http://www.footage.net/pressroom.aspxThe latest news from Footage.net5 Historic Films Adds Screening Clips to Footage.net  Over 167,000 Stock Footage Screening Clips from Archival Footage Leader Historic Films Now Accessible on Footage.net. Total Stock Video Clips on Footage.net Surpass 1.8 Million. New York – April 9, 2012 – Footage.net, the stock, archival, and news footage search engine announced today that over 167,000 preview clips from Historic Films Archive, a leading source for archival content, are now available for viewing through Footage.net’s stock footage search platform. The addition of Historic Films’ clips brings the total number of clips available through Footage.net to over 1.8 million. Through this developing alliance, Footage.net users will be able to screen preview clips from Historic Films’ stock footage collection, and Historic Films will reach a new and growing user base worldwide for its stock footage licensing business.  “With the launch of our new, fully streaming online website, Historic Films is able to offer immediate previews of thousands of hours of archival footage from our stock footage library and "priority access" to thousands more entertainment & musical performance clips for research, screening and downloading,” said Historic Films’ Anthea Carr. “We’ve chosen to offer our users complete documents for viewing rather than preselected individual "clips" as is the standard for many other footage archives, We are excited to partner with Footage.net and expose this footage to the widest possible audience of creative professionals worldwide.”  “Historic Films is one of the world’s most comprehensive online source for licensing stock, musical performance and entertainment footage,” said David Seevers, Footage.net’s Chief Marketing Officer. “They have an amazing collection of libraries, with particular depth in the area of music, entertainment and celebrity footage. Their collections include everything from Elvis Presley's first ever TV appearances to recent concert performances by Rihanna, Britney Spears and Amy Winehouse.  We’re thrilled to be able to make this important collection of incredible archival footage available to our growing, worldwide base of users.” Historic Films’ collection of stock footage spans the years 1895 to 2010 and consists of over 50,000 hours of news, lifestyles, travel, fads, fashion, home movies, celebrity "red carpet" events, vintage TV programs, commercials, interviews, silent films, training films, military films, industrials and cartoons. Historic’s world-renowned library of musical performance and entertainment footage spans a century and contains over 45,000 individual performances from over 35 different important television networks and programs, including every genre of American music, from Duke Ellington to Snoop Dogg. And it is all immediately available for preview and licensing. Footage.net has grown rapidly over the last several years to become one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive online stock footage resources. The addition of Historic Films’ clips further enhances and expands Footage.net’s already deep reserve of historical film clips and stock motion content. Historic Films’ clips will be available for screening through Footage.net alongside motion content from some of the world’s most prestigious footage companies, including Getty Images, FootageBank, NBCUniversal, Framepool, and CNN ImageSource.  About Footage.net Footage.net is the world’s premier online footage search engine, providing creative professionals with the tools they need to discover and obtain the best motion content from the world’s top footage companies quickly and easily from a single site. At Footage.net, researchers can search over 38 footage collections simultaneously, view over one million clips, communicate instantly with our content partners and download over 250,000 world-class stock footage clips.  About Historic Films  Historic Films holds an extensive library of databased, copyright cleared and digitized stock footage from 1896-1990. Our archive contains over 45,000 different musical performances (1925-2010), drawn from the many programs and libraries owned and represented by Historic Films. Historic Films is also a leading source for archival (1895-1990) stock shots, with over 20,000 hours of copyright cleared and fully logged material, encompassing virtually every subject imaginable. Our stock image searchable online database, online compilation reels and informed staff will make your film research fast, painless and affordable. Press Contacts: Footage.net David Seevers Chief Marketing Officer Footage.net (415) 609-7642 davidseevers@yahoo.com Historic Films Mark Heidemann Sales Director (631) 477 9700 / 800 249-1940 mark@historicfilms.com Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.footage.net/PressRoom.aspx?PressRelease=04-09-12_Historic_Films_Adds_167,000_Clips_to_Footage.net.html NBCUniversal Adds Footage Screening Clips to Footage.net  Over 30,000 News and Archival Clips from News Leader NBC News Now Accessible for Screening on Footage.net. Total Clips on Footage.net Surpass 1.8 Million. New York – April 5, 2012 – Footage.net, the stock, archival and news footage search engine announced today that over 30,000 preview clips from the archives of NBC News, the world leader in news content, are now available for viewing through Footage.net’s stock footage search platform. The addition of NBC News Archives’ clips brings the total number of clips available through Footage.net’s stock footage search platform to over 1.8 million. Through this developing alliance, Footage.net users will be able to screen preview clips from NBCUniversalArchives.com stock footage collection, and NBC News will reach a new and growing user base worldwide for its stock footage licensing business.  “Our goal is to share historical and current news footage shot by NBC News with new audiences and new markets,” said Clara Fon-Sing, VP & General Manager of NBC News Archives Sales and Strategy. "We are opening our archives giving producers access to content never seen before to tell their stories. At the same time, we are making large amounts of video from our archives available online on multiple platforms to optimize the reach of our archival clips. We are excited to partner with Footage.net and further expose the quality and breadth of our content to creative professionals worldwide.”  “NBC News Archives is a leader in the stock footage business,” said David Seevers, Footage.net’s Chief Marketing Officer. “Under Clara’s leadership, they’ve improved the quality of their content and services, released previously unexploited material and tapped content from other brands in the NBCUniversal family such as Telemundo, The Weather Channel and local TV stations. They’re leveraging technology to reach new customers, introducing new business models and entering new markets, and we’re thrilled to be a part of their growth strategy and really excited about bringing their outstanding content to our user base.” NBC News Archives is distributing its content more widely and launched one of the first news archives fully e-commerce enabled website (nbcuniversalarchives.com) in 2011. “While our content is more readily available online today for professionals to search, screen and select clips, our team in New York remains focused on working with clients to deliver highly customized service and expert research to exploit over 70 years of content from one of the world’s most respected news collection”, added Clara Fon-Sing.  Footage.net has grown rapidly over the last several years to become one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive online stock footage databases. NBC News Archives’ clips will be available for screening through Footage.net alongside motion content from some of the world’s most prestigious footage companies, including Getty Images, FootageBank, Framepool, and CNN ImageSource.  About Footage.net Footage.net is the world’s premier online footage search engine, providing creative professionals with the tools they need to discover and obtain the best motion content from the world’s top footage companies quickly and easily from a single site. At Footage.net, researchers can search over 38 footage collections simultaneously, view over one million clips, communicate instantly with our content partners and download over 250,000 world-class stock footage clips.  About NBCUniversal Archive  NBC News has been a leading source of global news and information for more than 75 years and is the only broadcast news division with an affiliated cable channel, MSNBC, which provides 24-hour-a-day coverage of news events around the globe. Online, MSNBC.com is the number one video news site. NBC News Archives is one of the world's largest and oldest broadcast libraries with award winning programs including "Meet The Press" (since 1947) the longest running show on network TV, "Today" (since 1952) the first TV morning news program, America’s No.1 evening newscast, “Nightly News with Brian Williams”, and the newest news magazine "Rock Center" launched in October 2011. Press Contacts: Footage.net David Seevers Chief Marketing Officer Footage.net (415) 609-7642 davidseevers@yahoo.com NBC News Meghan Pianta Press Manager NBC News 212-664-2364 Meghan.pianta@nbcuni.com Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.footage.net/PressRoom.aspx?PressRelease=04-06-12_NBCUniversal_Archives_Adds_Screening_Clips_to_Footage.net.html Footage.net Expands Extreme Weather Footage with StormStock Spectacular weather footage from StormStock, the world’s leading solution for high quality, extreme weather content, now searchable through Footage.net.  New York – October 31, 2011 – Footage.net, the stock, archival and news footage search engine announced today that preview clips from StormStock, the world leader in extreme weather content, are now available for viewing through Footage.net’s stock footage search platform. Through this new alliance, Footage.net users will be able to screen preview clips from StormStock’s footage collection, and StormStock will reach a new and growing user base for its specialty footage licensing business. "We are excited to partner with Footage.net and further expose the quality and breadth of the StormStock collection to media professionals worldwide,” said Martin Lisius, StormStock founder and President of Prairie Pictures.   “StormStock is a pioneer in the field of extreme weather filmmaking,” said David Seevers, Footage.net’s Chief Marketing Officer. “Martin and his crew are passionate about capturing the awesome power of hurricanes, tornadoes, lightning, blizzards, volcanoes, and other dramatic weather events and disasters. They frequently put themselves in harms way to give viewers a front-row seat to nature at its most extreme, and we’re thrilled to have their clips up and running on our search platform.” Lisius holds the distinction of capturing the first-ever violent class tornado on 35mm (1998), the only 35mm images of Hurricane Katrina making landfall (2005) and the first-ever tornado on 3D (June, 2011).  StormStock’s work can be seen in numerous TV commercials, documentaries, TV programs and feature films including the Academy Award winning doc “An Inconvenient Truth.” “We’re constantly looking for unique ways to shoot material for StormStock,” said Lisius. “We’ve been shooting on Super 35mm since 1997, building an extensive collection of high-resolution content along the way and positioning ourselves for a seamless transition to HD. Recently, we’ve begun moving into 3D production and are very excited about the possibilities of this new format.” StormStock’s clips will be available for screening through Footage.net alongside motion content from some of the world’s most prestigious footage companies, including Getty Images, FootageBank, Framepool, and CNN ImageSource.  About Footage.net Footage.net is the world’s premier online footage search engine, providing creative professionals with the tools they need to discover and obtain the best motion content from the world’s top footage companies quickly and easily from a single site. At Footage.net, researchers can search over 38 footage collections simultaneously, view over one million clips, communicate instantly with our content partners and download over 250,000 world-class stock footage clips.  About StormStock The Prairie Pictures StormStock library, founded in 1993 by cinematographer and storm chaser Martin Lisius, is recognized as the highest quality collection of storm imagery in the world. The majority of StormStock footage originates on premium formats. Our images are licensed to film and television industry producers worldwide for use in broadcast, theatrical, commercials and corporate video productions, and to print media professionals for use in advertising, periodicals and other publications. We shoot our own material, allowing us to maintain the quality of our product from creation to delivery. Since StormStock is operated and maintained by photographers, we possess an intimate knowledge of our collection and can quickly locate and deliver the best possible imagery to our clients. Press Contacts: Footage.net David Seevers Chief Marketing Officer Footage.net (415) 609-7642 davidseevers@yahoo.com StormStock Martin Lisius Prairie Pictures/StormStock (817) 276-9500   info@stormstock.com www.stormstock.com Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.footage.net/PressRoom.aspx?PressRelease=10-31-11_StormStock_Adds_Extreme_Weather_Clips_to_Footage.net.html Footage.net Launches Subscriber Analytics Site  Content partners can now directly access real-time statistics related to their accounts, track site activity, and download reports.  New York, NY - July 20, 2011 - Footage.net, the stock, archival and news footage search engine, has launched a new subscriber analytics site, providing content partners with instant access to key stats on site activity and user interaction with their data and content.  “Our content partners want immediate access to relevant data about their online marketing,” said David Seevers, Footage.net CMO. “Footage.net users are searching for footage, screening clips and sending Zaps in growing numbers, and this new site lets our content partners track what’s happening with their data, clips and ads in real-time.”  Giving subscribers the ability to access and analyze site statistics is a key part of Footage.net’s ongoing effort to help subscribers make optimal use of its stock footage search platform. Content partners can use the subscriber analytics site to monitor overall site traffic, track videos played and review Zaps sent, among other things. They can also download reports. Armed with this data, they can see what’s working best on the site and gain insight into the type of stock footage users want.  Footage.net subscribers can access the site at http://supplier.Footage.net and login with their ID and password. About Footage.net Footage.net is the world’s premier online footage search engine. Since 1994, Footage.net has been the film & video production industry’s most comprehensive resource for serious stock footage research, providing access to millions of online screening clips and text records. Powered by its new video-friendly architecture and improved search capabilities, Footage.net provides researchers with the tools they need to fully utilize its vast footage database, view images, manage results, communicate with content partners and download over 250,000 world-class stock footage clips from some of the world’s top footage companies.  For more information: David Seevers Chief Marketing Officer Footage.net (415) 609-7642 davidseevers@yahoo.com  Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.footage.net/PressRoom.aspx?PressRelease=07-20-11_Footagenet_Launches_Supplier_Analytics_Site.html Footage.net Takes a Walk on the Wild Side with GreenScreen Animals Exotic and Domestic Animal Clips from footage specialist GreenScreen Animals now searchable through Footage.net New York – April 18, 2011 – Footage.net, the stock, archival and news footage search engine announced today that preview clips from Los Angeles-based GreenScreen Animals, the world leader in HD green screen animal content, are now available for viewing and download through Footage.net’s stock footage search platform. Through this new alliance, Footage.net users will be able to view and download preview clips from GreenScreen Animals’ specialty stock footage collection, and GreenScreen Animals will reach a new and growing user base for its specialty footage licensing business. "Our library is truly unique as we are the only green screen animal library in existence,” said Westley Koenen, Co-Founder, GreenScreen Animals.  “We know Footage.net is the perfect partner as it will bring our rare content to a much broader audience of broadcast and new media partners.” GreenScreen Animals is the world’s leading solution for high quality, humane animal content, redefining the future of animals in storytelling. GSA offers the highest quality 'exotic & domestic animal' stock footage available, as well as custom animal shoots. GSA motion footage and stills allow producers of creative content the fastest, easiest and most cost effective way to get images that would normally be not only difficult but also expensive to capture. “GreenScreen Animals is a great concept brilliantly executed and we’re excited to have their content on our search platform,” said David Seevers, Footage.net’s Chief Marketing Officer. “Specialist collections like GSA bring a new and exciting dimension to the stock footage industry, and we’re honored to make GSA’s amazing collection of wild animal footage available to the Footage.net community of creative professionals.” At Footage.net, researchers can search over 30 footage databases simultaneously from a single site, compare results across multiple collections, find the best motion content and save time. With a growing collection of over one million online screening clips and millions of detailed text records, Footage.net offers creative professionals the tools they need to discover and obtain the best motion content quickly and easily.  About Footage.net Footage.net is the world’s premier online footage search engine. Since 1994, Footage.net has been the film & video production industry’s most comprehensive resource for serious stock footage research, providing access to over 6 million records and one million online screening clips. Powered by its new video-friendly architecture and improved search capabilities, Footage.net provides researchers with the tools they need to fully utilize its vast footage database, view images, manage results, communicate with Footage.net's content partners and download over 250,000 world-class stock footage clips from some of the world’s top footage companies.  About GreenScreen Animals By merging art, technology and nature GSA is quickly becoming the “go to” digital media company in our space. Founded in 2008 GSA is the world’s largest provider of domestic and exotic animal digital motion content, licensing, and professional services to the advertising agency, feature film, episodic television, mobile application and corporate production industries. GSA creates its own content to ensure the highest quality HD material while keeping to our roots of animal safety, sustainability and outreach. Our content has been licensed by renowned companies including Saatchi & Saatchi, MTV Networks, Discovery Channel, Honda, NBC Television, Stars Network, AT&T, Fox Walden Entertainment and many, many more. GreenScreen Animals was created to fill a void in the marketplace for ultra-high quality stock motion footage and still image animals - exotic and domestic.  Our footage and images allow producers of creative content the fastest, easiest and most cost effective way to get images that would normally be not only difficult, but expensive to capture.  GreenScreen Animals is proud to be able to offer you an ever-growing wide range of the world's best, and most exclusive, stock animal footage.  Press Contacts: Footage.net David Seevers Chief Marketing Officer Footage.net (415) 609-7642 davidseevers@yahoo.com GreenScreen Animals Lance Enger GreenScreen Animals 877.563.8023  info@greenscreenanimals.com  www.greenscreenanimals.com Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.footage.net/PressRoom.aspx?PressRelease=04-18-11_Footagenet_Takes_a_Walk_On_the_Wild_Side_with_GreenScreen_Animals.html Skyworks Joins Footage.net  Over 60,000 Clips from UK-Based Aerial Footage Specialist Now Searchable Through Footage.net New York – November 22, 2010 – Footage.net, the stock, archival and news footage search engine, announced today that over 60,000 screening clips from UK-based Skyworks, an independent TV production company and world leader in aerial HD filming, are now available for viewing and download through Footage.net’s stock footage search platform. Through this new alliance, Footage.net users will be able to view and download Skyworks’ digital stock footage screening clips, and Skyworks will reach a new and growing user base for its stock footage licensing business.   "As Skyworks' US archive has expanded very rapidly with the addition of over 200 hours of US footage alone, it seemed logical to partner with the most effective US portal for stock footage" said Colin Mills, Marketing Director, Skyworks. "Skyworks is delighted to be joining Footage.net,” said Michael Lewis, Archive Manager, Skyworks. “With its collections now on-line and an ever expanding client base, Footage.net is a great means for media professionals to access the largest HD Aerials Archive in the world."  Skyworks has the world's largest collection of aerial HD stock footage, providing creative professionals with access to over 60,000 clips from the UK, Denmark, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Iceland, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxemburg and the United States of America. Skyworks shoots in top-end High Definition, employing Sony’s HDCAM SR field recorder and the Cineflex aerial camera system to provide the ultimate aerial package of stability, portability and picture quality.  “Over the last year, we’ve really increased the volume of world-class contemporary stock footage that’s accessible through our site,” said Domenick Propati, President of Footage.net. “The Skyworks collection, with its deep cache of high-quality HD aerials of some of the worlds most beautiful cities and landscapes, is a fantastic addition to our footage search platform.”  At Footage.net, researchers can search over 30 footage databases simultaneously from a single site, compare results across multiple collections, find the best motion content and save time. With a growing collection of over one million online screening clips, millions of detailed text records and its newly released clip download functionality, Footage.net offers creative professionals the tools they need to discover and obtain the best motion content quickly and easily.  About Footage.net Footage.net is the world’s premier online footage search engine. Since 1994, Footage.net has been the film & video production industry’s most comprehensive resource for serious stock footage research, providing access to over 6 million records and one million online screening clips. Powered by its new video-friendly architecture and improved search capabilities, Footage.net provides researchers with the tools they need to fully utilize its vast footage database, view images, manage results, communicate with Footage.net's content partners and download over 250,000 world-class stock footage clips from some of the world’s top footage companies.  About Skyworks Skyworks specializes in aerial filming in High Definition, and is a world leader in the production & supply of top-end aerial footage with the world's largest HD aerials archive. By matching the latest technology with some of the most experienced aerial Directors/Cameramen, Skyworks is able to deliver some of the best quality Aerial HD footage available today. Skyworks is also a leading UK based independent production company that has produced well over 100 factual productions for international broadcasters including the BBC, ITV, Discovery and the Smithsonian Network. In the UK, Skyworks is best known for its ‘walking’ productions including Wainwright Walks, Norman Walks and Julia Bradbury’s Railway Walks for the BBC. The upcoming Iceland Walks series takes the format to exciting new frontiers. Skyworks has supplied its stunning aerial imagery to some of the very biggest productions including Simon Schama’s History of Britain, BBC2’s Restoration, History’s How the Earth was Made, and Pioneer’s The Volcano that stopped the World. Press Contacts: For Footage.net David Seevers Thriving Archives (415) 609-7642 davidseevers@yahoo.com  For Skyworks Colin Mills  +44 (0)20 8878 1177 +44 (0)20 8133 3504 (SkypeIn) Colin.Mills@Skyworks.co.uk Tue, 23 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.footage.net/PressRoom.aspx?PressRelease=11-23-10_Skyworks_Joins_Footagenet.html Footage.net Enables Clip Downloads  Footage.net now offers users the ability to download over 250,000 screening clips from some of the world’s top stock footage companies.  New York – October 20, 2010 – Over 250,000 screening clips are now available for immediate download through Footage.net’s stock footage search platform, giving footage researchers a key new tool with which to locate, screen and share screening clips. Footage researchers have already begun making real use of this powerful new feature, downloading sample clips from many Footage.net partners including Absolutely Wild Visuals, CONUS Archive, FootageBank HD, FRAMEPOOL, Global Image Works, Action Sports/Scott Dittrich Films and StockFood Motion.  “Giving users the ability to download screening clips was just the next logical step in our development as a visual search platform,” said Domenick Propati, Footage.net President. “With over one million clips from some of the world’s top archives now available for screening through our site, our goal is to make sure that researchers have everything they need to take full advantage of our vast footage resource.” With a growing collection of online screening clips, millions of detailed text records and the addition of this critical new download feature, Footage.net offers footage researchers the tools they need to discover and obtain motion content quickly and easily.  About Footage.net Footage.net is the world’s premier online footage search engine. Since 1994, Footage.net has been the film & video production industry’s most comprehensive resource for serious stock footage research, providing access to over 6 million records and one million online screening clips. At Footage.net, researchers can search over 30 top stock, archival and news footage databases simultaneously from a single site, compare results across multiple collections, find the best motion content and save time. Footage.net’s redesigned user interface and improved search capabilities provide researchers with the necessary tools to fully utilize its vast footage database, work with images, manage results and communicate with Footage.net's content partners. Powered by its new video-friendly architecture, Footage.net now offers users the ability to download over 250,000 world-class stock footage clips from some of the world’s top footage companies. Footage.net exists to help footage researchers find the best stock video footage, archival film and news B-Roll, and to provide its content suppliers with new customer leads. For more information: David Seevers Thriving Archives (415) 839-7333 davidseevers@yahoo.com  Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.footage.net/PressRoom.aspx?PressRelease=10-20-10_Footagenet_Enables_Clip_Downloads.html Footage.net Reaches One Million Image Milestone Footage.net now offers access to one million screening clips from some of the world’s top footage companies through its stock footage search platform New York - July 29, 2010 - Enabled by its new video-friendly architecture, Footage.net (www.footage.net) now offers users access to over one million screening clips from some of the world’s top footage companies. The inclusion of these world-class images brings a whole new dimension to Footage.net’s search and screening platform, and makes it one of the world’s largest online repositories of stock footage clips. Most recently, US-based DVArchive added 70,000 clips to the platform, and Australia-based Absolutely Wild Visuals added 36,000. Earlier in 2010, Getty Images came on board with 300,000 clips, FootageBank HD added 70,000 and CriticalPast loaded 57,000. In all, clips from 17 footage collections can now be screened through the Footage.net site.  True to its roots as a text-based search engine, Footage.net remains committed to providing researchers with access to millions of detailed text records. For deep archival research, there is often no substitute for text. But the footage industry has shifted by and large to a visual search paradigm, and there's no arguing with the power and immediacy of an online clip. So now all Footage.net searches deliver, as a default, both screening clips where available as well as text.  The transformation from a mainly text-based search engine to a visual search resource required the addition of an array of new online functionality, as well as a more robust backend storage and delivery system. The redesigned user interface and improved search capabilities provide researchers with the necessary tools to fully utilize its vast footage database, work with images, manage results and communicate with Footage.net's content partners. They also help Footage.net’s content partners better present their stock footage collections to the global production community.  By providing both a growing collection of online screening clips as well as millions of detailed text records, Footage.net offers footage researchers maximum flexibility in how they discover and obtain motion content. About Footage.net Footage.net is the world’s premier online footage search engine. Since 1994, Footage.net has been the film & video production industry’s most comprehensive resource for serious footage research, providing access to over 6 million records and one million online clips. At Footage.net, researchers can search over 30 top stock, archival and news footage databases simultaneously from a single site, compare results across multiple collections, find the best motion content and save time. Footage.net exists to help footage researchers find the best stock video footage, archival film and news B-Roll, and to provide its content suppliers with new customer leads. For more information: For Footage.net David Seevers Thriving Archives (415) 839-7333 davidseevers@yahoo.com  www.thrivingarchives.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.footage.net/PressRoom.aspx?PressRelease=07-29-2010_Footagenet_Reaches_One_Million_Clips_Milestone.html CriticalPast Partners with Footage.net 57,000 Clips from CriticalPast's Archival Collection Now Searchable Through Footage.net  New York - June 16, 2010 - Footage.net, the stock, archival and news footage search engine, announced today that, CriticalPast one of the world's largest online resources for royalty-free, historic footage and photos, has added its entire collection of more than 57,000 clips to the Footage.net search platform.    "We're delighted to welcome this remarkable new footage company to the Footage.net family," said Footage.net president Domenick Propati. "CriticalPast brings to the footage market both an impressive collection of archival images and an innovative business model, and we're excited about presenting their footage to creative professionals around the globe."    Covering many of history's most iconic moments from 1890 through the present day, CriticalPast's entire footage library can be searched, screened and downloaded in minutes from its website. Each clip can be obtained in more than 10 image formats, depending on individual user's specific needs.   "Because our collection is 100 percent digitized, it was important for us to find a stock footage search entity that could take full advantage of this strength by providing immediate playback of any clip in our collection to prospective customers," said Jim Erickson, CriticalPast Co-Founder. "Footage.net also provides us affiliation with a level of quality and service that can only come from a brand already well known by professionals."   About CriticalPast A team of archival research, film, and Internet professionals formed CriticalPast LLC, working together to create one of the largest privately held, online archival footage sources in the world.  Its royalty-free collection spans thousands of hours of video, millions of still photos, and continues to grow.  The company's world-class storage and hosting environment and unique image processing algorithms allow it to instantly transcode full-resolution images into various formats on demand, filling customer orders in minutes for download or shipping worldwide.  Drawn largely from U.S. government agency sources, the clips and images in the CriticalPast collection are available for license without the clearance concerns encountered when ordering from typical stock footage providers.    About Footage.net Footage.net is the world's premier online footage search engine. Since 1994, Footage.net has been the film & video production industry's most comprehensive resource for serious footage research, providing access to over 6 million records and 750,000 online clips. At Footage.net, researchers can search over 30 top stock, archival and news footage databases simultaneously from a single site, compare results across multiple collections, find the best motion content and save time. Footage.net exists to help footage researchers find the best stock video footage, archival film and news B-Roll, and to provide its content suppliers with new customer leads. Press Contacts: For Footage.net: David W. Seevers Thriving Archives Mobile: (415)609-7642 Email: davidseevers@yahoo.com  www.thrivingarchives.com For CriticalPast: Jaymelina Esmele SocialBuzzPR for CriticalPast office: 206-290-7662 email: jay@socialbuzzpr.com Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.footage.net/PressRoom.aspx?PressRelease=06-16-10_CriticalPast_Joins_Footagenet.html FootageBank HD Partners with Footage.net  70,000 Clips from FootageBank’s HD Stock Footage Collection Now Searchable Through Footage.net  New York – May 17, 2010 – Footage.net (www.footage.net), the stock, archival and news footage search engine, announced today that FootageBank HD, the world’s first High Definition footage library, has added its entire footage database of more than 70,000 HD clips to the Footage.net search platform. FootageBank’s outstanding collection of motion images is now available for search and screening along side the other leading footage brands currently hosted on the platform.   “We’re truly honored that FootageBank has chosen to make their remarkable footage collection a part of Footage.net’s vast footage database,” said Footage.net President Domenick Propati.  “FootageBank HD is one of the world’s great stock footage collections with HD motion imagery from many of today’s foremost cinematographers. The inclusion of these images on Footage.net brings a whole new dimension to our search platform and we look forward to providing FootageBank HD with another channel to reach creative professionals around the globe.”     FootageBank was founded in 2002 by footage veteran Paula Lumbard as the first stock footage company focusing on High Definition (HD) native content. The FootageBank HD library represents more than 120 HD producers, cinematographers and production companies from around the globe offering the most diverse and comprehensive HD library in the world.    “Footage.Net has long been a search destination for our customer base and we are pleased to have this additional tool to drive clients to our content” said Paula Lumbard, FootageBank HD founder and President. “Our impressive library of stock motion content, combined with Footage.net’s search engine capabilities, customer loyalty and creative marketing will enhance our abilities to serve our customers.”    About FootageBank HD FootageBank HD is a privately-held company based in Los Angeles founded by industry icon Paula Lumbard. Lumbard anticipated the coming demand for High Definition (HD) motion content in 2002 when she opened her second footage company. FootageBank HD continues to be the only footage house specializing in HD content and is dedicated to shooting and aggregating collections of HD images to serve the rapidly growing demand for HD content in the film and television marketplace.      About Footage.net Footage.net is the world’s premier online footage search engine. Since 1994, Footage.net has been the film & video production industry’s most comprehensive resource for serious footage research, providing access to over 6 million records and 750,000 online clips. At Footage.net, researchers can search over 30 top stock, archival and news footage databases simultaneously from a single site, compare results across multiple collections, find the best motion content and save time. Footage.net exists to help footage researchers find the best stock video footage, archival film and news B-Roll, and to provide its content suppliers with new customer leads.     For more information: For Footage.net David Seevers Thriving Archives  (415)839-7333 davidseevers@yahoo.com    For FootageBank HD Paula Lumbard President FootageBank HD (310) 822-1400 x105 paulal@footagebank.com www.footagebank.com Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.footage.net/PressRoom.aspx?PressRelease=05-17-2010_FootageBank_Joins_Footagenet.html Footage.net Releases New Site, Launches Footage Industry Directory Fully Reengineered Stock Footage Search Platform Enables Faster Footage Research, Better Clip Screening and Instant Connectivity with Global Stock Footage Providers. New York – March 22, 2010 – Footage.net (www.footage.net), the stock, archival and news footage search engine, today announced the release of its fully reengineered stock footage search platform.  The new site includes an array of new features, tools and capabilities, including a Footage Industry Directory, all aimed at enhancing the ease with which creative professionals can search for and access stock footage.  “The new site will help creative professionals take control of their stock footage search projects,” said Footage.net President Domenick Propati.  “Our new user interface provides researchers with the tools they need to fully utilize our vast footage database, and helps our footage partners more effectively present their stock footage collections to the global production community.”  Footage.net’s search engine has been significantly upgraded as part of the redesign, both in how search results appear, as well as in how researchers are able to manage results and communicate with Footage.net’s content partners, including ABCNEWS VideoSource, Conus Archive, Framepool, Getty Images, Global ImageWorks, Historic Films, HBO Archives, NFB Images, NBC News and many more. Footage.net provides access to a growing collection of online screening clips as well as millions of detailed text records, giving footage researchers maximum flexibility in how they discover and obtain motion content. Footage Industry Directory The new site also includes a Footage Industry Directory for use by both stock footage providers and researchers. The Footage.net Directory allows footage customers to find footage suppliers easily and quickly based on any number of key criteria. A basic listing in the Directory is free. The Directory is expected to grow to hundreds of stock footage, archival footage and news footage provider listings in the very near term. About Footage.net Footage.net is the world’s largest non-competitive aggregator of stock footage databases, allowing footage researchers to search the world’s top footage collections from a single site. Since 1994, Footage.net has been the film & video production industry’s most comprehensive resource for serious footage research, providing access to the largest roster of stock, archival and news footage databases online. Footage.net exists to help footage researchers find the best stock video footage, archival film and news b-roll, and provide its content suppliers with leads and new customers. Footage.net’s newly reengineered search engine returns results by relevance from over 30 major footage providers, allowing footage researchers to compare results across multiple collections, see who has the best motion content and save time.  For more information: David Seevers Thriving Archives (415) 839-7333 davidseevers@yahoo.com Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.footage.net/PressRoom.aspx?PressRelease=03-22-2010_Footage.net_Releases_New_Site.html Footage.net Search Engine Partners With Getty Images Getty Images World-Class Stock Footage Now Available Through Footage.net  New York – February 23, 2010 – Footage.net (www.footage.net), the stock, archival and news footage search engine, announced today that Getty Images, the world’s leading creator and distributor of visual and digital media content, has added its entire footage database of more than 500,000 clips to the Footage.net search platform. Getty Images’ immense collection of motion content is now available for search and screening along side the other leading footage brands currently hosted on the platform. “The partnership with Getty Images adds greatly to the breadth, depth and value of our footage search engine, and we look forward to providing Getty Images with another channel to serve the global production community,” said Footage.net President Domenick Propati. “We are especially pleased that Footage.net users will now have access to Getty Images’ amazing collection of high-quality contemporary footage.”  Getty Images offers the most comprehensive footage collection available today, featuring more than 500,000 clips created by leading filmmakers, producers and production agencies. The unrivalled collection is further diversified by the vibrant content from world-renowned image partners including Universal Studios, Discovery FootageSource, AP Archive, dick clark productions, inc., Warner Bros. Entertainment, among others. “Through this partnership, we will improve the ease with which our customers can search for stock footage,” said Danielle Leeper, global product manager, footage for Getty Images. “Our vast collection of stock motion content, combined with Footage.net’s search engine capabilities, will facilitate a more seamless search and access experience for our customers.”  Getty Images’ content uploaded to Footage.net is licensed by Getty Images and is protected by best-in-class indemnification protection.  About Getty Images Getty Images is the world’s leading creator and distributor of still imagery, footage and multimedia products, as well as a recognized provider of other forms of premium digital content, including music.  Getty Images serves business customers in more than 100 countries and is the first place creative and media professionals turn to discover purchase and manage images and other digital content.  Its award-winning photographers and imagery help customers produce inspiring work which appears every day in the world’s most influential newspapers, magazines, advertising campaigns, films, television programs, books and Web sites.  Visit Getty Images at www.gettyimages.com to learn more about how the company is advancing the unique role of digital media in communications and business, and enabling creative ideas to come to life. About Footage.net Footage.net is the world’s largest non-competitive aggregator of stock footage databases, allowing footage researchers to search the world’s top footage collections from a single site. Since 1994, Footage.net has been the non-fiction production industry’s most comprehensive resource for serious footage research, providing access to the largest roster of stock, archival and news footage databases on the Internet. Footage.net exists to help footage researchers find the right motion content, and provide its content suppliers with leads and customers. Footage.net’s newly reengineered search engine returns results by relevance from over 30 major footage providers, allowing footage researchers to compare results across multiple collections, see who has the best motion content and save time. Footage.net’s advanced search functionality allows researchers to pinpoint shots by date, collection and/or category. Footage.net currently receives over 25,000 unique visits per month. For more information: For Footage.net David Seevers Thriving Archives (415)839-7333 www.thrivingarchives.com For Getty Images Libby Gaines Edelman Public Relations on behalf of Getty Images (212) 704-4476 elizabeth.gaines@edelman.com  Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.footage.net/PressRoom.aspx?PressRelease=02-23-2010_Getty_Images_Joins_Footagenet.html NFB Images Joins Footage.net, the Stock Footage Search Engine NFB Images of the National Film Board of Canada, widely known for its high quality, pristinely preserved archival and contemporary footage of Canada and the world, has added its entire footage database to Footage.net’s stock footage search platform. The move greatly expands NFB Image’s reach and visibility in the $282-million worldwide footage marketplace and significantly enhances Footage..net’s value to the global production community.  Montréal – November 10, 2009 – NFB Images (www.nfb.ca/images), the footage licensing division of The National Film Board of Canada, and Footage.net (www.footage.net), the stock footage search engine, announced today that NFB Images has added its entire English database to the Footage.net search platform.   “We could not be happier to have NFB Images as part of our stock footage search engine,” said Footage.net president, Domenick Propati. “At Footage.net, we’re focused on making footage research as simple and efficient as possible. The addition of one of the world’s most important archival and contemporary footage collections to the Footage.net search platform will greatly enhance our ability to help footage users discover the world’s best motion content as quickly and easily as possible.”    The NFB Images database, which includes fully searchable text records, as well as video clips, will now be available for search and screening through Footage.net alongside the other world-class collections currently hosted on the portal. Footage.net users will also be able to send Zap requests directly to the NFB Images sales team.    “This year we are celebrating The National Film Board’s 70th anniversary by putting a significant part of our collection online to be searched, viewed and downloaded by film producers and program makers across the globe,” said James Roberts, Director of Asset Management at the National Film Board of Canada. “We are committed to providing online access to our vast archival vaults, as well as our growing collection of HD native films, and our presence on Footage.net will help us reach the widest possible audience and enhance our visibility in the global production industry.”   All NFB Images shots are carefully selected from award-winning documentary rushes. The footage available at the NFB Image website is characterized by long unedited takes, often shot by famous filmmakers, from the cinéma vérité and other movements throughout the decades. Eighty percent of the collection originated on either 16mm or 35mm film – perfect for transfer to today’s hi-quality HD productions.    Footage.net’s newly reengineered search engine returns results by relevance from over 30 major footage providers, allowing footage researchers to compare results across multiple collections, see who has the best motion content and save time. Footage.net’s advanced search functionality allows researchers to pinpoint shots by date, collection and/or category, or limit searches to clip-based results only. Footage.net currently receives over 25,000 unique visits per month.   About NFB Images NFB Images is a full service stock and archival footage company providing access to over 100 years of history with material dating back as far as 1896. NFB Images puts a world of images at your fingertips, including spectacular new High Definition footage and archival treasures from the vaults of the National Film Board of Canada and partners. NFB Images’ holdings are renowned for their historical value as well as the quality of the film originals, including new material shot in HD and archival footage now available in HD. NFB IMAGES features images from around the world: classic and contemporary material on war and conflict, industrialization, rural and urban lifestyles, celebrities, and wildlife. NFB Images is also developing an important collection related to the Arctic and climate change, primarily shot in HD, including Arctic Mission, Shining Mountains and Postcards from Canada series.   About Footage.net Footage.net is the world’s largest non-competitive aggregator of stock footage databases, allowing footage researchers to search over 30 of the world’s top collections from a single site. Since 1994, Footage.net has been the non-fiction production industry’s most comprehensive resource for serious footage research, providing access to the largest roster of stock, archival and news footage databases on the Internet. Footage.net exists to help footage researchers find the right motion content, and to provide its content suppliers with leads and customers. Since its launch over 15 years ago, Footage.net has built a core constituency of stock footage researchers and continues to add new registered users at an average rate of 400 per month. The Footage.net platform has been fully redesigned and now offers a more robust search function, better organizational tools and the ability to add preview clips to the database.    About the NFB Canada’s public film producer and distributor, the National Film Board of Canada creates social-issue documentaries, auteur animation, alternative drama and digital content that provide the world with a unique Canadian perspective. In collaboration with its international partners and co-producers, the NFB is expanding the vocabulary of 21st-century cinema and breaking new ground in form and content, through community filmmaking projects, cross-platform media, interactive cinema, stereoscopic animation and more. Since the NFB’s founding in 1939, it has created over 13,000 productions and won over 5,000 awards, including 12 Oscars and more than 90 Genies. In 2009, the works of NFB animation pioneer Norman McLaren were added to UNESCO’s Memory of the World Registry. The NFB’s new website features over 1,000 productions online, and its iPhone app has become one of the most popular and talked about downloads. Visit ww.NFB.ca today and start watching!    Press Contacts:   For NFB Images Pat Dillon 3155 Cote-de-Liesse Montreal, Quebec, H4N 2N4 (514)283-9411 e-mail: p.dillon@nfb.ca For Footage.net David Seevers Thriving Archives PO Box 460735 San Francisco, CA 94146 p. 415-839-7333 e-mail: davidseevers@yahoo.com www.thrivingarchives.com Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.footage.net/PressRoom.aspx?PressRelease=11-10-2009_NFB_Images_Joins_Footagenet.html Global ImageWorks to Make Entire Footage Database Searchable through Footage.net  New York – May 26, 2009 - Global ImageWorks (www.globalimageworks.com), a boutique full-service stock footage company, and Footage.net, the stock footage search engine (www.footage.net), announced today that Global ImageWorks is adding its entire database to the Footage.net search platform.  “We are extremely pleased to have Global ImageWorks on board,” said Footage.net president Domenick Propati. “At Footage.net, we’re focused on making footage research as simple and efficient as possible. The addition of this unique, high-quality collection to our search platform will greatly enhance our ability to help footage users discover the best motion content as quickly and easily as possible.” The Global ImageWorks database, which includes fully searchable text records as well as 10,000 screenable sequences, most averaging 3 to 5 minutes in length, will now be available for search and screening through Footage.net along side the other world-class collections currently hosted on the portal.  Footage.net users will also be able to send Zap requests directly to the Global ImageWorks sales team.  “As a content-oriented library built by professional researchers, Global ImageWorks has chosen to digitize entire sequences and make them available for screening through our website, and now through Footage.net,” said Global ImageWorks president and founder, Jessica Berman-Bogdan. “Whether a client is doing deep research or looking for just a single stock shot, we believe this method gives clients greater creative choice by allowing them to view the content in its original context, which ultimately reduces research time by not having to click in and out of hundreds of short clips.” Footage.net’s newly reengineered search engine returns results by relevance from over 25 major footage providers, allowing footage researchers to compare results across multiple collections, see who has the best content and save time. Footage.net’s advanced search functionality allows researchers to pinpoint shots by date, collection and/or category, or limit searches to clip-based results only. In 2008, researchers performed over 100,000 searches on the Footage.net database.  About Global ImageWorks  Global ImageWorks is a full service company providing stock footage library sales, research and rights management services. Global ImageWorks has uncovered rich, high quality footage sitting in the vaults of filmmakers, cinematographers, journalists, and production companies that provide unique views of the world we live in. Although the Global ImageWorks website features a user-friendly online database, the company prides itself on its personalized service and encourages clients to call and speak directly with the knowledgeable and friendly staff.  There is no charge for research of their footage collections. About Footage.net Footage.net is the world’s largest non-competitive aggregator of stock footage databases, allowing footage researchers to search over 25 of the world’s top collection from a single site. Since 1994, Footage.net has been the non-fiction production industry’s most comprehensive resource for serious footage research, providing access to the largest roster of stock, archival and news footage databases on the Internet. Footage.net exists to help footage researchers find the right motion content, and provide its content suppliers with leads and customers. Since its launch over 14 years ago, Footage.net has built a core constituency of stock footage researchers and continues to add new registered users at an average rate of 400 per month. The Footage.net platform has been fully redesigned and now offers a more robust search function, better organizational tools and the ability to add preview clips to the database.  Press Contacts: For Global ImageWorks Jessica Berman-Bogdan          Global ImageWorks, LLC 65 Beacon Street Haworth, NJ 07641 p. 201-384-7715 f.  201-501-8971 email: jessica@globalimageworks.com For Footage.net David Seevers Thriving Archives PO Box 460735 San Francisco, CA 94146 p. (415)839-7333 email: davidseevers@yahoo.com www.thrivingarchives.com Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.footage.net/PressRoom.aspx?PressRelease=05-26-2009_GIW_Joins_Footagenet.html