Recent Stock Photo Industry Press Releases

BBC Motion Gallery signs content agreement with Austria´s ORF

London, UK, Aug. 31, 2007. BBC Worldwide today announces that it has signed an archive representation agreement with the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation* (ORF), the largest public service broadcaster in the country. The deal will see BBC Motion Gallery, BBC Worldwide's clips sales arm, distributing a range of regionally specific clips via its website to further enhance its rich international motion imagery portfolio.

*To our US readers: the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation is not owned by or in any way related to austrian bodybuilder and California state Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger who supposedly will be your next President.

Nikon Announces Photo Sharing and Storage Internet Service My Picturetown

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Melville, NY, Aug. 30, 2007. Furthering the development of wireless sharing technology in digital cameras, Nikon today introduced my Picturetown, Nikon´s new photo sharing and storage service. With my Picturetown, consumers will be able to easily share and securely store their images, faster and more efficiently than ever before.

PixelMill Launches More Than 4,500 Royalty Free Music Tracks from JupiterImages

Davis, CA, August 29, 2007. Advancing its strategy to provide more creative and dynamic multi-media product options for developers’ Web design needs, PixelMill.com today announced it released a new online catalog at www.pixelmill.com featuring access to more than 4,500 royalty free music tracks from Jupiterimages. PixelMill’s offering of Jupiterimages’ music tracks is an extension of the two companies’ new agency agreement, whereby PixelMill already distributes images from Jupiterimages for use in Web templates.

Corbis Opens Gallery Space in Second Life

Company Puts Focus on Creating a Virtual Community Space for Art Enthusiasts While Showcasing Corbis and SnapVillage Collections as well as Rights Services Expertise

Seattle, WA, Aug. 29, 2007. Corbis, a creative resource for advertising, marketing and media professionals, today announced that it has opened a gallery in Second Life that is focused on creating a community space where those interested in art and photography can view, share and discuss imagery. Corbis’ presence in Second Life will showcase imagery from the Corbis and SnapVillage microstock collections as well as provide information on Corbis’ world-leading Rights Services expertise.

IMAGES24 - the News in Pictures

Cape Town, South Africa, Aug. 29, 2007. IMAGES24, the syndication arm of Media24 magazines & newspapers, has made significant strides in its mandate to identify and digitise valuable historical material dating back to the early 1900s.

"Textbook publishers looking for relevant pictorial content to illustrate South African curricula are delighted with the solutions & service we are able to provide them with", says Rhianne van der Linde, Account Manager at IMAGES24.

Fotolia Announces Largest Digital Image Library of Micro-priced Images on the Web

New York, NY, Aug. 29, 2007. Today, Fotolia uploaded it's 2,289,164th image. After only 18 months, Fotolia has become the largest digital library of micro-priced stock images on the Web. This dramatic growth can be credited to the company's international presence  -- with a physical presence in eight countries and support in six languages, high photographer commissions (an average of 50 percent of sales price), the ability of photographers to name their own prices -- but most of all, that Fotolia photographers see high returns on their image sales.

WorldPanoramaStock.com: New Panoramic Image Library

Budapest, Hungary, Aug. 29, 2007. PanoGraph, the Hungarian panoramic photo company owned by Tamas D.Varga is pleased to announce the launch of WorldPanoramaStock.com. WorldPanoramaStock.com provides high resolution, high quality, inspirational, Rights Managed only, panoramic stock images to professional photo researchers, graphic designers, advertising agencies, and publishers.

FotoFlexer Introduces the World´s Most Advanced Web-Based Image Editing Solution

Free online image editing suite moves beyond mere photo editing: integrates with Facebook, MySpace, Flickr, Picassa and Yahoo! Search

Berkeley, CA, Aug. 28, 2007. FotoFlexer, the world's most advanced Web-based image editing solution, today celebrated the formal launch of the company with the latest version of its online image editing suite -- available free for users now at www.fotoflexer.com.

Vital Insight Group artwork nominated by iStockphoto for ''Design of the Year''

Artist’s “Global Sin” piece recognized by iStockphoto.com, subsidiary of Getty Images, Inc.

Scottsdale, AZ, Aug. 28, 2007. Vital Insight Group, the company that uses cutting edge technology to provide next generation customer experience management solutions, today announced that artwork developed by the company’s Creative Marketing Director, Drew Williams, has been nominated by iStockphoto.com, the Internet’s premier stock photography community, for “Design of the Year.”

The Alternative Pick's 4th Annual Awards Show

New York, NY, Aug. 28, 2007. The Alternative Pick Awards deadline has been extended until September 12, 2007. Entries include photographers, illustrators, designers and interactive artists from around the world. All entries are eligible to win in two sets of judging, the "Popular Vote", which is opened to the public and the "Jury Vote", which is conducted by a team of advertising professionals, including notables such as: