Woodbine’s television operation employs 110 people who produce 11,500 hours of live television every year, most of it for local races, but also thoroughbred and standardbred races from around the world. Since 2006, relevant current content has been loaded into the DIVArchive system. Currently in the works is a long-term plan to make historic material accessible as well, eliminating the expense of tape and tape maintenance in addition to the complications and delays posed by tape machines.

Front Porch Digital’s DIVArchive system is ideal for this environment because it makes it easy for a new user with no specialized technical knowledge to browse, identify, and retrieve clips from a familiar desktop interface. It also makes it easy to link complex and varied metadata to the content. A thoroughbred breeder looking to generate a future contender with particular attributes may, for example, wish to browse clips of every mare that has won a turf race by more than two lengths on a rainy day. DIVArchive couple with DIVAdirector makes this possible.