London, Apr. 22, 2009. Action Plus, as 30-year old sports image library, based in London, has been acquired by Portray Limited, a company wholly owned by industry veteran Stephen Hearn. For 30 years, Action Plus was owned and operated by Richard Francis, a well known and sought after car and motorbike event photographer.
The library, mostly editorial with news/feature images deep in over 300 different sporting elements, now extends to over 1.3 million images and has over 20 worldwide agencies representing the content.
Said Stephen Hearn, “Together with my love of sports and the nature of the distribution potential, Action Plus was an obvious choice for my next investment”.
Action Plus has been renamed ‘Action Plus Sports Images’ and moved its Tower Bridge location to the Holborn Circus area this month to provide better communication and local contact for the majority of it’s clients.
In the coming months, Action Plus Sports Images will launch a commercial rights managed sports collection, which has been in development for a number of years. It is expected that the collection will release with over 5,000 initial images and be distributed by 40-45 specialist agencies.
Contacts:
Stephen Hearn (stephen.hearn@actionplus.co.uk)
www.actionplus.co.uk
Telephone: 020 7403 1558
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