Sound and Vision
Content on Cloud Video Services Produced by the Service Provider
Video materials, primarily films and television programs, which are produced by companies that maintain their own distribution platforms and are exclusively available through these platforms.
Digital Archives of Music Production
Digital materials created by musicians and fans as a by-product of performance or recording, not otherwise published or shared. The use of ‘archives’ in this context refers to music production data that is in an archive.
Digital Music and Ephemera Shared on Social Media
Digital materials created by musicians and fans as a by-product of performance or recording, shared on websites and other social media platforms.
Digital Radio Recordings
Primary and/or original recordings of radio broadcasts generated live but often poorly stored thereafter, for example offline recordings on single LTO (Linear Tape Open) Tapes.
Digital Recordings Published via Cloud-based Music Sharing Platforms
Music licensed and playable through corporate platforms protected by rights management and subscription revenues and presented as compressed single-track recordings.
Digitally Published Sheet Music
Sheet music licensed and published in various digital formats, subject to copyright restrictions and often protected by digital rights management technologies.
Legacy Video Files
Video files in any format containing moving pictures and sound recordings, particularly those that are proprietary, contain or utilize encrypted Digital Rights Management (DRM) or carrier bound.
Oral Histories
Oral histories including both audio and audiovisual (video and sound), and their accompanying transcripts and/or time-pointed summaries.
Original Digital Music and Sound Recordings
Original recordings of music and other performance from which retail products are derived, typically in multiple tracks and uncompressed high-resolution sound quality.
Pre-Production TV and Movie Materials
Digital records of the creative and production process for film and television, such as initial designs, screenplay and script, on set still photography, rushes or out-takes that are not included in the final production and therefore not available to on-air broadcast archives or film libraries.
Pre-WWW Videotex Data Services and Bulletin Board Services
Pre WWW telephone and television information services that allowed a degree of user interaction and data retrieval with modem-based two-way communication.
Pre-WWW ViewData and TeleText Services where no Archival Agency has Captured and Retained the Signal
Pre-WWW television information services broadcast within the TV signal that allowed a degree of search and retrieval of up-to-date information, based on Teletext or ViewData technologies and variants.
Recordings of Video Gameplay Uploaded to Online Platforms
Recordings of game playing and e-sports that show how games are experienced and played, especially multi-user online games and tournaments.