Front Porch Digital has announced that ATG Broadcast has selected DIVArchive on behalf of BBC Broadcast to serve as the infrastructure for their digital video archive at BBC Broadcast's new broadcast centre in London.

An official release informs that the DIVArchive solution will be integrated to a server-based infrastructure, automation system and data tape library. Initially managing 8,000 hours of broadcast content, it will support multi-channel playout and production systems for multiple clients. DIVArchive was chosen based on Front Porch's ability to provide a highly fault tolerant and fully scalable solution at a cost-effective price. ATG Broadcast was selected as the system integrator and together with BBC Broadcast evaluated several vendors. Given the strong requirements for scalability, disaster recovery and partial restore, it was agreed that DIVArchive was the most suitable product for this implementation.

Front Porch Digital has stated that the deal demonstrates its leadership in archive management software. It added that the widespread and growing deployment of digital archives will require an open, flexible and distributed infrastructure. The company develops software and services that convert audio, video, images, text and data into digital formats that enable searching, browsing, editing, storage and on-demand delivery of content in nearly any other digital format through a single capture. Front Porch Digital claims to be the number one provider of archive management software in Europe and Asia.