BT and Tate launch online media player capturing rare archive film and audio

BT and Tate launch online media player capturing rare archive film and audio

Today, the BT Tate Player goes live on Tate Online (www.tate.org.uk), giving internet users worldwide access to a wide range of rare film and audio from the Tate archives. BT and Tate have been working together for months digitising invaluable footage and revealing insights into major artists and cultural figures from the 1960s to the present day.

The BT Tate Player is now an integral component of the Tate Online homepage, where users can access a myriad of audiovisual items, including an intimate black and white home movie of Barbara Hepworth, a unique film by Felipe Ehrenberg and a lecture by Christo at Tate Gallery introduced by Nicholas Serota.

With more than 1.4 million unique users visiting Tate Online each month, BT’s broadband technology has brought the Tate Collection closer to the public through numerous innovative projects such as the BT Series (tate.org.uk/btseries) and Tate Tracks (tatetracks.org.uk). The BT Tate Player serves as the latest endeavour of the award-winning partnership and an important contribution to the wealth of art hosted on Tate Online.

Will Gompertz, Director of Tate Media, said: “As one of the flagship initiatives of the newly formed Tate Media, the BT Tate Player demonstrates BT’s credentials in the field of broadband provision and is a remarkable achievement increasing accessibility to the arts through pioneering technology. It’s an exciting project with limitless potential and we’re delighted to be able to share with a broader audience the original audiovisual content of the Tate Archive”.

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