1. “NHK’S NEW ARCHIVES
SYSTEM
: Leading Edge of Preservation
and Metadata Management”
Nobuhisa YAMASHITA
NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation
Get in contact: yamashita.n-fk@nhk.or.jp
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2. I’m going to talk about
NHK’s new broadcasting system
Massive data filing
Merits of data filed archives
Merits for user (program producers etc)
●integrated archives
●convenience for individual users
●convenience for groups
●right property management
●automatic generated program structure chart
●user-enrich metadata
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3. NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation
2 terrestrial TV
2 satellite TV
3 Radio
oversea broadcast / internet
Headquarters in Tokyo
radio
1925
television
1953
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4. New broadcasting system
Shooting :tapeless camera
Transfer facility
Editing :non-liner
Completed
produc4on
(2
weeks
content)
post-production:digitalized
Register to Transfer facility
Archive
rebroadcast
Archives
Facility
Archive
Informa4on
System
Storage
Facility
Completed
Produc4on
Clean
Picture
Material
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5. Timetable: Tape base
File base
2013/Sep2
Tape transfer
File transfer
2014/Apr
Archives
system
New Archives System
2013/Aug 25
Data filing(headquarters)
テキスト
2012/Aug
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Data filing
(local stations)
2018
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6. Massive data filing
File
Font Size 24pt minimum
Film
50 Peta Byte
=50,000TB
Video Tape
800,000+ program
5,700,000+ news footage
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7. Archives data flow
Data filing facility
Transfer Server
*recent broadcast
news and programs
*most frequently
requested programs
*(after cut over)
on demand by users
Archives facility
demand
of AV
materials
iVDR
User
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Non-liner editor
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8. Merit of data filed archives
(Business management point of view)
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9. Merit of data filed archives
(Business management point of view)
$4,000,000=10% of archives budget
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10. Merit of data filed archives
(Business management point of view)
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11. Migration from file to file is much easier
than migration from tape to file
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12. Merits for the Users(program producers, developers)
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13. Motion picture, news manuscript,
photo, book archives are integrated
News/program
Photos
News
Music
Library
Manuscript
Search
history
Search
Save
this
search
Clear
With a keyword search,
all related archives results can be checked,
each category differentiated by their own tabs.
Digitized radio programs
can be downloaded
at users’ computer
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14. Motion picture, news manuscript,
photo, book archives are integrated
京都＝Kyoto
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15. Motion picture, news manuscript,
photo, book archives are integrated
preview pop-up
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16. Motion picture, news manuscript,
photo, book archives are integrated
Still photos can be downloaded
at users’ computer
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17. Motion picture, news manuscript,
photo, book archives are integrated
content of the
selected news
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18. Motion picture, news manuscript,
photo, book archives are integrated
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19. Preference motion pictures
Users can watch proxy movie
easily access the aimed scene
Users can pick out necessary part
Users can order whole program
or selected sequences
Users can label the selected parts
and classify them into folders
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20. “My page”enables recording own data
Selected partial sequences
Archives
My Page
memo
can be
added
User-made folder
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Order history
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21. “My page”enables recording own data
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Bookmarked programs
Archives
My Page
Users can add memo
Users can order bookmarked programs
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22. External access possible
Archives system
NHK
intranet
Internet
VPN device
*accessible from abroad or location sites
Data sharing with workgroup members
*share search results and selected sequences
*like image sharing on SNS
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23. s
Copyright information management
Secured copyrights
Detailed Information
OPENING COMPUTER GRAPHIC
Name
of
the
content
holder
Cast
ZIP
code
address
telephone
Scenario Writer or Composer
number
copyright holder
Retrieved Image
Copyrighted Materials
Contract Information
Cooperator
Other Copyright Holder
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24. Facilitate copyright information reports
OA
date
4tle
right
music
not
yet
inpuGed
inpuFng
inpuGed
/wai4ng
for
check
report
completed
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25. Intensive rights information management
Categorize rights information into 3 sections
digital files(word, excel, ppt, pdf etc)can be attached
open
limited
access
nondisclosure
informa=on
informa=on
informa=on
All
users
Those
who
make
the
program
Those
who
make
the
program
VOD
or
merchandise
development
stuff
*under
high-­‐leveled
confiden4ality
obliga4ons
common
rights
informa4on
contract
with
exact
payment
fee
trouble
report
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personal
right
privacy
informa4on
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26. “Closed library”
main archives
every user can access,
watch reference
movie, order copy
and reuse
*copyright should be processed
before reuse
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purchased
foreign dram
purchased
animation
purchased
stage show etc
*Only limited users can access
*No need to make Japanese
subtitles/voice-over version again
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27. Automatic generation of program
structure chart
program structure chart
sequence
cut
comment thumbnail
subtitles copyright information
by checking, you
can order a
sequence/cut
link to detailed
copyright
information
by clicking a
thumbnail, you can
watch reference
motion picture
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28. Users can further enrich the metadata
tagging
Impression
weather
view
angle
object
4me
season
evalua4on
free
keyword
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29. How the file based archive system serves?
A good chance to enrich metadata
Enhance the convenience for production/
merchandizing staff
increase reuse of footage
help condense location fee
facilitate archives-utilizing programs,
video on demand,
Internet-provided services
FUTURE TV multi-channel
broadcasting&communication unite
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30. “NHK’s New Archives System
:leading edge of preservation
and metadata management”
Nobuhisa YAMASHITA
NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation
Get in contact: yamashita.n-fk@nhk.or.jp
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