ITN Source Adds More ITV Global Clips

LONDON: Adding tens of thousands of hours of classic television and film clip content to its collection, ITN Source has signed an exclusive international program-clip archive representation deal with ITV Global Entertainment.

ITN Source already represents Granada, Survival and LWT collections for ITV Global Entertainment, and will now sell clips from all TV and film archive collections owned by ITV Global Entertainment, including Carlton, Central, ITC, 12 Yard and HTV. Programs featured under the new terms include The Prisoner, The Saint, Thunderbirds, Spitting Image and Inspector Morse, along with recent hits such as Marple, Hell’s Kitchen and I’m a Celebrity… ITN Source will sell clips from the classic film library as well, which dates back to 1922 and is comprised of more than 1,500 titles.

Tobi de Graaff, the global director of international TV distribution for ITV Global Entertainment, said: “ITN Source is an international powerhouse for short-clip distribution. We’re pleased to be announcing this extended relationship with the company, in bringing the very best clips from ITV Global Entertainment to broadcasters and producers worldwide.”

Ian CheeWah, the managing director of ITN Source for North America, added: “The addition of the ITV collection to our existing one million hours of video enhances our vast entertainment archive. It also gives ITN Source the ability to provide compelling movie content across the full spectrum of media from traditional broadcast and film to advertising, digital media and the Internet for the very first time, making us the number one choice for all professional footage needs.”