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March 2010

Final shortlisted nominations announced - FOCAL International Awards

 

News service temporarily suspended

Oct 2009

FINAL CALL: Footage New Entrants Scheme - application deadline 30 Oct

FINAL CALL: Jane Mercer Footage Training Bursary - applications deadline 30 Oct

Getty Images ‘Mishmash’ Music Video Challenge - deadline extended to 23 Oct

UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage to be celebrated at BAFTA

BBC Motion Gallery & Thought Equity Motion in Technology driven Sales deal

FOCAL to run March Training Week based in Manchester with Skillset funding

CNN Launches On Demand Service for Video Licensing

FILM ARCHIVES has a winfall of footage in autumnal projects

Screenocean looks ahead with World Backgrounds

ORF clips now licensable via Framepool.com

ITV Sport Archive's clips in Classic Sports Collection snapped up by ESPN

Scanpix to represent ITN Source in the Nordic region

Call for papers: TV Archives accessing TV History

Prime Focus brings its 15 worldwide facilities together in global rebrand

Industry partners DFG announce autumn training schedule

Europa Film Treasures launched by Lobster Films

Sept 2009

Framepool markets footage from Agence France-Presse

Dutchfootage.com launched by Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid

Film and Media Technician New Entrant Scheme opens for applications

HD Footage at best: Framepool partners with BlackLight Films

Industry partners FT2 bite-size one day CPD footage training modules

Huntley Film Archives secures Skillset funding for Film Collections residential course

Applications for Footage Training Bursary deadline extended to 30 Oct

New Classics unveils a fresh take of opposing sides of WW II

August 2009

BFI creates new Digital executive post

Merger proposed for BFI and UK Film Council+ BFI's response

ITN Source to sell ITV Global Entertainment's Rank, Rohauer, Romulus, Korda, ITC and Carlton TV classics

Realscreen Summit 2010 discount for FOCAL Members

Sheffield DocFest 4-8 Nov discount for FOCAL members

History Makers 2010 discount for FOCAL Members

FIAT/IFTA Beijing Conference discount for FOCAL Members

FOCAL secures Skillset Funding to train New Entrants in library technical skills

July 2009

NFB's animator Norman McLaren’s works join UNESCO's "Memory of the World"

Framepool celebrates the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11

ITN's off shoot Diagonal View appoints Gary Cole as Commercial Director

Cambridge Imaging Systems launches Screenocean Ltd for Channel 4 archive

ITN Source wins deal from JISC Collections for Digital Images for Education project

October Films sponsors IWM Student Film Fest & gives out paid internship

Corbis Launches New Motion Web Site with Significantly Expanded Collection

The BFI celebrates a century of British coalmining on screen

BFI National Library celebrates turning 75

BBC Motion Gallery Features Exclusive CBS Footage of Apollo 11 Landing

Historic time capsule of news footage recovered by AP

June 2009

JCA signs British Pathe deal

'Soul Train' exclusive rep deal expands Global ImageWorks' music library

Bursary winner attends FOCAL International's Footage Training Week

Blue's raffle prizes and gun salute add excitement to new summer networking venue

HBO's legendary MARCH OF TIME® Newreels now online

Celebrated Prince’s Trust Concert Videos Available For Purchase And Download On iTunes

British Pathé Launches Dedicated Operation

BBC Earth brand debuts globally on YOUTUBE

ITN Source delves deep into archive to launch New Classics collection

May 2009

BBC Worldwide & YouTube renew partnership with the launch of new channels

HBO wins 8 Sports Emmy's

ITNSource.com and KPM Music’s PLAY Production service form online partnership

Roly Keating BBC's first Director of Archive Content inaugral speech online

ITN Source signs content deal with China’s largest foreign language education publisher

A very productive and busy year reported at FOCAL International's AGM

FOCAL International Awards press release

Lord Puttnam's FOCAL International Awards keynote speech and winners online

April 2009

BBC Motion Gallery treads the red carpet with Man on Wire

Extreme Makeover for NHNZ Website

BBC Motion Gallery Signs Partnership With The England And Wales Cricket Board

March 2009

Luc Bourdon’s The Memories of Angels in the limelight at the FOCAL International Awards

Rise and the Fall of the Berlin Wall New German collections at www.bridgemanart.com

Footage Farm acquires unique recent footage of the Israeli occupation in the West Bank

SKILLSET announces new archives skills programme

FOCAL Int announces FINAL NOMINATIONS for prestigious Footage Awards ceremony

BBC and BFI announce new partnership to bring archives to life

Fremantlemedia Enterprises unveils new archive pricing structure

AP Archive Goes Multimedia

3DD Produces ‘History Of Cannes’ With ITN Source

February 2009

BBC Motion Gallery supplies archive footage to Oscar Winning Man On Wire

BBC Motion Gallery Treads the Red Carpet

ITN Source puts footage in the frame at The Hayward

Thriving Archives Releases Footage Customer Survey Results

Film Images (Paris) at your disposal

WGBH Media Library and Archives announces findings of Assessment for Scholarly Use

January 2009

Moving Image Communications- Preserving the TV-am archive

Public Service Rights – the essential clearance guide

BBC Motion Gallery is Headed to the Oscars with Documentary Feature Nominees

Corbis and Thought Equity Motion to cross-distribute footage

J. Fred MacDonald's novel The History Shoppe available online and free of charge

Contemporary Films on the move

North West Film Archive wins a public vote

Exclusive Stories to the News Exchanges of the EBU

Index moves to Pinewood

December 2008

Raffle donations add Christmas cheer

Fremantlemedia Archives Gains Glitz And Glam In Celebrityfootage Representation Deal

From devastation to the Academy shortlist

BBC Motion Gallery's real-life footage illuminates the film industry

The first Spring cuckoo… on film

Photolibrary now offers music

ABC Bloopers on YouTube and other news

Imperial War Museum Film Find

BBC Motion Gallery Appoints New Sports Sales Manager

WGBH Stock Sales launches Digital Images Collections, Upgrades Site

Huntley Archives News

November 2008

BBC Motion Gallery to distribute Hollywood Reporter Footage

Asian News International signs multi-platform global representation deal with ITN Source

Now Online: "Europeana", Europe's Digital Library

October 2008

UNESCO World Audio Visual Archive Day Report

Medicimage and Photolibrary sign international sales & marketing pact

September 2008

BFI releases The Animals film on DVD

Jane Mercer Footage Training Award - closing date for applications extended to 30 Sept

Footage Training Award winners give thanks

Clips & Footage scores exclusive UK rep deal with the Travel Film Archive & move office

AP Archive in Tie-In With Historic Films

August 2008

MUZU TV signs major musics content deal with ITN

The Associated Press Launches Enhanced Celebrity News Service

BBC Motion Gallery signs up the International Tennis Federation

July 2008

Clipcanvas: new stock footage service offers navigational search

BBC Motion Gallery to rep Princes Trust including Party in the Park rock concerts

June 2008

ITN Source signs exclusive global sales deal with Al Jazeera

BBC Motion Gallery Short Programmes Collection Now Available to Newscom Customers

BBC Opens up Motion Gallery to Thousands of Academics and Students in the UK

Cambridge Imaging Systems targets Imperial War Museum archive

DAX Archiving Solutions announces File and Folder Archive Software

MAY 2008

WGBH Stock Sales Announce New Partnership With Library Solutions UK

Framepool disco dancing guru grooves with DIESEL

Framepool Goes Hollywood

ITN Source signs representation deal with UTV

FOCAL International Awards Celebrate Winners

All Credit to The Telegraph

Independent on Sunday Credited With Award

Channel 4 and AP Archive in Footage Access Agreement

BAPLA - Look Who’s Coming to the Fair!

APRIL 2008

London memorial service for Julia Martin

Thriving Archives Launches Footage Buyer Survey

BAPLA - Doctoring a Massive Picture Archive

NFB Images Launches at Hot Docs 2008

Victoria for Framepool Viral

Moving Images Scores Storm Chaser Exclusive

ITN On produces original Margaret Thatcher covermount series for Telegraph Media Group

Tribute to Julia Martin by Alwyn Lindsey

MARCH 2008

FOCAL International Announce Final Award Nominations

JCAtv supports Sports Relief with Digital Media Distribution!

BFI announces two regional partner Mediatheques on anniversary of London launch

Huntley Film Archive - Unique Jewish London Archive

National Archives Chooses Digital Vision to Automate Film and Video Restoration

FEBRUARY 2008

Getty Images recommends $2.4 billion takeover by Hellman & Friedman

COI films come to BFI

ITN Source Names Ian CheeWah Managing Director to Lead its US Business

Framepool 360 is marketing worldwide exclusive content

JANUARY 2008

Getty Images Explores Strategic Alternatives

David Lean Centenary Celebrations Announced

Escape to the Skies with Four New HD Collections from Artbeats

BFI - The COI Collection

National Geographic First to Secure Worldwide Rights

BBC Motion Gallery licenses footage for “Charlie Wilson’s War”

 

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