Agterberg, Bas2020-08-132020-08-132014-12-24https://mediarep.org/handle/doc/15071The article analyses the changes in production and consumption in the audiovisual industry and the way the so-called ‘ephemeral’ commissioned productions are scarcely preserved. New technologies and the liberal economic policies and internationalisation changed the media landscape in the 1980s. Audiovisual companies created a broad range of products within the audiovisual industry. This also resulted in a democratisation of the use of media as well as new formats of programmes and distribution for commissioned productions. By looking at a specific company that recently handed over a collection to the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, challenges and issues of preserving video and digital and interactive audiovisual productions are discussed.engFernsehenaudiovisual archivevideoSound and Visioncommissioned audiovisual productionsinteractive contentephemeral media07079110.18146/2213-0969.2014.jethc06910.25969/mediarep/141072213-0969