The 2011 FIAT/IFTA World Conference will run from September 28th to October 2nd. Hosted by Rai in the beautiful city of Torino, the conference will take place in the Auditorium Of Torino (the home of the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai).
The “Caval d’brons”:In this historical year for Italy (celebrating 150 years of the Italian state), the logo for this year’s conference is based on the statue of Emanuele Filiberto, “Duke Iron Head”, one of the main founders of the Savoy dynasty. In many respects, this monument is seen as a symbol of the city of Turin. Commissioned by the city from Carlo Marocchetti it is set in Piazza San Carlo, depicting Emanuele Filiberto in action replacing his sword following the glorious victory at the Battle of St. Quintino, represented in the underlying bas-reliefs.
The “Caval d’brons”,one of the first public monuments in Turin to follow the example of the great French royal palaces, was cast in bronze in Paris and exhibited in the courtyard of the Louvre before being inaugurated in Turin on 4 November, 1838. The monument was restored in the year 2007.
What is FIAT/IFTA?
Audiovisual media dominates today’s global information society. We all are almost constantly surrounded by moving images and television stands out of this “media storm” as one of the most powerful and yet so familiar parts of everyday life.
Just think of all the TV images you have in your mind when you think about the history of past half of a century. Whenever something outstanding was happening, television was usually there. And not only for the political agenda, it was also there to entertain us, comfort us, make us laugh, cry, angry or happy.
But what happens with all these audiovisual memories? Where and how are they sorted and kept for future generations? You will find answers to these and a lot more questions when joining the Fédération Internationale des Archives de Télévision / The International Federation of Television Archives (FIAT/IFTA). Founded in 1977, more than 250 members have joined our organisation that promotes co-operation amongst television archives, multimedia and audiovisual archives and libraries, and all those engaged in the preservation and exploitation of moving image and recorded sound materials and associated documentation.
You can find more info about FIAT/IFTA on official website www.fiatifta.org
Rai – Radio Televisione Italiana
Rai – Radiotelevisione Italiana, known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane, is the Italian state owned public service broadcaster controlled by the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance. Rai is the biggest television company in Italy.
Rai operates many television channels and radio stations, broadcasting in analog terrestrial (until 2013), in digital terrestrial and in several satellite and IPTV offerings. Rai is one of the 23 founding broadcasting organisations of the European Broadcasting Union in 1950. Half of Rai’s revenues come from the broadcast licence fee, half from advertising. Rai has a relatively high audience share of 42.3%. Due to their close proximity, Albania, Switzerland, Monaco, Malta, San Marino, Vatican City, Montenegro, Slovenia and Croatia also receive broadcasts. (From Wikipedia)