| EUscreen With the support of FIAT/IFTA, the European Broadcasting Union and the EDL Foundation, the EUscreen Best Practice Network aims to provide access to a highly interoperable digitized collection of television material. Although content is now being digitized and some of it is available online, access to audiovisual archives, television in particular, remains fractured and scattered. This is due to the lack of interoperability, the non-existence of proven scenarios for the use of audiovisual material, the complexity of rights issues and the lack of contextual information. EUscreen tackles these problems by building a network of content providers, standardization bodies, television research partners and specific user groups by providing multilingual and multicultural access to television heritage. EUscreen develops long-term solutions to rights issues and supports user-led demand and interest for services and content, including the development of use case scenarios for different contexts (research, learning, leisure and creative reuse). The project also provides contextual information for the available resources. EUscreen is a three-year project that began in October 2009. The consortium is comprised of 27 partners from 19 EU member states (plus Switzerland) and 8 associate partners. EUscreen and EuropeanaBuilding on EBU Core and open web standards, EUscreen provides the technical solutions needed to achieve interoperability between the audiovisual collections of Europe and with Europeana in particular. EUscreen has an enormous impact in providing access to television heritage and, through its synergy with Europeana, will play an important role in the advancement of Europeana. Expected results
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