Audio-Visual Preservation

AV Preservation by reto.ch LLC

We are a small, highly skilled moving image conservation and restoration facility based in Switzerland. Our team provides worldwide comprehensive services that encompass the whole range of audio-visual preservation and offer you Swiss quality at competitive price. We are actively engaged in a number of relevant national and international professional bodies.

The Move from Analogue to Digital

The old company reto.ch Ltd has been closed on 21^st December 2012, after eight years of activity; and a new company AV Preservation by reto.ch LLC has opened on 7^th January 2013 at the same address with the same staff, with an improved digital offer yet without the dry lab. We apologise for any inconvenience.

Our Services Include

• restoration of audio-visual carriers and content
• consultancy on all audio-visual conservation issues
• collection surveying and assessment
• environmental monitoring
• risk assessment
• vault design
• developing policies and procedures
• database design, implementation and management
• data recognition, parsing, transformation and filtering
• file format conversions and data migration
• disaster planning and recovery
• training and research

Current Training Courses

• Conservation et restauration de l’audiovisuel, Université de Lausanne, 17–21 June 2013 in Lausanne [fr]
• Conservation and Restoration of Moving Image, Hochschule der Künste Bern, 19–22 November and 2 December 2013 in Écublens and Berne [de]

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