Category: Online Video
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Framepool now representing footage from the National Film Board of Canada
Framepool, a stock footage licensing company based in Munich Germany, has announced that it has completed an agreement with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), Canada’s public film producer and distributor. The NFB produces and distributes innovative, socially relevant documentary, animation, alternative drama and digital media productions. In total, the NFB has produced over 13,000 productions which have won over 5,000 awards so far including 12 Oscars. “Our collection represents premium motion content in terms of quality, creativity and uniqueness. One can see that Framepool is run by filmmakers who are as passionate when it comes to films as we are at the NFB. That’s why we have partnered with Framepool,” explains Johanne St-Arnauld, Director General, Distribution, at the NFB.
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Construction Photography offering time-lapse HD footage of London’s Olympic Park
London based Construction Photography, a stock agency specializing in construction photography and images of the built environment, has announced that it is documenting the construction of the new Olympic Park in Lea Valley, East London, with time-lapse photography of what has become the largest construction site in Europe. Construction Photography is documenting this process with High Definition (HD) cameras overlooking the site, benefiting from the highest viewpoint over the Park. The ground breaking Time Lapse system takes two images every minute from several angles and will continue documenting the activity until 2012 and during the Games.
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ITN Source leveraging online video with Diagonal View production company
ITN Source, a leading provider of stock footage from the UK has announced that it has teamed up with Matt Heiman, founder Mobix Interactive and digital entrepreneur, to launch Diagonal View, a production business that packages quirky and obscure content from ITN Source’s vast archive and syndicates it to a range of commercial partners including MySpace, YouTube and MSN. In less than six months, Diagonal View has become one of the top five channels of all time on MySpace and YouTube with over 40 million views. “It’s been a fantastic experience working with ITN Source. The archive is extremely rich in video content that online users are only too keen to watch. We’re looking forward to delving further into the library and partnering with other multimedia platforms in taking our business forward,” states Matt Heiman.
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ITN Source re-launches site featuring Rights-Ready licensing
ITN Source, a leading provider of stock footage from the UK has announced that it has re-launched its website, located at itnsource.com and featuring Clips On Demand, an archive of more than 500,000 clips with simplified Rights-Ready (RR) licensing. The company is claiming the this is ”the first time customers have been offered a full self service e-commerce model that offers transparency throughout the whole licensing process”. The RR licensing model was first introduced by Getty Images as a compromise between the ease of Royalty-Free (RF) and rights control of Rights-Managed licensing structures.
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blinkx signs deal to publish editorial content from Getty Images and split ad revenue
blinkx, one of the leading video search engines, has announced that it has closed a deal with Getty Images to publish editorial footage from Getty Images along with contextually relevant advertising to generate advertising revenue to be shared. Recent multimedia content from Getty includes entertainment capsules, sporting recaps, and footage from the upcoming Democratic and Republican Convention feeds in the United States. “We’re delighted to partner with Getty Images, a company that is considered the gold standard in its industry,” said Suranga Chandratillake, founder and CEO, blinkx. “Our viewers will enjoy Getty’s diverse range of high quality content. In addition, with Election Day approaching in the States, our American audiences will particularly appreciate Getty’s up-to-the-minute Democratic and Republican National Convention feeds on blinkx.com.”
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ITN Source appoints Neil Meadows as UK Sales Director
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.
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Newscom now offering broadcast quality news footage from Reuters
Newscom, a leading provider of text and visual content, has announced that it is now offering its subscribers online access to broadcast quality video from the international news agency Reuters making this the first major news agency to offer broadcast quality breaking news footage online in the U.S.
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Thought Equity Motion offers faster and cheaper method for online video ad production
Seeing fast growth in the market for on-line video advertising, Thought Equity Motion (TEM) has created a collection of video clips covering related themes to allow for faster and less expensive production of video ads for on-line distribution. TEM’s Storyline Collection covers topics such as politics, health and medicine, small business, seniors and real estate. Clips feature the same models at various stages in a series of related events, allowing creative directors to weave complete stories with beginning and ending scenes that relate to each other visually.
Features
Alamy CEO James West outlines plan for the future
Alamy has posted a few videos from a contributor event held in November outlining the agency's plans for the future.
Part 1: James West, CEO
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Thought Equity Motion expands through global partnerships
Thought Equity Motion (TEM), a leading provider of RM and RF footage, has launched a global partnership program giving the company direct access to markets throughout Europe and South America. The company has signed TIPS Images & Film in Italy; Central Order in Germany, Austria and Switzerland; and Latin Stock in Brazil, Argentina and Mexico, to its Premier Partner Program. The move completes TEM’s expansion into all major markets having acquired in August Film World, an Australian company with a sales network throughout the Asia Pacific region.
Features
Video: The making of a stock photography production
German stock photographer Robert Kneschke has put together a nice behind-the-scenes presentation of a stock photography shoot. Click here to view the final pictures in the presentation.
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Masters of Photography video presentation
This presentation entitlted 'Masters of Photography' was posted to on youtube by ilayrock. The presentation does a nice job of comparing older photography from such legends as Ansel Adams, Walker Evans, Yousuf Karsh, Etc... with a new generation of photography featuring popular pieces from deviantart.
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Will mobile phone cameras turn all of us into papparazzi?
Recently Kyle MacRae the CEO of Scoopt, an agency specializing in marketing the work of amateur/citizen photojournalists, was interviewed on CNN by Jonathan Mann. During the interview MacRae highlights examples of images sold by Scoopt and the potential revenue that may be earned with your cell phone camera. Mann asks the question “Is this going to turn anyone with a cell phone into a member of a lurking hoard of people chasing celebrities on the off-chance they might be able to get a shot just like professional paparazzi?” MacRae’s response “in 18 months of business we simply haven’t seen it.”
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