BBC Motion Gallery & Thought Equity Motion Put Partnership into Play

LONDON: As part of a previously announced strategic partnership, BBC Motion Gallery has relaunched its website powered by Thought Equity Motion’s technology platform and the two companies now cross-represent selected international content sales.

The enhanced site is bolstered with millions of professional video clips, enhanced search capabilities, simplified navigation and instant complimentary preview downloads. Select content from Thought Equity Motion media partners—including Paramount Pictures, National Geographic, Sony Pictures Entertainment, HBO Archives, Smithsonian Channel and a rang of royalty-free clips— is available for licensing through bbcmotiongallery.com as well.

Commenting on the partnership, Paul Maidment, the business development director at BBC Motion Gallery, said: “Our strategic relationship with Thought Equity Motion is a great development for BBC Motion Gallery and our clients. By making high-quality motion imagery from the BBC and other collections we represent readily available for licensing via an enhanced web and technology offering, our global clients will have quicker and more effective access to our libraries. BBC Motion Gallery will continue to offer exclusive access to the BBC Archive, a textual database of over a million hours of footage.”

“We’re excited to launch our partnership with BBC Motion Gallery and provide the digital production community with an even wider collection of non-replicable news, sports, and creative content,” added Kevin Schaff, the CEO and founder of Thought Equity Motion. “With even larger libraries of online ‘moment in time’ footage, everyone from agencies and TV/film producers to online publishers will have access to content to support their creative projects and dynamic new Contextual Media offerings.”

Additionally, with this move, BBC Motion Gallery has launched an educational licensing division, led by Jan Ross, the senior VP of BBC Motion Gallery for the Americas. This division will serve the education market, building on key partnerships created over the last several years and supporting new business in this area.