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Scene Savers donates services to National Television and Video Preservation Foundation
Assists organizations with preserving wonderful film content
CINCINNATI, OH – September 2004 – Scene Savers, an archival services firm, has donated film to video transfer services to the initial grant cycle of the National Television and Video Preservation Foundation (NTVPF).
“We believe whole-heartedly in the mission of the NTVPF, and donating services not only allows us to showcase our talent, it enables us to help these organizations preserve and protect their television programs that may otherwise be lost. We understand the commitment it takes to get an organization running, especially in its early years,” offers John Walko, an archive specialist at Scene Savers, “so when the NTVPF approached us and asked if we would donate our services, we did not hesitate. We feel strongly that institutions who hold television programs and videotape as part of their archives need the assistance of organizations like the NTVPF, and we want to support such a foundation every step of the way.”
In talking with representatives of the NTVPF, Lisa Carter, Project Manager, had this to say: “Through donations of their time and services to the NTVPF, our sponsors have shown the depth of their concern for the preservation of our nation's heritage as recorded on television and video formats. With the support of these service providers, the NTVPF can ensure that important moving image materials which document our national history are available for future generations.”
Scene Savers’ initial donation will assist multiple archives with preserving and providing access to several television shows contained in their holdings. There is a chance that, without a donation, these archives would not have had the resources necessary to manage these films. Transferring these materials and creating access copies will allow the public to benefit from these wonderfully diverse programs, while allowing the archives to truly preserve the original films.
About Scene Savers: Scene Savers is the archival services division of The PPS Group that helps archives preserve, protect and provide access to their audio/visual content by offering creative and cost effective solutions combined with unsurpassed expertise, quality and professional equipment. For more information, please visit www.scenesavers.com.
About NTVPF The creation of a National Television and Video Preservation Foundation (NTVPF) was the key recommendation in the Librarian of Congress' landmark report, Television and Video Preservation 1997: A Study of the Current State of American Television and Video Preservation. The Foundation is an independent, non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization created to fulfill a long-standing need by raising private funds and providing grants to support preservation and access projects at institutions with television and video collections throughout the United States. The NTVPF supports the work of nonprofit and public archives to save America's television and video heritage. The Foundation advances individual archives' preservation efforts through grants and cooperative projects. For more information about the NTVPF, please visit www.ntvpf.tv.
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