf World Conference and General Assembly
1987 West-Berlin unknown Seminar
1986 Montréal Radio Canada World Conference and General Assembly
1985 London BBC Seminar
1984 Madrid RTVE World Conference and General Assembly
1983 Stockholm SVT Seminar
1982 Rio de Janeiro Rede Globo World Conference and General Assembly
1981 Monte Estoril RTP Seminar
1980 Ottawa Radio Canada Annual Meeting
1979 Santander RTVE Annual Meeting
1978 Rome RAI Annual Meeting
1977 Paris Institut national de l'audiovisuel Annual Meeting

Organization

FIAT/IFTA is chaired by a president (elected every 2 years with one possible re-election) and a general-secretary. The president, the general-secretary, the treasurer and the commission chairs are ex-officio members of the Executive Council. Next to these, the other Executive Council members are elected every 4 years, by groups of 6 alternating every 2 years. Next to the Executive Council, FIAT/IFTA has got 4 commissions, each with 6 à 12 members and a chair:

Up until at least 2005 also a Training Commission existed.

The past FIAT/IFTA presidents were:

Name Institution Start year of presidency End year of presidency
Otto Sprenger ARD 1978 1982
Anne Hanford BBC 1982 1990
Vittorio Sette RAI 1990 1994
Tedd Johansen NRK 1994 1998
Peter Dusek ORF 1998 2002
Emmanuel Hoog INA 2002 2006
Edwin van Huis Dutch Institute for Sound and Vision 2006 2008
Herbert Hayduck ORF 2008 2012
Jan Müller Dutch Institute for Sound and Vision 2012 2016

See also


References

  1. ↑ International Federation of Television Archives web site
  2. ↑ fiatifta.org, World Conference 2014

External links

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