It depends, of course, on your definition of value. It sounds a bit circular: if it is valuable, it will survive. If it doesn't survive, it isn't valuable. For

It depends, of course, on your definition of value. It sounds a bit circular: if it is valuable, it will survive. If it doesn't survive, it isn't valuable. For example, the public Norwegian broadcaster NRK lost its recordings of the moon landing (which was also the first night sending) [1], which I would consider quite valuable. Indeed, there is a long list of lost TV recordings from the early days of television [2]. [1] https://www.nrk.no/urix/jakten-pa-den-historiske-apollo-sendingen-1.14602913 https://www.nrk.no/urix/jakten-pa-den-historiske-apollo-send... [2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_television_broadcast https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_television_broadcast