Who's behind the news?
Who's behind the news?
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Newsjunkie.net is a resource guide for journalists. We show who's behind the news, and provide tools to help navigate the modern business of information.
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The Institut national de l'audiovisuel (INA) is a French public industrial and commercial establishment (EPIC) responsible for collecting, preserving, digitising, and promoting France's national audiovisual heritage. It was established on 6 January 1975 by a law of 7 August 1974 that dissolved the Office de radiodiffusion-télévision française (ORTF) and divided its functions among seven successor organisations. INA was charged specifically with preserving the audiovisual archives of the ORTF and with training and research in audiovisual fields. In 1978 it became one of the founding members of the International Federation of Television Archives (FIAT/IFTA). In 1989 INA consolidated its headquarters at Bry-sur-Marne, where it remains today. In 1992, legal deposit was extended to French television and radio, formally designating INA as the authorised depository.
INA manages one of the world's largest audiovisual archives. It holds radio documents spanning over 110 years and audiovisual materials covering more than 100 years, encompassing recordings from the 1930s radio era, television programming from the 1950s, and web content from the 2000s onwards. The legal deposit currently covers 179 television channels and radio stations recorded continuously, with materials available for research consultation just one day after broadcast. Since 2006, INA has also operated the web legal deposit, archiving more than 14,000 French media websites and 12,600 social network accounts. Total publicly accessible holdings include over 28 million hours of content. In 1999, INA launched a comprehensive digitisation programme, resulting in the entire collection being available in digital form.
INA's collections are of exceptional importance to journalism and media history. They encompass the complete output of all major French public and private broadcasters, including news programmes, political debates, investigative reporting, current affairs shows, and advertising content. The collections document the full evolution of French broadcast journalism from early ORTF news production through the emergence of cable, satellite, and digital media. INA's Mediapro platform (inamediapro.com) serves professional journalists and media organisations seeking to license historical footage.
General public access to portions of INA's collection is available free at ina.fr, which indexes over 100,000 archival programmes totalling 20,000 hours. Research access to the complete legal deposit collection is provided through InaTHÈQUE, INA's dedicated research service, at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris and approximately 50 regional consultation centres across France. Accreditation from both INA and the BnF is required. Professional and commercial users access the collection through INA Mediapro. INA also provides training through its Ina SUP audiovisual school.