Apr 2, 2025, Hong Kong - Capture Hong Kong, a leading analogue media digitisation provider, recorded a 600% Year-over-year (YoY) revenue increase in the first quarter of 2025, reflecting the massive potential of the analogue media digitisation market in Hong Kong.

Commissioned by Capture.HK, a market consulting project formulated by the City University of Hong Kong, estimates that the analogue media digitisation service market in Hong Kong is valued at USD 250 million by 2033. A significant YoY growth of Capture.HK in Q1 2025  aligns with the estimation of the enormous market value. 

Technology Research and development (R&D) make high volume analogue media digitisation possible. Through AI, machine learning, Large Language Model (LLMs), Capture.HK have developed the Studio scanner,  proprietary hardware and software, to enable high-quality yet affordable and cost-effective digitisation: 

• 8-Layer Glare Removal: Non-destructive, high-quality (no glare) and efficient photo scanning that enables photos to be digitised without removing them from the photo album. 
• AI Colour Restoration: Restore faded and aged photos to their original vibrant colours by AI.
• AI Cropping and Rotation: Highly accurate AI border and orientation detection make digitisation of loose photos and full-page photo albums highly efficient.
• Advanced Photo Restoration: Damaged and degraded images due to sun exposure, water damage, mould, etc,  can be repaired.
• AI Facial Recognition and Organisation:  Partnering with Google Photos, it helps to identify and organise collections based on customers' faces. Hong Kong citizens can easily organise and search for photos based on the people present in digitised photos.
• Videotape Restoration: Aged videotapes often require cleaning and repairing. It involves technical expertise and professional equipment. 

Videotape Restoration: Aged videotapes often require cleaning and repairing. It involves technical expertise and professional equipment. Capture.HK’s memory specialists are well-trained and experienced in handling videotapes in poor conditions. 

“Pursuing excellent quality, efficiency and cost effectiveness is an endless mission in analogue media digitisation. Continuous R&D, especially in AI, enable us to provide the best yet affordable solution to unlock precious memories stored in analogue media,” said Jason Law, Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder of Capture.HK.

“Looking ahead, we will develop more AI-powered scanning, classification and tagging features to better capture what matters for Hong Kong citizens. We are also developing robotic automation to enhance our operations, reducing time and repetitive manual effort.” Law added.

With a dedication to capturing what matters in any format, Capture.HK is committed to providing comprehensive solutions for Hong Kong citizens to preserve and relive their visual or video memories.

Further to the milestone that over 1 million photos were digitised in 2024, the company recorded triple-digit YoY growth for analogue media digitisation orders across formats in Q1 2025: 

• Photos and Albums: +409%
• Videotape: +199%

Besides individual customers, well-known organisations with a long-standing history commissioned Capture.HK to digitise thousands of photos and videotapes in their historical archive.

“A 600% YoY revenue growth this quarter is a good start for us to pursue the 6x-8x YoY growth in 2025. To align with our annual target to expand the workforce by 2.5 times, we have already expanded the size of the sales team by 300%,” said Michael Chang, the CEO and Co-founder of Capture.HK. “Leveraging our expertise gained from institutional projects and the initiative with recognised actor Kwok Fung, we aim to help more academic, art, media and movie industry organisations to preserve Hong Kong’s collective memories.”

“With our success in Hong Kong, we plan to export our business model globally. With the help of our sister company, Capture US, we will test our photo album digitisation service in California this summer. We are also actively exploring setting up an Australian company to enable local partners to preserve millions of valuable memories.” Chang added.