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StockPhotoFinder Goes UK, Partners With Capture

Randy Taylor is the driving force behind Creators Cycle, Stockmedia.net, StockPhotoFinder, StockPipeline, StockMotionFinder, Stockagencies and the established Keyword Compiler software.

The StockPhotoFinder, which allows through spidering searches over multiple stock photo and footage (StockMotionFinder) databases, announced recently during the BAPLA Picture Buyers´ Fair that the company starts to offer its services also in the United Kingdom (StockPhotoFinder.co.uk).

Corbis Acquires eMotion

Similar to Getty´s efforts with the Media Management Services and the recently in May 2005 launched Digital Asset Management System Media Manager, Corbis today announced that it has acquired eMotion, "a leading provider of hosted solutions for managing and distributing digital media assets and marketing content."
Corbis said "our clients are increasingly seeking ways to manage the still and moving imagery they use in their creative projects ... we are meeting this growing demand with the acquisition of eMotion’s asset management systems, offering one of the industry’s best tools for managing digital assets – whether they be images, footage, or related marketing material." Details here.

What is not mentionend in the press release is that eMotion is also busy in the broadcast industry. According to a recent research project on my desk, eMotion is an active player in the field of Broadcast MAM (Media Asset Management) installations, but still remaining a litte one after other companies like Virage, Convera, Omnibus and BlueOrder and others. eMotion previously owned industry portal FOOTAGE.net.

At least for the mid-sized footage archive owner the worlds of traditional image database vendors (which are adding video features and capabilities to their software), DAM- and  MAM-vendors are merging. New companies like Visono are starting to compete with products like the Media Workbench of industry giant Blueorder. But that´s currently off the topic, another playground and is not to be discussed here. The coming IBC is a better location.

Miscellaneous

Getty Images launched the "Getty Images Media Manager", available as WorkGroup Edition and Enterprise Edition (Link); JupiterImages reports the results for Q I/2005 (Link) and Google started Video-Blogging/Vlogging (Link here ["video blogging remains in an embryonic stage"] and also there).

Besides this, Phototalk celebrates the first anniversary (started April 11, 2004).

Posted by Andy

Questo blog è chiuso per ferie, fino all' 8 Agosto 2004

[© Grace and Katie]

Chiudo, per un circa settimana, questo weblog. Infatti, a mio modesto parere, per scrivere bisogna prima pensare e, i blogs spesso ti tolgono lo spazio per pensare.


(Hint for the person/CEO/BizDeveloper etc. who is constantly looking for "DigitalVision 2003 revenues", ""Image source" 2003 revenues" or "Index stock imagery 2003 revenues" and other good stuff-- Google hits are a tricky thing, especially with your really nice -- and static -- IP! So, no one has to work for Pixlogic, the company ("Visual Search") with Venture Capital from the CIA, just to know who you are...).
=:-)

Introducing New Categories

Some people have asked if there won´t be a better way to organize all those entries... .
The build-in google search might be nice, but shows often too many hits. On the other hand we wanted to add some new categories since weeks.
So here they are. 19 new categories. Assigning new categories to some hundreds of old posts is a tough (and boring) job, so for a couple of days (weekend) new posts will appear only irregularly.
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[Update June 9, 2004: Forget it. There is no way to re-open over 300 posts and reassigning new categories to the old posts. So these new categories only work with future posts or some very important old posts which had been adjusted. Try the Google Search instead. Sorry]

New categories:

Start

Each time you start from scratch.