Classic Television
Viewing audiences are finding classic television through Cairngorm Studios, which has programmed classic series' reruns targeted at cash-rich baby boomers ready to gobble up the same television fare they feasted on as impressionable youths.
Most of the classic programs Cairngorm Studios airs aren't dated, so they never use jokes or situations that relate to the times, which is why they're still so successful.
We're not sure if a lot of the shows being done now will still be funny in twenty years. Too many of them try to reflect on the times too much.
You would simply not believe some of the letters we get from people thanking us for showing these classic programs and begging us for more! That's why Cairngorm Studios has set up a message board on the site, so viewers can make comments and/or suggestions about classic TV programs or any of the other programs that Cairngorm Studios airs, either in its schedule or in programming blocks in association with other cable broadcast networks.
Indeed, younger viewers – the boomers of the baby boomers, if you will – have embraced nostalgia at least as fervently as their elders. For them, after all, it isn't nostalgia but something new.
We get more comments from parents who tell us they can't talk to their kids in the early evening because they're off watching classic television shows. The adults love sitting there saying, Hey, this is what I watched when I was a kid!
Some kids just never grow up - and in 2014, they don't have to.
So, sit back atrngorm Studios and enjoy classic television.
Film & Television Archives' Preservation
A very sad and disheartening fact is that a major portion of our film heritage has been irretrievably lost—forever! More than 50% of all films produced in the U.S. prior to 1950 have already disappeared, and 90% of classic film prints in the U.S. are currently in very poor condition. Similarly, much of the historic television now exists only on obsolete and deteriorating tape formats.
In general, the term preservation refers to the process of gathering the best surviving materials from a film or television program and transferring them to most stable format possible. Likewise, restoration usually refers to even more time-consuming and complicated projects in which altered or missing material is restored to the film, bringing it as close as possible to its initial release form.
Until 1950, films were produced using nitrate cellulose film stock, a chemically unstable and highly flammable material that inevitably deteriorates and turns to dust. Film preservation historically referred to the transfer of nitrate films to more stable acetate (or safety) film stock. However, acetate film stock also deteriorates, giving rise to a condition called "the vinegar syndrome," and many of the color films made since 1950 are also subject to irreversible color fading. Many of the Archives' preservation and restoration projects deal with these post-1950 titles. The Archives are relying increasingly on a new polyester film stock, which appears to be much more stable if kept in optimal storage conditions.
The preservation and restoration done is the result of hours of painstakingly difficult work in collaboration with commercial film laboratories specializing in preservation. Computers and digital means are increasingly used to improve image and sound quality during the preservation process. Efforts have centered on the preservation of programs originally produced on 2-inch videotape from the late 1950s through the 1970s, as well as early color programs. One such series is "Psychic Phenomena – The World Beyond," hosted by Damian Simpson, which encompasses 150 one-hour programs with guests that include Buckminster Fuller, J. Allen Hynek, John and Tony Lilly, Ingo Swan, Uri Gellar, Richard Bach, Dennis Weaver, Timothy Leary, and Thelma Moss, to name just a few. Recently, Cairngorm restored a few episodes, one segment of which was used for James Fox's "Out of the Blue" documentary containing over two hours of interviews with J. Allen Hynek, which are timeless.
The problem we face is that the tapes are in the 2-inch format and need to be transferred for broadcast to a new digital format master. Because it takes a significant amount of money to restore them, we need our investors' help with preserving these and other programs (such as "Psychic Phenomena – The World Beyond") for the generations yet to come. Otherwise, they may be lost forever.
To discuss this opportunity or learn about additional ways to get involved with Cairngorm Studios, please contact:
Paul Ramirez
Cairngorm Studios
848 North Rainbow Blvd., #324
Las Vegas, NV 89107
(702) 421-5144
[email protected]
Syndication and Distribution
Do a Project?
Do you have a project that needs to be broadcast, in syndication, distribution, and/or produced from the ground level up? If so, let's make arrangements for you to talk with our team of broadcast professionals to see how they and Cairngorm can help you get your idea into production and on the air. To that end, please email us at [email protected] or [email protected]
Cairngorm Studios (CEG) and its sister companies are a syndication and distribution organization that provides the best of new products from the world's most creative network and independent producers to television, home video, and educational outlets within the United States and other parts of the world. Our services also include, but are not limited to, cash and barter and market-by-market syndication. Additionally, CEG has associated offices that cover the globe, the active acquisition of programming from domestic and international sources, the licensing of merchandise associated with its programs, and the co-production of television series for worldwide distribution.
Cairngorm Studios (CEG) provides programming to major networks, cable networks, and individual television stations in the United States, as well as other television networks around the world. We also distribute products to home video and educational (non-theatrical) outlets worldwide.
Although we have one of the most comprehensive program catalogs in the television industry, we are always interested in acquiring dynamic new titles to add to it.
We deal only in finished programming, where the complete product or the pilot for a new series is available for screening.
We do not deal in concepts, formats, or short promotional presentations.
Programming that provides the greatest opportunities for both distributor and producer is that which has not yet been exposed in the marketplace.
NATPE is a market where we meet with buyers worldwide to present the programs in our current catalog. We do not screen or discuss a new product or accept screening and/or promotional material for new shows. We do, however, encourage producers to send completed programming that they feel has the potential to be successfully marketed to television, home entertainment, and/or non-theatrical outlets at the national level as well as internationally.
Have questions? Want to see how we can work together? Please email Cairngorm Studios at [email protected] or submit information to Cairngorm Studios,
848 North Rainbow Blvd., Suite 324,
Las Vegas, NV 89107.
Archival Footage
Cairngorm Studios is your source for over 100 years of global imagery. Cairngorm Studios has footage from silent features and shorts up to recent motion pictures with all the well-known stars, legends, classics stars, famous faces, and famous places. Are you doing retro looks back into their careers? Because of its extensive programming library, Cairngorm can help. Cairngorm also has historic newsreel footage of breaking news.
Additionally, our library encompasses major happenings in the world and even some of the less momentous occasions - past, present, and future. If you need the footage fast or need hard-to-find, rare material - material that must match the movie, the movie's time period or theme, or whatever your project is - we're here to help. Just tell us what you're trying to find!
With Cairngorm, you will have access to literally hundreds of thousands of hours of footage, whether it covers major historical moments and today's small stories or material on politics, pop culture, the economy, entertainment, the military, fashion, classic stock shots, and/or the completely unexpected.
The Cairngorm Studios archive collects the worldwide news and entertainment industry, offering unparalleled coverage of the men, women, and events that made history in the 20th century. Discover the historical figures who have had a lasting impact on the world of sports, Hollywood, royalty, fashion, technology, and countless other lifestyles. Cairngorm has aerial material from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Let our friendly staff assist you with the images you want at competitive rates, which are based on total usage. There is no per scene and/or clip set-up charge, nor are large projects a problem. You're only charged for what you use, plus a nominal lab and technical service charge, and for extensive research, Cairngorm charges only a nominal fee.
To contact the Cairngorm Studios, call (702) 421-5144, fax us at (702) 421-5379, or e-mail us at [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you and to being of service, hopefully within the very near future.