Publishers, television and film companies, post-production companies, distributors, public, commercial, and digital broadcasters, internet providers, website builders, theatre companies, artists, games developers, and all other company with creativity as their most important asset can be gathered under the term ‘creative industry’. They form one of the most important user groups to be involved in Images for the Future.
For this reason, a significant share of the digitized archives will become available to the creative industry. This means that companies can develop interesting and innovative applications that reserve a major role for the visual content.
The Foundation for Economic Research (‘Stichting Economisch Onderzoek’: SER) has recently declared that the creative industry delivers a rapid and significant share in the growth of the Dutch economy. This project can contribute to placing Netherlands among the top positions in those creative industries using digital images and sounds. The companies involved gather expertise, which stimulates a strong innovative climate benefiting the whole economy.
