Video Curation Service for Organised, Searchable Video Archives
We validate, de-duplicate, categorise and enrich the metadata across your video library, so your team can find the right footage in seconds. Last week alone, our curation team enriched more than 500 videos.
Need your video archive organised?
Tell us about your video library and what your team struggles to find. We will review a sample, agree the rules with you and explain the most practical way to curate it.
- Consistent titles, dates and categories
- Duplicate removal and broken link checks
- Enriched, searchable metadata in multiple languages
- Audio and visual quality scoring
Need footage redacted instead? To blur faces, number plates or other personal details, see our video redaction service.
Since 1997 • 500+ videos enriched last week • UK-based team
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TRUSTED BY ORGANISATIONS AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING THE BBC, NHS AND NASA
What our video curation service includes
Every archive is different, so we agree the rules with you before any work starts. These are the areas clients most often ask us to cover.
Why invest in video curation?
Video is one of the most valuable content assets an organisation owns, and one of the hardest to manage. Without consistent titles, tags and dates, footage gets lost, re-shot or bought twice, and teams waste hours scrolling instead of finding.
Common video archive problems we solve
- “Our video archive is unstructured.” We remove duplication and organise everything so it is searchable and easy to navigate.
- “We can’t search our videos.” Poor or missing metadata is replaced with consistent tags your team can actually search on.
- “Our formats and quality vary.” We categorise each video by format and quality, so you can plan what to fix, convert or retire.
A curated archive is easier to reuse, safer to share and ready to move into a new video platform or asset management system when you need it.
Want to see the process first?
Send us a sample of your videos and we will show you how they would look once curated.
How our video curation process works
A straightforward workflow, so you always know what is happening, what we need from you and when your archive will be ready.
What helps us quote quickly: rough number of videos • where they are stored • metadata needed • deadline
What you get at the end of your project
- A clean, consistently titled and categorised archive
- Enriched, searchable metadata
- Metadata in multiple languages if you need it
- A record of duplicates found and how they were handled
- A list of broken or changed links, ready to fix
- Audio and visual quality ratings for each video
- Delivery in a format agreed with your team
- Secure file transfer through our Client Data Transfer Portal
Ready to organise your archive?
Send us a few details and we will come back with a price and timescale.
Who uses our video curation service?
Any organisation with a growing video library can benefit. It is a particularly good fit for:
Video Curation Service FAQs
What is a video curation service?
A video curation service organises and improves an existing video library. At Content Capture Services that means validating links, removing duplicates, applying consistent titles, dating and categorising videos, enriching metadata and recording audio and visual quality, all to rules agreed with you. The result is an archive your team can search, trust and reuse.
How is video curation different from video redaction?
Video curation organises and describes your footage so it is easier to find. Video redaction hides personal or sensitive information inside the footage, such as faces or number plates. If you need to protect people’s identities in footage, see our video redaction service.
What metadata can you add to our videos?
Common fields include titles, descriptions, dates, categories, keywords and tags, contributors and quality ratings. We can also apply specialist metadata based on your own taxonomy and training, and add it in multiple languages.
Can you work with videos hosted online or on our own systems?
Tell us where your videos live, whether that is an online video platform, your website or your own storage, and we will confirm the best approach during scoping. Link validation is part of the service, so we can check that published videos still work.
How do you handle personal data in our videos?
Carefully. Data protection is at the heart of what CCS does. Contributor identification is always carried out within data privacy rules, and files can be shared with us through our secure Client Data Transfer Portal.
How much does video curation cost and how long does it take?
Pricing depends on the number of videos, the depth of metadata you need and your deadline. Every project is tailored, so the quickest way to find out is to request a free quote. Turnaround times are quick, and we confirm a timescale before any work starts.
Is there a minimum project size?
No. No project is too big or too small. We work with small collections and large archives alike.
I have used Content Capture Services on numerous occasions and never had any issues with them at all. My requests have always been last minute with a short deadline, and they have always been able to deliver! They are a very friendly team and will always be upfront and realistic with time frames.
Need to hide personal data instead?
Video curation organises your archive. If you need to remove or obscure personal information, these services are a better fit:
- Video redaction for body-worn, interview, mobile and dashcam footage
- CCTV redaction for fixed surveillance footage
- Audio redaction for recordings and soundtracks
- Legacy data migration for content locked in older systems
Get your free video curation quote
Speak to the team, book a call back at a time that suits you, or send a few details for a quote. There is no obligation.
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Request a curation quote
Tell us a little about your archive and we’ll come back with a price and timescale. Details like volume and deadline help, but they’re not essential. We never share your email.