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# SAMMA Journal 2026.pdf

SAMMA 
For decades, videotape served as the global standard for
broadcast and archival storage, a medium that preserved news, culture,
and entertainment across generations. But time has caught up with
videotape. It deteriorates, tape decks are old with spare parts that are
tough to find. Experts across the archival and media preservation sectors
agree: the window for reliable videotape digitization is closing rapidly.
Every year, thousands of tapes stored in closets, on shelves and
even in basements degrade beyond recovery. Organizations that delay
conversion risk losing irreplaceable historical footage forever.
Acting now isn’t just about preservation it’s about protecting institutional
memory, cultural heritage, and commercial opportunity before they
disappear.
Broadcasters, universities, and archives worldwide face a ticking
clock: once playback systems fail or tapes deteriorate, there is no
technology that will be able to recover the content. This makes digitization
not a discretionary project, but an urgent global preservation priority.
GrayMeta’s SAMMA 
(System for Automated Migration of Media Assets) 
is an Emmy Award-winning system
for scalable videotape digitization.
Designed from the ground up for
automation and quality assurance,
SAMMA transforms the traditionally
manual, time-intensive digitization
process into a controlled,
repeatable workflow that any
archivist, librarian or operator can
use with ease. 
• One, two, four and eight channel
configurations that can also be
combined, there’s a fit for any
digitization budget and need. 
• Continuous quality monitoring,
triggering alerts if signal
thresholds fall below set
standards. 
• Supports every major analog and
digital tape type from Betacam
and DigiBeta to DVCAM, U-matic,
1-inch, & 2-inch open-reel formats.
In 2025, Reuters partnered with GrayMeta to digitize thousands of
hours of historical news footage, content that spans global events,
entertainment, and cultural moments. This massive effort feeds
Screenocean, Reuters’ video licensing and management platform,
which now provides instant, global access to over 1.5 million clips
from Reuters News Archive, Channel 4, Channel 5, Warner Bros
Television Productions UK, Clips & Footage and Cover Images. 
Revolutionizing Videotape Digitization 
Proven Solution Key Features
Customer Spotlight 
Videotape digitization for any archive 
Why Acting Now Is Critical 
SAMMA: A Scalable Videotape Migration Platform 

One of the most compelling
demonstrations of SAMMA and
AE2020 in action is found at
Reuters, custodian of one of
the world’s largest audiovisual
archives. By leveraging
SAMMA’s scalable automation
and AE2020’s image
restoration, Reuters has not
only safeguarded history but
transformed archival assets
into a living, monetizable digital
library. 
What elevates SAMMA beyond
competing solutions is its integration
with InSync Technology’s
AE2020 HD Analysis Engine;
hardware designed specifically for
digital archiving workflows. Acting
as the bridge between analog and
digital domains, the AE2020
processes incoming composite,
component, or SDI video signals
with precision signal conditioning,
synchronization, and enhancement
before encoding.
The Screenocean platform proves
that digitization delivers more than
preservation, it creates new business
models for archives, museums, and
media companies.
The ability to turn content locked on
legacy media into searchable,
licensable content accessible to
filmmakers, educators, and
journalists worldwide has powerful
economic and cultural benefit.
With its hardware-based processing,
metadata analytics, and end-to-end
automation, GrayMeta’s SAMMA
system, powered by the AE2020,
defines the standard for videotape
migration. It provides the reliability,
throughput, and quality control
necessary for any archive project while
minimizing manual labor and operator
training. 
Inside Advantage
Turning
Preservation
into Profit
Reuters
Screenocean
Five Steps to Begin Your Digitization Journey
New Benchmark 
SAMMA Videotape digitization for any archive 
The InSync AE2020: Advanced Analysis and Processing
Preserving the Past with Broadcast-Grade Precision 
When combined, SAMMA and AE2020 form a complete migration pipeline
capturing, analyzing, cleaning, and synchronizing video footage before it
ever reaches the encoder. This approach guarantees that the resulting files
meet the highest preservation and production standards, with stable
timecode, clean audio, and frame-accurate synchronization. 
1. Audit Your Archive 
Catalog all media formats, prioritize based on condition, historical value, & usage potential. 
2. Assess Playback Equipment 
Test the operational status of all decks and secure spares or service partners. 
3. Define Quality and Metadata Standards 
Establish preferred formats, codecs, plus descriptive metadata for search & compliance. 
4. Choose the Right Technology 
Adopt SAMMA with AE2020 for scalable, broadcast-quality digitization
or deploy it with the Meta Martis SAMMA FlyPack for mobile or short-term migrations. 
5. Plan Storage and Access 
Implement digital storage for your archive to a cloud platform for global access and
monetization—just as Reuters did utilizing SAMMA as an integral part of Screenocean.
https://graymeta.com/samma