Friday 21 September 2007

Access CCTV clips through BBC Motion Gallery

BBC Worldwide, the BBC’s commercial arm, today announced its first ever global clips deal with the Chinese state broadcaster, CCTV.

The deal brokered by BBC Motion Gallery, the archive clips sales arm of BBC Worldwide, means that BBC Motion Gallery will distribute clip footage globally on behalf of CCTV furthering BBC Worldwide’s connections with the Chinese state broadcaster. Collections of clips from CCTV which are predominately HDTV footage can now be viewed online at BBC Motion Gallery’s online catalogue: www.bbcmotiongallery.com

The new partnership bolsters BBC Motion Gallery’s position as the leading global force in archive content distribution, representing blue chip national broadcasters as well as specialist archives. Already the exclusive global representative for the CBS News archive, NHK in Japan and ABC in Australia, BBC Motion Gallery now offers more than 500,000 hours of film with 60,000 available online. Its archive covers more than 110 years of footage including news, history, music, wildlife and sport.

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Justine Avery, Sales Manager Asia, direct tel: + 852 2918 8662/ email: justine.avery@bbc.co.uk
Sarah Chau, Sales Coordinator, direct tel: + 852 2918 8684/ email: sarah.chau@bbc.co.uk

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