BBC Motion Gallery Teams with Thought Equity Motion

LONDON: BBC Motion Gallery has entered into a relationship with Thought Equity Motion that will provide the stock-footage outfit with access to its advanced technology platform, and give both companies cross-representation in key territories.

Thought Equity Motion will have the right to sell BBC Motion Gallery stock-footage content in North America and Asia. Meanwhile, BBC Motion Gallery will have the right to sell certain Thought Equity Motion content in the U.K., Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The BBC Motion Gallery website will be relaunched using Thought Equity Motion’s advanced technology platform, providing customers with enhanced digital search capabilities.

“We believe this strategic relationship with Thought Equity Motion provides us with an excellent opportunity to upgrade to a world-class technology platform, which will give improved access to a vast library of content for our customers,” commented Simon Gibbs, the managing director of BBC Motion Gallery. “The partnership plays to the strengths of both companies, allowing us to grow digitally and further our reach in major territories worldwide.”

“This agreement supports our vision of delivering next generation motion content services,” added Kevin Schaff, the CEO of Thought Equity Motion. “Working with BBC Motion Gallery brings together an incredible breadth of content rights across news, sports, natural history and entertainment. Along with our robust technology platform, this alliance will further enable a new range of rich interactive services and contextual media offerings that we will be rolling out to drive new value creation for our partners.”