Leading stock video marketplace adds music and sound effects to its royalty-free collection

New York, NY, October 28, 2009 — Pond5.com, the fast-growing marketplace for stock video, has significantly expanded its offering by adding stock music and sound effects to it’s collection of downloadable royalty-free stock media. This major addition provides media producers everywhere with instant access to the full array of stock content needed in today’s production workflows.

The audio side of Pond5 launches with more than 15,000 sound effects and over 3,000 production music tracks, which will complement one of the leading stock video collections on the web. Pond5 now features over 240,000 royalty-free stock footage clips, with thousands more added each week. All media can be searched, previewed, purchased and downloaded directly from the site.

“We’re extremely excited about introducing audio on Pond5,” says CEO Tom Bennett. “We think the same factors more

Hurricane Gustav storm surge overtakes the West Side Pier in Gulfport, Mississippi. Cinematographer: Martin Lisius/StormStock. Medium: Kodak Vision 35mm.

ARLINGTON, Texas – There are few in the world who posses the unique set of skills developed by Prairie Pictures’ StormStock founder Martin Lisius. Lisius is part storm chaser, part cinematographer and part producer. Over the past 20 years, he has amassed the most dynamic collection of weather footage in the world. more

New York, October 20th, 2009 – Shutterstock, the world’s largest subscription-based stock photo agency, announced today that it will legally guarantee every file in its vast library by providing up to $10,000 to cover legal costs and direct damages for claims arising from the use of an image or footage clip licensed through Shutterstock. more

Music 2 Hues

Enfield, Connecticut–October 20th, 2009 Music 2 Hues, a leading supplier of Production Music & Sound Effects to the, Film, Video, Animation, & Multimedia Industries, announced their newest Flagship CD title, “Solo Piano,” is now shipping worldwide. Solo Piano is now available on Audio CD, or it can be downloaded in Mp3 and WAV file formats. “This release satisfies the needs of our clients that have been asking for a CD of soft and emotional solo piano music beds, for all visual and multimedia support,” says Andy Wells, president of Music 2 Hues.

“Our updated Download Center offers our clients the ability to purchase individual tracks from all of our more

Providing filmmakers, editors and designers with quick and easy access to a wider variety of 100 percent royalty-free stock footage, Artbeats, the industry’s leading creative footage resource, today announced its launch of FootageHub. Previously available in public beta trial, FootageHub is an extension of the Artbeats library and allows customers to search from a large database of clips derived from over 50 different brands, 20 of which are exclusive to FootageHub. With thousands of diverse and hard-to-acquire shots, Artbeats FootageHub immediately broadens stock footage opportunities for any project or budget range. more

Companies provide cross-representation in key territories

DENVER, Oct. 13, 2009—BBC Motion Gallery, the stock footage arm of BBC Worldwide, and Thought Equity Motion, a leading provider of motion content worldwide, have entered into a strategic relationship under which Thought Equity Motion will provide access to its advanced technology platform to BBC Motion Gallery. Under the agreement, Thought Equity Motion will have the right to sell BBC Motion Gallery stock footage content in North America, Asia and Australasia. Additionally, BBC Motion Gallery will have the right to sell certain Thought Equity Motion content in the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa. more

“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words,” said the writer Victor Hugo. Never is the phrase truer than for business owners, television and film producers, or multimedia developers looking for just the right music track or sound effect to accompany a scene or presentation.

“The online music library at NeoSounds.com has over 18,000 stock and royalty-free music clips for producers to choose from,” stated Denis Gorodetskiy of Neo Sounds LLC, which recently expanded its music library by adding sound effects to the mix. “We catalog the most diverse collection of genres and themes on the internet. With over 85 classifications to choose from it’s almost guaranteed that you’ll find a music clip to fit the tone of your project—whether for business or entertainment.” more

Framepool is pleased to announce a further significant addition to its licensers: The Austrian Broadcasting Corporation Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) is making selected material accessible for ongoing online marketing via Framepool.com. Thus, the footage collection run by filmmakers now enables its customers to quickly research, license and re-use existing and future ORF clips online. The subject matter is divided into nature and landscape material, news, culture and historical footage.

ORF is Austria’s largest media provider with three television channels, three national radio stations and nine regional radio stations. It is also the largest cooperative member of the Austria Presse Agentur (APA). more

FILM Archives, Inc., one of the industry’s leading independent stock footage firms has supplied images from its vintage and contemporary film and video libraries to an unprecedented number of high profile Fall 2009 feature films and television shows.

FILM Archives has furnished clips to the upcoming features COUPLES RETREAT, Michael Moore’s CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY, the Bruce Willis sci fi film SURROGATES, and the Amelia Earthart biography, AMELIA. more

New York, NY (PRWEB) September 23, 2009 — Shutterstock, the world’s largest subscription-based stock photo agency, announced that it has acquired BigStockPhoto, a leading credit-based stock photo agency, headquartered in Davis, California. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. more