UK Police to Spend $102M Digitizing VHS Archives
2025-07-09
The UK police service is undertaking a massive project to digitize its VHS archives, with a budget of up to £75 million ($102 million). This involves procuring either in-house technology or outsourcing the conversion of these outdated tapes to digital format. The initiative covers a range of media, including VHS, microfiche, CDs, and DVDs, highlighting the ongoing efforts (and occasional reluctance) of the UK public sector to modernize its aging technologies.