Memnon will perpetuate the audiovisual content of New Zealand

The Utaina project, promoted by the technology of Memnon (Sony), ayudará a preservar digitalmente más de 400 mil grabaciones de sonido y vídeo de Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, la Biblioteca Nacional de Nueva Zelanda y los Archivos de Nueva Zelanda.

This ambitious project for the protection of Video and audio recordings who have the protective organizations of the Neozylendic heritage has an ambitious budget of 40 million dollars. Integral part of this initiative is the construction by Memnon of one Audiovisual preservation installation "latest generation." Directed by Ben Whitney, Director of Production and Operations of New Zealand, the Memnon team is working to preserve important Historical Archives what They run the risk of deteriorating Despite being stored in vaults with climatic control.

The project, which began to mid -2022, in October one of its first milestones had: the ceremonial arrival of the first funds of group 2 from the National Library For his Evaluation and digitalization/migration. The project is expected to end 2025 and include the conservation of approximately 350,000 original audiovisual elements proporcionados por Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, 106.000 de la Biblioteca Nacional y 10.500 de los Archivos de Nueva Zelanda.

Heidi Shakespeare, CEO of Memnon, thus expresses his satisfaction for the confidence that New Zealand has deposited in the company: “We feel deeply honored that the nation has deposited its confidence in us and has chosen Memnon as a partner to help preserve the Taonga (treasures) of the peoples. We are excited to have officially landed in New Zealand and we hope to work closely with the archival organisms of the nation to protect hundreds of thousands of cultural goods. irreplaceable for the future. ”