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As 2024 draws to a close, we want to extend our heartfelt thanks to our clients, partners, and colleagues for another incredible year of collaboration and innovation. Your trust and dedication continue to inspire us! Wishing you and your loved ones a joyful holiday season and a prosperous, exciting New Year! Here's to preserving more memories together in 2025!

@PSI and NOA: Cooperation. There have been over the years many research projects to read out magnetic information from tapes. The way how @PSI approaches it is a truly interesting and ground breaking approach which must be backed by direct experience from the field. In the light of „degralescence“ and disappearing magnetic head manufacturers, the archive world has the duty to look for alternative ways to extract time based information. This will lead the path and the way to new technologies not only related to audio signals but possibly any kind of magnetic signals stored on tapes. NOA‘s pHDetox project about acetate tape rejuvenation is now some years history. There never have been any results published. Contributing NOA‘s internal IP to the Play It Again project might help AV archives to read from a central database which will help build knowledge at PSI over the next years that is useful to archives and applicable in practice. The dedication of the team around Sebastian Gliga, that includes Jack Harrison, @Dominik Blatter and @Lars Heller, who bring things forward in such a stunning environment like the PSI - SLS, is truly inspiring and must be supported.

We're proud to announce that NOA has partnered with TV 2 Danmark to implement a state-of-the-art digitization solution, enabling the efficient preservation of approximately 60,000 Betacam cassettes. This project is based on NOA’s innovative tools and COTS (Commercial Off-The-Shelf) hardware, offering a scalable and cost-effective approach to media archiving. By equipping TV 2 Denmark with our advanced solutions, we’re helping to ensure the long-term accessibility and sustainability of their audiovisual assets. A significant step forward in preserving cultural history through cutting-edge technology! Read more about this project on our website!

Great collaboration in Kuwait! A productive meeting in Kuwait City brought together representatives of MOI Kuwait Radio Team and the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber as well as companies Al Rashed and NOA Archive to discuss safeguarding an incredible 260,000 hours strong radio archive documents. It’s inspiring to work alongside such dedicated professionals, including Ayman Mustafa, Dr. Nidal Fawaz, Wigdan Abdelrahman, Peter Kuhnle, and Vladimír Hübner, as we collectively plan and implement solutions for preserving valuable audio heritage. Moments like these highlight the power of teamwork and the shared commitment to preserving cultural history. Looking forward to the next steps in this exciting project!

Announcement from NOA Archive We’re happy to share that our colleague Manuel Corn has been appointed as an Authorized Officer (Prokurist) of NOA Archive. In this role, Manuel is now empowered with extensive authority to represent the company, ensuring a strong and reliable presence in our operations. This marks an important step in strengthening our operations and ensuring continued growth in the field of audiovisual preservation and digitization. Congratulations to Manuel on taking on this new responsibility!

Jour 2 sur 2 au Satis – Rendez-vous au Dock Pullman, stand C5 ! Ne manquez pas l'occasion de rencontrer notre collègue Manuel Corn pour découvrir nos solutions de numérisation professionnelle en interne et d'archivage à long terme de vos actifs audiovisuels ! ========== Day 2 of 2 at Satis – Visit us at Dock Pullman, booth C5! Don’t miss the opportunity to connect with our colleague Manuel Corn to learn about professional in-house digitization and long-term archiving solutions for your audiovisual assets!

Heureux d'être à l'expo Satis de cette année - retrouvez-nous au stand C5 pour discuter de la façon de numériser et de gérer votre archive audiovisuelle ! ========= Happy to be at this year's Satis expo - find us at stand C5 to talk about how to digitise and manage your audiovisual archive!

Nous sommes heureux d’annoncer que nous serons présents et exposerons cette année au SATIS Expo à Paris les 6 et 7 novembre. En tant qu’événement de référence de la région, le Satis rassemble des professionnels et des innovateurs des secteurs des médias, du divertissement et de la communication audiovisuelle pour explorer les dernières avancées technologiques et les nouvelles tendances de création de contenu. Venez nous voir au stand C5 pour découvrir comment nous pouvons vous aider avec la numérisation économique de vos archives audio ou vidéo physiques, ainsi que l'archivage durable à long terme de vos médias pour garantir leur accessibilité future. Nous avons hâte de vous rencontrer à Paris! ================== We’re pleased to announce that we will be attending and exhibiting at this year’s SATIS Expo in Paris on November 6th and 7th. As the premier event of the region, Satis brings together professionals and innovators in media, entertainment, and AV communication to explore the latest advancements in technology and content creation. Stop by Booth C5 to see how we can assist with the cost-effective digitization of your physical audio or video archives, as well as sustainable, long-term archiving of your media to ensure future accessibility. We are looking forward to meeting you in Paris!

𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗥𝗙 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗢𝗔’𝘀 𝗙𝗜𝗔𝗧/𝗜𝗙𝗧𝗔 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗡𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟲𝟬𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗜𝗠𝗫 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 The ORF DiMi project, powered by NOA’s 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗟𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 for QC-controlled video ingest and the 𝗷𝗼𝗯𝗗𝗕 workflow orchestration system, has been nominated for the 2024 FIAT/IFTA award in "Excellence in Media Preservation". This recognition is even more meaningful as it follows the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage yesterday – a day dedicated to celebrating and safeguarding the world’s audiovisual legacy. This nomination underscores the importance of projects like DiMi in preserving invaluable media history for future generations. The DiMi (DigitalMigration) project, set to conclude in 2025, has already migrated around 550,000 Digibeta and IMX cassettes, aiming to preserve this substantial part of Austria's invaluable media heritage. Here’s how our approach has ensured lasting success for this project well into the future: • 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗤𝗖 monitors RF and ISR data to prevent new errors due to tape head contact. • 𝗪𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗤𝗖 ensures error-free MXF wrappers for final export. • 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗤𝗖 checks if original recordings (Umatic, 1”, 2”) offer better quality than their secondary Digibeta/IMX migrations. • 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗤𝗖 supports processing of 200-400 cassettes daily across two sites, tracking all ingest and cleaning steps by operator and location. • 𝗨𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗤𝗖 protects data integrity with checksum comparisons to avoid bit loss during final storage. • 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗤𝗖 verifies the digital archive in the FESAD repository. • 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 clears physical storage by disposing of up to three generations of tapes – not only Digibeta/IMX but also their original sources. • 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 by emptying climate-controlled storage floors, freeing up valuable property space. Operated by the international IT service provider Atos in its new role as a digitization service provider in this field, their quick adoption of the NOA workbench facilitated a steep but smooth learning curve and successful implementation in their first media digitization project. Finally, we warmly congratulate Yousuf Jan Nesar and the INA team for winning the FIAT/IFTA award in "Excellence in Media Preservation", the same category in which we were nominated alongside Atos and ORF. Their project sets a high standard in dedication and expertise for audiovisual heritage preservation - a mission we at NOA deeply respect and support. Being recognized alongside such an exceptional, award-winning effort is an honor, underscoring our shared commitment within the preservation community. This recognition drives us at NOA to continue advancing our technology, ensuring media assets remain accessible and protected for future generations.

On a side note, here's an update on the current distribution of NOA teams across various regions: Team 1 in Odense, Denmark: Focused on completing the installation and conducting comprehensive training sessions at TV 2 Danmark. Team 2 in Kuwait City, Kuwait: Working closely with local stakeholders to finalize the intricate specifications for the upcoming radio digitization project, a key initiative for Kuwait Radio under the Ministry of Information (MOI) Kuwait. Team 3 in Bucharest, Romania: Representing NOA at the prestigious FIAT/IFTA annual conference, connecting with industry leaders and exploring the latest advancements in broadcast archiving and digitization. Teams 4 and 5 in Schorndorf, Germany, and Vienna, Austria: Leading the charge in product development and programming, while also providing top-tier support to our global teams and clients. These teams ensure smooth operations, oversee innovations, and maintain the momentum of our projects worldwide. This is what we mean when we say we’re international - our teams are not only spread across the globe, but actively shaping and supporting projects that drive the future of media digitization and long-term archiving. That's NOA.