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Corbis Motion
Announces Partnership with HD Broadcast
Pioneer KOMO TV
Original
Award-winning HD Material Cornerstone
of New Library
SEATTLE, WA - Corbis
Motion (www.corbismotion.com),
a leading provider of rights managed
and royalty free stock footage, today
announced an exclusive partnership
with KOMO 4 Television in Seattle
to produce and distribute HD content.
KOMO 4 Television,
the ABC affiliate station in Seattle,
became the first commercial station
on the West coast to transmit HDTV
in 1997. KOMO 4 has one of the premiere
HD broadcasting facilities in the
country, and has produced programming
and promotional content ranging from
business and technology to lifestyles
and sceneries in high definition.
With demand for
HD original content growing in the
production community, this partnership
gives Corbis Motion a leading position
as an HD source.
"KOMO 4 has
been at the forefront of HD production
since the earliest days of it's adoption
in the United States, and is leading
the market in both creating and broadcasting
in High Definition," said Rick
Wysocki, Vice President of Corbis
Motion Brands. "Iconic HD original
footage remains a rare commodity,
and our partnership with KOMO has
given us solid foundation to meet
customer demands with high quality
content."
"This partnership
with Corbis Motion is an exciting
new way for KOMO TV to capitalize
on our growing library of HD content,"
said Sandy Montgomery, Vice President
and Station Manager of KOMO TV. "Together
with Corbis Motion, we have demonstrated
a commitment to advancing the use
of high definition video, and see
the stock footage marketplace as a
strategic opportunity for us."
Corbis Motion will
begin fulfilling requests for footage
from the KOMO 4 collection immediately,
with production elements available
to meet client demands for quick response
times for both preview material and
broadcast quality final elements.
About Corbis
Motion
Corbis Motion is
a division of Corbis¨ (www.corbis.com),
one of the world's leading providers
of digital photography, fine art,
illustrations and other media. Corbis
Motion offers a rich and diverse selection
of moving images for use in advertising,
corporate and media & entertainment
projects. The Corbis Motion market-leading
collections Hot Shots, Action Sports
Adventure, and Film Bank feature lifestyle,
business, history, sports, time lapse,
CGI and more from some of the world's
leading media and entertainment companies,
including Paramount Pictures, ESPN¨,
Hearst EntertainmentTM and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,
Inc¨., among others, as well as footage
from premium independent producers.
Corbis Motion is accessible via the
main Corbis website or directly at
www.corbismotion.com.
About KOMO
Television
KOMO 4 Television,
an affiliate of the ABC Television
Network in Seattle, WA., is managed
by Fisher Broadcasting Company, a
subsidiary of Fisher Communications,
Inc. Fisher Communications, Inc. owns
twelve network affiliate television
stations and 29 radio stations in
Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.
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