Entertainment and media archives
Contact SalesProtect and preserve your media archive
As media recording and storage technologies continue to evolve, it’s essential to have a proactive archiving strategy when it comes to preserving your irreplaceable content and collections.
Iron Mountain Media & Archive Services provides the industry expertise and cutting-edge technology to protect your media assets across their entire lifecycle, including climate-appropriate storage and logistics, analogue or physical format remediation, digitisation, digital preservation, and distribution.
Simply put, we get it, and we’ll get it done.
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Organise your media assets with Iron Mountain Media & Archive Services
Moving or closing locations? Redesigning your current space for better collaboration? Reducing your current real estate footprint to save cost? Or supporting a growing number of hybrid or remote employees? Whatever your challenge, Iron Mountain Media & Archive Services can help you organise and properly store your media archive so it's searchable and preserved for future use.
25 November 2022
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Preserve
How can you keep your media assets secure, accessible, and relevant while staying ahead of hardware and software obsolescence?
Iron Mountain Media & Archive Services provides comprehensive media preservation services, from transport and storage to cataloguing and restoration, ensuring your media assets’ continued security and playability.
Access
How can you ensure your archived media assets are accessible and searchable in a digital format, regardless of their original form?
Iron Mountain Media & Archive Services specialises in the digitisation of all media formats, including those dating back nearly 100 years. Rest assured your media assets can be transformed into digital files and organised with comprehensive metadata allowing fast, searchable access to your files from anywhere in the world.
Monetise
How can you efficiently monetise your digital content, ensuring a maximum return on your archival investment?
Iron Mountain Media & Archive Services’ digital archive solutions offer the answer to monetisation. From ultra-secure offline storage for unreleased content to a highly customisable media asset management (MAM) platform allowing collaborative workflows and online distribution, Iron Mountain Media & Archive Services is your partner for archive monetisation.
- 100M+Iron Mountain Media & Archive Services is responsible for the preservation and digitisation of more than 100 million assets worldwide
- 1,400+Iron Mountain Media & Archive Services collaborates with more than 1,400 global clients
- 50+Projects that Iron Mountain Media & Archive Services has worked on for our clients have resulted in more than 50 nominations and awards in the film, audio, and broadcast industries
- 99%Iron Mountain Media & Archive Services has an arsenal of vintage playback equipment that can read 99% of all formats ever created
Our media and archive solutions
We partner with major corporations, media companies, and institutions to safeguard some of the world's most valuable assets
Digitisation and Digital Media Services
From vintage film and video to priceless master recordings and source negatives, our expertise in restoration, remediation, and preservation spans a range of media and original sources
Smart Vault
Smart Vault is a hosted digital content repository and user-friendly media asset management platform that safely stores, organises, and preserves all your digital content exactly as you created it
Premium Archival Services
Our team of credentialed experts provides project-based or ongoing archive curation services depending on your goals for your archive, whether for monetisation or for preservation or posterity
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From tape to cloud to GenAI
Exploring the journey from physical tape archives to cloud-based storage and the integration of Generative AI, Iron Mountain Media & Archive Services, in partnership with Google Cloud, unveils a solution for the media and entertainment industry.
19 April 2024
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Customer success stories
Customer Success Stories
Domino
Domino, a London-based music label, partnered with Iron Mountain Media & Archive Services to revolutionise their archive management, enabling remote access and streamlined organisation for their extensive catalogue of artists and content.
24 April 2024
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Protecting legacies survey 2021
A look at trends in audio archiving and preservation among members of the Recording Academy Producers & Engineers Wing and the Audio Engineering Society
4 November 2022
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Give your collections a second life
3D scanning is the process of converting physical assets into precise high-resolution digital replicas.
25 November 2022
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Transforming your workspace: key considerations
Workspace transformation projects look a lot different in 2022 than they did when we asked media asset managers about their plans in 2019. Back then, the majority were looking to acquire new real estate to best support their people, with visions that included carving out collaboration zones.
25 November 2022
Frequently asked questions
Explore our frequently asked questions to find out more about how we work to secure your legacy, handle your assets, and provide the top-tier service you require
What kind of media does Iron Mountain Media & Archive Services specialise in preserving?
We specialise in preserving a wide range of media types, including film, audio, video, photographs, documents, and 3D objects. Our preservation services extend to both analogue and digital formats.
How does the digitisation process work at Iron Mountain Media & Archive Services?
We use state-of-the-art equipment to create high-quality digital preservation copies of your assets. Once digitised, your assets can be securely stored and easily accessible for future use, or returned to you for safekeeping.
Can I access my assets if they are stored with Iron Mountain Media & Archive Services?
Absolutely! For digital assets, we provide you with an easy-to-use platform that allows you to access and manage digitised assets anytime, anywhere. For physical assets stored in our secure facilities, access can be arranged per your requirements.
How does Iron Mountain Media & Archive Services support monetisation of my content?
Along with preservation, we also offer services to activate and monetise your media archives. We help you explore opportunities for tokenisation, licensing, distribution, and other revenue-generating activities, maximising the value of your preserved content.
How can I get started with Iron Mountain Media & Archive Services?
Getting started with Iron Mountain Media & Archive Services is simple. Just reach out and one of our team members will be in touch with you to discuss your needs and how we can assist.
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