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PA Group acquires All Action Digital
PA Group has acquired the Celebrity/Entertainment specialist agency All Action Digital in order to extend its reach in offering unique celebrity images to its customers. All Action Digital was founded by photographer Duncan Raban in 1981, and currently offers more than 2.5 million images focusing on personalities covering Film, Show-business, Music, Royalty, Fashion, and “Day In The Life” celebrity features. PA Group intends to make the new images available to customers through EMPICS, PA Group’s photo licensing division. Phil O’Brien, Managing Director of PA Group Photos had this to say about the acquisition, “We care passionately about the pictures we take and the service we deliver to our customers. We always aim to deliver photo productions that excite and exceed the expectations of picture editors, and we recognised that All Action Digital creates that excitement in its photography. All Action’s photographers live and breathe celebrity; they have great relationships in that arena, which allows them to capture unique moments.”
Terms of the deal have not been disclosed at this time.
The Original Press Release From PA Group Ltd.
PRESS
RELEASE
PA
Group boosts entertainment picture production with acquisition of Entertainment specialists,
All Action Digital
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November 2005 – PA Group Ltd, today announced the
acquisition of All Action Digital, the international celebrity and entertainment
picture agency. The acquisition
significantly boosts the celebrity archive and new picture production, which
will be available to customers through EMPICS, PA Group’s photo licensing
division.
PA customers currently have
access to some of the best in world-wide news, sport and entertainment
pictures, past and present, in the archives and new production of the Press
Association, Associated Press and EMPICS, at www.empics.com. The acquisition of All Action Digital adds a
new dimension to the current entertainment picture production - an archive of
over 2.5 million pictures dating back 20 years to the first Live Aid concert in
1985, and a team of highly experienced, creative photographers to deliver more
first-class celebrity pictures from around the world.
All Action was founded by
photographer Duncan Raban in 1981, since when it has built up a roster of
photographers and contacts which has enabled the company to establish an
extensive and often rare archive of entertainers and high profile personalities
in a variety of different settings, many of which are highly unique or
unusual. In particular Raban has
pioneered the return of more intimate, fly-on-the-wall celebrity photos akin to
the photo shoots of the 50s and 60s when celebrity access was more relaxed. His
unusual style and personality have created some truly intimate and playful
photographs of artists including Tina Turner, Lionel Ritchie, The Rolling
Stones, Madonna and Elton John.
Phil O’Brien, MD of PA Group
Photos said, “We care passionately about the pictures we take and the service
we deliver to our customers. We always
aim to deliver photo productions that excite and exceed the expectations of
picture editors, and we recognised that All Action Digital creates that
excitement in its photography. All
Action’s photographers live and breathe celebrity; they have great
relationships in that arena, which allows them to capture unique moments.”
All Action’s founder, Duncan
Raban, said, “All Action Digital has always been about producing creative,
inspiring celebrity photography that everyone wants to see and that every
picture editor wants to use and that creative photography will continue to grow
under the PA Group name. We want it to
be easy for picture buyers to access the picture that fits their story exactly,
and by including All Action Digital, alongside PA, AP and EMPICS, picture
buyers are increasingly able to find those pictures in one place.”
Work is now underway to integrate
the All Action Digital celebrity archive into www.empics.com
and pictures will be available to customers soon. In the meantime, All Action Digital pictures
will continue to be delivered through www.allactiondigital.com.
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Further
Information
For more information, contact:
Jenny Teasdale
PA Group
t: 0115 844
7407
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