(Reston, Virginia--June 5, 2008) Newscom, a leading provider of text and visual content from around the globe, today announces the addition of video content from BBC Motion Gallery, the archive sales division of the BBC’s commercial arm, BBC Worldwide.
The BBC Motion Gallery Shorts are 3-5 minutes in length, and are categorized by subject matter, including nature and wildlife, travel, history and lifestyle. Notable shorts include Around the World, a collection of travel pieces that showcase some of the best destinations around the globe. Days that Shook the World explores some of the pivotal events of the 20th and 21st centuries. Magic of Making offers a glimpse of how things are made – the clothes we wear, the food we eat, the paper on which we write. And In From the Wild tells the stories of what happens when wild animals find their way into towns and homes.
“The BBC Motion Gallery Shorts collection offers a depth of subject matter that will appeal to audiences around the globe,” said Newscom Managing Director Bill Creighton. “Newscom has always enjoyed an outstanding reputation for offering text and photos that are fresh and relevant. We recently expanded our menu to include video offerings, and this collection from BBC Motion Gallery demonstrates our commitment to providing our customers with content in all formats that is useful, unique and compelling.”
“Our collection of motion imagery is one of the largest in the world. Partnering our Short Programmes collection with Newscom’s vast array of still images and illustrations is a natural fit for both brands,” said Clara Fon-Sing, Vice President BBC Motion Gallery, America-East Coast & Latin America.
The BBC Motion Gallery Shorts collection is available to Newscom customers in north and south America, Europe and Australasia in Windows Media and Quicktime formats and can be accessed via www.newscom.com.
BBC Motion Gallery, a business within BBC Worldwide, offers media professionals access to the world’s most comprehensive collection of high-quality motion imagery for licensing worldwide. With more than 500,000 hours of footage, BBC Motion Gallery encompasses a wealth of content covering natural history, sport, news, locations, art, music, celebrities, historic events and more. BBC Motion Gallery is also the exclusive global representative of the CBS News Archive, and has global distribution deals with NHK, Japan’s national broadcaster, ABC, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and CCTV, China’s national television station. BBC Motion Gallery operates from offices in London, New York, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Dubai, Los Angeles, Paris, Toronto, Sydney and Tokyo.
About BBC Worldwide
BBC Worldwide Limited is the main commercial arm and a wholly owned subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The company exists to maximise the value of the BBC’s assets for the benefit of the license payer and invest in public service programming in return for rights. The company has seven core businesses: Global Channels, Global TV Sales, Magazines, Content & Production, Home Entertainment, Global Brands and Digital Media. In 2006/07 BBC Worldwide generated profits of £111 million on sales of £810 million.
About Newscom
Newscom (www.Newscom.com) is a world leader in providing customers with high-quality content from a vast array of global sources. Newscom offers customers one-stop access to more than 20 million rights-managed and royalty-free photos, graphics, illustrations, videos and stories from more than 110 of the world's foremost publishers and content creators. Customers around the globe count on Newscom to meet their creative and editorial needs each and every day, providing them what they need, when they need it.
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