Recent Stock Photo Industry Press Releases

blinkx Works With PBS to Add Hundreds of Hours of Documentary, News and Educational Streaming Video

San Francisco, CA, April 30, 2007. blinkx, the world's largest video search engine, today announced that a wide array of PBS streaming video content will now be indexed and easily searchable at http://www.blinkx.com. blinkx users can find PBS' award-winning educational, news and public affairs streaming content online, and will be able to search a broad variety of documentaries and other popular PBS programs.

Getty Images Appoints Craig Peters to Lead New Footage and Multimedia Division

New Structure, Investment and Leadership Mark Further Growth and Innovation

Seattle, WA, April 30, 2007. In a move to accelerate the growth of its market leading stock and archival footage business, Getty Images (NYSE: GYI) today announced that Craig Peters has been appointed as vice president of the company's newly created Footage and Multimedia division.

SPAA Sports Photography Traveling Seminars Teach Winning Techniques for High Sales Volume

Jackson, MI, April 30, 2007. A stellar lineup of outstanding speakers and solid content mark the fast-approaching tour stops of the SPAA Sports Photography Traveling Seminars. This will be the second year for SPAA to take its efforts on the road to educate attendees who have been involved in sports photography for years and those just starting out. Attendees will learn techniques that will help them achieve higher gross sales, better net margins and greater customer satisfaction.

Corbis partners with ihaveanidea to bring Portfolio Night 5 to cities worldwide

Corbis supports aspiring advertising creatives by sponsoring May 3rd networking events in 18 cities around the globe

Seattle, WA, and Montreal, April 25, 2007. Corbis and ihaveanidea, Advertising’s Intellectual Archive, today announced that Corbis has become a Gold Sponsor to support Portfolio Night 5, the largest simultaneous advertising portfolio review ever held in the world.

Getty Images Offers Sneak Peek at New Creative Site in Development

Seattle, WA, Apr. 26, 2007. Leading to the launch of a new Creative site later this year, today Getty Images revealed the first in a series of enhancements that will offer customers a better way to search for imagery and be inspired. Customers can now access imagery from the creative and editorial collections through a single query and use a number of robust search refinement tools to quickly drill down and find a precise image or explore a range of relevant options.

What’s Your Wallpaper? a21 Enters Mobile Space

Cell phone users can download SuperStock images as wallpaper, and use MyNuMo’s mash-up tools to add text, color, and layer images, creating customized wallpaper for personal use and additional distribution

Jacksonville, FL, April 26. 2007. SuperStock, one of the nation’s leading stock photography providers, and subsidiary company of a21, Inc. ("a21") (OTC BB: ATWO), announced today it has teamed with MyNuMo, one of the leading user-generated mobile content networks, to offer the 203 million U.S. cell phone users a library of professional photography images to create unique, personalized mobile wallpaper.

Getty Images Completes Acquisition of WireImage

Expanded Capabilities Allow Company to Meet High-Speed Demand for Celebrity Imagery

Seattle, Apr. 26, 2007. Getty Images, Inc. (NYSE: GYI), the world's leading creator and distributor of visual content, today announced that it has successfully completed the acquisition of WireImage. The deal, which was announced on February 22, 2007, also includes MediaVast, Inc. the owner of WireImage, and sub-brands FilmMagic and Contour Photos.

Idée's recognition–based image tracking service monitors 20 million images

Toronto, Canada, April 25, 2007. As the tide of digital production and electronic distribution has grown in today's media and entertainment industry, Idée Inc., a visual search and image recognition company, has been quietly watching over the collections of some of the world's biggest image license holders. Today Idée monitors more than 20 million client images using its recognition-based image tracking and allows its customers to find out exactly where their images have been used in print and on the web.

The Image Works to distribute selections from the George Eastman House photography collection

Woodstock, NY, April 26, 2007. The Image Works is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to distribute select images from The George Eastman House photography collection. The Eastman House is the world’s oldest photography museum and opened to the public in 1949. Its comprehensive collection covers photography from its birth to current events. The Image Works will be focusing on the historical aspects of the George Eastman archive – both color and b/w.

Getty Images Streamlines its Creative Workflow

Seattle, WA, April 25, 2007. Getty Images will be rolling out a streamlined creative workflow over the course of the next several months. This adaptation will shorten the shoot-to-site timeline for fresh and relevant imagery, enabling customers to succeed in a fast-paced communication environment while giving photographers greater control over the creative vision and marketability of their work.