Thought Equity Motion to license stock music clips
Thought Equity Motion (TEM,) the motion content licensing and management business based in Denver, has added a music licensing component to its web-site. The new music offering includes exclusive Rights Managed music clips, Royalty Free music clips and a selection of RF sound effects and loops. Prices for the Royalty Free music range from $29 to $59 for tracks of varying duration from 12 seconds to approximately four minutes. Short sound effect loops go for $9.
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Telegraph Media Group has announced that it has tapped ITN On to produce a documentary series of eight original DVDs for Telegraph readers to be inserted in the Telegraph between April 14-19. The DVDs incorporate hours of original stock footage from ITN’s archive and are intended to provide a comprehensive account of Margaret Thatcher (the longest serving Prime Minister of the last century) starting with her life before entering politics, through her years as party leader then Prime Minister and her enduring legacy. Narrated by Anna Massey, this unique collaboration was an attempt to produce the definitive documentary series on Margaret Thatcher.
ITN Source has announced that it has contributed stock footage for two of this year’s biggest music feature films on two of the UK’s greatest bands - Joy Division and the Rolling Stones. Shine a Light, the critically acclaimed Rolling Stones documentary, directed by Martin Scorsese, features content from the ITN and Granada archives, both represented exclusively by ITN Source. The footage used in the film captures some of the legal clashes the Rolling Stones encountered in their career including Mick Jagger‘s drugs arrest in 1967, where he dismissed that he is an advocate of drug use. The film also includes archive content that captures the humorous side of Jagger who attended Keith Richard’s trial for the possession of drugs in 1977 and said to ITN “I never miss a case!”
ITN Source, a leading provider of stock footage from the UK has announced the appointment of Neil Meadows to the post of Sales Director. Meadows will start at ITN Source in April and will be responsible for ITN Source’s sales operation, primarily in the UK. Previously Meadows served as the Senior Commercial Director for Chellomedia, the content and technology division of cable operator Liberty Global Inc. Neil has also held business development and sales management roles at BBC Technology, BSkyB, Cable and Wireless and Meridian Broadcasting.
The London based web development company Bold Endeavours has announced that it has launched a new Big Easy library sales modular software system to support a stock licensing business offering Footage, Still Images, or Music. The Software solution is touted to include everything needed to launch and operate an online store at a greatly reduced cost. A new licensing business with entry level Footage, Still Image, and Music modules costing just GBP 4,500 (approx $9,000) each, combining two modules costs GBP 6,000 (approx $12,000). Bold Endeavours has launched other similar products to support online businesses in other industries including a travel business, general e-commerce store, and an email marketing solution.
Thought Equity Motion (TEM), a leading provider of RM and RF footage, has announced a partnership with Paramount Pictures designating Thought Equity Motion as the exclusive licensing agent for Paramount’s stock footage library. The deal now allows the production community digital access to footage from Paramount Pictures, Paramount Vantage, Paramount Classics, MTV Films, Nickelodeon Movies and DreamWorks Studios. “Whether it´s a single shot or an entire sequence for building a scene, Paramount´s stock footage library brings the type of content that enables new and traditional media producers to add quality to their productions, differentiate their creative and make a better, high-impact impression on their audience”, said Kevin Schaff, founder and CEO of Thought Equity Motion.
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ITN Source, a leading provider stock footage from the UK has announced the appointment of Ian CheeWah to the post of Managing Director for its North American business. With this appointment ITN Source is attempting to reach new customers in the US market with its archive of over 800,000 hours of footage including collections such as Reuters and Fox Movietone. “The US is a prime consumer of archived video, accounting for nearly 45% of global sales, and it is the hub of future growth worldwide,” said Mr. CheeWah. “As the market continues to heat up, this role driving ITN Source’s business in America was extremely attractive, offering the opportunity to ensure ITN Source becomes the industry leader.”
